Hello [bibliophiles](https://tenor.com/view/bts-bangtan-boys-bangtan-sonyeondan-bts-jimin-park-jimin-gif-17359490) of r/bangtan!

Thank you to all who participated in our November book club meeting with **Crying in H Mart**. It’s time to dry your tears cause *life goes on* and we’ll be discussing another book that BTS have recommended, possibly related to BTS’ music or simply because they were spotted in BTS content in the background. You voted, and the results are in for the next book on our Bangtan TBR! And it is… [drumroll please…!](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Djv-g9CJqYc)

# ‘Kim Ji-young, Born 1982’ by Cho Nam-joo

A runaway bestseller that helped launch Korea’s new feminist movement, Kim Ji-young, Born 1982 follows one woman’s psychic deterioration in the face of rigid misogyny. In a small, tidy apartment on the outskirts of the frenzied metropolis of Seoul, Kim Ji-young, a millennial ‘everywoman’, spends her days caring for her infant daughter. Her husband, however, worries over a strange symptom that has recently appeared: Jiyoung has begun to impersonate the voices of other women – dead and alive, both known and unknown to her. Truly, flawlessly, completely, she became that very person. As she plunges deeper into this psychosis, Jiyoung’s concerned husband sends her to a psychiatrist, who listens to her narrate her own life story from her birth to a family who expected a son, to elementary school teachers who policed girls’ outfits, to male coworkers who installed hidden cameras in women’s restrooms and posted the photos online. But can her doctor cure her, or even discover what truly ails her? [RM mentions in a Vlive that he had read the book and that it was thought-provoking](https://twitter.com/JooniesLibrary/status/1389921385766662144).

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# So Show Me (*How to get the book*)

* Title: Kim Ji-young, Born 1982
* Author: Cho Nam-joo
* Publisher: Liveright
* Publication Date: April 14, 2020
* ISBN: 9781631496707. This is for the US/English version. Please search for the ISBNs for your respective versions.
* Format: It is available either in hardcover, ebook, or audiobook
* Please also check with your [local libraries](https://search.worldcat.org/title/1102477918) (where applicable) for loan availability
* [Link to Amazon](https://www.amazon.com/dp/1471184307) | [Link to Google Books](https://books.google.com/books?id=3iqfDwAAQBAJ) | [Link to Apple Books](https://books.apple.com/us/book/kim-jiyoung-born-1982-a-novel/id1470125636) | [Link to Barnes & Noble](https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/kim-jiyoung-born-1982-cho-nam-joo/1136838865)

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# Schedule

* January 15: Voters’ choice book announced
* January 31: Books with Luv meeting

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# Book Club Setlist – What are we going to talk about?

*Below is a discussion guide. We will also be preparing some questions for you!*

* Book specific questions – TBA
* *Fan Chant*: Hype/overall reviews
* *Ments*: favorite quotes
* *ARMY Time*: playlist/recommendations of songs you associate with the book/chapters/characters
* *Do The Wave*: sentiments, feels, realizations based on the book
* *Encore/Post Club-read Depression Prevention*: something the book club can do afterwards (on your own leisure time) to help feel less sad after reading.

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# Roll Call

Say *hello to our club world* and let us know if you’ll be joining us! If you voted for this book, we’d love to know why. Or if you were hoping for another option, share that too.

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# With luv

If you have any questions or concerns regarding the book or the thread, feel free to tag me or any of the mods or BWL Volunteers.

* u/EveryCliche
* u/munisme
* u/mucho_thankyou5802

…and the r/bangtan Mod Team

by munisme