Fifteenth challenge finish of the year.
Checked this one out from the library. I wasn't sure what prompt to put it under, but then I figured out that its Dewy Decimal number is 813.6 (as is all other American Fiction since 2000). :)
Very interesting story set on the remote Korean island of Jeju from the 1930s to present. I knew nothing of Korean culture or history. As it opens, only women are allowed to be divers to harvest sea creatures and plant life. Their husbands traditionally stayed home and cared for the children.
Be warned, there were some situations of war-time atrocities during the island's occupation, as well as domestic violence.
Sixteenth challenge finish of the year.
I love this author. His writing is spare, but full, if that makes sense. All of his books are written without quotation marks, I believe. But that doesn't feel at all awkward.
Plainsong has been on my Kindle since 2015, and somehow was mistakenly marked as read. Since I couldn't remember it, I spent some time going through my Reading List which goes back to 2010. Turns out I had never read Plainsong, so I am happily ticking the box of another one that has been on my TBR list forever.
While I was reading through my Reading List, I realized how much I have neglected it the passed couple of years. I think since I've been adding books I've read to my Goodreads bookshelves, I have stopped writing my short critiques/opinions on my Reading List page here on the blog. Perusing through past books reminded me that there are quite a few I rated "10" that I want to go back and reread. I started one of them yesterday which will count toward the challenge next week.
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