A reading exchange essay by essayist Goodall and translator Lee Ji-su.
This film depicts the process of two people with very different reading tastes expanding their own worlds through books recommended by each other while also becoming immersed in each other's worlds over the past year.
The rules of this unique reading group, called the "Bookshelf Exchange Project," are simple.
If you send ten books selected from your bookshelf along with a note containing a mission, the other person will read the book, complete the mission, and then write a note.

The two authors explore diverse voices—labor, women, vegans, the environment, queers—at the intersection of books and life, expanding them into everyday practice.
After reading this book, which contains the small solidarity created by 'readers' and the changes that occurred 'between readings', as author Kim Hon-bi said, "You will definitely want to follow them and keep a reading exchange diary with someone."

I don't know since when.
It was a point where we started to think in a dichotomous way, considering ‘virtue’ as a harmless pleasure and ‘karma’ as a difficult job.
I changed jobs several times to find a job that suited my aptitude, but I tried to keep work and hobbies completely separate.
After thinking about it carefully, I think it was my first year working at a publishing company that had an impact.
For a whole year, I didn't read anything except skimming through books I needed for work.
I managed to make a living as a publishing editor with great difficulty, just because I love books, but then I came home from work and found myself in this absurd situation where I couldn't even focus on the words I wanted to read.
--- Gudal, from “The Path to the Unity of Virtue and Career”

There is a word in Japanese called 'moroi'.
If you look it up in the dictionary, 1.
2. Easily broken or destroyed from its original shape or state.
Weak holding power 3.
It means being easily swayed by emotions.
At that time, I was a person who was truly 'moroi', combining the meanings of 1, 2, and 3, and perhaps I was there alone to confront that 'moroi'ness head-on.
I am a soft and frail person who wants to be something but has not become anything yet.
I, who made one excuse after another and never even tried to do what I really wanted to do.
I can't stand myself like that.
Still
I'm trying to crack myself, even if it's just a little bit, to push something through to the end, to try to change the direction of my life, which is rolling along with the strong force of inertia, even if only a little.

--- Jisoo, from "Days That Were Once Mine"

It was a short time with the baby.
These were days when I had a lot to laugh about as I watched my nephew grow up day by day.
But I couldn't help but have these kinds of questions pop up from time to time.
Why am I helping with childcare as if it were a given? My younger brother didn't take any vacation time while my nephew was home.
No one asked for it.
At night, the whole family moved quietly.
I'm saying this so that my dad, who goes to work at dawn, doesn't lose sleep.
And the baby's crib was in front of my room door.
My room is also my workplace, but everyone seemed to have forgotten that.

--- Gudal, from "If a Letter Could Be Salvation"

If I could, I would like to radio the elementary school student who was furious at the ending of the novel version of 『Glass Mask』 and tell him that if he waited just a little bit (maybe 30 years...?), he would see a comic that was just as fun even without the person in the purple rose.
I want to tell you that you can pick anyone from the work "Jeongnyeoni" and make them your role model, as it is full of female characters who cannot be defined by flat words like "innocent," "pitiful," "sexy," or "cute" and who achieve what they want solely through their own strength.
I want to tell you that the world will change with a clear flow and an irreversible momentum.

--- Jisoo, from "A Woman of Loyalty, A Woman of Ambitions, A Woman of Achievement"

There isn't much a human can do with his left arm resting on a dog's back.
I opened my phone and logged on to social media.
A new video has been uploaded to Jisoo's account.
Zorba and Nova are lying side by side under the sofa, their bodies supported by the heated floor.
I laughed when I saw that the sofa was tattered and scratched.
The wallpaper and living room point of our house, which were torn to shreds by Bilbo's fangs, are the same.
Time flows warmly and peacefully for two cats from Sampyeong-dong and a dog from Seongbuk-dong.
“Time does not exist.
Or only listed as moments.” The words that Tolstoy left behind suddenly flashed through my mind.
I closed my eyes and tried to sleep.
I wanted to have a cartoon-like dream where the inner thoughts of my four-legged friends and my human friends were displayed in speech bubbles next to their heads.

--- Gudal, from "Time between Dogs and Humans, Conversation between Dogs and Humans"

Torn between the pangs of conscience and the temptation of convenience, the rules I've set for myself to truly put my mind at ease are as follows:
When eating alone, try to eat vegetarian food as much as possible.
Avoid buying leather products, or if you absolutely need them, buy them used if possible.
I will use vegan cosmetics and buy eggs, milk, and meat from farms that promote animal welfare.
Do not post pictures of meat on social media.
I know this is an incredibly lazy effort compared to my friends who are full-fledged vegans.
But there's a difference between making a lazy effort and not making one, so I'll try to keep going, even if it's lax.

--- Jisoo, from "Cats are Art"

As I looked up at the sky (a little worried that I might actually see a spaceship), I thought about the beings that had brought me to this very scene.
Hana and Kyungmin, novelist Jeong Se-rang, Jisoo who gave them the mission, the fashion company employee who first came up with the idea of ​​making upcycled clothing using the company's inventory that was destined for incineration, and the sewing artisans who skillfully tear apart, patch, and reattach old clothes to breathe new life into them...
People who draw small green circles, each using their own wit in their own place.
I wonder what else I can try to confidently land a role in the world they live in.
First of all, I want to be reborn as a low-carbon fashionista.

--- Goodall, from "Saving the Earth with Your Coat Sleeves"

But now I definitely think this too.
The mindset that families must obey the patriarch can lead to physical violence if taken even one wrong step.
Even if it doesn't lead to physical violence, that kind of thinking can cause lasting psychological trauma to family members over a long period of time.
Therefore, the authoritarian father, the patriarchal father, should not be idealized as a 'father figure from the good old days.'
No matter how much I never doubted my father's love for me, I would never love Yuha the way he did.
I want to prove my love to Yuha by not passing on that kind of love.

--- Jisoo, from "The Heart That Wants to Change Is There"