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#WonderousWednesday 🌞
Thank you for the tag, @Eggs 🌝

1. Would love to meet Stephen King or Roxanne Gay.
2. The tagged book, it was really fantastic.
3. Healing, I'm coming out of a 2 year autoimmune flare. Everyday I feel my body, mind and soul recovering💕💗💕

A dark, gripping story about the intergenerational effects of family dysfunction. The Korean American central character, Kyung, is a master of self sabotage, making this audiobook almost unbearably painful at times. By the midpoint, however, I could see the possibility for redemption. I‘m so glad to have stuck with this to the satisfying end. Raymond Lee, a Korean American actor, narrates the audiobook.

“But busy isn‘t the same thing as happy.”
“People your age,” Jin says, not making any effort to hide his disdain. “All you do is think about happiness.”

“The elevator door opens onto a vestibule painted in a strange, medicinal shade of pink.”

This passage from the tagged audiobook is referring to Baker-Miller pink, a colour used in an art installation by Kapwani Kiwanga that I saw last week at the ROYGBIV exhibit at the Art Gallery of Alberta.

#ConflictedWorlds #AbusiveSpouse
@Eggs & @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
This is one of the best books I have ever read, 5 stars. There is plenty of conflict. A father and son have a strained relationship. Then when the mother is assaulted, the son suspects his father. Such a great read.

A random act of criminal violence to an older Korean American couple quickly reveals cracks in the larger family system - financial and emotional, violence and secrets - I remember when this first came out and everyone insisted it was unputdownable and I have to agree! It's been sitting in my Audible library for a while. ↘️

Just started Shelter by Jung Yun and am just captivated.

Kyung and Gillian are facing financial issues when suddenly a horrific crime befalls Kyung‘s parents. What follows is a tragic, devastating crumbling of the family, seen from Kyung‘s perspective. This book is masterful—in a lesser writer‘s hands it may well have seemed silly or too much. But this is just heart-wrenching. So, so good.

Shelter is really good! Much more than just the domestic fiction I thought I was getting. There were things revealed I never would have guessed. I finished it a lot sooner than is normal for me, being a slow reader, because I couldn't put it down.

Always interesting to learn about cultural differences. In Korea you put your "parents first, children second, wife last."

My father grew up in the Dominican Republic, where the spouse comes before the children (I did not grow up that way, however).

I know this is late, hope it's okay.

I won a giveaway from Picador books a while back, and Shelter is one of the books I got. I still haven't read them all (I got 14!), but I have been making my way through them.
It says Shelter is a "domestic drama" which I happen to really enjoy. I'll be starting it tonight.

#BookHunt

4⭐ Oof this book really crept up on me. It was a tangled, moving story. Recommended. #libraryloot

Finished up Shelter during an interval #audiorun on the treadmill right after I got back from class! I didn't really want to run after class, I wanted to sit in bed 😂, but I'm really glad I ran! I feel great! 👍🏃‍♀️💪🎉 This book really crept up on me, I actually enjoyed the ending and will be thinking about the characters for a while. It gets at least ⭐⭐⭐. If you haven't already, comment on my previous post with a vote for my next listen! ❤️😊

#WeeklyForecast @Cinfhen
This week I'm going to finish Shelter and then start one of these 5 books for #NFNov. Which one should it be?? Comment with a vote and whichever one gets the most votes will be my next listen! 😊
@Clwojick @rsteve388

Enjoyed a long #audiorun today down to Aquatic Park, around the loop there, and back! Such a gorgeous day, 59°F when I left my apartment, sunny, but also a little foggy. 💕🏃‍♀️💪 #BFC #BFCr4 #RunningonReading

Evening #audiorun on the treadmill. Had a lot of fun doing a tempo workout! I'm not adoring this audiobook, but it's great for running. 👍🏃‍♀️ #BFC #BFCr4 #RunningonReading

So nice to squeeze a quick #audiorun on the treadmill in before a long and busy day! 😊🏃‍♀️ #BFC #BFCr4 #RunningonReading

Current #audiobook. (Got some #migraineandaudiobook listening time in yesterday.) So far I'm finding the characters very unlikeable and the book feels kind of flat overall? But I really want to love it. Have you read it? What did you think?

This a very intense story about a family who has managed to live well beyond their means. Despite the strained relations with the husband‘s wealthy family, he may have to humble himself and ask for help. Then tragedy strikes his parents and they may actually need to move in with their estranged son. There is so much to discuss in this book: family responsibilities, cultural differences, and how one handles a devastating family event, and more.

I started this book and then got overwhelmed with other things and didn‘t finish it before it had to go back to the library. I may revisit it when I‘m in the mood for a tougher read. #Shelter #LetsTravelAugust

From my tbr shelf #Shelter
#LetsTravelAugust
About a family trying to deal with the aftermath of a terrible tragedy.

Oh this is a fun one! So here‘s my first book haul photo, from 3 years ago. I‘m embarrassed but not surprised to note I‘ve only read 2 of these. 😳🤦🏼‍♀️ I‘m glad I can admit that amongst friends!

#bookhaulchallenge

#MayMovieMagic When Kyung Cho‘s mother appears at his door, bloodied and disoriented #GimmeShelter seems to be what she is seeking. This is a dark story of family memories, obligations and loyalty. Potential was there but for me, the story fell flat. I‘m still curious to read another book from this debut author.

I wasn't wholly prepared for the darkness that laid within the pages. This is a family drama that deals with the ugly side of family and society.

While I felt for Kyung and the things he went through as a child, I despised him as an adult. He used this as an excuse to not take responsibility for any of his actions.

This book has no silver-lining. It just lays bare a fictional family and all of their dysfunction.

⭐️⭐️⭐️

#comtemporary

Image from google. Not read the book but have heard that it‘s an absorbing read about familial obligation and cultural identity, set during the American housing crisis and financial crises in 2008.

“..exposes the jagged edges of parent-child relationships and the sacrifices we make in the name of family."

#newhogwartsadventure #houses

I really enjoyed this when I read it and it‘s an e-book deal in various formats 🎉. It did have violence that some might want to avoid; I‘ll add that as a comment marked as a spoiler so you can see it if you want to.

I love coming into work each day to my Book-A-Day calendar. Several of my colleagues come over to see what the daily book suggestion is, too!

#recommendsday

https://wellreadneck.wordpress.com/2018/06/29/shelter-jung-yun/

Thanks so much @8little_paws ;) I absolutely love my Valentine's package! I'm really excited about the books, and I absolutely love the goodies.
@Avanders @MrBook @BookBabe #cupidgoespostal

So much is covered in this gripping debut novel by Jung Yun: the housing crisis, cultural differences, race politics, financial issues, parenting, marriage and the unraveling of the main character, Kyung.

#quotsy #litsyquotechallenge #quotsyfeb18 #shelter

Spent a big chunk of my weekend cuddled up with these two. This was such a fantastic book. Its written so lovely. Its got a interesting plot, but its really just about the beautiful mess our relationships with family can be.

Found these on clearance today! I wanted to shop longer but my 1 year-old insisted on grabbing the books from the shelves and tossing them on the floor.😫😲 Obviously we have a long way to go 😏 #bookhaul #tbr #tryingtoraisereaders

Omg!!! I just opened this up today, the holidays are such a whirlwind!!! Thank you sooooooo much @NCNY ! This is such a sweet gift!!! I cannot wait to read both of these! ❤️❣️📚 Also your wrapping job was amazing!!! 🤩😎

This book about the sudden demise of a family is amazing. I listened on audio and I'm so glad I finally picked this up.

Today on audio. #currentlylistening

...pie for breakfast and a dysfunctional family this Sunday morning

I think I need a break from really screwed up characters, so it might be me instead of the writing. I would have bailed on this audio, but I couldn‘t find anything else to listen to until I was all but finished. It was just too much dysfunction without any relief. 😟 One upside was the ethnic diversity, I always enjoy reading outside my cultural confines.

Finally getting back to this one after putting it down for a long time.

Listening to a library audiobook of s title I wouldn't have otherwise chosen for myself? Must be book club night!

Currently 100 pages into this thriller about a man who's in the middle of a realtors tour of his house,which because of debts he has to sell, when a naked & bleeding woman appears in his backyard. After running outside he realises it's his mother.
Not sure what I think so far, even though the bad thing has happened already, it seems kinda slow. I'm not sure whether to persevere or switch it up with a different book until tomorrow. Hmmm🤔

I was thinking of starting this amazing book next, it's gotten such rave reviews from everyone who's read it. But I really need to start my TBR Bingo card as well, so what should I do? Read Shelter or pick a Bingo book?🤔

🏠🏠🏠🏠🏠 This book was not what I was expecting but I thought it was incredible. I like stories about dysfunctional families because my family sometimes lives at dysfunction junction. Stories like this always make me feel that it could always be worse. 🤣 But, wow, this one really made me want to hug everyone in my family.

Chose this book for the Litsy reading challenge, "Judged by the cover", because it immediately grabbed my attention when I saw it at the bookstore. Less than 20 pages in and I'm already hooked. Jung Yun's writing really sets the tone and place. Amazing.

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@Maggie thanks for everything 😊#beachinbookswap

Not happy that Mahm is back to work today. 😐
#ButYouJustGotHome #AttentionRequired #YesAllOfIt #CorgiLife #TheBookCorgi

This was a different book than I was expecting, but the writing was amazing. A family that is dysfunctional on all levels must deal with a horrific acts for asks if we must be there & care for family that never did the same for us.