Happy Sunday, Beanies! I’m back with another WWR thread, and this time I come with something vaguely Dramaland-related!
Before that, though, I finished Mistborn: Secret History by Brandon Sanderson and am super eager to jump into my next Mistborn book! If you read the books and haven’t read Secret History, I highly recommend it. It gives you a good look at some of the things happening “behind the scenes” of the world.
After that, I dove into Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. Some of you may know this story better as Park Chan-wook’s adaptation The Handmaiden starring Kim Min-hee and Kim Tae-ri. I have yet to see the film, but the moment I heard what it was about I was so shocked that a highly successfully, critically acclaimed Korean film adapted a work that was so unabashedly sapphic! At the same time, there are so many story beats that fit the mold of your standard Korean narratives that it actually isn’t so surprising. I’m only about halfway through at the moment, but I find it fascinating and am so curious to finally watch Park’s version of the story. It is not a romance, but I find myself oddly invested in our two central young women and how they navigate the odd, disturbing patriarchal world they inhabit–that is, of course, a mirror of our own.
I’m eager to see how this story unfolds!
What have you been reading this past week, Beanies?
Oh, and reading Fingersmith had me thinking more and more than dramaland has no excuse for its lack of lesbians considering The Handmaiden and how the line between drama and film blurs more and more with the rise of streaming (and cable). Come on, Netflix, you know what you need to do! And grab Jeong Seo-kyeong to write it while you’re at it–I just know she wanted to do something more with a certain storyline in Little Women…
@mindy – Sarah Waters’ Tipping the Velvet is another fantastic novel featuring a pair of lesbian lovers. I high recommend it. There’s a decent British film adaptation. I’d love to see the story adapted by a more adventurous creative team—particularly one from a different culture.
Now I know this is going to happen I will post my reads here rather than on the WWW thread. I hope the others that have posted book reviews in the past are aware of this thread and use it too as I have picked up some of their recommendations in the past.
Currently I am without a novel on the go but the non fiction is filling the gap at the moment. My current listen is written by a hospital chaplain that I follow on Instagram: As long as you need by J S Park is a ‘work’ related book on grieving. It is a harrowing listen as it is very well written and the individual stories are very impactful.
I will be starting How K-dramas can transform your life: Powerful lessons on belongingness, healing and mental health by Jeanie Y Chang afterwards. Another ‘work’ related book as she is also a family therapist and talks about this topic on her Instagram posts.
I stopped She Who Became the Sun, to read The Taking of Jake Livingston, and then stopped Jake for a webnovel that the author of a webtoon I love recommended.
I can’t read books the way I see dramas apparently. All at the same time doesn’t work for me. 😆
After I finish this webnovel I’ll finish Jake and after Jake I’ll go back to She Sun.
I read The Handmaiden years ago, and I meant to see the film but somehow never have. I am going to try to get it. For some reason I got a bunch of memoirs from the library the last time. Over the weekend I finished Doppelganger by Naomi Klein, which was part memoir, part politics. I am also reading Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life by Alice Wong.
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mindy
May 26, 2024 at 10:24 AM
📚What We’re Reading📚
Happy Sunday, Beanies! I’m back with another WWR thread, and this time I come with something vaguely Dramaland-related!
Before that, though, I finished Mistborn: Secret History by Brandon Sanderson and am super eager to jump into my next Mistborn book! If you read the books and haven’t read Secret History, I highly recommend it. It gives you a good look at some of the things happening “behind the scenes” of the world.
After that, I dove into Fingersmith by Sarah Waters. Some of you may know this story better as Park Chan-wook’s adaptation The Handmaiden starring Kim Min-hee and Kim Tae-ri. I have yet to see the film, but the moment I heard what it was about I was so shocked that a highly successfully, critically acclaimed Korean film adapted a work that was so unabashedly sapphic! At the same time, there are so many story beats that fit the mold of your standard Korean narratives that it actually isn’t so surprising. I’m only about halfway through at the moment, but I find it fascinating and am so curious to finally watch Park’s version of the story. It is not a romance, but I find myself oddly invested in our two central young women and how they navigate the odd, disturbing patriarchal world they inhabit–that is, of course, a mirror of our own.
I’m eager to see how this story unfolds!
What have you been reading this past week, Beanies?
mindy
May 26, 2024 at 10:32 AM
Oh, and reading Fingersmith had me thinking more and more than dramaland has no excuse for its lack of lesbians considering The Handmaiden and how the line between drama and film blurs more and more with the rise of streaming (and cable). Come on, Netflix, you know what you need to do! And grab Jeong Seo-kyeong to write it while you’re at it–I just know she wanted to do something more with a certain storyline in Little Women…
Babylilo
June 16, 2024 at 10:33 AM
@mindy – Sarah Waters’ Tipping the Velvet is another fantastic novel featuring a pair of lesbian lovers. I high recommend it. There’s a decent British film adaptation. I’d love to see the story adapted by a more adventurous creative team—particularly one from a different culture.
Kurama
May 26, 2024 at 10:37 AM
I’m reading Lockwood & Co The Empty Grave. It’s 5th tome of the serie.
I have the 4 books in French, but looks like it didn’t work in France and never translated the last tome… So I have to read it in English.
I watch all my dramas with Eng sub, and the same with US shows, so I like to read in French usually.
Reply1988 -❣️Mother Bean❣️
May 26, 2024 at 11:35 AM
Now I know this is going to happen I will post my reads here rather than on the WWW thread. I hope the others that have posted book reviews in the past are aware of this thread and use it too as I have picked up some of their recommendations in the past.
Currently I am without a novel on the go but the non fiction is filling the gap at the moment. My current listen is written by a hospital chaplain that I follow on Instagram: As long as you need by J S Park is a ‘work’ related book on grieving. It is a harrowing listen as it is very well written and the individual stories are very impactful.
I will be starting How K-dramas can transform your life: Powerful lessons on belongingness, healing and mental health by Jeanie Y Chang afterwards. Another ‘work’ related book as she is also a family therapist and talks about this topic on her Instagram posts.
tabong is ironing the crosswalk
May 26, 2024 at 5:26 PM
I stopped She Who Became the Sun, to read The Taking of Jake Livingston, and then stopped Jake for a webnovel that the author of a webtoon I love recommended.
I can’t read books the way I see dramas apparently. All at the same time doesn’t work for me. 😆
After I finish this webnovel I’ll finish Jake and after Jake I’ll go back to She Sun.
too_much_tv
May 27, 2024 at 7:40 PM
I read The Handmaiden years ago, and I meant to see the film but somehow never have. I am going to try to get it. For some reason I got a bunch of memoirs from the library the last time. Over the weekend I finished Doppelganger by Naomi Klein, which was part memoir, part politics. I am also reading Year of the Tiger: An Activist’s Life by Alice Wong.