February Reading List Newsletter

First book of 2014!

Happy Lunar New Year!

Most of you probably know it as “Chinese New Year,” but here in South Korea it’s actually referred to as “Lunar New Year.” It’s one of the two biggest holidays of the year (the first being Chuseok, a Fall harvest festival), and a time when businesses shut down and people make the pilgrimage to their hometowns to spend time with family. An interesting quirk: This is also when Koreans traditionally consider themselves to age an additional year. Yes, the w...