Saturday, December 10, 2011

#133 Lullaby - Rina Suryakusuma




Title & synopsis : Lullaby
Author : Rina Suryakusuma
Her blog : http://jendelacerita.blogspot.com/
Published on December 1st 2011
Publisher : Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Review :
"Apa pun yang ia perbuat, saat itu tak akan pernah kembali lagi. Hanya saja Audy bersyukur, karena ia tahu Tuhan baik. Saat sesuatu diambil dari hidup seseorang, itu berarti Tuhan akan memberikan sesuatu yang jauh lebih baik lagi sebagai gantinya. Supaya ada tempat yang tersisa"
Audy dan Rose adalah dua gadis kembar yang tak terpisahkan. Beda dengan Rose, Audy mengidap sakit jantung yang kapan saja dapat merenggut nyawanya. Dilahirkan dengan jantung lemah membuat Audy merasa tidak berdaya dengan mendapat seluruh perhatian dari keluarganya, mama papanya, dan kedua kakaknya. Tak ada kasih sayang yang tersisa untuk saudara kembarnya,Rose.
Rose yang malang, Rose yang kesepian. . . .

Setelah sekarang kondisi jantungnya jauh lebih baik, Audy merasa sudah saatnya ia membayar kepada Rose kasih sayang dan perhatian yang sudah selayaknya ia terima sejak dulu. Maka ia pun menolak lamaran dari Mardi,orang yang selama beberapa tahun terakhir menghiasi hari-harinya. Bukan hanya sekali ia menolak lamaran tersebut, banyak pertimbangan yang membuat Audy memilih untuk berkata 'tidak'.

Mardi bukan pria kemarin sore. Walau lamarannya ditolak, dia tak pernah menyerah untuk terus mencoba membuka pintu hati Audy. Audy tahu betul Mardi sudah menempati hatinya dan itu takkan berubah. Tapi Rose juga ada dihatinya, dan ia tidak akan pernah bisa memilih diantara mereka berdua karena pilihan itu tidak pernah ada.

Di lain pihak, keluarga Audy sangat mengkhawatirkan kondisi Audy. Dan lagi-lagi Rose terabaikan. Semua hanya memikirkan Audy yang kelihatan pucat, Audy yang sedih, Audy yang ini dan itu. Pernahkah mereka berpikir tentang Rose walau sedetikpun?? Bagaimana Audy harus berupaya untuk mendekatkan Rose dengan keluarga mereka lagi jika Rose bahkan sudah menyerah dan memilih untuk diam?

Buku ini sukses membuat saya speechless dan merinding pada saat yang bersamaan. Berbeda dari buku-buku ci Rina sebelumnya, buku ini totally different dan memiliki banyak kejutan-kejutan yang hanya akan kita ketahui setelah kita membacanya. Dan dijamin semua bakal pada speechless seperti saya. And you know what? Buku yang tebal enggak menjamin kualitas dari isi suatu buku. Dan dibanding dengan buku2 lain, buku yang tergolong tipis ini sanggup dan sukses membuat saya (again and again) speechless.  Hanya satu kata yaitu SALUT kepada ci Rina karena this book is really good and it's really worth to buy and read. Highly recommended!!

 List of her books :
Rina Suryakusuma's books. ( buy, read, and appreciate it)

Thursday, December 8, 2011

#132 Touch Of Frost - Jennifer Estep


Read on December 06 to 07th, 2011
Title : Touch Of Frost ( Mythos Academy 01)
Series : Mythos Academy
Author : Jennifer Estep
Published on July 26th 2011
Publisher : Kensington Publishing Corporation
Total Pages : 350 pages
Synopsis : Touch Of Frost
Review :
"You? Felt sorry for me? You're nobody,Gypsy. You don't have any friends, and you don't belong her. You're pathetic."
"I have a name. It's Gwen Frost. I'm not nobody. And you think I'm pathetic? I'm not the girl who faked her own death just so she could get some sort of twisted revenge on her best friend. That's pathetic."
 Gwen has the ability to know, see, and feel things just by touching a person or an object. Just by touching them, she could see everything that they'd ever done, the good and the bad, even the secrets that they'd ever tried to hide. I love this girl so much because compare to other kids with gifts, she has no hulk power like Spartan, or the ability to move faster like Valkyries, yet she's so brave and didn't hesitate even just a second to used her gypsy gift to help whoever needs help eventhough most students at Mythos Academy tend to ignore her and act like she's not visible.

 The most popular Valkyries girl, Jasmine is found dead in a library close to one of the thirteen artifacts, Bowl of Tears. And Gwen be the one who found her body. When she tried to do something to help Jasmine, someone hit her on the head and she blacked out. What she knows after she awake is she needs to find the killer. Because no one seems to care about Jasmine's death, even her BBF, Morgan didn't seem to care much about her best friend being murdered. The fact is Morgan is a bit happy because finally she has free access to flirt and hook up with Jasmine's boyfriend Samson. Ugh BF n BFF sucks.

However, the killer can be anyone, the Reapers, gods, or any creatures that want to steal the Bowl of Tears and set Loki free. Loki is the bad bad guy. He was a michief god, a selfish god. He wanted to rule over the other gods, over everything , not only gods but mortals and all creatures. So, Loki is a Chaos and a treath to everyone. So, he was chained up but his followers are still trying to release him.

"So, the Reapers fought the members of the Pantheon, and the world was plunged into the Chaos War. Brother turned against brother, sister against sister, families were torn apart, slaughtered, or worse."
Everyone can be the reapers, your best friend, your boyfriend, and even your teachers. So, that's why students are taught how to fight and defend themselves. and FYI, Gwen has zero interest in gym class and she doesn't how to fight. That's why when a panther creature intended to kill her, she freaked out, yet Logan Quinn saved her life.
"Gypsy girls make for awful easy killing. Wouldn't take but just a second."
"Yeah,well, this Gypsy girl happens to have a grandma who can curse you so bad that your d*ck will turn black and fall off, so watch your step,Spartan." << i laughed so hard when I read this. LOL you better watch urself, Logan :DD
 while doing her mission to find who the killer of Jasmine is, she made friend with someone who dislike her in the first place and she is one of Jasmine's BFF as well. and what she learned from her relationship with Logan is the feeling is mutual but for some reasons, Logan can't be more than friends, at least at that time. Not to mention he has a girlfriend ald.

The end of this book is freaking nice, I found myself amused many times by the unexpected events, and finally in the end of the story, Gwen knew the reason why she was sent to Mythos Academy.

After I read the prequel of Mythos Academy (read my review here : First Frost) , I know the first book is gonna be good for sure. And tell you what? Touch of Frost had my full attention. It's super awesome and somehow I can relate this Loki bad god to you-know-who Voldemort. Can't wait to read the 2nd book Kiss of Frost.

Here is my favorite word :
"And I'd finally figured out something else,too. That the people you loved never really died, not as long as you kept your memories of them alive, not as long as they lived on in your heart."

Tuesday, December 6, 2011

New Books , New Stories


After having a tiring month with doin lotsa assignments, I went to bookstore with my mom this afternoon. ^^. It's my favorite place to hang out you know, bookstore =D So, actually there are many new books at Gramedia, but I decided to buy four books first (as you can see from the pic I captured above) since those books were written by my fav authors. 

Gonna write the reviews soon after I read the books. But I'm afraid I can't read all of them until I'm free from assignment and it means i have to wait until the holiday comes. Oh Christmas I love you so freakin much!!! 

I have nothing to tell except how excited I am everytime I buy new books and the idea to visit Kinokuniya at KLCC next Januari doubled up my excitement.. Happy Reading all! :) Christmas is coming soon!

Monday, December 5, 2011

#131 First Frost ( Mythos Academy 0.5)


Status : Read on December 3rd, 2011
Title : First Frost (Mythos Academy 0.5)
Author : Jennifer Estep
Published on July 1st 2011
Publisher : Kensington Books
Synopsis : First Frost
Review :
This is a short prequel to the Mythos Academy series. It will help readers to get a better understanding before reading the first book, Touch of Frost. Gwen Frost is a Gypsy who has the gift of psychometry. She is neither a freak nor a normal teenager. FYI, Her mother and grandmother have the same gift as well, but more powerful. Her grandma get visions and her mother knows whenever someone tell lies. Ad she use her gift to help the police. However, Gwen earned extra money by helping her friends find things. With her gypsy gift, she could locate the places where the items are lost. Sounds cool,huh? =D 

Whenever she touch something, she will get a vision of the last person who hold the things, and somehow she will know whether the person has an issue over something or not. That makes her know that one of her friend has been sexually abused by her stepdad. 

Sometimes, there is a price to pay to find out the information. Gwen knows that, but she doesn't know if the price that she has to pay is losing the closest person in her life.

Then Grandma Frost decided to transfer her into Mythos Academy. It's for kids with magic. At first, she thought it will be good if there are any other Gypsies like her, but seemed like, she is the one and only Gypsy there. There are lots of kids with a different type of magics such as Vikings, Valkyries, Romans and Amazons. Different type of magics mean different gifts and powers. The statues of the greek gods can be found there as well.

With a new place to stay, new subjects to learn, and a man named Logan Quinn that seems so attractive, there the adventure of Gwen Frost begins.

Saturday, December 3, 2011

#130 Something Like Fate - Susane Colasanti




Status : read on December 2nd 2011
Title : Something Like Fate
Publisher : Viking Juvenile
Edition Language : English
Total Pages : 268pages
Review :
I love the cover. If the cover seems to give a vision about how bad the guy is, well actually in the story, the guy, here named Jason isn't a bad guy at all. So here's the thing, Lani and Erin is a best friend, they are more than best friend actually since they went to dreadful accident together that made Lani afraid so much of water, and Erin is the one who saved her life. Someone says if people went through an accident together, they are hard to be separated by then. That's what Erin and Lani's like. They are like a soul sister now.

They live in the small town where everybody knows everybody there and it means gossips can spread up so quickly like a plague. Jason, Lani, Erin and Blake went to the same school. Most of the kids thought that Erin and Blake are couple. Because they spend most of their times at school together. But eyes can fool you sometimes, Blake is actually a gay , and nobody knows about it even his grumpy Dad.

Erin and Jason are hanging out for a few times, sometimes Lani and Blake joined them. After having a few talks, Jason and Lani found out so many similarities between two of them. And they become more comfortable to each other. Too bad Jason has been in a relationship with Erin. And Lani knows pretty well that she needs to hide and burn her feelings (If possible) to Jason because Jason is Erin's now and she wouldn't want to risk their friendship ruined over a relationship.

But what if you have tried so hard yet the feeling is still there? 

It scared Lani how her feelings can betray her. She wants to forget about Jason and try to live a normal life. But the more she tried to forget, the more she knows that it's impossible to do it.

Is the guy really worth the risk?

I think you should read it by yourself to find out, but I can tell that there is a twist of fate in this story. And from it, you will learn many things. What I love from this book is the way Lani against her fears. It doesn't matter how many times she tried and failed, most important is she kept trying and never gave up even once. Two thumbs up for the courage and spirit. 

There's another guy named Connor and I love him more than Jason because he was so kind, funny and cute. And tell you the truth, he's a friend to share the joys and sorrow. How i wish he can replaced Jason's place in Lani's heart. (⌣́_⌣̀) 

Well, it's a light reading and fun as well. I enjoyed every single words and this book surprise me by showing the fact that how words can be so hurtful especially when your closest persons are the one who said it out. Yet it taught me many life lessons particularly the importance of saying the truth instead of hiding it until it blows up. 


That's what I love in reading. Reading one book to another book means we travel someone's life, learned anything about the way they struggle, get through things, move on , etc. Grow up doesn't always need years. It needs time of course, yet reading books will help you get to know a lot better about the needs to be thankful for everything. 
Books are your windows to the world. 
Mom knows I am a big spender if it comes to books. But she never asked me to stop buying books even once. (1) She knows it's just a useless thing. (2) She loves the way books made me look more mature in facing things in my real life. 
My favorite words :
One thing I've learned about boys? Is that when they ask if you have a boyfriend (or they say that you have one, so you either end up confirming that you do or you don't) , it means they're interested in you and they're trying to find out if you're available. 
 Why can't everyone understand that we're all human different but the same? 
This just proves how quickly your life can be destroyed. Even when you think things couldn't possibly get any worse.
It's scary how powerful hate can be.
You can't ever know the real anybody unless you're friends with them. And sometimes not even then.