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2026 Reading Challenges:

BOOK 01 : HUMAN ACTS BY HAN KANG   This year, you would like to try something different, I said to myself. I had always underestimated 'a year of reading challenges' because I would hate it if I gave myself a deadline for doing what I like, like reading a book, for example. It was merely because I didn't want to put pressure on myself. But I'd like to try something different, as I said, hence: Book 01 in 2026, Human Acts by Han Kang, translated into English from Korean by Deborah Smith. I picked up and bought Human Acts from this independent bookstore in Canggu Street, Bali, called Wonder Bookstore . I really like the place, it's relatively small but have great collection of international books. They also have a cafe area indoors and on the verandah, which looked so cozy. Back to the book review. I feel like this was one of the fastest I finished a book. I read it in a week, and honestly, it would be faster without my 9-to-5 work every day. (I know some of you spee...