Today's Idol Book Club pick was recommended by kpop idols RM and Suga of BTS! 

Almond by Won-Pyung Sohn

Our guest is Jess from ATC Presents: Daebak K Rambles Podcast! Find her @atcdaebakpod on Instagram and Twitter.

Listen to the end to find out who we would cast in a fantasy casting of a K drama version of this book (to date, we don't know if there will be a K drama based on this book!).

ABOUT THE BOOK & AUTHOR

• Gained popularity after members of BTS were seen reading it [Twitter]
• Korean coming-of-age novel wins Japanese literary award [The Korea Times]
• Korean Author’s Misfit Boys Teach Us About Emotion [Interview with the author, translated by the book’s translator] [authorlink]
• Writer Sohn Won-Pyung [Interview with the author] [K-Book Trends]
• Best-selling authors, veteran actors jump to filmmaking [The Korea Times]
• 'Almond' by Sohn Won-pyung sells 1 mln copies [Yonhap News]
• Coming-of-age novel 'Almond' to be made into musical [The Korea Times]

SCHOOL BULLYING IN KOREA

• The podcast Dramas Over Flowers has this episode where they discuss school bullying.
• South Korea’s school bullying has deadly consequences [CNN]

ALEXITHYMIA

• For people with alexithymia, emotions are a mystery [Spectrum News]