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read.log | This Might Actually Work Out, Nieun Bookstore: Why We Still Need Paper Books and Neighborhood Bookstores Why We Still Need Paper Books and Neighborhood BookstoresWe live in an age when almost every headline about reading is bad news. The number of people who read books at all keeps shrinking, and the rise of e-books has only accelerated the decline of print. It has also become something close to common sense that books are bought almost exclusively from large online retailers now. All of this raise.. 2026. 8. 20.
read.log | I Am a Cat: A Feline's-Eye Critique of the Modern World I Am a Cat: A Feline's-Eye Critique of the Modern WorldPlenty of people today sense that something in this world has gone quietly, seriously wrong. Recent headlines make the feeling hard to shake. The war in Ukraine, the fighting between Israel and Iran that drew in the United States, China's saber-rattling over Taiwan — watching it all unfold feels like watching the old ghosts of nationalism an.. 2026. 7. 20.
[read.log] Books Make Me Who I Am | Hisako Tajiri, Books, a Cat, and My Story Books Make Me Who I Am |Hisako Tajiri, Books, a Cat, and My StoryRegular readers of faith.log will remember Hisako Tajiri's At Daidai Bookshop, which I introduced back in April. Even after writing that piece, I found myself lingering in its atmosphere for days. It was only natural, then, to go looking for more of Tajiri's work — and that search led me to the book I'm introducing today: Books, a .. 2026. 5. 20.
read.log Ⓛ | Warmth Found in a Small Bookshop — At Daidai Bookshop A Japanese Bookshop Story, Discovered in a Korean OneRegular readers of faith.log may remember the column we ran this past March in the spot.log series — a tour of independent bookshops across Jeju Island. It was during that trip, at a shop called Saseo Chaekbang, that I first came across the book I want to introduce today: At Daidai Bookshop. I picked it up off the shelf nearest the entrance, a.. 2026. 4. 20.
read.log Ⓛ | It's Okay to Stop — Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop and the Exhausted People Around Us A Society That Never Learned to RestThere's a particular kind of tiredness that doesn't go away with sleep. You know the kind. It sits in your chest even on weekends, whispering that you should be doing more — reading more, earning more, becoming more. If you've felt it, you're not alone. And if you live in a city, you've probably stopped questioning it altogether. We have built societies — Seou.. 2026. 3. 20.