I extracted my dusty old dead kindle from a bedroom drawer recently and charged it up and wiped it down. I was browsing through my reading history and there are, surprisingly, a lot of books on there. I didn't realise just how much reading I used to do.
One topic I have always been fascinated with is North Korea. Various books have come out over the years and I've read maybe half a dozen or so. We've all heard stories about the brutal regime that governs this country, but to read about first hand accounts of people who've been in their concentration camps is truly something else.
One such book, quite apt really, given the nature of our forum, is "Aquariums of Pyongyang". The writer of the book, who was only a nine year old child at the time, and his whole family, were sent to such a camp. They'd done nothing wrong, completely innocent. Their only crime was that they were related to someone who had spoke out about the party who ran the country.
That is how it works over there. Punishment by association. It is a brilliant read and will leave you aghast, open mouthed at what they had to endure. I've started reading it again. I can highly recommend this book.
