#137 Beastly - Alex Flinn

Title : Beastly

Author : Alex Flinn

Publisher : HarperTeen

edition language : english

Review :

Who doesn't know Kyle Kingsbury? He is a good looking guy with a wealthy Dad. 

When you are famous at school and you know that most of kids would kill to be like you, you tend to act like,"Yeah,I know women are crazy about me, or those guys must be jealous with my muscle, etc." 

That's exactly what Kyle felt. 

One day, there was a goth student named Kendra who dislike Kyle from the beginning. Since he was too arrogant and full of himself, he didn't even care how she feels when he said bad things to Kendra in front of all students at school. But then he found it will be more interesting if he can fool her to attend the party with him. And of course his intention is to humiliate her in public. 

Surprisingly, Kendra didn't seem upset. What she did next was bewitched him into a beast.

"Two petals, two years to find someone willing to look beyond your hideousness and see some good in you, something to love. If you will love her in return and if she will kiss you to prove it, the spell will be lifted, and you will be your handsome self again. If not, you'll stay a beast forever."

Nobody will love his face now. Everybody will freak out and kids will cry so bad whenever they look at him. Not that he was brave enough to show them his beast look now. His girlfriend who used to hang out with him even felt disgusted at him. His best friend felt happy when he was not around anymore. 


There is one person who probably will love him. But how to find her? How to make her fall in love with him then kiss him to break the spell? :)

I found this book is so full of meaning. I love the chat part among Beast, Frog, SilentMaid,etc. I love how Kyle totally changed himself into a new person. 

and again and again I have to say that I love the book version more than the movie. Since I watched the movie first, I recognized some parts are different and it upset me >.<

movie vers.

"You don't love someone because they are perfect. You love them in spite of the fact that they are not." - Jodi Picoult.

#138 The Naked Traveler #3

Title : The Naked Traveler 3

Series : Naked Traveler series

Author : Trinity

Publisher : B-First

Total Pages : 324 pages

Review :

I love how Trinity always gives us reasons to love Indonesia, particularly in the field of tourism. By reading the naked traveler series, you will know that apparently Indonesia has many beautiful places that worth visiting. But why do Indonesian people prefer to travel abroad rather than traveling in its own country? 

You will find the answer in this book :) 

Trinity mentioned Japan and Korea this time ^-^ I love both countries and eager to go there someday. And this book helps me a lot. Thanks to Trinity! :* Wondering if Trinity ever tried Jajangmyeon or Soju =D

To complete our subject for English For Hotel & Tourism, we were given a task to presentate the comparison between tourism in Indonesia and overseas, including how to get there, shopping, art and craft etc. Last week my friends presented Wakatobi and Thailand's Tiffany's Show. And to my surprise, Trinity also wrote about Wakatobi and Tiffany's show. And like Trinity said, Wakatobi is a very beautiful place! Check out this video :

Wakatobi National Park

When Trinity mentioned Great Wall of China, all of a sudden I remember of Running Man. It is my favorite Korean variety show. They went to China to complete a mission. They were divided into three groups and they had to complete the mission in order to not receive punishment which was walk until the end of the Great Wall of China. lol. One of the mission was they had to kick the shuttlecock for a specific numbers. And just like the three pictures you see below, Haha, Yeon Hee, and Gwangsoo became the first, the second and the third persons in the world to have dropped the shuttlecocks out of the Great Wall of China. LMAO.

and by the way, bukan cuma orang Indonesia yang jago ngegombal, orang bule juga pinter!
Cowok Mesir : Do you take too much sugar?
Trinity : Nope. Why?
Cowok Mesir : Because you are too sweet! lol.

Jimbaran Beach, Bali

PS : I haven't read the second book since everytime I went to bookstore, the books were out of stock. Yet I went to the same bookstore so maybe it's just the bookstore that haven't provided the new one. 

#136 Summer's Crossing - Julie Kagawa

Title : Summer's Crossing
series : Iron Fey #3.5
Author : Julie Kagawa
Publisher : Harlequin Teen
edition language : english
Review :

This time Puck completely owns my heart. I can't say that I don't love Ash, Ash is a winter prince that  I admire so much whereas Puck is more like close friend to me as the reader. I love him for being silly, talkactive, yet so loyal to Meghan, her princess that he had protected for a very long time.

This time Puck has a chance to destroy his love rival, Ash. In fact, he has a very big chance to do that. Speaking of chances, he has never thought about that before, yet the Seelie King, Oberon whispered a sense of doubt to him.

What will he choose? Love or his ex friendship with Ash? 

I enjoy every single thing in Summer's Crossing. Knowing the fact that Ash will do anything to be with Meghan just made me love him more and more. This is how I hate about triangle love, sometime we are too confuse to choose who are going to be the last person for us because both of the guys are so charming and lovely. *well, maybe I should pretend to be Meghan's sister so one of them will at least choose me haha =D

"I was here for Meghan. Because I loved my princess and I wanted her to be happy. Even if her happiness meant she was with someone else. Even if that someone else was my arch rival. I wanted her to be happy."

That's how I love Puck♥

You probably want to read it so just check The Iron Fey series below here :

The Iron King ( language : English) ;
The Iron King ( language : Indonesia) (The Iron Fey #1)
The Iron Daughter  (The Iron Fey #2)
The Iron Queen (The Iron Fey #3)
The Iron Knight (The Iron Fey #4)

Winter's Passage ( Iron Fey #1.5)
Summer's Crossing (Iron Fey #3.5)

#135 In a Class by Itself - Sandra Brown

Title : A Class by Itself
Author : Sandra Brown
Synopsis : click here (source : goodreads)
Review :

Dani Queen and Logan Webster were once a lover. They were a perfect couple until their relationship was opposed by Dani's parents. Her parents kept forced her that Logan wasn't the best for her, that he didn't have anything to give a better life for her. Dani was eighteen at that time, she was legally independent and has a right to decide her own life. But she chose to stay with her parents, moved to another city and abandoned Logan. Not that she didn't love Logan, but she was young and afraid to any possibility that could happen anytime to them.

On the other side, Logan was heartbroken, he was hurt so bad when he knew Dani left him for good. For ten years he lived in thought of her. After a decade, their school held a reunion, Logan had a chance to meet Dani again, they had missed each other for a long time but none of them want to admit it. Pride kills.

However, Logan was no longer have nothing, in fact, he worked very hard to prove to every single person who looked him down in the past that he made it now. 

Since he has almost everything right now, will her parents accept him as Dani's lover? 

Does she still loves him like before? What will he do to make Dani loves him again?

"I'm different. I've learned that life doesn't always turn out the way we want it to. Things happen. Unplanned things. Fate intervenes." 

#134 Satsuki Sensei dan kisah-kisah lain tentang cinta dan harapan - Primadonna Angela

Judul : Satsuki Sensei dan kisah-kisah lain tentang cinta dan harapan.
Penulis : Primadonna Angela (goodreads)
Sinopsis : klik disini
Penerbit : Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Tahun terbit : 2011
Tebal buku : 216 hal.

Review :
Satsuki Sensei adalah kumpulan cerita yang ditulis oleh Primadonna Angela. Kumcer tersebut pun ditulis dengan apik sehingga setiap cerita saling berhubungan satu sama lain. Sejujurnya dalam membaca buku, saya cenderung menghindari kumcer. Kenapa ya? hmm. Mungkin karena saya lebih suka membaca suatu cerita, bukan berbagai cerita dalam satu buku. Saking jarangnya membaca kumcer, mungkin dapat dihitung dengan sepuluh jari jumlah keseluruhan kumcer yang kubaca. Walau begitu, ketika membaca kumcer Satsuki Sensei, pandanganku terhadap kumcer menjadi benar-benar berbeda sekarang.

Aku suka tulisannya, aku suka idenya, dan teramat suka pada kovernya. Jujur, sewaktu beli buku ini,aku tidak begitu memperhatikan tulisan dikiri bawah buku, "dan kisah-kisah lain tentang cinta dan harapan". Tapi tidak mengapa karena kovernya sukses membuatku jatuh cinta. Ini mungkin kover terbitan Gramedia yang paling kusuka sepanjang tahun 2011 ini. Bukan hanya kovernya yang bagus tapi juga emm.apa ya kata yang tepat, karton kah? yang jelas buku ini sangat enak sekali dipegang =DD Ketika aku membawa buku ini ke kampus ,teman-temanku juga semua memuji kovernya yang sangat bagus dan kreatif. *tambah semangat*

Isinya adalah seputar kehidupan remaja di sekolah. Walau udah bukan remaja lagi, tapi rasanya tidak akan pernah ada kata 'cukup' , atau 'bosan' dalam membaca teenlit. Well, karena Satsuki Sensei merupakan kumcer dengan sepuluh cerita, jadi kita bisa menyelami sepuluh cerita dengan kasus yang berbeda-beda. Kebanyang kan sepuluh cerita yang berbeda, berarti ada sepuluh hal yang dapat kita pelajari dari buku ini. Dan jujur baru kali saya enjoy banget baca kumcer *telat*.

Bukan hanya tentang persahabatan, cinta, dan kehidupan disekolah saja, tapi kumcer ini juga memberikan banyak life lessons buat pembaca.

Beberapa kutipan favorit saya :

"Di depan sahabat, tidak perlu berpura-pura. Di antara teman sejati, wajah aslimu tetap akan dihargai dan disayangi. Kalau kau tersandung, mereka akan mengulurkan tangan. Meski kau menampik, mereka akan menanti, sabar, memberi pertolongan kalau kau memintanya."

 "You can borrow other people's ideas and pass them as your own. But time will always tell, it will show what your true colors really are."

"Tapi kekuatan tidak ada gunanya kalau digunakan untuk kejahatan. Manfaatkan ilmu sebaik mungkin. Kadang kita harus mengalah untuk menang. Kemenangan bukanlah segalanya. Cukup dirimu yang tahu bahwa kamu itu hebat. Bukan untuk dipamerkan."