Multiple Reasons to be Reading!

Hwang Boreum.  Every Day I Read: 53 Ways to Get Closer to Books.  Tran. by Shanna Tan.  New 

         York: Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025.  ISBN: 9781639737796

 

 

Do you enjoy reading?  How often do you read?  Are you like me,Hwang Bo-reum asks, that you read every day?  Or would you like to read more but are not sure how to find the time and the space to do so.  No matter how you answered those questions, you might find answers here to assist your reading journey.

 

In Every Day I Read, Hwang Bo-reum provides both hear reasons why she reads, how she got in the habit of reading, and then provides 53 descriptive ways to choose what to read, when to read, and where to read.  She recommends reading a variety of types of books (novels, short story collections, poetry, non-fiction), locations (commuter train, car, on walks), and using different mediums (hard-copy, ebooks, audiobooks).  Other advice she gives includes always having a book or books with you, not having to finish every book, using a timer so that you focus on reading, and keeping a list of what you have read.  All seemingly mundane advice, but handy to have in one package.  

 

I had read Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop earlier this year so I was interested in this title when I saw that it was coming out in December.  It was interesting to find out that Hwang Bo-reum wrote this title before Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop.  Reflecting back on that title in light of what she writes in Every Day I Read, I can see how she used some of these ways for her characters to appreciate reading and make it a habit.  

 

In Every Day I Read, Hwang Bo-reun provides seemingly simple advice that can help  jump-start someone's reading journey and/or increase the pleasure in one's trip!