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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 15h

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#VietnamWar #Nurse #ArmyNurse #Sisterhood #Patriotism #War #KristinHannah

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Book cover of "The Women" by Kristin Hannah.

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 1d

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#AmericanDream #Immigrant #NewYork #Manhattan @minjinlee.bsky.social

64/80 💡📚

Book cover of "Free Food for Millionaires" by Min Jin Lee.

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 2d

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#Lovestory #SouthofFrance #RomanticLove @danielletrussoni.bsky.social

63/80 💡📚

Book cover of "The Fortress" by Danielle Trussoni.

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 3d

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#ChoNamJoo #KoreanLiterature #Feminism #Depression #Sexism #Patriarchy #4B

62/80 🖋️📚

Book cover of "Kim Jiyoung, Born in 1982" by Cho Nam-Joo.

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 4d

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#HanKang #KoreanLiterature #Feminism #Insanity #Sisters #NobelPrize

61/80 🖋️📚

Book cover of Han Kang's "The Vegetarian."

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 5d

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#FairyTales #BrothersGrimm #ChildrensLiterature #KidLit

60/80 🪐📚

Book cover of "Grimm' Fairy Tales" by the Brothers Grimm.

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 5d

If all else fails, yes, to cake!

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 6d

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#GreekMyths #Odyssey #Witch #Feminist @madelinemiller.bsky.social

59/80 🪐📚

Book cover of "Circe" by Madeline Miller.

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 7d

Thank you!

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 7d

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#Technology #Immigrants #Corporatocracy #ClimateChange @vauhinivara.bsky.social

58/80

Book cover for "The Immortal King Rao" by Vauhini Vara.

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 8d

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#Dysfunctional #Family #JeannetteWalls #Resilience #Redemption #Childhood

57/80

Book cover of Jeannette Walls' "The Glass Castle."

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 9d

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#TheSecondComing #WBYeats #Poetry #IrishLiterature

56/80

The center cannot hold.

Book cover of W.B.Yeats' "Michael Robartes and the Dancer"

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 10d

Adams has just abandoned his bid for Mayor. And this is why Jeffries gotta go!

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 10d

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#Evil #Psychology #Sociopath #Narcissist #MScottPeck

55/80

How not to face failure 💡📚

Book cover of "People of the Lie" by M. Scott Peck.

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 12d

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#GothicNovel #StephenKing #Psychic #Supernatural #Ghosts

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Overlook madness 🩸📚

Book cover of Stephen King's "The Shining"

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 12d

Thank you!

Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 13d

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#KoreanWar #Suicide #Lovestory @crystalhanak.bsky.social

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Scars of war ⏳📚

Book cover of Crystal Hana Kim's "If You Leave Me Now."

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 14d

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#KatieKitamura #Hague #WarCrimes #LaurentGbagbo

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The truth? 🖋️📚

Book cover of Kati Kitamura's "Intimacies."

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 16d

Yellowface

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 16d

Thank you, Master.

Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 16d

And this is exactly what they wanted. Distract, delay, dilute, deny.

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 16d

So right! We need to stop supporting/enabling/helping them!

Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 16d

Hey Heather, so glad you are doing this! Keep up the 💙 up there!

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 16d

👍

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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주 @sungjuahn.bsky.social · 16d

Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 80 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #Readers
#Jamestown #Survival #SpiritualAwakening @legroff.bsky.social

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Run, girl run! ⏳📚

Book cover of "The Vaster Wilds" by Lauren Groff.

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