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Sung Ju Ahn 안성주
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writer, teacher, mother, immigrant, friend of democracy, and a lover of america
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#Korea #WW2 #ImperialJapan #Joseon #Missionaries #Christian #History

94/100 💡📚
Book cover of "Living Dangerously in Korea" by Donald N. Clark.
November 22, 2025 at 4:47 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity #Reader
@rabihalameddine.bsky.social #Beirut #Lebanon #Translations

93/100
Book cover of "An Unnecessary Woman" by Rabih Alameddine.
November 20, 2025 at 6:57 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity #Reader
#TanaFrench #UnreliableNarrator #Murder #Ireland #Dublin

92/100 ⚡️📚
Book cover of "In the Woods" by Tana French.
November 18, 2025 at 10:24 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity #Reader
@lucykalanithi.bsky.social #MedSky #LungCancer #Cancer

91/100💡📚
Book cover of "When Breath becomes Air" by Paul Kalanithi.
November 17, 2025 at 12:21 AM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity #Reader #Beauty #PlasticSurgery #Seoul #SouthKorea #SocialPressure

90/100 🖋️📚
Book cover of "If I Had Your Face" by Frances Cha.
November 13, 2025 at 5:55 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity #Reader
@philklay.bsky.social #Veterans #War #Iraq #NationalBookAward

89/100 🖋️📚
Book cover of "Redeployment" by Phil Klay.
November 11, 2025 at 6:14 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity #Reader
#Trauma #BesselvanderKolk #MedSky #NeuroSky #PsychSky

88/100 🪐📚
Book cover of "The Body Keeps the Score" by Bessel van der Kolk M.D.
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 AM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity #Reader
#SayakaMurata #SciFi #Horror #Dystopia #MagicalRealism
#Japan

87/100 🪐📚
Book cover of "Earthlings" by Sayaka Murata.
November 7, 2025 at 6:39 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#Steinbeck #FamilySaga #California #SiblingRivalry
#NobelPrize

86/100 ⏳📚
Book cover of "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck.
November 4, 2025 at 11:50 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#Japan #Yakuza #Crime #WW2 #EmpireofJapan #ColonialKorea

85/100 💡📚
Book cover of "Confessions of a Yakuza" by Junichi Saga.
November 3, 2025 at 4:57 PM
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Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#CarlosRuizZafon #Barcelona #Murder #Madness #GothicNovel #LoveStory

84/100 ⚡️📚
Book cover of "The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.
November 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#MedSky #Korea #Medicine #Joseon #Doctors #Surgeon #Physician

83/100 💡📚
Book cover of "Pictorial History of Modern Medicine in Korea."
October 31, 2025 at 8:50 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#WilliamStyron #NationalBookAward #WW2 #Holocaust #Auschwitz #Mother

82/100 ⏳📚
Book cover of "Sophie's Choice" by William Styron.
October 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
Taught myself to write a novel by writing a historical fiction
⏳📚 set in 1940's Colonial Korea. Here are 100 books that taught me about writing or the world of my story 🖋️📚

#BookSky #BookTok #Writers #WritingCommunity
#ColonialKorea #Korea #Japan #ImperialJapan #PublicSpace
#Politics

81/100 💡📚
Book cover of "Assimilating Seoul" by Todd A. Henry.
October 29, 2025 at 5:46 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
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 #WritingCommunity
#MedSky #Medicine #Methodist #Christian #HermitKingdom #Korea

80/80 💡📚
Book cover of "With Stethoscope in Asia: Korea" by Sherwood Hall M.D.
October 25, 2025 at 3:55 PM
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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 #WritingCommunity #Reader
#CreativeWriting #WritingCraft @stephenking.bsky.social

79/80 💡📚
Book cover of "On Writing" by Stephen King.
October 24, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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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 #WritingCommunity #Reader
#SylviaPlath #Mentalillness #GenderRoles #Identity #SocialPressure

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Book cover of "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath.
October 23, 2025 at 5:52 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
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 #WritingCommunity
#AmorTowles #Revolution #Bolshevik #LuxuryHotel #HouseArrest #FrenchWine

77/80
Book cover of "The Gentleman in Moscow" by Amor Towles.
October 22, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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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 #WritingCommunity
#BlackSky #Stereotypes #PublishingIndustry @percivaleverett.bsky.social

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Book cover of "Erasure" by Percival Everett.
October 21, 2025 at 4:57 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
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 #Reader
#FScottFitzgerald #AmericanDream #2ndChances #Gatsby #Tragedy #WritingCraft #JazzAge

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Original Book cover of "The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
October 20, 2025 at 8:17 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
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
#Tolstoy #LoveStory #LoveAffair #Tragedy #Russia #Omniscient #3rdPerson

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Book cover of "Anna Karenina" by Leo Tolstoy.
October 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
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 #ChangRaeLee #Survival #War #Christian #Orphans #ChristianMissionary

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Book cover of "The Surrendered" by Chang-rae Lee.
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
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
#Wallander #HenningMankell #NordicNoir

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Book cover of "The Troubled Man" by Henning Mankell.
October 16, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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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
#GenerationalTrauma #MarkWolynn #Depression #Anxiety #Phobia #Family

71/80 💡📚
Book cover of "It Didn't Start with You" by Mark Wolynn.
October 15, 2025 at 9:51 PM
sungjuahn.bsky.social
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
#Korea #Joseon #HermitKingdom #RoyalGeographicalSociety #Victorian #Travelogue

70/80 💡📚
Book cover of "Korea and Her Neighbors" by Isabella Bird Bishop.
October 15, 2025 at 12:38 AM