March 21, 2021
Until moving to Asia and slowing down my life a bit, I had never joined a book club. True fact! I know it is strange to think it, but my life as an English teacher meant I was always and only reading what my students were reading. Well, with a better work-life balance, I have been able to join a book club both in Seoul and in Hong Kong. In both cases, the book club was with colleagues from the school.
At KIS we would meet in people's apartments - maybe 15 people at a time to talk about whatever fiction or non-fiction book was on deck. We read several books that informed us of what it was to live in and escape from North Korea. When Jackson Kaguri (originally from Uganda) was in Seoul visiting our school to promote his school for AIDS orphans, he met with our book club to discuss his book A School for my Village (see also my blog on Service for more about Jackson).
At HKIS we would meet in the library where our librarian, Ann, would plan just the perfect menu to accompany our text. She also would get in touch with authors whenever possible and follow them on Instagram. We even met with an author online once.
Thank you, Ann, for the master list of books from book club at HKIS.
2016-2017
The Hundred-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Hillbilly Elegy
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