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Tolong kuatkan hati Mama.” Ibunya menanggapi dengan isak tangis keras. “Selamat bermain golf, Papa. Kita bertemu di liburan akhir semester.” Ayahnya membuang ingus ke saputangannya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sebelum kedua orangtuanya sempat mengucapkan selamat tinggal, Alice-Miranda sudah berjingkrak-jingkrak menyusuri jalan setapak yang diapit pagar tanaman, menuju rumah barunya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Akademi Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale, itulah rumah baru Alice-Miranda. Dan sejak kedatangan Alice-Miranda, tempat itu berubah drastis. Semua terasa lebih hidup dan menyenangkan. Namun, tidak semua orang senang dengan perubahan itu. Termasuk kepala sekolah, Miss Grim, dan kepala prefeknya, Alethea.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Gadis 7 tahun itu diberi berbagai tantangan seperti tes tulis semua pelajaran, lomba berlayar melawan Alethea dan kawan-kawannya, sampai harus berkemah di hutan sendirian selama beberapa hari. Akankah Alice-Miranda mampu melewati semua tantangan itu? Juga, bisakah dia membuat Miss Grim keluar menemui para muridnya setelah 10 tahun mengurung diri dalam kantor?&lt;/i&gt; &lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11811982-alice-miranda-at-school"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(Goodreads)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Karakter yang diciptakan dengan banyak kelebihan hingga nyaris sempurna sering kali membuat dahi berkerut. Gambaran betapa istimewa dan beruntungnya mereka kerap kali membuat saya tidak dapat menikmati kisah yang tertuang dalam buku tersebut. Bukannya iri tapi lebih karena keberadaan mereka terlalu indah untuk menjadi kenyaatan. Bahkan di buku sekalipun. Namun pengecualian untuk Alice-Miranda At School. Buku yang bercerita tentang anak perempuan yang berusia tujuh tahun di Sekolah Akademi Winchesterfield-Downsfordvale Untuk Perempuan Muda Baik-Baik bisa saya lahap dengan mudah, tanpa sekali pun memutar mata karena kesempurnaan yang dimilikinya. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namun kalau dipikir-pikir lagi, sempurna bukan kata yang tepat.Semua sikap dan kebiasaan Alice- Miranda cenderung masuk kekategori janggal untuk anak sesuainya. Lihat saja bagaimana keputusan Alice-Miranda untuk memulai kehidupannya di sekolah berasrama di usianya yang belum genap delapan tahun. Belum lagi sikap mandiri dan rasa optimis yang dimilikinya. Anak perempuan yang menghabiskan liburan bersama orang tuanya di banyak tempat terkenal ini tidak mengenal kata egois. Ia tak sekalipun merasa terganggu ketika mendapat reaksi yang tidak menyenangkan dari orang-orang yang baru dikenalnya ketika ia mencoba bersikap ramah. Alice-Miranda juga tidak sekalipun menyimpan dendam untuk semua perlakuan yang tidak pantas. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berbicara masalah kecerdasan, jangan menganggapnya sepele. Di usinya yang baru tujuh seperempat tahun ,ia dengan mudah menglafalkan keenak nama istri Raja Henry VIII dan mengerjakan pembagian yang panjang dan rumit. Bahkan diceritakan ia paham Sejarah Romawi dan Mesir Kuno bahkan Perang Dunia Kedua sekalipun. Mengertikan mengapa saya menyebutnya sempurna? Namun seperti yang saya sebut sebelumnya, kesempurnaan anak perempuan yang tidak mengenal kata menyerah, tidak menjadi penghalang untuk menikmati kisah yang ditulis sangat ringan. Setidaknya konflik di buku ini masih membuat saya penasaran. Alice-Miranda sepertinya memang punya magnet, sehingga semua hal itu tidak menjadi masalah besar. Magnet itu juga yang mungkin menjadikan tokoh-tokoh lain menyukainya. Kecuali Miss Grimm dan Alethea tentunya. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Masih seputar karakter di buku ini,terkecuali Alice-Miranda, Jacqueline Harvey menciptakan katakter-karakter lain dengan sangat baik. Semua karakter punya ciri khas tersendiri yang membedakannya dengan yang lain. Sebut saja Miss Higgins sang Sekretaris sekolah, Jacinta-tukang ngamuk  terhebat nomor dua sesekolah, Millie-teman sekamarnya Alice-Miranda, Mr Charles si tukang kebun, Mrs Oliver ataupun Mrs Smith yang menjadi juru masak. Alethea dan  Miss Grimm  yang menjadi tokoh antagonis pun masuk hitungan. Mereka berdua memainkan peran dengan sangat baik. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beralih ke hal-hal yang sedikit menganggu sehingga buku ini hanya saya beri empat bintang. Pertama, pemilihan nama untuk Alice-Miranda. Mengapa harus menyandingkan dua nama dan menjadikannya  panggilan untuk sang karakter utama? Mengapa tidak memilih satu nama saja? Memanggilnya dengan Alice menurut saya cukup. Kedua, mengenai tes menjelajahi alam bebas, yang selanjutnya disebut hutan, selama lima hari lamanya. Semua juga tahu hutan bukan tempat yang aman untuk anak-anak. Terlebih lagi tanpa pengawasan orang dewasa. Bahkan ketika kawasan hutan itu terletak disekitar asrama. Anehnya tidak ada protes dari ayah dan ibu Alice-Miranda yang dari awal terlihat sangat memanjakan anaknya. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namun terlepas dari semua keanehan itu, saya memutuskan untuk tetap membaca kelanjutan seri Alice-Miranda. Saya juga merekomendasikan buku ini sebagai bacaan untuk anak-anak usia sekolah dasar ataupun pendidikan menengah. Alice-Miranda dicetak dengan font yang cukup besar rasanya cocok untuk pembaca pemula. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Cover dan Ilustrasi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Tidak ada perbedaan besar antara cover asli dan cover terbitan Little K. Alice-Miranda terlihat lucu di sampul depan. Untuk ilistrasi yang ada di dalam buku, menurut saya kurang banyak. Apalagi jika buku ini ditujukan sebagai bacaan &lt;i&gt;Middle-Grade.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4/5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Alice-Miranda At School&lt;br /&gt;Penulis: Jacqueline Harvey&lt;br /&gt;Penerjemah: Reni Indardini&lt;br /&gt;Editor: Herlina Sitorus&lt;br /&gt;Penerbit: Little K&lt;br /&gt;Cetakan: I, Juni 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reading Challenge: Name in a Book Challenge&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;ang &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-7357912619947510080?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/7357912619947510080/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-alice-miranda-at-school.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/7357912619947510080'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/7357912619947510080'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-alice-miranda-at-school.html' title='Book Review: Alice-Miranda At School - Jacqueline Harvey'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-6431370457869893984</id><published>2012-01-23T17:21:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T11:20:45.130+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Penerbit Atria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MG'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantasi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2012'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Klasik'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantasy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Classic'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle Grade'/><title type='text'>Book Review: Knock Three Times - Marion ST. John Webb</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275385659l/8353400.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275385659l/8353400.jpg" width="202" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;Molly benar-benar kecewa ketika Bibi Phoebe mengirimkan sebuah bantalan jarum kecil berbentuk labu berwarna abu-abu untuk hadiah ulang tahunnya, dan bukannya gelang perak yang telah lama diidam-idamkannya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tetapi di malam hari, saat bulan purnama bersinar, bantalan jarum berbentuk labu itu berubah menjadi labu ajaib. Ia membawa Molly dan saudara kembarnya, Jack, ke sebuah dunia aneh tempat si Labu ternyata amat ditakuti.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Molly dan Jack mengalami petualangan yang amat menegangkan dalam usaha mereka menemukan si Labu. Mereka dijebak, beberapa kali masuk perangkap, sekaligus mendapat banyak teman di dunia itu. Siapakah sebenarnya si Labu Kelabu?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8353400-knock-three-times" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Goodreads&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dulu, ketika mengucapkan buku klasik, saya pasti langsung mengindentikannya dengan cerita kehidupan penuh drama. Sekarang, saya berusaha untuk menghapus generalisasi semacam itu. Terima kasih untuk Knock Three Times yang mengingatkan saya akan banyaknya buku klasik di luar sana, yang menawarkan cerita petualangan. Mungkin lebih tepatnya disebut sebagai buku bergenre klasik fantasi. Sebut saja The Chronicles of Narnia dan Peter Pan. Cerita yang mereka usung tidak kalah seru dengan buku-buku fantasi yang terbit beberapa tahun belakangan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Bercerita tentang Knock Three Time, secara garis besar, petualangan Molly dan saudara kembarnya, Jack, terhitung seru. Saya suka ide tentang bantalan jarum yang berubah jadi Labu Kelabu dengan cerita masa lalu yang mengerikan. Konsep Dunia Mustahil dan Dunia Mungkin pun menarik, walau tidak ada penjelasan detail tentang penamaan keduanya. Sangat disayangkan buku yang juga bercerita tentang sihir putih dan hitam ini nyaris tanpa emosi. Perjalanan Molly dan Jack jadi terasa sangat melelahkan. Kerap kali saya ingin secepat sampai ke halaman terakhir. Saya tidak menikmatinya satu bab pun. Bagian yang menceritakan bagaimana pertemuan mereka dengan kaki tangan sang Labu Kelabu, Tuan Papingay dengan gambar kertasnya,ataupun tokoh-tokoh lainnya lewat begitu saja. Bahkan di saat-saat genting sekalipun. Padahal awalnya senang banget menemukan buku dengan genre klasik fantasi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berbicara tentang para tokoh, saya merasa ada yang aneh dari Molly dan Jack yang dinyatakan sebagai anak kembar sang penulis ataupun penerjemah. Semua tingkah dan kebiasaan mereka, tidak satupun yang mengindikasikan mereka sebagai dua saudara yang lahir pada waktu yang sama. Bahkan sulit rasanya untuk mengakui mereka sebagai saudara kandung. Dari awal ikatan batin antara keduanya tidak terasa. Mereka tidak lebih sebagai teman seperjalanan. Lebih tidak.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dibanding Molly dan Jack, Tuang Papingay dengan tingkah dan isi rumah yang aneh jadi tokoh favorit saya. Dari web yang memuat tentang sedikit cerita tentang sang penulis, ternyata tokoh eksentrik ini punya kisah sendiri dan diterbitkan dalam banyak seri. Dari banyak judul buku yang ditulis Marion,saya mendapati The Little Round House, Mr. Papingay's ship, Mr Papingay's caravan dan Mr Papingay's flying shop. Jadi ingin tahu bagaimana kisah Pria aneh ini. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walau tidak begitu menikmati Knock Three Times, setidaknya referensi tentang buku yang bercerita tentang dunia yang dipenuhi dengan hal-hal aneh bin ajaib ditambah sedikit unsur sihir bertambah. Buku ini juga membuat saya ingin baca lebih banyak buku klasik yang memuat kisah serupa. Sebut saja Wizard of Oz, A Wrinkle in Time ataupun Alice in Wonderland.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover dan Ilustrasi&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Penampakan Labu Kelabu nyaris tak nampak. Kalau dari penjelasan di buku, ilustrasi labunya masih kurang besar. Warna background dan ilustrasi Molly dan Jack tuh jadi ingat ma cover buku-buku klasik penerbit sebelah. Cek per cek, ternyata desain sampulnya dikerjakan oleh orang yang sama. Dari hasil &lt;i&gt;googling, &lt;/i&gt;ternyata buku yang terbit tahun 1917 ini dilengkapi dengan ilustrasi. Sayangnya oleh pihak Atria, ilustrasinya tidak diikutsertakan. Melihat cover di bawah sedikit mengingatkan pada ilustrasi di buku Astrid Lindgren. Terutama ilustrasi anak-anak Bullerbyn. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178492544l/800631.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1178492544l/800631.jpg" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Knock Three Times&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penulis: Marion ST. John Webb&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerjemah: Mutia Dharma&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Editor: Jia Effendie&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerbit: Atria&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cetakan: Mei, 2010&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tebal: 258 hlm&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sumber: Koleksi Pribadi&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-6431370457869893984?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/6431370457869893984/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-knock-three-times-marion-st-john.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/6431370457869893984'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/6431370457869893984'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-knock-three-times-marion-st-john.html' title='Book Review: Knock Three Times - Marion ST. John Webb'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-2977710347735928078</id><published>2012-01-22T04:00:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T12:29:21.826+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reading Challenge 2012'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Just For Fun Reading Challenge 2012'/><title type='text'>Reading Challenge: Just For Fun Reading Challenge 2012</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1321642556p8/58472.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="314" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/groups/1321642556p8/58472.jpg" width="229" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Just for Fun Reading Challenge is back. The aim of the challenge is to read books who have &amp;nbsp;been in&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;To-Be-Read piles for months or even years.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;12 books in 12 months.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Now It is easier to submit all the books that have been read. Because Lori who hosted this challenge open a group in Goodreads for it. If you'd like to join, sign up &lt;u&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/group/show/58472" target="_blank"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/u&gt; before January 31st, 2012.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;I am committing to read just one book for fun each month!&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;JANUARY : &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Divergent by Veronica Roth  - &lt;a href="http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-divergent-by-veronica-roth.html"&gt;Review&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;FEBRUARY: The Book Thief&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; MARCH : Red Riding Hood&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;APRIL: Warm Bodies by Isaac Marion&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;MAY&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; JUNE&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; JULY&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; AUGUST&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; SEPTEMBER&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; OCTOBER&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; NOVEMBER&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; DECEMBER&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;For this reading challenge, I am going to pick all my English books not translation. I will update right after I get the books.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Wish me luck!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="text-align: left;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-image: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-2977710347735928078?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/2977710347735928078/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/reading-challenge-just-for-fun-reading.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/2977710347735928078'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/2977710347735928078'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/reading-challenge-just-for-fun-reading.html' title='Reading Challenge: Just For Fun Reading Challenge 2012'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-2882941504097394641</id><published>2012-01-21T23:00:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-23T12:18:59.105+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Name In A Book Challenge 2012'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Reading Challenge 2012'/><title type='text'>Reading Challenge: Name In A Book Challenge 2012</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TYZgvQPhu5U/TvqYgXEpUPI/AAAAAAAAFA4/hT-jWJF1h0E/s320/name-in-book-challenge-2011.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TYZgvQPhu5U/TvqYgXEpUPI/AAAAAAAAFA4/hT-jWJF1h0E/s320/name-in-book-challenge-2011.jpg" width="264" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Tidak ingin mengulangi kesalahan yang sama tahun 2011 kemarin, saya harus lebih selektif untuk milih Reading Challenge. Kalau sejenak menoleh ke belakang awalnya sih emang semangat, tapi begitu masuk pertengahan tahun semuanya berantakan. Menjelang akhir tahun hanya tiga Reading Challenge yang kelar. Yang lainnya, gagal!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Kapok? tentu saja tidak. Reading Challenge masih &amp;nbsp;seru. Tapi kali ini harus lebih selektif. Semua Reading Challenge 2012 tujuannya untuk mengurangi tumpukan yang makin menggila. Nah, bukan kebetulan Reading Challenge yang diselenggarakan ma mba Fanda ternyata sangat membantu misi menghabiskan tumpukan buku yang sangat mulia ini.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Jadi apa tantangan di Name in A Book Challenge 2012?&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Di blog postnya, Fanda menulis:&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;"&lt;span style="text-align: left;"&gt;Tantangannya adalah membaca &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"&gt;buku-buku fiksi&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-align: left;"&gt; yang &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold; text-align: left;"&gt;mengandung nama orang&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="text-align: left;"&gt; di judulnya"&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Dari tumpukan, terpilih buku-buku berikut:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;1. Jonathan Strange &amp;amp; Mr. Norrell&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;2. The Lives of Christoper Chant&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;3. Therese Raquin&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;4. Harriet Si Mata-Mata&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;5. Howl's Moving Castle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;6. Madicken dan Lisabet&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;7. Fatima's Good Fortune&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;8. Angel's Cake&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;9. Lee Raven Boy Thief&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;10. Enrique's Journey&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;11. The Lottie Project&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;12. Ronya&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;13. The Story of Tracy Beaker&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;14. Emil dari Lonneberga&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;15. Pippi Hendak Berlayar&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;16. Lola Rose&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;17. Harry and the Treasure of Eddie Carver&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;18. Ezperanza Rising&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;19. Alice-Miranda At School&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;20. Pope Joan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Doh!!!. Banyak banget. Semoga semuanya bisa kulahap habis. Amiin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mau ikutan? Cek aja langsung ke blog post &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://bukufanda.blogspot.com/2011/12/name-in-book-challenge-2012.html" target="_blank"&gt;Baca Buku Fanda&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-2882941504097394641?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/2882941504097394641/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/reading-challenge-name-in-book.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/2882941504097394641'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/2882941504097394641'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/reading-challenge-name-in-book.html' title='Reading Challenge: Name In A Book Challenge 2012'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-TYZgvQPhu5U/TvqYgXEpUPI/AAAAAAAAFA4/hT-jWJF1h0E/s72-c/name-in-book-challenge-2011.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-7181822774052995830</id><published>2012-01-20T01:00:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T11:21:15.055+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dystopian'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2012'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2012 Just For Fun Reading Challenge'/><title type='text'>Book Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YVl9vfscL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51YVl9vfscL.jpg" width="263" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;In Beatrice Prior's dystopian Chicago, society is divided into five factions, each dedicated to the cultivation of a particular virtue—Candor (the honest), Abnegation (the selfless), Dauntless (the brave), Amity (the peaceful), and Erudite (the intelligent). On an appointed day of every year, all sixteen-year-olds must select the faction to which they will devote the rest of their lives. For Beatrice, the decision is between staying with her family and being who she really is—she can't have both. So she makes a choice that surprises everyone, including herself.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;During the highly competitive initiation that follows, Beatrice renames herself Tris and struggles to determine who her friends really are—and where, exactly, a romance with a sometimes fascinating, sometimes infuriating boy fits into the life she's chosen. But Tris also has a secret, one she's kept hidden from everyone because she's been warned it can mean death. And as she discovers a growing conflict that threatens to unravel her seemingly perfect society, she also learns that her secret might help her save those she loves… or it might destroy her.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Debut author Veronica Roth bursts onto the literary scene with the first book in the Divergent series—dystopian thrillers filled with electrifying decisions, heartbreaking betrayals, stunning consequences, and unexpected romance. &lt;/i&gt;(&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10089874-divergent" target="_blank"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Thought&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/div&gt;I did not read many dystopian. Uglies the series and The Hunger Games Trilogy were the only dystopian books on my shelves. They were on my favorite list for almost two years. Now they got a new companion. Divergent&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I do not know why it took months to grab it.I should not have any doubts for everything those book bloggers said about this book. What I can say, It is not just hype. Divergent is fantastic. It's unputdownable book. I'm Lovin' It.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let me tell you the reasons why.First, all the characters were written very well, even the one who got the smallest part. Tris was in the first character on my list. It was not difficult to walk in her shoes. All her emotion was sensed easily.&amp;nbsp;I loved her boldness. &amp;nbsp;She got the talents. She learnt everything quickly. No matter how hard it seemed, she always gets a way out. Another thing I like from her is the way she revealed everything. As the first-person narrator, she did her job very well. Everything was described clearly. From the Aptitude test that made her so nervous, the Choosing Ceremony till the stages of initiation that she had to pass. I also like all the days that she spent in her new factions.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;After Tris, Four was also in my top list. Don't you think his name was weird? Let me tell you little bit about this. When everybody has chosen one faction to live in. They left everything behind including their own name. Now Back to Four. He was so charming. Since the beginning till the last chapter, he stayed as one of my favorite character. I liked the way he acted and how he treated Tris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Another characters were also awesome. Lets say Peter and the gank, Christina, Will, or Al. They were still a lot. But I promised you,it is so easy to distinguish them. &amp;nbsp;Veronica Roth is so&amp;nbsp;brilliant in creating such characters. Each of them has their own way to make you feel a variety of emotions.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"&gt;Abnegation has fulfilled our need for selfless leaders in&amp;nbsp;Government.&amp;nbsp;Candor&amp;nbsp;has provided us with trustworthy and sound leaders in law. Erudite has supplies us with intelligent teachers and&amp;nbsp;researchers. Amity has given us understanding counselors and care-takers, and Dauntless Provided us with protections from thread both within and without&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; line-height: 19px;"&gt;."&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;Second, the world concepts awed me. As you can see in the synopsis and what I wrote above, &amp;nbsp;there are five factions. Everyone was divided based on their preference. No matter what the test result was, you still can choose. But you have to take all risks that follow after. You have to survive or you will end up as factionless.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Third, the relationship between the characters. All of them were built well. I adored the bond between Tris and her family especially her mother, Mrs. Prior. The scene who involved both of them were so touching. I also liked the chapters that brought me to &amp;nbsp;the story of Tris with Christina and Will. The hatred between Peter and Tris &amp;nbsp;was one of my favorite things in Divergent. And finally I choose relationship between Tris and Four. I love everything that happened between them especially when the end up that way&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I'd love to tell you more. But I am afraid that I am just giving you spoiler.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The picture below is the cover of Insurgent, the second book in the series. I will never make a same mistake. Right after it is&amp;nbsp;released,&amp;nbsp;I am gonna bring it home.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1325667729l/11735983.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1325667729l/11735983.jpg" width="211" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;Cover&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;Before reading the book, I have no idea why they chose such cover. I got the answer right after I knew which faction Tris was. I wonder how Indonesian cover will look like. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4.5/5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author: Veronica Roth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reading level: Ages 14 and up&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcover: 496 pages&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Publisher: Katherine Tegen Books (May 3, 2011)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Language: English&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ISBN-10: 0062024027&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ISBN-13: 978-0062024022&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Product Dimensions: 8.6 x 5.6 x 1.5 inches&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Challenge: Just For Fun Reading Challenge &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="color: black;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-7181822774052995830?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/7181822774052995830/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-divergent-by-veronica-roth.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/7181822774052995830'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/7181822774052995830'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-divergent-by-veronica-roth.html' title='Book Review: Divergent by Veronica Roth'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-2836049701250384765</id><published>2012-01-19T10:00:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-30T11:37:19.147+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Nonfiksi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011'/><title type='text'>Book Review: Kucing Bernama Dickens - CallieSmith Grant</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1313120523l/12360399.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1313120523l/12360399.jpg" width="250" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Kisah Memikat tentang Kucing yang Membuat Kita Jatuh Cinta&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;Kucing bukan sekadar hewan piaraan. Kucing adalah sahabat kita dalam melewati masa-masa sulit, teman ketika kita sedang kesepian, bantal sewaktu kita sedang bersedih. Kucing mengulurkan persahabatan, membuat kita merasa geli, dan membawa misteri ke dalam kehidupan kita dengan cara yang tak tertandingi oleh hewan piaraan lain. Dengkurannya yang lembut atau suara mengeongnya dapat mengubah suasana hati dan menghangatkan perasaan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;Dalam buku berisi kumpulan kisah nyata yang menawan ini, Anda akan bertemu dengan kucing-kucing dari berbagai jenis, ukuran, dan tingkah laku. Tiap-tiap kucing memainkan peranan penting dalam kehidupan manusia pemiliknya.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;Anda akan berjumpa dengan anak kucing kurus kering yang membantu penyembuhan seorang gadis kecil pengidap anoreksia, induk kucing yang merelakan anaknya untuk dimiliki bocah lelaki yang membutuhkan teman, kucing yang berperan sebagai sahabat dalam menempuh jalan panjang nan sunyi menuju kesembuhan penyakit kanker, dan masih banyak lagi kisah tentang kucing-kucing yang luar biasa.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jadi, siapkanlah secangkir teh atau kopi, duduklah di kursi yang nyaman, bergelunglah bersama kucing istimewa dalam kehidupan Anda, dan nikmatilah kisah-kisah yang menyentuh dan membangkitkan inspirasi ini. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12360399-kucing-bernama-dickens" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(Goodreads)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Awalnya saya mengira buku ini &amp;nbsp;akan utuh bercerita tentang Dickens si kucing. Namun begitu membuka dan melihat daftar isi, ternyata Dickens tidak sendirian. Ada 23 kucing lain yang akan saya temui. Walau kisah mereka masing-masing hanya tertulis dalam beberapa halaman, saya tidak keberatan. Karena di sampul depan sudah ada jaminan. Para narator tidak akan pernah mengecewakan saya dengan membuat cerita-cerita dengan akhirnya menggantung. Lagipula semua lembaran akan berbicara tentang kucing, kucing dan kucing, binatang peliharaan paling menggemaskan yang pernah ada.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perjalanan menemui para kucing dari rumahke rumah tidak semulus yang saya kira. Setiap kisah selalu menyisakan rasa iri dan membuat dahi berkerut bahkan ketika saya baru saja menapakkan kaki di beranda rumah mereka. Tidak hanya satu, dua atau tiga, tapi hampir semua tokoh di buku ini tidak perlu repot untuk menjinakkan sang kucing. Mereka tidak harus membujuk Dickens, Monk, Kit Kat,Mocha untuk masuk dan menjadi bagian dari rumah. Mereka juga tidak harus bersusah-susah melakukan apa saja agar makhluk imut itu bersedia dielus. Karena Mittens, Ollie, Angel-lah yang mendekat. Seakan-akan ada magnet yang tidak terlihat. Yang jelas Morris dan Frankie menjadi jinak bukan karena dipancing oleh makanan seperti yang biasa saya lakukan untuk membuat kucing-kucing liar itu mendekat. Yang menyedihkan cara itupun jarang berhasil bahkan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Keistimewaan Dickens dan teman-temannya tidak berhenti sampai di situ. Kehadiran mereka sangat berarti bagi kehidupan para narator. Clover muncul di kehidupan Twila dan suaminya, Dan, bukan sebagai peliharaan biasa. Kekhawatiran, rasa kehilangan, tertekan ataupun diabaikan seakan menjadi hal kecil. Clover mengingatkannya pada satu lengan yang mengulurkan persahabatan dan pangkuan yang hangat. Yang mengherankan itu tidak hanya Clover. Hampir semua kucing di buku ini melakukan hal yang sama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Cerita-cerita mereka sempat membuat saya curiga, jangan-jangan ini hanyalah rekayasa semata. Karena hal yang sama rasanya tidak pernah terjadi untuk beberapa tahun yang saya habiskan bersama banyak kucing. Namun para kontributor tentunya tidak akan pernah berbohong untuk hal-hal yang seperti ini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Pada akhirnya buku ini juga mengingatkan saya akan satu hal. Walau Gigi, Lala,Ling-Ling, Newton, Einstein, Pandu, Panda,ataupun Godai tidak sehebat Dickens dan teman-temannya, mereka tetap menyisakan kenangan yang tidak akan pernah tergantikan. Seperti halnya Dickens, Godai pun istimewa. &amp;nbsp;Walau hanya kucing kampung, Godai, dengan caranya sendiri, sempat membuat hari-hari saya punya warna yang berbeda.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Untuk pencinta kucing, saya merekomendasikan buku ini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Cover&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Dibanding buku aslinya, cover yang dipilih oleh pihak Serambi jauh lebih bagus. Foto kucing yang dipilih pun lebih menggemaskan . Saya juga suka dengan foto-foto kucing yang ada di setiap bab. Pastinya lebih menarik kalau mereka dicetak penuh warna seperti kucing di bawah ini.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5uDth4oy5c4/Txc_yela_iI/AAAAAAAAAv8/PasO07uFKaI/s1600/Kit.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-5uDth4oy5c4/Txc_yela_iI/AAAAAAAAAv8/PasO07uFKaI/s320/Kit.JPG" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Image Credit: Silverhammer - His lost cat&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Judul Asli: A Dickens of a Cat&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Disusun oleh: Callie Smith Grant&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerjemah: Istiani Prajoko&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Editor: Adi Toha&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerbit: PT Serambi Ilmu Semesta&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cetakan I: Juli 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: transparent; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1307678093l/11655171.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="316" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1307678093l/11655171.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"&lt;/i&gt;Piye to kok ora bisa ditulung&lt;i&gt; (bagaimana sih kok tidak bisa ditolong)?" adalah pertanyaan Pak Harto ketika ia merasa limbung menghadapi kenyataan baru saja kehilangan belahan jiwanya, Ibu Tien Soeharto-istri tercinta yang puluhan tahun menemaninya mengarungi suka dan duka, istri yang selalu mengobarkan semangatnya, menuangkan kasih sayang, serta menguatkan hati.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Setetes air mata Pak Harto menandai kehilangan besar yang harus diikhlaskannya hari itu, disaksikan Profesor Dr. Satyanegara yang selanjutnya menjadi lebih sering menjaga kesehatan Pak Harto. Demikian pula perjalanan hidup Pak Harto sejak muda yang terekam dengan baik dalam ingatan keluarga besar, sesama kepala negara, para menteri, ajudan, serta orang-orang yang bekerja bersamanya, menjelaskan sisi-sisi lain karakter Pak Harto yang sangat jarang dipublikasikan, yang selama ini tersimpan sebagai the untold stories seorang Pak Harto.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Masih dalam kenangan mesra Pak Harto bersama Ibu Tien, Brigjen TNI (Purn) Eddie Nalapraya, yang berpangkat kapten ketika menjadi pengawal pribadi Pak Harto di tahun-tahun awal menjabat Presiden RI, pernah mendapat pesan jenaka dari Ibu Tien. Ibu Negara itu mengetuk-ngetuk jendela mobil sesaat sebelum Eddie berangkat mengawal Pak Harto memancing ke laut lepas, "Jangan memancing ikan yang berambut panjang ya...." Pesan canda buat sang pengawal itu membuat Pak Harto tersenyum mendengarnya.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Sementara Profesor Dr. Emil Salim, Menteri Lingkungan Hidup pada masa pemerintahan Pak Harto, menuturkan kisah yang mengharukan ketika sepasukan tentara disiapkan untuk menembaki serombongan gajah yang dilaporkan memorakporandakan kebun-kebun warga desa transmigrasi di Lampung. Rupanya hewan-hewan besar itu keluar dari hutan karena setiap enam bulan sekali mereka perlu berendam di laut untuk mendapatkan garam.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"Mendengar rencana itu, Pak Harto segera memerintahkan agar para tentara tidak menembaki kelompok gajah pada saat mereka pulang nanti, melainkan menggiringnya melalui jalan yang berbeda, dengan menggunakan peralatan yang bisa menghasilkan bunyi-bunyian seperti genderang dan terompet. Maka pada perjalanan kembali ke habitatnya di atas bukit, gajah-gajah itu tidak lagi menghancurkan kebun dan rumah di desa transmigrasi," cerita Pak Emil.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Ide sederhana Pak Harto ini berakhir tidak sederhana. "Setelah berhari-hari mengawal kawanan gajah pulang ke hutan tempat tinggalnya di atas bukit, beberapa tentara meneteskan air mata haru karena dapat merasakan terbitnya kasih sayang di hati mereka terhadap hewan-hewan itu. Presiden Soeharto lantas mengundang semua tentara yang bertugas dari yang berpangkat terendah ke rumahnya di Jalan Cendana. Dengan riang Pak Harto menyalami mereka satu per satu sebagai tanda terima kasih," cerita Pak Emil.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Buku ini memang sarat bermuatan kisah-kisah human interest sebagai bagian dari keseharian Pak Harto sejak muda hingga akhir hayatnya. Kisah tentang seekor burung beo di halaman belakang yang akhirnya menjadi salah bicara setelah Pak Harto berhenti dari jabatan presiden, isyarat dari alam semesta mengenai akan terjadinya suatu peristiwa duka terhadap diri Pak Harto melalui burung-burung camar yang merontokkan bulu-bulunya memenuhi geladak kapal pada saat Pak Harto sedang bermalam di tengah laut, bahkan kisah tentang rumor yang tidak bertanggung jawab di seputar wafatnya Ibu Tien Soeharto, semua terpapar gamblang apa adanya di dalam buku ini melalui penuturan 113 narasumber yang mengalami dari dekat berbagai peristiwa suka duka di sepanjang hidup Pak Harto.&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11655171-pak-harto" target="_blank"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;"History is written by the victors" &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tidak banyak buku yang menarik perhatian saya hanya dengan membaca judulnya. Karena saya lebih cenderung memilih bacaan berdasarkan rekomendasi dari teman. Namun kata-kata &lt;i&gt;The Untold Stories &lt;/i&gt;punya daya tarik yang sangat kuat. Saya penasaran dibuatnya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sebelumnya saya tidak pernah membaca satupun biografi tentang Presiden Indonesia yang kedua ataupun buku-buku yang berkaitan dengan kepemimpinan beliau. Jadi saya sangat berharap buku ini akan memberikan jawaban untuk beberapa pertanyaan yang sempat terlintas di benak. Mengenai kesimpangsiuran Supersemar, insiden Tanjung Priuk tahun 1984 silam, cerita dibalik banyaknya pelanggaran HAM yang terjadi selama pemerintahan pak Harto, ataupun hal-hal yang selama ini tidak pernah tertulis dalam buku sejarah dan tersimpan rapat dari publik.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sayangnya, harapan saya terlalu tinggi. Karena buku setebal 604 halaman ini sama sekali tidak memberikan jawaban yang saya cari.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px;"&gt;Kecewa? tentu saja. &amp;nbsp;Namun pada akhirnya saya hanya bisa tertawa. Sebagai pembaca, saya terlalu lugu. Kata Pengantar, Sekapur Sirih ataupun Catatan Editor yang ditempatkan di bagian awal, seharusnya sudah bisa membuka mata saya. Buku yang berisi tentang kenangan 113 narasumber bersama Pak Harto diterbitkan tidak untuk menghilangkan rasa dahaga akan apa yang sebenarnya terjadi dengan sejarah bangsa ini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Terlepas dari &amp;nbsp;semua hal di atas, setidaknya dari buku yang terbagi menjadi delapan bab, saya bisa tahu sosok Pak Harto, baik saat masih menjabat sebagai presiden maupun kehidupan beliau setelah mengundurkan diri tanggal 21 Mei 1998 lalu. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px;"&gt;Jangan heran ketika nanti mendapati kalimat-kalimat yang seakan berulang. Karena banyak di antara mereka menyuarakan hal yang sama. Sebagai contoh pembawaan Pak Harto yang tegas dan berwibawa saat masih menjabat sebagai Presiden. Mereka juga bercerita tentang ekspresi wajah Pak Harto yang nyaris tak terbaca. Tidak jarang pula saya mendapati&amp;nbsp; kekecewaan mereka terhadap orang - orang yang dulunya dekat dengan Pak Harto namun akhirnya menusuk dari belakang. Mereka juga menyayangkan cacian, fitnah dan hujatan yang dilontarkan kepada Pak Harto. Seakan-akan lupa bagaimana kerja keras Pak Harto selama bertahun-tahun. Sejarah berulang? Mungkin.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tidak hanya dari keluarga, kerabat dekat, ajudan, sederetan menteri ataupun pemimpin-pemimpin negara lain, buku ini juga memuat penuturan tokoh-tokoh yang dulunya bersuara lantang mengkritisi kebijakan pemerintahan Pak Harto. Sebut saja lembaran yang memuat penurutan A.M Fatwa. Bagian yang juga cukup berkesan juga terdapat pada kisah yang diceritakan oleh Teguh Juwarno dan Fadli Zon. Sebagai orang - orang yang mengkritisi pemerintahan Pak Harto, ternyata mereka diterima dengan baik di keluarga Cendana. Dialog dengan orang nomor satu Indonesia saat itu pun berjalan dengan baik. Saya jadi bertanya-tanya mengapa hal yang sama tidak terjadi pada orang lain.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Puluhan foto Pak Harto yang dilampirkan dalam setiap bab adalah bagian yang paling saya sukai dari buku yang harganya cukup mahal ini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;3/5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="color: #181818;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;"&gt;P&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;b style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia, serif; line-height: 19px;"&gt;ak Harto The Untold Stories&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penulis: Anita Dewi Ambarsari, Bakarudin, Donna Sita Indria, Dwitri Waluyo, Mahpudi&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerbit: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cetakan: I, Juni 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tebal: 604 Hal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="background-color: white; color: #181818; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 19px; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sumber: Koleksi Pribadi Annisa Anggiana&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-5791210760014981277?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/5791210760014981277/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-pak-harto-untold-stories.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/5791210760014981277'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/5791210760014981277'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-pak-harto-untold-stories.html' title='Review: Pak Harto The Untold Stories'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-2992687841242891053</id><published>2012-01-11T17:09:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-11T22:46:49.807+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2012'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='children'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Net Galley'/><title type='text'>Early Review: Isabella - Girl on the Go by Jennifer Fosberry</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51P3wTb78EL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51P3wTb78EL.jpg" width="500" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Isabella's back, and her dreams are turning an ordinary backyard into an exciting adventure!&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;i&gt;Jennifer Fosberry has created an  inspiring follow-up to her New York Times bestselling series featuring  everyone's favorite purple-haired, little girl. Previously, Isabella  discovered her favorite heroes in My Name Is Not Isabella. Now she  travels around the world experiencing its greatest wonders without ever  leaving her own backyard. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt; &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Isabella, as precocious as  ever, spends the day playing her dad as they discover some of the  greatest places man has made around the world. She pretends everyday  things (like the sandbox) are extraordinary places (like the desert and  pyramids of Egypt). Isabella ends the day in her own home-sweet-home,  the most wonderful place to be. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;A back of the book "Places that Changed the World" section features descriptions of all the places Isabella visits.&lt;/i&gt; (&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12726826-isabella" target="_blank"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Thought&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Isabella: Girl on the Go is another good book for children. It has not only beautiful illustration but also nice story. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Isabella, a little cute girl who has a great Imagination is the main character. I liked her.&amp;nbsp; She does not need any sophisticated things to play. All simple things that she got around were more than enough. Look at how Paintbrush and a fence could make her become a warrior who built the longest and strongest wall in the world to protect her people. Or a flashlight that took her to New York and made her become the Lady Liberty, the defender of freedom.I liked all her journey. Her father was also nice. He's the one who prompted everything for her. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Another thing that I liked from this book was the few last pages. It revealed clearly about all places that mentioned in the previous pages. It also explained to the reader about some words that were said by Isabella. Totally complete - great book for children.&amp;nbsp; I think I am going to buy this kind of book for my future child. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Before this one, Jenniffer Fosberry has written another book about Isabella. I wonder what she wrote about. I'd love to know what kind of adventure that Isabella have inside.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Thanks to NetGalley and Sourcebook who has approved my request. I got this free Galley in exchange for an honest review. &lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover and Illustration&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I like the cover. It revealed what we're going to find inside. I love the illustration and its colors. I am going to put Mike Litwin as one of my favorite illustrators. He drew Isabella with very well&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;5/5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author: Jennifer Fosberry | &lt;a href="http://www.jfosberry.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Illustrator: Mike Litwin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reading level: Ages 4 and up&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcover: 32 pages&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Publisher: Sourcebooks Jabberwocky (February 21, 2012)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Language: English&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ISBN-10: 1402266480&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ISBN-13: 978-1402266485&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Source: NetGalley &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! 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Namun, apakah bertambah usia memang seenak yang dia bayangkan?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Greg mendadak harus berurusan dengan berbagai macam tekanan, yang disebabkan oleh pesta menginap di sekolah, bertambahnya tanggung jawab, dan bahkan oleh perubahan-perubahan canggung yang biasa timbul seiring dengan bertambahnya usia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Dia terpaksa menghadapi semua itu tanpa kehadiran sang sahabat baik, Rowley, di sisinya.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Dapatkah Greg melewatinya seorang diri? Ataukah dia harus berhadapan dengan “kenyataan pahit”?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;“Diary si Bocah Tengil kelihatannya akan mendominasi dunia.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;—&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Majalah Time&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;“&lt;i&gt;Salah satu buku bacaan berseri untuk anak-anak tersukses yang pernah diterbitkan&lt;/i&gt;.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;—&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Washington Post&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;“Kalau anak-anak Anda suka membaca … dan lebih-lebih jika mereka tidak suka membaca, maka ini adalah buku yang tepat untuk mereka.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;—&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Whoopi Goldberg, The View&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12765740-diary-si-bocah-tengil" target="_blank"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;The Ugly Truth - Kenyataan Pahit, masih berkisah tentang kehidupan Greg Heffley, di rumah maupun sekolah. Banyak hal yang terjadi selepas musim panas usai. Sesuai judulnya, Greg kali ini harus mengalami banyak hal yang tidak menyenangkan. Dari hubungannya yang tidak juga membaik dengan Rowley, tidak lulus audisi iklan Peachy Breeze, &amp;nbsp;sampai ketika ia harus menghadiri pesta pernikahan Paman Gary yang menyebabkannya tidak dapat menghadiri pesta yang diadakan oleh Jordan, anak populer di sekolah. Tidak berhenti sampai di situ, Greg juga harus berhadapan dengan masalah-masalah baru yang muncul ketika ibunya memutuskan untuk kembali ke bangku sekolah. Hanya dalam beberapa hari tanpa kehadiran ibu &amp;nbsp;di rumah, keadaan menjadi kacau berantakan. Dari masalah sarapan sampai urusan membantu mengerjakan PR. Greg sungguh dibuat frustrasi karenanya. Malang bagi Greg karena deretan kenyataan pahit tidak berhenti sampai di situ.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Berbicara tentang orang-orang di sekitar Greg, gelar tokoh paling menyebalkan di buku ini tidak lagi saya berikan pada Rodrick. Kali ini Rowley lah yang pantas menerimanya. Senang banget pas tahu apa yang terjadi pada Rowley di pesta Jordan. Rasain!!! Setelah Rowley, Manny menempati urutan kedua. Walau tidak lagi menimbulkan banyak masalah bagi Greg, namun saya tetap tidak suka ketika ilustrasi adik bungsu Rodrick ini muncul. Isabella, asisten rumah tangga yang dipekerjakan oleh ibu Greg untuk membersihkan rumah, berada di urutan ketiga. Keberadaan wanita ini hanya menambah daftar kesialan Greg.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Seperti buku-buku sebelumnya tidak butuh lama untuk &amp;nbsp;melahap habis buku ini. Namun ketika sampai di halaman terakhir saya sadar bahwa kisah Greg di buku kelima ini tidak lagi mengundang banyak senyum ataupun tawa kecil.&amp;nbsp;Bahkan ketika sang tokoh utama masih sama konyolnya.&amp;nbsp;Kalau diingat lagi, hanya lembaran yang memuat tentang Rowley yang lucu. Itu pun hanya sebagian kecil. Mungkin "Kenyataan Pahit" memang tidak dimaksudkan itu. Di buku kelima ini, saya cenderung kasihan pada Greg.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walau tidak begitu terkesan dengan kisah Greg di buku kelima, Saya tetap ingin membaca Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Cabin Fever. Semoga terjemahannya bisa terbit tahun ini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover dan Ilustrasi&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Dari buku pertama sampai buku kelima, Ilustrasi masih memegang peran penting. Lucu ngeliatnya. Mengenai cover,&amp;nbsp;Dibanding empat buku yang telah terbit sebelumnya, warna Kenyataan Pahit yang paling menarik. Ekspresi Greg di sampul depan mewakili hampir semua kejadian yang dialaminya. Pas banget.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penulis: Jeff Kinney&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Judul Asli: Diary of a Wimpy Kid #5: The Ugly Truth&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerjemah: Ferry Halim&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Editor: Jia Effenfi, Ida Wajdi&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerbit: Atria&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tebal: 218 hal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cetakan: I, Agustus 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-4720463460550568907?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/4720463460550568907/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-diary-si-bocah-tengil-kenyataan.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/4720463460550568907'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/4720463460550568907'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-diary-si-bocah-tengil-kenyataan.html' title='Review: Diary Si Bocah Tengil: Kenyataan Pahit - Jeff Kinney'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Manado, Indonesia</georss:featurename><georss:point>1.4930556 124.8412611</georss:point><georss:box>1.3660695999999999 124.6833326 1.6200416 124.9991896</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-4215864104012722167</id><published>2012-01-05T17:29:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-05T17:33:31.571+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Top 5 Best Book Characters 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Dibanding dua postingan sebelumnya, kategori ini jauh lebih mudah. Bahkan rasanya 5 nggak cukup. Soalnya banyak banget karakter yang menurutku keren. Tapi setelah menimbang ini dan itu , akhirnya aku milih :&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1315808141l/12594604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1315808141l/12594604.jpg" width="216" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Park So-Nyo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Wanita, Ibu, istri, kakak/adik ipar ini perhatian banget ma keluarganya. Nggak pengen ngerepotin siapapun. Kalau minjam istilah seseorang, hatinya tuh seluas samudra. Bisa nampung banyak. Jadi nggak hanya untuk anak-anak dan keluarganya. Tapi juga buat orang lain yang nyaris nggak dikenalnya. Wanita ini juga yang buat saya jadi kangen banget ma Mama. Nangis sesegukan tengah malam buta pengen pulang rumah.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1313382630l/12374334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1313382630l/12374334.jpg" width="211" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Julia Jarmond&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;Entah berapa kucing yang mati karena rasa penasaran yang dimiliki wartawan ini. Namun saya ngerti banget mengapa Julia bisa terobsesi dengan sosok Sarah. Aku juga suka banget ketika dia akhirnya memilih janin dalam kandungannya, walau itu berarti ia harus kehilangan suami.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1293454112l/345627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1293454112l/345627.jpg" width="212" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rose Hathaway&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Nyaris lupa dengan karakter yang menurutku keren banget. Jarang nemu cewek seperti ini di buku. Rose seakan nggak punya rasa takut sama sekali dan nggak pernah peduli dengan perkataan orang lain. She rocks!!! Jadi ingat blom baca buku keduanya. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1270305841l/3487420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1270305841l/3487420.jpg" width="205" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1282104111l/7718597.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1282104111l/7718597.jpg" width="215" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;Nobody Owen (Bod)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Anak yatim piatu dengan kehidupan yang istimewa. Dari kecil, Bod udah terbiasa dengan makhluk dari alam lain. Kuburan bukan sesuatu yang menyeramkan baginya. Yang paling saya suka ketika dia ngebela-belain ngelanggar aturan dari Silas, mentornya, hanya karena pengen ngasih batu nisan ke temannya. Sama seperti Julia, Bod juga punya rasa penasaran yang besar banget. I saw myself in them :D&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412V6r2kwZL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/412V6r2kwZL.jpg" width="221" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lina Vilkas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Karakter yang kuat banget. Walau hampir semua kisah di buku ini menyedihkan, namun saya suka cara dia bercerita. Semua paragraf tentang Ayahnya, sempat buat saya iri. Ah iya, dia tuh jago banget gambar.&amp;nbsp; Pengen belajar gambar ma dia.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-4215864104012722167?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/4215864104012722167/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/top-5-best-book-characters-2011.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/4215864104012722167'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/4215864104012722167'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/top-5-best-book-characters-2011.html' title='Top 5 Best Book Characters 2011'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Manado, Indonesia</georss:featurename><georss:point>1.4930556 124.8412611</georss:point><georss:box>1.3660695999999999 124.6833326 1.6200416 124.9991896</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-2197115061527838799</id><published>2012-01-04T10:00:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T13:36:42.112+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Top 5 Most Annoying Book Characters 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Seperti hari sebelumnya untuk postingan Top 5 hari ini hanya satu nama yang terlintas. Dengan yakinnya saya mengatakan kepada Ana akan menempatkannya di urutan teratas. Namun ketika melihat kembali list bacaan, ternyata dia tak sendiri. Masih banyak karakter yang nggak kalah ngeselin. Sampai rasanya pengen&amp;nbsp; nimpuk.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G8vyyykPPmE/TeP7wNkU-2I/AAAAAAAAAs8/0ZiUk-npxpQ/s400/Wuthering+Heights+-+Emily+Bronte+-+Gramedia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G8vyyykPPmE/TeP7wNkU-2I/AAAAAAAAAs8/0ZiUk-npxpQ/s200/Wuthering+Heights+-+Emily+Bronte+-+Gramedia.jpg" width="135" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Khusus untuk buku ini saya memilih dua karakter sekaligus. Kalau hanya memilih satu, tidak adil buat yang lain. Bagaimana pun juga, Heathcliff dan Joseph punya sumbangsih sama besarnya untuk semua emosi yang saya rasakan saat membaca Wuthering Heights.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Heathcliff &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Pria penuh dendam, yang rela melakukan apa saja untuk menyakiti orang lain,&amp;nbsp; sampai ngga peduli lagi ma orang-orang sekitar bahkan darah dagingnya sendiri.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Joseph&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;Pria tua&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt; dengan mulut penuh bisa. Sampai-sampai tiap kali dia ngomong, tangan jadi gatal banget pengen ngambil kain untuk membekap atau ngga spons cuci piring. Beneran nggak sekolah deh!!!! Bacaannya tiap minggu ternyata nggak berpengaruh apa-apa. :(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175108582l/479921.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1175108582l/479921.jpg" width="139" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Paris&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;Laki-laki yang luar biasa sombong. Eh nggak cuman itu, Paris juga serakah tingkat dewa.&amp;nbsp; Gara-gara dia juga nih, perang jadi pecah. Kasihan ma penduduk Troya. Setiap kali liat cengirannya, jadi pengen cepet-cepet minta&amp;nbsp; Sparta dan sekutunya datang dan ngebawa kuda Troya. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170161179l/43641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170161179l/43641.jpg" width="128" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;Uncle Al&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; Kalau tadi pengen ngasih spons buat Joseph, kalau Uncle Al pengen kukasih tiket gratis menginap di kadang yang penuh dengan singa kelaparan. Yah itu sebagai balasan untuk hobinya mendorong orang dari kereta.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303273823l/11097577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303273823l/11097577.jpg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="readable reviewText"&gt;&lt;span id="freeTextreview175097635"&gt;Monsieur de Vildefort&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="readable" id="reviewTextContainer176182377"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText7673809223386205231"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span class="readable" id="reviewTextContainer176182377"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText7673809223386205231"&gt;Kesel banget ma laki-laki yang satu ini. Hanya demi reputasi, Dantes yang nggak salah apa-apa malah dijebloskan gitu aja ke penjara. Senang deh ketika tahu gimana nasib akhir penuntut umum ini&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kalau dilihat lagi, ternyata hampir semua karakter punya satu kesamaan deh. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-2197115061527838799?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/2197115061527838799/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/top-5-most-annoying-book-characters.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/2197115061527838799'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/2197115061527838799'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/top-5-most-annoying-book-characters.html' title='Top 5 Most Annoying Book Characters 2011'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-G8vyyykPPmE/TeP7wNkU-2I/AAAAAAAAAs8/0ZiUk-npxpQ/s72-c/Wuthering+Heights+-+Emily+Bronte+-+Gramedia.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-2087725737447675031</id><published>2012-01-03T16:42:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-04T08:36:54.552+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Top 5 of Book Boyfriends 2011</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Postingan ini muncul dari hasil chit-chat bersama Ana dan Mia di Gtalk. Tidak banyak pilihan dari 175 buku dan komik yang saya baca 2011 kemarin. Karena dari semua tokoh pria yang ada, hanya sedikit yang meninggalkan kesan.&amp;nbsp; Bahkan ketika kategori ini muncul, saya hanya bisa memikirkan satu nama. Saya harus mengecek satu demi satu buku untuk memilih siapa saja yang pantas untuk masuk di kategori ini. Dan akhirnya saya memilih:&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WTKrAlP2L.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51WTKrAlP2L.jpg" width="133" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Lester &lt;span class="readable reviewText"&gt;&lt;span id="freeTextreview157849520"&gt;McKinley&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="readable reviewText"&gt;&lt;span id="freeTextreview157849520"&gt;Setelah Atticus Finch, Lester adalah karakter pria di buku yang mampu membuat saya &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="readable reviewText"&gt;&lt;span id="freeTextreview157849520"&gt;mengucapkan kalimat "I loved this man". Abang Alice yang memang kadang jahil namun dia sayang banget ma keluarganya. Lester juga sosok abang yang protektif banget ma adiknya. Pengen deh minta pengarangnya nulis buku khusus tentang Lester. hehe. Walau sempat dibuat galau oleh beberapa wanita, tapi Lester tetap keren di mataku . &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1318868331l/12898948.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1318868331l/12898948.jpg" width="133" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Adam Wilde&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Bagi yang telah melahap &lt;i&gt;Where She Went&lt;/i&gt;, pasti tahu benar mengapa Adam berada di kategori ini. Dari awal pertemuannya, sebelum dan setelah kecelakaan, bahkan beberapa tahun setelah itu, semua bisa tahu betapa dalamnya perasaan&amp;nbsp; Adam untuk Mia. Jadi iri banget ma Mia. Pada saat yang sama jadi pengen nampol. Kenapa sih ninggalin Adam???!!!&amp;nbsp; Banyak yang ngantri tahu!!!&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275198427l/8337290.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275198427l/8337290.jpg" width="134" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275198427l/8337290.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Patrick&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Cara Patrick memperlakukan sahabat baik sekaligus wanita yang dicintainya membuat saya memutuskan untuk menuliskan namanya di kategori ini. Semua tahu betapa Patrick mencintai Nina, walau Nina sendiri memilih untuk menikahi orang lain. Patrick ngga ngotot untuk membuatnya berpaling. Walau tahu kesempatan itu tak pernah ada, namun Patrick memilih untuk tinggal dan memastikan bahwa dirinya selalu ada untuk Nina. I want this Man!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1315973714l/12614354.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1315973714l/12614354.jpg" width="120" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="freeText8407019491391622296"&gt;Garett Black&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Awalnya sempat kesal ma Garrett. Tapi akhirnya meleleh ketika akhirnya tahu bagaimana usaha tanpa henti Pria yang sempat menjadi tunangan Sophie. Garret nggak pernah menyerah sama sekali. Nggak peduli berapa kali Sophie bilang tidak, Garret tetap saja datang ke toko cokelat dan menawarkan hal yang sama. Hatinya. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1275198427l/8337290.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303859949l/2213661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303859949l/2213661.jpg" width="128" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: large;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Silas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Tidak ada yang tahu makhluk jenis apa ayah angkat Bod , yang jelas saat membaca buku ini saya suka banget ma karakternya. Dia bukan hanya mentor yang bijaksana, Silas juga bisa jadi&amp;nbsp; Ayah yang baik untuk anak-anak (angkatnya).Haha.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;Semoga 2012 nanti bakal nemu lagi pria macam mereka. :D &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-2087725737447675031?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/2087725737447675031/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/top-5-of-book-boyfriends-2011.html#comment-form' title='5 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/2087725737447675031'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/2087725737447675031'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/top-5-of-book-boyfriends-2011.html' title='Top 5 of Book Boyfriends 2011'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>5</thr:total><georss:featurename>Manado, Indonesia</georss:featurename><georss:point>1.4930556 124.8412611</georss:point><georss:box>1.3660695999999999 124.6833326 1.6200416 124.9991896</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-5040203643002126404</id><published>2012-01-03T09:30:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-03T09:30:00.415+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paranormal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantasi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Steampunk'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantasy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Cassandra Clare'/><title type='text'>Review: Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1307729090l/10886579.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1307729090l/10886579.jpg" width="270" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;SIHIR MEMANG BERBAHAYA—TAPI CINTA TETAP LEBIH BERBAHAYA&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Pada zaman Victoria, Tessa Gray yang berusia enam belas tahun menyeberangi samudera untuk menemui kakak laki-lakinya di Inggris. Sesuatu yang mengerikan sedang menantinya di Dunia Bawah London, di mana vampir, warlock, dan makhluk gaib lainnya berjalan diam-diam di jalanan yang diterangi lampu gas. Hanya para Pemburu Bayangan, ksatria yang mengabdi untuk menyingkirkan iblis dari dunia, yang menjaga keteraturan di tengah kekacauan.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tanpa teman dan diburu, Tessa berlindung kepada para Pemburu Bayangan di Institut London. Tessa segera tertarik dengan—dan terkoyak di antara—dua sahabat. Ada James, yang ketampanan rapuhnya menyembunyikan rahasia mematikan. Lalu ada Will, yang bermata biru, dengan kejenakaan tajamnya dan suasana hatinya yang cepat berubah-ubah membuat semua orang menjaga jarak... semua orang, benar, kecuali Tessa.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dapatkah Tessa menemukan kakaknya? Kenapa Tessa diincar oleh Magister yang misterius? Akankah Will membiarkan Tessa memahaminya sebelum gadis itu luluh oleh kehangatan sahabatnya? &lt;/i&gt;(&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10886579-clockwork-angel" target="_blank"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;)&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;~~~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Clockwork Angel, buku pertama dari seri The Internal Devices, yang juga menjadi prekuel dari seri The Mortal Instrument, membawa saya ke kota London pada zaman Victoria. Tepatnya tahun 1878. Saya tidak tahu banyak seperti apa kehidupan saat itu. Yang jelas dalam bukunya yang setebal 644 halaman,&amp;nbsp; Cassandra Clare, sang penulis,menyuguhkan kota London yang saat itu bukan tempat yang aman bagi manusia biasa. Karena Penghuni Dunia Bawah seperti vampir, warlock dan makhluk gaib lainnya dengan bebas berkeliaran. Sekalipun ada Hukum dan Pemburu Bayangan, bahaya bisa mengancam kapan saja.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dunia Bawah, Hukum, Pemburu Bayangan hanyalah sebagian kecil dari istilah-istilah yang digunakan di buku ini. Jangan berharap akan mendapat penjelasan eksplisit untuk setiap kata. Karena sang penulis merasa tidak perlu repot untuk melakukan hal tersebut.&amp;nbsp; Awalnya membuat saya mengerutkan dahi, namun saya gaya penulisan seperti inilah membuat saya penasaran dan mau tidak mau harus membaca lembar demi lembar untuk mendapat jawaban. Bahkan ketika karakter-karakter yang ada tidak meninggalkan kesan mendalam.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berbicara mengenai karakter, masing-masing mempunyai peran yang unik. Terkecuali Theresa "Tessa" Gray. Sangat disayangkan, mengingat di sekitarnyalah semua hal penting terjadi. Kalau bukan karena kemampuan yang dimilikinya, remaja enam belas tahun yang meninggalkan New York untuk menemukan kakaknya yang hilang, hanyalah gadis biasa. Jauh berbeda dengan&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;William "Will" Herondale, James "Jem" Carstairs, dan Jessamine "Jessie" Lovelace bahkan Henry Branwell sekalipun. Walau tidak satu diantara mereka yang membuat saya benar-benar menyukai mereka, setidaknya ada hal yang membuat mereka berbeda. Lihat saja bagaimana tingkah Will yang serampangan ataupun canggungnya Henry di setiap kesempatan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Selain misteri yang menyelubungi Penghuni Dunia Bawah dan makhluk-makhluk &lt;i&gt;clockwork&lt;/i&gt;, keberadaan serta asal usul Pemburu Bayangan, bagian lain yang saya suka adalah dialog antar tokoh. Bab yang berisi percakapan antara Will dan Jem adalah yang paling saya suka. Dari sana terlihat bagaimana dekatnya hubungan mereka, layaknya saudara ataupun sahabat dekat. Tidak pernah ada rasa sungkan. Perhatikan bagaimana semua yang diucapkan Will dapat di"tanggapi" dengan baik oleh Jem.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Beberapa bab awal termasuk prolog dari buku ini ditulis dengan sangat menarik. Terutama dengan munculnya Rumah Kegelapan beserta seluruh penghuninya. Sekalipun alurnya lambat, yang membuat saya sempat meletakkan buku ini untuk beralih ke bacaan lain, cerita Clockwork Angel tetap seru. Semua terungkap pada akhirnya terungkap. Bahkan ketika saya berpikir semuanya telah usai, ternyata Cassandra Clare masih menyimpan satu bagian yang mengejutkan. Sungguh tak dinyana. Begitu berada di lembar terakhir, yang terlintas adalah&amp;nbsp; bagaimana cara untuk membaca Clockwork Prince secepatnya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Secara keseluruhan, tidak ada masalah dengan terjemahan, walau ada satu bagian yang sempat membuat saya seketika berhenti membaca. Yaitu ketika menemukan istilah "uang mudah" di halaman 242. Mungkin penerjemah ataupun editor luput untuk mencari padanan kata yang lebih baik dibanding menerjemahkannya begitu saja dari kata "easy money".&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walaupun disebut sebagai prekuel dari seri The Mortal Instrument, Clockwork Prince bisa tetap dinikmati bahkan tanpa membaca empat buku dari seri tersebut yang juga telah diterbitkan oleh Ufuk. Membaca Clockwork Angel, membuat saya penasaran dan ingin segera melahap City of Bones.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Salut untuk Penerbit Ufuk yang menerbitkan buku ini dengan sampul aslinya. Kesan gelap yang ada di dalam buku tergambarkan dengan baik di sampul ini. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;4/5&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Clockwork Angel&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penulis: Cassandra Clare&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerjemah: Melody Violine&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerbit: Ufuk Press&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cetakan: I, Maret 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tebal: 644 hlm &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img height="138" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" width="200" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-5040203643002126404?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/5040203643002126404/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-clockwork-angel-cassandra-clare.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/5040203643002126404'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/5040203643002126404'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2012/01/review-clockwork-angel-cassandra-clare.html' title='Review: Clockwork Angel - Cassandra Clare'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Manado, Indonesia</georss:featurename><georss:point>1.4930556 124.8412611</georss:point><georss:box>1.3660695999999999 124.6833326 1.6200416 124.9991896</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-8050804298665870382</id><published>2011-12-28T16:30:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-02T16:54:10.128+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Penerbit Atria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantasi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fenris'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Terjemahan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Werewolf'/><title type='text'>Review: Sweetly - Jackson Pearce</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;blockquote style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1323650358l/13191440.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1323650358l/13191440.jpg" width="251" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dua belas tahun lalu, Gretchen, saudari kembarnya, dan Ansel, abangnya berjalan-jalan ke hutan. Mereka bertemu dengan makhluk mengerikan. Entah penyihir atau monster mereka tidak tahu. Mereka tunggang langgang melarikan diri dari kejaran si makhluk. Gretchen dan Ansel selamat, tetapi saudari kembarnya lenyap.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Beberapa tahun kemudian, mereka pindah ke Live Oak, sebuah kota yang nyaris ditinggalkan penduduknya. Keduanya tinggal di rumah Sophia Kelly, pemilik toko cokelat yang jelita. Gretchen dan Ansel mulai melupakan masa lalu mereka yang kelam, hingga Gretchen bertemu Samuel. Dia berkata kalau penyihir masih bersembunyi, mengintai dari hutan, memangsa para gadis setiap kali Sophia menggelar festival cokelat.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;Gretchen memutuskan untuk melawan. Dia ingin tahu kenapa saudari kembarnya yang lenyap sementara dia selamat. Dan dia meyakini satu hal: monster itu akan datang lagi, dan ia takkan pergi sebelum kenyang. &lt;/i&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13191440-sweetly" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Goodreads&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Tak Semua Hal Semanis Kelihatannya&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Setelah menulis Sisters Red yang bercerita tentang kakak beradik Scarlett dan Rosie berburu serigala jadi-jadian, Jackson Pearce kembali dengan Sweetly. Kalau di buku sebelumnya ia memilih Red Riding Hood, di Sweetly Jackson Pearce menulis cerita berdasarkan kisah Hansel, Gretel dan penyihir lengkap dengan rumah kue jahenya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Awalnya saya berpikir akan kembali menemukan &amp;nbsp;sosok Scarlet, Rosie dan Silas. Namun petualangan berburu Fenris kali ini membawa saya ke karakter-karakter baru. Jadi bagi yang belum membaca Sisters Red, tidak perlu khawatir. Cerita Sisters Red dan Sweetly berdiri sendiri. Walau keduanya masih terhubung dengan makhluk mengerikan, Fenris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ansel, Gretchen, Sophia dan Sam adalah empat karakter penting di buku ini. Semua cerita dilihat dari sudut pandang Gretchen. Rasanya tidak ada yang istimewa dengan karakter yang kerap bercerita bagaimana kesedihan yang ia alami.&amp;nbsp; Rasa takut dan trauma terhadap hutan juga tidak tampak. Sosok Gretcehn menjadi lebih hidup ketika ia bertemu Sam dan terlibat dalam perburuan Fenris. Terlebih ketika ia berusaha untuk mengungkap rahasia yang disembunyikan Sophia. Sosok Ansel, kakak laki-laki Gretchen, karakter yang diciptakan nyaris tanpa emosi sama sekali. Karena itu juga, kakak beradik rasanya menjadi kata yang tidak pantas diberikan pada Ansel dan Gretchen. Karena sejak halaman pertama mereka tidak nampak seperti kakak beradik. Walau Gretchen berkali-kali menyebut Ansel sebagai kakaknya di setiap kesempatan.&amp;nbsp; Kesan yang saya tangkap, mereka lebih mirip teman seperjalanan. Tidak lebih.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dibanding ikatan kakak beradik itu ataupun jalinan kasih antara Sophia dan Ansel, setiap bab yang menceritakan bagaimana hubungan Gretchen dan Sam jauh lebih menarik. Senang rasanya membaca&amp;nbsp; semua hal yang terjadi pada keduanya. Sam jugalah yang membuat keberadaan Gretchen lebih terasa. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sophia, perempuan cantik pemilik toko cokelat yang punya segudang rahasia. Satu-satunya yang membuat saya sangat penasaran. Dari cokelat-cokelat yang ia buat sampai semua hal yang ia tutup-tutupi. Dugaan demi dugaan bermunculan. Semua kebaikan dan sikap ramahnya menimbulkan sedikit ketakutan. Kalau-kalau semua hanya topeng. Saya sempat bertanya-tanya kapan ia akan membuka kedok dan mulai melakukan hal-hal jahat pada Ansel dan Gretchen. Sikap Sophia yang misterius nyaris membuat saya percaya dengan semua tuduhan yang terlontar dari Sam ataupun beberapa warga Live Oak yang tersisa. Hal itu juga yang membuat saya tidak sabar untuk sampai ke halaman akhir&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fenris tidak mendapat banyak peran di sini. Hanya terdapat beberapa bab yang menceritakan pertarungan yang melibatkan makhluk jadi-jadian ini. Kesan seram, buas, licik dan kejam masih terasa. Sayangnya mereka terlihat jauh lebih lemah dan sangat mudah dilumpuhkan. Walau tidak sering muncul, namun kehadiran mereka di bab-bab terakhir cukup seru. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walau ada perbedaan warna dengan cover aslinya, tetap suka ngeliatnya. Desain sampul aslinya emang keren. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;4/5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Judul: Sweetly&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penulis: Jackson Pearce&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerjemah: Melody Violine&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerbit: Atria&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cetakan: I, November 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tebal: 408 halaman&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-8050804298665870382?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/8050804298665870382/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-sweetly-jackson-pearce.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/8050804298665870382'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/8050804298665870382'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-sweetly-jackson-pearce.html' title='Review: Sweetly - Jackson Pearce'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-5542326259163314864</id><published>2011-12-26T15:55:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-12-26T19:18:21.864+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Penerbit Atria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Dongeng'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Terjemahan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Werewolf'/><title type='text'>Review: Sisters Red - Jackson Pearce</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;blockquote style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1299824880l/10767786.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1299824880l/10767786.jpg" width="253" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;SERIGALA ITU MEMBUKA RAHANGNYA YANG PANJANG.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;DERETAN GIGI TAJAM MENDEKAT KE ARAHNYA.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;SEBUAH PIKIRAN BERKECAMUK DI DALAM BENAK SCARLETT:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;CUMA TINGGAL AKU SENDIRI YANG TERSISA UNTUK BERTEMPUR.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;JADI, SEKARANG AKU HARUS MEMBUNUHMU.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Scarlett March&lt;/b&gt; hidup untuk berburu Fenris, manusia serigala yang telah mengambil matanya ketika gadis itu berusaha melindungi adiknya, Rosie, dari sebuah serangan brutal. Dengan bersenjatakan sebilah kapak dan tudung merah darah, Scarlett merupakan ahli dalam hal memancing dan membasmi para serigala jadi-jadian. Dia bertekad untuk melindungi para gadis muda lainnya dari kematian yang mengerikan. Jantungnya yang berdegup kencang tidak akan pernah berhenti berpacu sebelum seluruh manusia serigala tewas.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Rosie March&lt;/b&gt; dulu mengira hubungan dirinya dengan sang kakak tidak akan pernah retak. Karena merasa berutang nyawa pada Scarlett, Rosie pun ikut berburu dengan ganas di samping kakaknya itu. Namun, bahkan ketika jumlah gadis muda yang menjadi korban semakin meningkat dan ketika kekuatan para Fenris terasa semakin bertambah, Rosie memimpikan sebuah kehidupan yang tidak melibatkan para manusia serigala. Dia mendapati dirinya tertarik pada satu-satunya sahabat Scarlett, Silas, seorang pandai kayu yang sangat mematikan dalam menggunakan kapak. Namun, apakah mencintai pria itu berarti mengkhianati kakaknya serta segala hal yang selama ini mereka perjuangkan?&lt;/i&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10767786-sisters-red" target="_blank"&gt;(Goodreads)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kalau bukan karena Sweetly, buku kedua dari seri Fairytale Retelling, mungkin Sisters Red akan tetap berada di tumpukan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Kata-kata "Dua Saudari Bertudung Merah" yang tertera di sampul depan ternyata tidak serta merta membuat saya teringat akan salah satu dongeng legendaris yang ditulis ulang oleh Grimm Bersaudara. Bahkan ketika akhirnya memutuskan untuk membaca sinopsis di belakang buku. Yang ada malah dugaan tentang cerita perburuan serigala jadi-jadian biasa. Semua lebih dikarenakan Jackson Pearce, sang penulis, membuat cerita baru yang seru dan tidak kalah menarik dengan dongeng aslinya. Saya baru dapat menarik garis merah setelah memulai petualangan Scarlett dan Rosie dan bertemu dengan Oma March, tukang kayu, pemburu dan Fenris, sang serigala jadi-jadian. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Scarlett dan Rosie, dari sudut pandang merekalah cerita Sisters Red yang berplot lambat, bergulir. Jackson Pearce menghidupkan keduanya dengan sangat baik. Tidak ada kesulitan untuk membedakan keduanya. Sifat,karakter, emosi keduanya dengan mudah dapat dipahami. Bagaimana protektifnya Scarlett ataupun kesalnya Rosie saat mengetahui dirinya tidak diikutsertakan dalam perburuan Fenris, semua dipaparkan dengan jelas. Bahkan obsesi Scarlett terhadap makhluk yang berbahaya ini pun sekali waktu membuat saya sedikit kesal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hubungan Scarlet dan Rosie sebagai dua kakak beradik adalah bagian yang paling saya suka. Keduanya seakan terikat satu sama lain. Terlihat bagaimana mereka seakan bisa "membaca" perasaan dan pikiran satu sama lain. Walau semakin lama, kedekatan mereka itu membuat saya cemas. Setiap babnya menyisipkan kekhwatiran akan adanya bagian dari cerita perjalanan berburu Fenris yang nantinya memporak-porandakan hubungan mereka berdua. Salah satunya saat Silas, seorang pemburu yang juga teman masa kecil mereka, muncul. Untungnya hal yang paling saya takutkan tidak terjadi. Mengenai Silas sendiri, saya tidak begitu terkesan dengan karakter pria yang satu ini. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Fenris, serigala jadi-jadian, mendapat porsi perhatian saya setelah kakak beradik bertudung merah.&amp;nbsp;Deskripsi yang diberikan untuk Fenris oleh Jackson Pearce lebih dari cukup untuk mengetahui bahwa mereka adalah makhluk kejam, penuh tipu daya, buas dengan rasa lapar yan tak pernah terpuaskan. Walaupun mereka tetaplah sosok yang misterius. Kawanan serigala jadi-jadian yang membuat saya penasaran. Gemas rasanya ketika hasil pencarian Scarlet, Silas dan Rosie ternyata tidak mampu mengungkap seluruh cerita dibalik sosok yang tak mengenal belas kasihan ini. Saya berharap ada penjelasan lebih lanjut mengenai mereka,termasuk pembagian kelompok mereka berdasarkan tato yang terdapat pada pergelangan tangan mereka. Sayangnya, hingga kisah Scarlett dan Rosie berakhir, hal-hal mengenai Fenris tidak terungkap dengan detail.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Satu hal yang paling seru dari buku ini adalah bab-bab yang menuliskan pertarungan antara Scarlett, Silas ataupun Rosie dengan para serigala. Jackson Pearce nampaknya tidak kesulitan untuk menuliskan setiap adegannya dengan detail. Begitu pula dengan sang penerjemah. Saat membaca semua kalimat yang menceritakan perkelahian, rasanya seperti melihatnya dengan mata kepala sendiri. Seru!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Namun dari semua hal yang saya ungkapkan di atas, ada sedikit menganjal. Yaitu tidak terdapatnya bagian yang menceritakan adanya keterlibatan serius dari pihak berwajib. Mengingat banyaknya korban yang berjatuhan karena Fenris yang lapar dan tersebar di seluruh penjuru kota. Seakan semua korban yang hilang dan tewas karena mahkluk jadi-jadian bukan masalah besar.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Penerbit Atria menggunakan cover yang sama dengan cover buku aslinya. Keren. Saya suka dengan perpaduan warna hitam dan merahnya. Baru sadar kalau di cover juga ada penampakan si rakus Fenris.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Judul Indonesia: Dua Saudari Bertudung Merah&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penulis: Jackson Pearce&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerjemah: Ferry Halim&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Editor: Ida Wadji&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerbit: Atria&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cetakan: I, Februari 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tebal: 324 hlm&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-5542326259163314864?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/5542326259163314864/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-sisters-red-jackson-pearce.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/5542326259163314864'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/5542326259163314864'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-sisters-red-jackson-pearce.html' title='Review: Sisters Red - Jackson Pearce'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-8344727442908715208</id><published>2011-12-23T10:00:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-12-23T12:11:56.680+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Mizan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Sejarah'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='novel'/><title type='text'>Review: Presiden Prawiranegara - Akmal Nasery Basral</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1300167337l/10793219.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1300167337l/10793219.jpg" width="262" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText1214733774412586545"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span id="freeText1214733774412586545"&gt;19 Desember 1948. Agresi Militer II Belanda terhadap Ibu Kota Yogyakarta menyebabkan Presiden Sukarno ditangkap. Wakil Presiden Mohammad Hatta yang cemas dengan kondisi itu segera mengirimkan tlegram kepada Menteri Kemakmuran RI, Syafrudin Prawiranegara, yang sedang berada di Bukittinggi untuk membentuk Pemerintahan Darurat Republik Indonesia (PDRI).&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Ternyata benar, tak lama kemudian Sukarno-Hatta pun ditangkap Belanda, mereka diasingkan ke Bangka. Pemerintahan resmi lumpuh. Di sebuah dangau kecil yang belakangan dikenal sebagai "Dangau Yaya", Syafruddin mengumumkan berdirinya PDRI, pada Rabu 22 Desember 1948.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dari sudut pandang seorang pemuda pengikutnya, Kamil Koto, mengalirlah kisah Presiden Syafruddin Prawiranegara, yang selama 207 hari nyaris melanjutkan kemudi kapal besar bernama Indonesia yang sedang oleng, dan nyaris karam. Sebuah perjuangan yang mungkin terlupakan, tetapi sangat krusial dalam memastikan keberlangsungan Indonesia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/10793219-presiden-prawiranegara" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="freeText1214733774412586545"&gt;(Goodreads)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span id="freeText1214733774412586545"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;~~~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;Presiden Prawiranegara, dua kata yang sangat mengelitik keingintahuan saya.&amp;nbsp; Bagaimana tidak, dari apa yang saya pelajari di bangku sekolah, urutan Presiden sejak kemerdekaan sampai hari ini, nama Prawiranegara tidak pernah tercatat.&amp;nbsp; Inilah yang menjadi alasan mengapa bulan Agustus kemarin saya memilih buku ini sebagai bahan bacaan. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;Nama Akmal Nasery Basral yang tertulis jelas di sampul buku, juga sangat berpengaruh dalam pemilihan buku ini.&amp;nbsp; Saya sangat penasaran bagaimana cara sang penulis, yang pernah membuat saya berdecak kagum beberapa tahun lalu saat membaca Imperia, meramu semua fakta dan&amp;nbsp; dan sedikit rekaan cerita dan kemudian menyungguhkannya dalam bentuk sebuah novel sejarah. Dan sekali lagi, kepiawaiannya merajut kata-kata terbukti di buku ini. Buku yang membuka mata saya akan sebuah peristiwa yang tidak dijelaskan secara gamblang di buku sejarah yang saya pelajari selama sekolah.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Presiden Prawiranegara. Kalau tidak membacanya, saya tidak akan pernah tahu siapa Syafruddin Prawiranegara. Sebagai seseorang yang dulu menempatkan Sejarah sebagai salah satu pelajaran favorit, buku ini membuat saya malu. Apa yang saya pelajari tentang Agresi Militer II Belanda di sekolah dulu tidak bersisa kecuali tanggal dan tempat terjadinya insiden. Saya sama sekai tidak ingat keberadaan PDRI. Nama Syafruddin Prawiranegara pun tidak melekat di benak. Padahal pemimpin PDRI memiliki banyak peranan penting baik sebelum maupun sesudah kemerdekaan. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Menelusuri bab demi bab buku ini , saya seperti kembali duduk di kelas sejarah. Semua penuturan sang narator, Kamil Koto, mengingatkan pada apa-apa yang nyaris saya lupakan. Tidak hanya apa yang sesungguhnya terjadi saat serangan mendadak tersebut, tapi juga sampai pada dampak yang ditimbulkan. Peristiwa yang terjadi Saya pun diingatkan lagi bagaimana sampai bangsa ini terlibat perundingan demi perundingan. Yang tidak kalah penting adalah pengenalan lebih dalam tentang sosok Syafruddin Prawiranegara, sang pemimpin PDRI. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Satu hal yang saya sayangkan, buku ini tidak menjelaskan dengan detail bagaimana proses penyerahan kembali kekuasaan dari PDRI. Rasanya tidak imbang. Karena di bagian awal, dipaparkan dengan jelas bagaimana kondisi pemerintahan saat agresi terjadi sampai pembentukan PDRI di Bukittinggi.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Yang membuat miris adalah ketika membaca fakta tentang bagaimana kehidupan Syafruddin Prawiranegara di pemerintahan yang baru. Sedih rasanya ketika mengetahui semua yang dialami oleh tokoh yang telah berjuang mempertahankan dan menyelamatkan Republik yang saat itu berada di ujung tanduk.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saya berharap di tahun-tahun mendatang, akan lebih banyak buku-buku seperti ini. Sehingga genre fiksi sejarah tidak hanya didominasi oleh buku-buku terjemahan. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Warna dan desain sampul bukan dua hal yang membuat saya memilih buku ini.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Judul: Presiden Prawiranegara; Kisah 207 Hari Syafruddin Prawiranegara Memimpin Indonesia&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penulis: Akmal Nasery Basral&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerbit: Mizan Pustaka&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cetakan: I, Maret 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tebal: 370 halaman&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-8344727442908715208?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/8344727442908715208/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-presiden-prawiranegara-akmal.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/8344727442908715208'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/8344727442908715208'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-presiden-prawiranegara-akmal.html' title='Review: Presiden Prawiranegara - Akmal Nasery Basral'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-1079862473317562238</id><published>2011-12-22T10:58:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T12:22:49.521+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gramedia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Ibu'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fiksi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Contemporary'/><title type='text'>Review: Please Look After Mom - Kyung Sook Shin</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1315808141l/12594604.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1315808141l/12594604.jpg" width="270" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10914647613363257174"&gt;Sepasang suami-istri  berangkat ke kota untuk mengunjungi anak-anak mereka yang telah dewasa.  Sang suami bergegas naik ke gerbong kereta bawah tanah dan mengira  istrinya mengikuti di belakangnya. Setelah melewati beberapa stasiun,  barulah dia menyadari bahwa istrinya tak ada. Istrinya tertinggal di  Stasiun Seoul. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Perempuan yang hilang itu tak kunjung ditemukan, dan keluarga yang  kehilangan ibu/istri/ipar itu mesti mengatasi trauma akibat kejadian  tersebut. Satu per satu mereka teringat hal-hal di masa lampau yang kini  membuat mereka tersadar betapa pentingnya peran sang ibu bagi mereka;  dan betapa sedikitnya mereka mengenal sosok sang ibu selama ini,  perasaan-perasaannya, harapan-harapannya, dan mimpi-mimpinya.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12594604-please-look-after-mom" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10914647613363257174"&gt;(Goodreads)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="st" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;~~~ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="st" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;That &lt;i&gt;you don't know what you've got til it's gone.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="st" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;~Counting Crows~ &lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Tidak perlu membaca sinopsis di belakang buku untuk tahu tema apa yang diusung buku ini. Dari judul yang tertera di sampul depan, saya dengan mudah bisa menebaknya. Dan tidak perlu berpikir lama untuk membawa pulang buku ini dan menjadikannya salah satu penghuni rak buku di rumah. Yah, semua buku yang mengisahkan perjuangan dan pengorbanan seorang ibu untuk anak-anaknya seperti For One More Day yang ditulis Mitch Albom, memang selalu punya tempat khusus. Seperti halnya fantasi dan fiksi sejarah, mereka punya daya tarik tersendiri. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Park So-Nyo, wanita berusia 69 tahun, hilang. Terakhir ia terlihat di stasiun kereta Seoul. Ibu, istri sekaligus adiki ipar ini tak dapat ditemukan di mana pun. Ratusan selebaran telah dicetak dan&amp;nbsp; disebar. Beberapa orang yang mengaku telah melihat wanita paruh baya tersebut. Namun hasilnya nihil. Park So-Nyo tak juga ditemukan. Tak ada yang tahu pasti apakah mereka benar-benar melihat wanita, dengan baju warna biru, jaket putih, dan rok lipit krem, ataukah hanya mengincar imbalan yang dijanjikan. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Kesedihan membayangi setiap anggota keluarga. Satu demi satu kenangan akan sosok Park So-Nya pun berkelebat di benak mereka.  Perasaan bersalah mulai menghantui dan pada akhirnya menyisakan rasa kehilangan dan penyesalan yang mendalam. Dari penggalan ingatan mereka,&amp;nbsp; sosok Park So-Nyo menjadi semakin jelas. Tidak hanya sifat dan kebiasaan namun bagaimana keinginan dan mimpinya terungkap dengan jelas.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dari Chi-hon, Hyong-chol dan anak perempuan yang tak disebut namanya, Park So-Nyo adalah ibu yang kuat dan tak pernah mengenal kata lelah.&amp;nbsp; Pekerjaan rumah yang seakan tak ada habisnya tidak membuatnya mengeluh. Dari dua bab pertama, tergambar dengan jelas betapa besar kasih sayang yang diberikan Park So-Nyo kepada semua anak-anaknya. Bahkan ketika mereka semua telah meninggalkan rumah. Perhatian yang diberikan sama sekali tidak berkurang. Suami, kakak dan adik ipar pun mendapatkan hal yang sama walau dengan cara yang berbeda. Seakan tak peduli apa yang telah dan tengah terjadi.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dari semua potongan kisah itu, bagian yang paling saya sukai adalah bagian yang menceritakan bagaimana kedekatan Park So-Nyo dengan adik ipar yang seakan dianggap sebagai anaknya sendiri. Bab yang menceritakan sisi lain dari Park So-Nyo yang tidak mengejutkan suami dan anak-anaknya, namun saya sebagai pembaca,&amp;nbsp; juga menjadi salah satu bagian yang terbaik dari buku ini.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Awalnya saya sempat bingung dari sudut pandang siapa buku ini bercerita. Terutama di bab satu dan dua. Namun ketika beralih ke bab tiga dan seterusnya, semakin jelas siapa sang narator. Salut atas kepiawaian Kyung Sook Shin, sang penulis. Tidak hanya cara ia menyusun&amp;nbsp; semua cerita, tapi juga bagaimana menciptakan dan menghidupkan karakter demi karakter dan yang paling penting adalah ia mampu menyisipkan emosi demi emosi di setiap babnya. Walau telah menyelesaikan buku ini beberapa hari yang lalu, buku ini masih menyisakan banyak kesan.&amp;nbsp; Saya masih ingat bagaimana kecemasan dan keputusaaan Hyong-chol ataupun rasa bersalah Chi-hon. Untuk sebuah buku fiksi - drama keluarga, buku ini benar-benar menguras emosi.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tidak perlu khawatir untuk masalah terjemahan. Saya sama sekali tidak merasa kesulitan untuk memahami setiap kalimat. Kalau buku ini bebas typo, pasti akan&amp;nbsp; lebih menyenangkan membacanya. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10914647613363257174"&gt;Cover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10914647613363257174"&gt;Di Goodreads, saya menemukan beragam sampul&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10914647613363257174"&gt;. Desain cover yang dipilih pihak Gramedia tidak kalah dengan yang diterbitkan di negara-negara lain. Namun dari semua cover yang ada, saya paling suka cover yang diterbitkan di China.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10914647613363257174"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10914647613363257174"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21At2OuandL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/21At2OuandL.jpg" width="142" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10914647613363257174"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10914647613363257174"&gt;&lt;b&gt;5/5&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10914647613363257174"&gt;Judul Indonesia: Ibu Tercinta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penulis: Kyung Sook Shin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerjemah: Tanti Lesmana&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerbit: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cetakan: I, September 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tebal: 296 hlm&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-1079862473317562238?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/1079862473317562238/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-please-look-after-mom-kyung-sook.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/1079862473317562238'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/1079862473317562238'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-please-look-after-mom-kyung-sook.html' title='Review: Please Look After Mom - Kyung Sook Shin'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-6719749729722331638</id><published>2011-12-21T15:49:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-12-21T15:58:05.052+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Guest Post'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Entangled Publishing'/><title type='text'>Guest Post: "Make It Or Break It?" by Kelly York</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;In my writing folder on my computer, I have quite the collection of folders titled "MS - (working title here).” Some of these are nothing more than text documents of ideas. Random character names, notes on world settings, character relationships, or pictures. Some are plots with no characters attached. Some are, in fact, actual stories! They have a beginning! They have action and development!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;And I'll probably never touch them again.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I hate saying "I'm abandoning this idea," because I usually don't abandon something entirely. More often than not I abandon the plot, but I bring the characters with me and reuse them elsewhere. (In fact, I've been etching out a story in my head for some time involving two characters. It’s entirely different from the original story and plot I started writing for them. Not even the same time period/setting/genre.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;img align="”left”" alt="" height="300" src="http://www.kelley-york.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Too_many_ideas-225x300.jpg" width="225" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;This probably has to do with the fact that I'm very character-oriented. Plot and stories aren't the easy or fun part for me: the characters are. I never would have finished writing HUSHED if it weren't for the fact that I adored Archer, loved Evan, and loved to hate Vivian.  I have to love my characters on some level or nothing will get done.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I've also noticed a trend: I can start a new story and be on a roll with it until I hit around 10,000 words. The 10k mark seems to be my 'make it or break it' line. If I stop there, I'm never going back to that story. If I can move past it, upward to 20,000 words, I'm going to finish it. (I do not have a single ‘abandoned’ MS in those folders over 10k.)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Currently I have not one, but two WIPs both over 10k. One is over 20k, and the other is nearing that mark. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Do any of you have a collection of unfinished stories you can't bring yourself to just...delete? Do you reuse and recycle bits and pieces from old stories no one will ever see into new ones, or do you have to start completely fresh every time? And what is your make-or-break point (if you have one)?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;~~~ &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Hushed - by Kelley York&lt;br /&gt;Title: Hushed&lt;br /&gt;Author: Kelley York&lt;br /&gt;Genre: YA Thriller&lt;br /&gt;Length: Novel&lt;br /&gt;Launch Date: December 2011&lt;br /&gt;ePub ISBN: 978‐1‐937044‐73‐2 | Print ISBN: 978‐1‐937044‐74‐9&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Published                        December 6th 2011             by Entangled Publishing&amp;nbsp;                      &lt;/b&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1323013943l/11842962.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1323013943l/11842962.jpg" width="258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10116633403421408602"&gt;&lt;i&gt;He’s saved her. He’s loved her. He’s killed for her. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Eighteen-year-old Archer couldn’t protect his best friend, Vivian,  from what happened when they were kids, so he’s never stopped trying to  protect her from everything else. It doesn’t matter that Vivian only  uses him when hopping from one toxic relationship to another—Archer is  always there, waiting to be noticed. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then along comes Evan, the only person who’s ever cared about Archer  without a single string attached. The harder he falls for Evan, the  more Archer sees Vivian for the manipulative hot-mess she really is. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;But Viv has her hooks in deep, and when she finds out about the  murders Archer’s committed and his relationship with Evan, she threatens  to turn him in if she doesn’t get what she wants… And what she wants is  Evan’s death, and for Archer to forfeit his last chance at redemption.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10116633403421408602"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="ii gt adP adO" id=":1jq" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0.917969); color: #222222; font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; margin-right: 15px; margin-top: 5px; orphans: 2; padding-bottom: 5px; position: relative; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; z-index: 2;"&gt;&lt;div id=":1l0"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Grab the book at &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://draft.blogger.com/%20http://www.amazon.com/Hushed-Kelley-York/dp/1937044742" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;or&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hushed-kelley-york/1033904538" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" target="_blank"&gt;Barnes &amp;amp; Nobel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10116633403421408602"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10116633403421408602"&gt;&lt;b&gt;~~~&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10116633403421408602"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10116633403421408602"&gt;&lt;b&gt;About the Author&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10116633403421408602"&gt;Kelley was born and raised in central California, where she sRll resides with her lovely&lt;br /&gt;wife, daughter, and an abundance of pets. (Although she does fantasize about moving&lt;br /&gt;across the globe to Ireland.) She has a fascinaRon with bells, adores all things furry – be&lt;br /&gt;them squeaky, barky or meow‐y – is a lover of video games, manga and anime, and likes to pretend she’s a decent photographer. Her life goal is to find a real unicorn. Or maybe&lt;br /&gt;a mermaid.&lt;br /&gt;Within young adult, she enjoys wriRng and reading a variety of genres from&lt;br /&gt;contemporary with a unique twist, psychological thrillers, paranormal/urban fantasy&lt;br /&gt;and horror. She loves stories where character development takes center stage.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10116633403421408602"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xiRaYeuqXz8/TvGOMXzcO2I/AAAAAAAAAvw/8JcozwybIiY/s1600/Kelly+York.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="240" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xiRaYeuqXz8/TvGOMXzcO2I/AAAAAAAAAvw/8JcozwybIiY/s320/Kelly+York.png" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10116633403421408602"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText10116633403421408602"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-6719749729722331638?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/6719749729722331638/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/12/guest-post-make-it-or-break-it-by-kelly.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/6719749729722331638'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/6719749729722331638'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/12/guest-post-make-it-or-break-it-by-kelly.html' title='Guest Post: &quot;Make It Or Break It?&quot; by Kelly York'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xiRaYeuqXz8/TvGOMXzcO2I/AAAAAAAAAvw/8JcozwybIiY/s72-c/Kelly+York.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-4145992916375666286</id><published>2011-12-15T17:30:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-12-22T01:49:27.190+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Neil Gaiman'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantasy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303859949l/2213661.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303859949l/2213661.jpg" width="258" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;After the grisly murder of his entire family, a toddler wanders into a graveyard where the ghosts and other supernatural residents agree to raise him as one of their own.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Nobody Owens, known to his friends as Bod, is a normal boy. He would be completely normal if he didn't live in a sprawling graveyard, being raised and educated by ghosts, with a solitary guardian who belongs to neither the world of the living nor of the dead. There are dangers and adventures in the graveyard for a boy. But if Bod leaves the graveyard, then he will come under attack from the man Jack—who has already killed Bod's family . . .&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Beloved master storyteller Neil Gaiman returns with a luminous new novel for the audience that embraced his New York Times bestselling modern classic Coraline. Magical, terrifying, and filled with breathtaking adventures, The Graveyard Book is sure to enthrall readers of all ages. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/2213661.The_Graveyard_Book" target="_blank"&gt;(Goodreads)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;~~~&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Thought&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;The Graveyard Book brought me to Nobody Owens. Yeah, he got a weird name. But no need to wonder why. Graveyard was the place where he grew up and lived since he was toddler. Nobody Owens, Bod, was also raised by the dead. He even had Silas, a guardian. Bod almost had no friend but them. Since he was young, he has been warned for many things, from the ghouls till the world outside. Bod was fined with all the rules. Afterwards, the curiosity inside him was getting bigger. There was nothing &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;that could stop him even his guardian. He would only quit till he got the answer why. Bod did not understand that her foster parents, guardian, and teachers were trying to protect him. He just did not get it till he faced the man Jack, the fiercest man ever.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I was excited and worried in a same time when The Graveyard Book was in my hand. First, I had been waiting this book for so long. Second, I have never read Neil Gaiman's book in English. Some of his books that I have in my shelves had been translated. Reading some of them (The Anansi Boys and Stardust) made me think that Gaiman has his own writing style that was not easy to understand. I was not sure if I could get what he wrote. You have no idea, how relief I was when I found out that all the words were not that confusing as I thought before. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Bod, the main character in this book, would never become my favorite, if the other characters were not there. Let's say Silas, Mr and Mrs Owen, &lt;/span&gt;Elizabeth Hempstock, Scarlett, even the villain, the man Jack. All of them have their own way to make Bod become special. From all them, I loved the connection between Bod and Silas. I saw father and son relationship there. The chapter which involved Bod and Elizabeth Hempstock, the witch, was also a part that I adored. This chapter was also published in anthology &lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/126437.Wizards" target="_blank"&gt;Wizards: Magical Tales From the Masters of Modern Fantasy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;. Scarlett, she was also nice. She impressed me. I felt so bad when I found out what happened between Bod and her. I wish something better happened between them.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Every chapter has its own magnet. The development of the story and characters were also written very well. It was nice to see how Bod grew older.&amp;nbsp; There were mixed up feelings and it started even when I was in first chapter. The ending made me feel little bit lost and sad.&amp;nbsp; I wish Neil would write another ending for Bod. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;The Graveyard Book makes me want to read more of Neil's works. &lt;/span&gt;I think I am going to read this book again next year. &lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Cover and Illustration&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I love all the illustration inside. I spent more time to stare and look at them before I turn to the next page.&amp;nbsp; It is as good as what he put in Coraline. I wish all of Neil Gaiman's books were completed with Dave McKean's scratches. But it seems that they are only for children's books. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4/5 &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Author: Neil Gaiman&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Illustrator: Dave McKean&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reading level: Ages 10 and up&lt;br /&gt;Paperback: 336 pages&lt;br /&gt;Publisher: HarperCollins; Reprint edition (September 28, 2010)&lt;br /&gt;Language: English&lt;br /&gt;ISBN-10: 0060530944&lt;br /&gt;ISBN-13: 978-0060530945&lt;br /&gt;Product Dimensions: 7.6 x 5.3 x 1 inches &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-4145992916375666286?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/4145992916375666286/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-graveyard-book-by-neil-gaiman.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/4145992916375666286'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/4145992916375666286'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-graveyard-book-by-neil-gaiman.html' title='Review: The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-5509877845984278668</id><published>2011-12-12T10:00:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-12-23T11:49:12.828+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adult'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='historical fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Contemporary'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='English'/><title type='text'>Review: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170161179l/43641.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170161179l/43641.jpg" width="256" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Though he may not speak of them, the memories still dwell inside Jacob Jankowski's ninety-something-year-old mind. Memories of himself as a young man, tossed by fate onto a rickety train that was home to the Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. Memories of a world filled with freaks and clowns, with wonder and pain and anger and passion; a world with its own narrow, irrational rules, its own way of life, and its own way of death. The world of the circus: to Jacob it was both salvation and a living hell.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Jacob was there because his luck had run out - orphaned and penniless, he had no direction until he landed on this locomotive 'ship of fools'. It was the early part of the Great Depression, and everyone in this third-rate circus was lucky to have any job at all. Marlena, the star of the equestrian act, was there because she fell in love with the wrong man, a handsome circus boss with a wide mean streak. And Rosie the elephant was there because she was the great gray hope, the new act that was going to be the salvation of the circus; the only problem was, Rosie didn't have an act - in fact, she couldn't even follow instructions. The bond that grew among this unlikely trio was one of love and trust, and ultimately, it was their only hope for survival.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/43641.Water_for_Elephants"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(Goodreads)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Thought&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Water for Elephants was one of books in my wishlist. I was so excited when this historical fiction book finally arrived. Big thanks to Bukumoo Satu Dua Tiga. Since I saw the rating and read many good things about it, I could not wait any longer to read it on my own. Most of my friends said that Water for Elephants was one of the best book ever. Unfortunately, same words did not come out of my mouth.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;To my surprise, it was not as great as I thought. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I  was little bit disappointed with what I got. I think I expect too  much.&amp;nbsp; There was nothing wrong with the book actually. It was well  written. But It was hard for me to find the ties with the plot,  setting nor the characters. All of them were flat for me. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Jacob Jankowski is the main character and narrator. In his nineties, he stayed in nursing home. He could barely  remember things. But when it was about&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="freeText12041243374134573530"&gt;circus, he was able to summon it into mind with its details. Jacob was just twenty three when he left &lt;/span&gt;final exams in Cornell University and &lt;span id="freeText12041243374134573530"&gt;joined &lt;/span&gt;Benzini Brothers Most Spectacular Show on Earth. In this place, the new chapter of his life began.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I liked the old Jacob. He became one reason why I finished reading its last page. From all the chapters, my favorite was his part. Althought he was not a nice old man, but he got his own charm.&amp;nbsp; I liked the  way he talked and communicated to Rosemary,the nurse who took care of  him. I enjoyed all their chit chats.  Unfortunately, there was only few of them. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About the young Jacob and other characters, there was almost no emotional bond. Although Jacob in circus was lovely and kind-hearted, but I could not get him. His relationship with Marlene was not interesting enough to hook me. The antagonist character such August and Uncle Al also did not leave any impression. Even when I have given more chances by reading it till the last pages, I felt nothing for them.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Before reading Water for Elephants, I have read some books which took circus as its setting. But through Jacob's eyes, I found many new things about circus life in the past. All those things make me wonder which one that really happened in the past and the one that was just added by Sara Gruen, the author. I was also curios about the "red-lighted" and stampede.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I am not really interested with that kind of cover. I like the color choice.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;3/5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Author: Sara Gruen&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; Paperback: 355 pages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; Publisher: Algonquin Books (April 9, 2007)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; Language: English&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; ISBN-10: 1565125606&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; ISBN-13: 978-1565125605&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;" /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt; Product Dimensions: 8.3 x 5.6 x 1 inches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-5509877845984278668?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/5509877845984278668/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-water-for-elephants-by-sara.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/5509877845984278668'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/5509877845984278668'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/12/review-water-for-elephants-by-sara.html' title='Review: Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-3445782334303443280</id><published>2011-11-30T10:00:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-12-23T11:52:37.894+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Elexmedia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='historical fiction'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='#BBI'/><title type='text'>Review: Sarah's Key - Tatiana De Rosnay</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1313382630l/12374334.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1313382630l/12374334.jpg" width="262" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;"&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt; PARIS, JULI 1942&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i&gt;: Sarah, seorang gadis berumur sepuluh tahun, ditangkap bersama orangtuanya oleh polisi Prancis yang menggeledah rumah demi rumah untuk menangkapi keluarga-keluarga Yahudi di tengah malam buta.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt; Berusaha mati-matian untuk melindungi adik lelakinya, Sarah menguncinya dalam lemari di kamar tidur--tempat persembunyian rahasia mereka--dan berjanji akan kembali begitu mereka dibebaskan.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt; ENAM PULUH TAHUN KEMUDIAN&lt;/b&gt;&lt;i style="font-style: italic;"&gt;: Kisah Sarah terjalin dengan kisah Julia Jarmond, seorang wartawan Amerika yang menyelidiki peristiwa penangkapan itu.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dalam penelitiannya, Julia tersandung pada serangkaian jejak rahasia yang menghubungkannya dengan Sarah, dan mempertanyakan masa depan romantisnya sendiri. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12374334-sarah-s-key" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(Goodreads)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;~~~&lt;br /&gt; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;i style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Zakhor. Altichkah&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Paris, dini hari, 16 Juli 1942, lebih dari tiga belas ribu lelaki, perempuan dan anak-anak Yahudi ditangkap. Oleh polisi Prancis di bawah perintah Gestapo Jerman, mereka dipaksa keluar dari rumah. Banyak dari mereka yang langsung dikirim ke kamp Drancy, sementara orang tua yang memiliki anak dikirim ke Vel'd'Hiv, sebuah stadion tertutup yang dipakai untuk lomba balap sepeda. Tak ada fasilitas toilet di sana. Selama enam hari lamanya mereka dikurung dalam ruangan yang panas, nyaris tanpa makanan. Semua itu hanyalah awal dari perjalanan panjang yang harus mereka lalui, sebelum semuanya berakhir di Auschwitz.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berangkat dari sejarah di atas, Tatiana De Rosnay menulis buku ini. Buku yang mampu menguras banyak emosi hanya dalam beberapa lembar pertama.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Senang rasanya saat mengetahui buku ini telah diterjemahkan oleh Elexmedia. Walau sempat terbersit sedikit rasa ragu dengan hasil terjemahannya. Mengingat novel terbitan Elex yang terakhir saya baca sukses membuat kepala saya pusing dengan permainan kata yang tertulis di dalamnya. Namun semua keraguan saya menguap ketika membaca kata demi kata di bab-bab awal.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sarah's Key mengantarkan saya pada  gadis kecil bernama Sarah dan seorang wartawan Amerika, Julia Jarmond. Keduanya terpisah oleh waktu, namun peringatan ke enam puluh tahun Vel' d' Hiv, sebuah &amp;nbsp;apartemen dan rahasia keluarga yang disimpan rapat selama puluhan tahun menghubungkan keduanya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Hanya dalam waktu singkat, Sarah dan Julia mampu menarik perhatian dan rasa simpati dengan cara yang berbeda. Tidak butuh waktu lama untuk paham apa yang terlintas di benak Sarah dan semua yang ia rasakan. Ketakutan dan kalut yang menyelimuti Sarah kecil di hari pengumpulan. Bagaimana ketika ia akhirnya mengerti arti bintang kuning yang selalu ia kenakan. Belum lagi kekhawatiran yang terus menghantuinya setelah meninggalkan apartemen. Yang selanjutnya berubah menjadi rasa bersalah berkepanjangan yang ditanggungnya seumur hidup. Sehingga tidak ada keterkejutan ketika menemukan apa yang terjadi selanjutnya. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Seperti halnya Sarah, bukan hal yang sulit untuk memahami Julia. Saya mengerti benar semua rasa penasaran akan peristiwa tragis yang terjadi di Paris puluhan tahun lalu, begitupula dengan rahasia yang selama ini ditutup rapat oleh keluarga suaminya. Bahkan ketika ia akhirnya terobsesi dengan Sarah.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buku ini awalnya ditulis dari dua sudut pandang. Kisah Sarah dan Julia ditulis dalam bab terpisah secara bergantian. Kegetiran selalu muncul setiap kali membaca bab yang menceritakan Sarah. Hal itu juga menyebabkan saya lebih memilih bab-bab milik sang wartawan. Walau demikian, keduanya tetap membuat saya penasaran. Bagaimana nasib Sarah selanjutnya, bagaimana dengan hasil pencarian Julia ataupun penyelesaian masalah dengan suami dan anak-anaknya. Yang jelas kedua mampu membuat mencampur aduk emosi saya.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Saya tidak mendapatkan masalah dengan hasil terjemahannya. Terima kasih untuk sang alih bahasa. Sayangnya masih terdapat typo di beberapa tempat. Mengenai ending, saya menyukai cara Tatianan de Rosnay, sang penulis, mengakhir semuanya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sarah's Key meninggalkan kesan yang sangat mendalam dan sekali lagi membuka mata saya akan fakta tragis yang menimpa ribuan keluarga Yahudi di masa lalu. Saya sempat malu dibuatnya. Karena kalau bukan buku ini, saya tidak akan pernah tahu bahwa kota Paris pun tidak luput dari cengkraman para Gestapo. Untuk kesekian kalinya, rasa iba dan sedih menyerubungi. Namun buku ini tidak serta merta menutup mata saya untuk apa yang terjadi di Palestina. &lt;i&gt;Zakhor. Altichkah&lt;/i&gt;. Ingat. Jangan pernah lupa.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Cover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Saya lebih suka sampul aslinya. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;5/5&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sarah's Key&lt;br /&gt;Penulis: Tatiana De Rosnay&lt;br /&gt;Penerjemah: Lily Endang Joelani&lt;br /&gt;Penerbit: PT Elex Media Komputindo&lt;br /&gt;Cetakan: I, 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Buku yang pertama kali terbit tahun 2006 ini ternyata telah diadaptasi ke layar lebar tahun 2010. Jadi penasaran, pengen nonton. &amp;gt;.&amp;lt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;tbody&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/97/Sarahs_key_movie_poster_300x400.jpeg/220px-Sarahs_key_movie_poster_300x400.jpeg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/97/Sarahs_key_movie_poster_300x400.jpeg/220px-Sarahs_key_movie_poster_300x400.jpeg" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;tr&gt;&lt;td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"&gt;Source: Wikipedia&lt;/td&gt;&lt;/tr&gt;&lt;/tbody&gt;&lt;/table&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="font-style: italic;" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-3445782334303443280?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/3445782334303443280/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/11/review-sarahs-key-tatiana-de-rosnay.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/3445782334303443280'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/3445782334303443280'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/11/review-sarahs-key-tatiana-de-rosnay.html' title='Review: Sarah&apos;s Key - Tatiana De Rosnay'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-2655475967831966913</id><published>2011-11-07T10:00:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-12-23T11:50:22.903+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Gramedia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Novel Dewasa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Meg Cabot'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Adult'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fiksi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GPU'/><title type='text'>Review: Size 12 Is Not Fat - Meg Cabot</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1281348385l/8808727.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1281348385l/8808727.jpg" width="213" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;Heather Wells, mantan  penyanyi pop idola remaja, telah sampai pada titik jenuh: bosan  menyanyikan lirik lagu ciptaan orang lain, tapi produsernya tidak mau  menandatangani kontrak baru untuk lagu-lagu ciptaannya sendiri.  Keadaannya diperparah dengan ayahnya dipenjara, ibunya kabur ke Buenos  Aires bersama seluruh isi tabungan putri satu-satunya itu, dan Heather  tampaknya tidak bisa berhenti membenamkan diri dalam kesedihannya dengan  melahap cokelat KitKat. Puncaknya, tunangannya Jordan Cartwright telah  menggesernya---dari tangga lagu maupun dari ranjangnya---dan  menggantikannya dengan bintang pop nomor satu terbaru Amerika, Tania  Trace. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heather lalu mendapatkan pekerjaan di asrama &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;New York College&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;---tak  jauh dari tempat tinggal sementaranya di rumah Copper---temannya  sekaligus kakak mantan tunangannya yang sangat baik kepadanya.  Kelihatannya keadaan mulai membaik... setidaknya sampai gadis-gadis di  asrama tewas satu per satu dalam waktu berdekatan. Selancar lift  merupakan penjelasan resmi dari administrasi kampus mengenai penyebab  kematian para gadis itu, tapi Heather punya kecurigaan lain. Dengan  bantuan setengah hati dari Cooper, Heather berusaha menyelidiki  kematian-kematian tersebut, tanpa menyadari itu bukan hanya sekadar  untuk menjawab rasa ingin tahunya, melainkan mungkin akan menjadi  pekerjaannya seumur hidup.&lt;b&gt;~&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/8808727-ukuran-12-tidak-gemuk-size-12-is-not-fat" target="_blank"&gt;Sinopsis dari Goodreads&lt;/a&gt;~&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Ketika pertama kali melihatnya di deretan buku baru, saya sungguh tak menyangka karya Meg Cabot ini bercerita tentang misteri pembunuhan. Dari judulnya, saya mengira buku ini akan berkisah tentang kehidupan seorang wanita yang bermasalah dengan berat badan. Sempat terbersit pertanyaan segemuk apa wanita yang berukuran 12, sebelum akhirnya mendapatkan jawabannya melalui mesin pencari.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Heather Wells, wanita yang menjadi karakter utama di buku ini. Butuh waktu untuk mengumpulkan keping demi keping yang berkaitan dengan dirinya dan menyusunnya menjadi sosok yang utuh. Dari perubahan postur tubuh karena kebiasaan makan yang tidak teratur dan  rambutnya yang pirang. Sampai&amp;nbsp; akhirnya pilihan jatuh pada sosok Britney Spears. Sehingga tidak ada kesulitan untuk membayangkan masa lalu Heathers sebagai penyanyi pop yang menjadi idola banyak gadis remaja. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Banyak hal yang membuat saya menyukai Heather. Bukan hanya caranya menuturkan cerita yang kadang membuat saya tergelak, tetapi juga karena Heather adalah sosok wanita yang kuat. Ia tak pernah benar-benar peduli akan perkataan orang lain akan masa lalunya. Bahkan ketika mereka menjadikannya lelucon. Ia memang tak menyangkal, banyak bagian dari masa lalunya yang tidak menyenangkan, namun hal tersebut tidak serta merta membuatnya dendam. Bahkan di luar dugaan, ia memaafkan ibu kandung yang kabur meninggalkannya begitu saja dengan semua uang tabungan yang dihasilkannnya sebagai penyanyi. Meg Cabot memang tidak pernah gagal menciptakan dan membuat karakter utama yang menarik dan menjadinya benar-benar hidup. Selain Heather, saya juga menyukai Sarah dan Magda, yang menjadi rekan kerja Heather di New York College. Sangat disayangkan, tidak ada yang istimewa dari karakter Cooper ataupun Jordan. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Berbicara mengenai dua insiden yang terjadi di asrama, saya tak dapat menahan untuk tidak mengeryitkan alis. Sebagai penggemar serial CSI dan cerita detektif, saya merasa banyak hal aneh. Pertama, tidak ditutupnya lift yang menjadi tempat kejadian perkara. Semua penghuni asrama bisa kembali menggunakan lift begitu mayat disingkirkan. Padahal dua kecelakaan yang sama terjadi dalam waktu yang berdekatan. Kedua kasus yang membuat Heather khawatir ini juga sepertinya tidak mendapat porsi penyelidikan yang lebih dari pihak kepolisian. Kemungkinan besar wawancara mendalam juga tidak dilakukan terhadap orang-orang tertentu. Bahkan ketika tidak ditemukannya alasan kuat bagi kedua mahasiswi tersebut untuk melakukan bunuh diri, sama sekali tidak ada penetapan tersangka. Lebih anehnya lagi, tim investigasi sama sekali tidak memeriksa kamar dan barang-barang korban. Saya menjadi sangar gusar karenanya. Sepertinya hal-hal demikian luput dari riset Meg Cabot. Bahkan ketika ia bermaksud untuk menulis sebuah cerita misteri yang ringan dan sederhana sekalipun. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Terlepas dari semua hal ganjil di atas, saya tetap dibuat penasaran siapa yang menjadi dalang atas dua kejadian tragis tersebut. Ini juga yang menjadi alasan mengapa saya mampu melahap buku ini hingga halaman terakhir. Menjadi sangat menyenangkan ketika menemukan sang pelaku kejahatan tidak terdapat dalam daftar tersangka beserta motif yang saya buat. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Walau tidak begitu terkesan dengan buku ini, saya akan tetap membaca Size 14 is Not Fat Either. Saya ingin tahu apakah Heather berhasil menyanyikan lagu ciptaannya sendiri. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;Cover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;Sampul depan menjadi salah satu alasan mengapa saya membeli buku ini. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;Size 12 is not Fat&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;Judul Indonesia: Ukuran 12 Tidak Gemuk&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;Penulis: Meg Cabot &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;Penerjemah: Barokah Ruziati&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;Editor: Widi Lugina&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;Penerbit: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;Cetakan: I, Agustus 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;Tebal: 416 hlm&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span id="freeText2595974360108568129"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-2655475967831966913?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/2655475967831966913/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/11/review-size-12-is-not-fat-meg-cabot.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/2655475967831966913'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/2655475967831966913'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/11/review-size-12-is-not-fat-meg-cabot.html' title='Review: Size 12 Is Not Fat - Meg Cabot'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total><georss:featurename>Manado, Indonesia</georss:featurename><georss:point>1.4930556 124.8412611</georss:point><georss:box>1.3660695999999999 124.6833326 1.6200416 124.9991896</georss:box></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-1052413188807777429</id><published>2011-10-31T10:00:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-12-02T23:07:00.629+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Romance'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Chicklit'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Novel Dewasa'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Qanita'/><title type='text'>Review: Sweet Misfortune - Kevin Alan Milne</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qRiXKtH2oPQ/Tq0vRpx-ubI/AAAAAAAAAvE/_VZNHWn7lzY/s320/Sweet+Misfortune.jpg" width="204" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Bagi Sophie Jones, kebahagiaan sama dengan sepotong cokelat: manis, tetapi cepat sekali meleleh dan hilang. Segala macam tragedi sepertinya telah dia alami: Kehilangan orangtua, dicampakkan tunangan, dan sebagainya. Masa lalunya itu membuatnya percaya bahwa di dunia ini tidak ada kebagiaan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Dia pun menumpahkan kesedihannya dengan menjual Misfortune Cookies - kue-kue yang menyimpan secarik pesan ketidakberuntungan di dalamnya. Kue itu laku keras, dan dia merasa senang.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Di sela-sela itu, Garrett Black, mantan tunangannya yang punya andil dalam semua penderitaannya, tiba-tiba muncul dan memohon untuk kembali padanya. Awalnya, Sophie menolak mentah-mentah. Namun, ketika Garrett terus memohon, Sophie mengajukan tantangan: Garrett harus membuktikan bahwa kebahagiaan sejati memang ada. Bila dia berhasil, Sophie akan mempertimbangkan permintaannya. Akankah Garrett berhasil? Dan dapatkah mereka kembali bersama? &amp;nbsp;~&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/12614354-sweet-misfortune#"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/a&gt;~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Ketika memutuskan untuk membaca Sweet Misfortune, saya tidak mengharapkan apa-apa. Mengingat genre yang diusung oleh buku ini selalu saya tempatkan sebagai pilihan terakhir. Saya membacanya tidak lebih karena buku &lt;i&gt;romance&lt;/i&gt; adalah pilihan BBI bulan Oktober. Di luar dugaan, Sweet Misfortune memberi banyak kejutan yang tidak pernah saya harapkan akan muncul dari sebuah buku &lt;i&gt;romance&lt;/i&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt; Gelas Setengah Kosong&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Sulit rasanya untuk menyukai karakter utama yang pesimis seperti Sophie Jones. Tidak sekali dua kali muncul keinginan untuk menutup mulut perempuan yang skeptis ini. Saya heran ketika menemukan orang-orang yang masih saja betah berada satu ruangan bersama pemilik toko cokelat yang tidak pernah kehabisan kata untuk dituliskan di atas kertas untuk kue-kue ketidakberuntungan yang dibuatnya.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Butuh ratusan lembar sampai akhirnya paham bagaimana insiden-insiden di masa lalu menutup mata Sophie untuk sebuah kata, kebahagiaan. Walau hal itu tidak juga membuat saya menyukainya&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Friend; one who&amp;nbsp;knows all about you&amp;nbsp;and still loves&amp;nbsp;you anyway&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Dibanding Sophie, saya lebih menyukai Evalynn, sahabat yang juga saudara angkat Sophie ini nampaknya telah terbiasa dengan pikiran dan ucapan yang negatif. Walau sempat mengernyitkan dahi untuk semua yang dilakukannya untuk Sophie, namun pada akhirnya saya mengerti. Itulah yang disebut sahabat.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Dicari: Kebahagiaan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hanya kebahagiaan yang bertahan lama. Bukan yang &amp;nbsp;hanya bertahan sementara.&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Penggalan iklan yang dipasang Garrett inilah yang membuat saya yakin bahwa pria seperti Garrett-lah yang dibutuhkan oleh setiap wanita. Tidak butuh waktu lama untuk menyukai pria yang kembali kehidupan Sophie ini. Bukan karena kata-kata romantis yang terucap dari mulutnya, namun untuk semua hal yang dilakukan untuk menyakinkan Sophie bahwa kebahagian dalam hidup benar adanya. Setidaknya pria seperti Garrett mampu membuat wanita seperti Sophie mampu berucap "...&lt;i&gt;Lelaki sepertimu hanya datang satu kali saat bulan berwarna biru&lt;/i&gt;" (h.164)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Some people are lucky in love. You are not one of them&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Saya tak dapat menahan tawa ketika membaca kalimat di atas, yang juga tertera di sampul depan. Kata-kata semacam itulah yang ditulis Sophie dan diselipkan dalam kue-kue ketidakberuntungannya. Saya membayangkan puluhan ramalan yang ia buat setiap harinya.Namun dengan cara memandang kehidupan yang demikian sempit, &amp;nbsp;saya pikir Sophie tidak menemukan kesulitan untuk menuliskan kalimat yang sama pahitnya dengan rasa kue berlapis cokelat yang dibuatnya. Anehnya, kata-kata semacam itulah yang menjadi bagian yang saya tunggu di setiap babnya.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tidak ada yang istimewa dari hubungan yang terjalin antara Sophie dan Garrett. Seperti buku romance lainnya, akhir kisah mereka dengan mudah bisa ditebak. Namun bagaimana sampai akhirnya hal tersebut terjadi, yang membuatkan buku ini sangat menarik. Banyak bagian yang bisa diambil sebagai pelajaran. Tidak sedikit yang membuat saya terharu. Bagi saya, Buku yang ditulis oleh Kevin Alan Milne lebih dari sekedar cerita &lt;i&gt;romance&lt;/i&gt;.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Untuk semua penggemar buku bergenre light romance, Sweet Misfortune seharusnya ada di deretan buku kalian, bahkan ketika buku bergenre &lt;i&gt;romance&lt;/i&gt; adalah pilihan terakhir ketika memilih sebuah bacaaan seperti yang selalu saya lakukan. &lt;i&gt;Just give it a try.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Cover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Saya suka warna sampulnya. Namun saya lebih suka c&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;over aslinya. S&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;elain kertas ramalan, saya juga ingin melihat kue ketidakberuntungan yang dibuat Sophie.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4/5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Sweet Misfortune&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Judul Indonesia: Cinta dalam Kue Ke(tidak)beruntungan&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penulis: Kevin Alan Milne&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerjemah: Harisa Permatasari&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerbit: Qanita&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cetakan: I, Juli 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tebal: 456 hal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-1052413188807777429?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/1052413188807777429/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/10/review-sweet-misfortune-kevin-alan.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/1052413188807777429'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/1052413188807777429'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/10/review-sweet-misfortune-kevin-alan.html' title='Review: Sweet Misfortune - Kevin Alan Milne'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-qRiXKtH2oPQ/Tq0vRpx-ubI/AAAAAAAAAvE/_VZNHWn7lzY/s72-c/Sweet+Misfortune.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-133481925968213577</id><published>2011-10-27T17:26:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2011-10-27T21:26:36.937+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='me me me'/><title type='text'>Review Blog : It's All About Books</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.library.appstate.edu/blog/images/books.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://www.library.appstate.edu/blog/images/books.gif" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Tidak terasa sudah empat tahun berlalu...&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Awalnya ada keraguan untuk memulai blog yang isinya review buku. Pertama,karena saat itu saya sama sekali belum terbiasa menulis resensi. Takutnya malah tidak terurus karena saya sudah punya blog pribadi. Rasa bingung pun bermunculan. Dari pemilihan template, banner, nama sampai pemilihan alamat blog.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Namun pada akhirnya, postingan perdana pun muncul juga. Tepatnya tanggal 19 Juni. Walaupun saat itu bukan berupa review. Semuanya tak lepas dari dukungan&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Kobo - &amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://mon-secret-jardin.blogspot.com/"&gt;BukuBukuku&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;,&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;salah satu teman online pertama yang punya kecepatan membaca yang luar biasa. Oh iya, dari Kobo, saya mendapat Banner yang sampai sekarang masih saya pakai. Alamat blog ini pun atas idenya. Terima kasih, Bo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Artemis Fowl - Incident Artic terbitan Gramedia adalah buku pertama yang saya review di blog ini. Ketika membaca ulang, postingan itu membuat saya tergelak. Penuh spoiler dan typo. Bahkan keterangan buku tidak satu pun yang &amp;nbsp;tidak saya cantumkan. Hal yang sama juga terjadi di beberapa postingan awal. Jadi gemes sendiri ngelihatnya. Ada keinginan untuk mengedit postingan-postingan itu. Namun akhirnya saya tidak melakukan perubahan apapun. Untuk sementara, saya anggap sebagai&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;reminder&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;untuk menulis dengan lebih baik dan teliti.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Eh kalau ada waktu luang sih, masalah typo di postingan lama bisa sedikit demi sedikit saya edit. Tapi kalau spoiler, biarlah apa adanya. Sungguh, saya tidak bermaksud. Semuanya terjadi karena saat itu saya belum paham benar, apa esensi sebuah review buku. Lagipula, saat itu yang terbersit di pikiran saya, &amp;nbsp;menulis review supaya saya tidak lupa. &amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Sebelum menerbitkan tulisan ini, saya sempat melihat posting demi postingan. Ternyata buku - buku yang saya review cukup beragam. Walau sedikit, ternyata ada beberapa buku nonfiksi. Bahkan ada beberapa buku motivasi. Ketika membaca ulang kalimat demi kalimat, saya hampir tidak percaya saya bisa menulis kalimat demi kalimat seperti itu. Ha!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Dari situ juga, saya sempat memperhatikan kalau pengunjung blog buku ini juga jumlahnya sedikit banget. Terlihat dari jumlah&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;page view&amp;nbsp;&lt;/i&gt;untuk setiap postingan. Apalagi komentarnya. Sedih sih. Tapi kalau ingat apa tujuan awal saya membuat blog buku ini, hal semacam itu bukan masalah besar.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Ah iya, gaya dan bentuk penulisan dari tahun ke tahun pun terus berubah. Namun untuk postingan - postingan berikutnya, saya memutuskan untuk menyeragamkan semuanya. Baik review dalam bahasa Indonesia maupun bahasa Inggris.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Layaknya blog pribadi yang lebih dulu muncul, blog buku juga mengalami pasang surut. Semua terlihat dari jumlah postingan. Tahun 2007, saya bisa menulis sebanyak 49 review. Jumlah tersebut terus meningkat di tahun 2008. Sayangnya, tahun 2009 dan 2010, blog buku ini nyaris mati. Dalam 2 tahun itu, jumlah review yang saya tulis tidak begitu banyak. Semua itu karena saya tidak dapat membagi waktu dengan baik. Saya kebanyakan main game online. Akhirnya menulis review terasa amat berat. Yang menyedihkan, kecepatan membaca saya yang lambat menjadi makin lambat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Untungnya di tahun 2011, terjadi sedikit perubahan. Terima kasih untuk&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;Dela -&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://bukubukudela.blogspot.com/"&gt;Books of Dela&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;Walau nggak kenal secara pribadi, kalau bukan karena blog bukunya, saya mungkin tidak akan pernah tahu blog-blog buku milik &amp;nbsp;blogger dari Amerika, Australia, dan Jerman. Yang mengejutkan, mereka blogger buku yang aktif banget. Selain review, &amp;nbsp;mereka punya banyak jenis postingan yang membantu para penulis mempromosikan buku. Sebut saja, It's Monday, What Are You Reading?, Teaser Tuesday,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Waiting on Wednesday, Trailer Tuesday,&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;dll. Bahkan setiap minggunya ada satu postingan khusus untuk mempromosikan sebuah blog buku. Yang kulihat, &amp;nbsp;tiada hari tanpa postingan. Salut!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Perkenalan dengan blogger luar ini lah yang akhirnya membuat saya kembali melirik blog yang nyaris saya tinggalkan. Sedikit demi sedikit saya kembali menulis review. Dan untuk pertama kalinya saya membuat review dalam bahasa Inggris.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Saya banyak belajar dari mereka. Tapi tidak akan saya bahas sekarang. Mungkin di postingan akhir tahun nanti. Satu yang pasti, mereka banyak menginspirasi saya. Karena mereka jugalah hingga terbersitlah ide yang mempertemukan saya dengan blogger- blogger buku Indonesia, yang ternyata makin banyak dan tetap konsisten mengupdate blog mereka dengan review buku yang genre sangat beragam.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Entah kapan tepatnya, yang jelas sekarang saya punya komunitas baru. Blogger Buku Indonesia namanya. Senang rasanya menemukan teman-teman baru yang punya hobi yang sama.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Kalau pake hastag yang beberapa hari ini muncul di timeline, saya akan menulis&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;#BerkatNgeblog saya ketemu banyak teman dan sahabat &amp;nbsp;baru.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;*&amp;nbsp;&lt;i&gt;Tulisan ini untuk memperingati Hari Blogger Nasional dan sekali lagi untuk membuktikan bahwa blog bukan trend sesaat. :D&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;**Big Hugs to all BBI-ers | you know who you are ;)&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-133481925968213577?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/133481925968213577/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/10/review-blog-its-all-about-books.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/133481925968213577'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/133481925968213577'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/10/review-blog-its-all-about-books.html' title='Review Blog : It&apos;s All About Books'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-4569256582206484323</id><published>2011-10-25T16:26:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-11-07T10:07:12.092+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Penerbit Atria'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='MG'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Jacqueline Wilson'/><title type='text'>Review: Girls Under Pressure - Jacqueline Wilson</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="clear: left; float: left; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1256180884l/7025566.jpg" width="203" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Aku pusing dengan berat badanku. Tubuhku bulat berisi dan pipiku tembam. Kata orang-orang aku tidak gemuk, tetapi cermin kan tidak pernah bohong!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;blockquote class="tr_bq"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Jadi kuputuskan untuk berdiet gila-gilaan. Aku keranjingan berenang dan aerobik. Coba bayangkan! Ellie-Elephant berolahraga! Namun, aku merasa diet dan olahraga saja tidak cukup.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Aku butuh cara lain untuk bisa kurus dengan cepat.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Kalau saja mereka tidak mencantumkan nama sang penulis di sampul depan, saya tidak akan pernah tahu kalau Girls Under Pressure adalah salah satu karya Jacqueline Wilson. Karena mata saya sudah akrab dengan Ilustrasi yang dibuat Nick Sharrat. Begitu pula bentuk font yang dipilih sebagai judul buku. Buku ini sama sekali tidak menyisakan sedikit pun sentuhan yang biasanya saya temukan di semua buku Jacqueline Wilson yang telah saya baca. Di beberapa halaman awal saya merasa ada yang hilang.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt; &lt;br /&gt;Girls Under Pressure adalah buku kedua dari serial Girls. Isu yang diangkat oleh Jacqueline Wilson di buku ini adalah Anoreksia dan Bulimia, dua kelainan pola makan yang tidak jarang terjadi pada perempuan, remaja maupun dewasa.&amp;nbsp; Mereka merasa dirinya sangat gemuk sehingga memutusakan untuk diet berlebihan bahkan tidak menyentuh&amp;nbsp; makanan sama sekali. Kalaupun akhirnya mereka makan, pada akhirnya semua yang telah ditelan akan mereka paksa untuk keluar lagi. Seperti masalah-masalah serius lainnya,&amp;nbsp; masalah berat badan dan diet berlebihan ini berhasil dikemas oleh Jacqueline Wilson dalam cerita sederhana. Sehingga para pembaca terutama target pembaca&amp;nbsp; tidak akan mengalami kesulitan untuk memahami pesan yang disampaikan. Itu juga yang menjadi alasan mengapa saya tidak pernah bosan dengan buku-buku yang ditulisnya&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Buku ini ditulis dari sudut pandang Ellie, seorang siswa SMP. Awalnya tidak mudah untuk membedakan Ellie dan kedua sahabatnya, Nadien dan Magda. Saya seharusnya lebih dulu membaca seri yang pertama. Sehingga tidak perlu menghabiskan lebih banyak waktu untuk masalah yang satu ini. Tidak hanya ketiga gadis remaja itu, &amp;nbsp;di bab awal saya sempat menyangka kalau Eggs, adik Ellie, sebagai binatang peliharaan keluarga mereka.Untung saja hal ini tidak berlangsung lama. Karena pada akhirnya semua karakter dipaparkan dengan jelas. Kecuali Eggs. Kalau bukan karena Wikipedia, saya akan tetap menganggap Eggs sebagai anak perempuan&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Sekalipun menjadi karakter utama, Ellie tidak lantas menjadi karakter yang saya sukai. Anak perempuan yang memiliki bakat di bidang seni ini justru membuat saya kesal sejak awal. Salah satunya karena sifatnya yang keras kepala. Tak seorang pun yang dapat membuatnya yakin bahwa tak ada yang salah dari dirinya sampai satu insiden besar terjadi. Namun sifatnya itu juga yang membuat saya penasaran sampai kapan ia akan bertahan. Karena ketika saya berpikir ia telah sadar akan kekeliruannya, ternyata ia masih saja melakukan diet gila-gilaan. Terlepas dari semua itu, saya menikmati saat Ellie menghabiskan waktu bersama Nadine dan Magda ataupun saat ia&amp;nbsp; berada di kelas seni. &lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Mengenai karakter lain, &amp;nbsp;saya tertarik pada sosok Eggs. Sayangnya hubungan Ellie dan Eggs tidak begitu menyenangkan. Ellie kerap menganggap Eggs sebagai pengganggu kecil. Sering kali komentar-komentar adik kecilnya itu membuat Ellie merasa kesal. Namun kalimat-kalimat itulah yang membuat saya jadi ingin membaca buku ini&amp;nbsp; dalam bahasa aslinya. Oh iya, Kalau bukan dari Wikipedia, saya akan tetap berpikir kalau Eggs itu anak perempuan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Dari Wikipedia, tahun 2003 buku-buku yang bercerita tentang kisah Ellie ini ternyata diangkat menjadi drama seri dan telah tayang dalam dua musim. Satu hal yang sangat disayangkan, sosok Ellie tidak dibuat seperti halnya di buku. Walau begitu saya tetap ingin nonton satu episode. Penasaran ingin lihat celoteh Eggs.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Tidak ada masalah dengan pilihan warna, font ataupun ilustrasi yang dipilih Atria. Ilustrasi yang ada di dalam buku pun digambarkan dengan baik. Saya tidak bisa menahan untuk tidak tertawa kecil setiap kalu melihat gambar yang dibuat oleh Ony Marga, sang ilustator,&amp;nbsp; untuk mengilustrasikan Ellie. Namun kalau boleh memilih, saya lebih suka tidak ada satu pun ciri khas yang hilang dari buku-buku karya Jacqueline Wilson.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4/5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Girls Under Pressure&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Judul Indonesia: Tekanan Batin&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penulis: Jacqueline Wilson&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerbit: Atria&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tebal: 271 hal&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cetakan: I, Oktober 2009&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-4569256582206484323?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/4569256582206484323/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/10/review-girls-under-pressure-jacqueline.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/4569256582206484323'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/4569256582206484323'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/10/review-girls-under-pressure-jacqueline.html' title='Review: Girls Under Pressure - Jacqueline Wilson'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-7761453520216084271</id><published>2011-09-30T13:51:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2011-10-27T23:56:07.545+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Paranormal'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Vampires'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantasi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='GagasMedia'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='novel'/><title type='text'>Review: Blue Bloods (Darah Biru) - Melissa de la Cruz</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1302522858l/11079828.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="454" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1302522858l/11079828.jpg" width="318" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Spoiler Alert&lt;/i&gt;!!!&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Blue Bloods,buku ini diceritakan dari sudut pandang &lt;span lang="IN"&gt;Madelaine“&lt;/span&gt;Mimi&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;”&lt;/span&gt; Force, Bliss Llewellyn, dan Schuyler Van Alen&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;.&lt;/span&gt; Mereka membawa saya menulusuri beberapa tempat &lt;span lang="IN"&gt;penting &lt;/span&gt;di Manhattan, New York&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;. Dari The Bank, sebuah gedung tua yang disulap menjadi klab malam sampaDuchesne, sebuah sekolah swasta tempat mereka belajar. Sejarah keluarga pun taklupa mereka ungkapkan. Sehingga tidak butuh waktu lama untuk mengenal tiganya.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Mimi Force, seorang gadis enam belas tahun yang sangat populer.. Ketenarannyatidak hanya di sekolah. Bagi para wartawan New York, wajahnya yang cantik danmenarik tidak lagi asing. Ayah dan ibunya, &amp;nbsp;Charles Force dan Trinity Burden, &amp;nbsp;dua tokoh penting dalam dunia media danmasyarakat kelas atas di New York, membuat hal itu menjadi mungkin. Kepopuleranitu juga membuat hampir semua siswa perempuan di Duchesne ingin menjadidayang-dayangnya. Seakan tak pernah ada masalah dengan sikapnya yang angkuh.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Bliss sendiri adalah murid pindahan. Seperti halnya Mimi, ayah Bliss jugamemiliki pengaruh penting. Keadaan ini pula yang membuat ia mengenal Mimi &amp;nbsp;dan menjadi bagian dari kehidupannya yangglamor. Sayangnya itu tidak membuatnya betah. &amp;nbsp;Bahkan setelah berbulan-bulan sejakkepindahannya ke Duchesne, ia masih tetap saja tidak menyukai kehidupannya yangbaru.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Berbeda dengan Mimi dan Bliss, Schuyler terlahir darikeluarga yang lebih sederhana. Walaupun memiliki sejarah keluarga yang panjangdan penting di masa lalu, ternyata itu tak cukup. Ia tetap saja menjadikalangan yang tersisih di Duchesne. Tapi itu tak membuatnya kecil hati. Schuylertidak kesulitan menjalani kehidupannya. Lagipula ia masih memiliki Oliver, sahabatnyasejak kecil. Dan itu sudah lebih dari cukup.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Walau terlahir dari latar belakang yang berbeda, DarahBiru menjadi benang merah yang menghubungkan ketiganya. Darah Biru adalah istilah yang digunakan para vampir untuk menyebut diri mereka. Sebuah pertemuan Komitemengungkapkan semua hal tersebut. Dari pertemuan untuk kalangan terbatas itusemua terungkap. Tidak seperti Schuyler dan Bliss yang baru mengetahui fakta tersebut,Mimi telah mengetahuinya setahun lalu. Namun ia tak pernah menyangka ketikamengetahui bahwa Schuyler, anak perempuan yang selama ini dipandangnya sebelahmata adalah bagian dari kalangan elite yang selama berabad-abad menetap di NewYork. Bagi Bliss, apa yang terungkap di pertemuan Komite adalah jawaban darisemua pertanyaan yang membuatnya bingung selama beberapa minggu belakangan.Walau terkejut, ia tak dapat menutupi kelegaan yang luar biasa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Tak berbeda jauh dengan Bliss, Schuyler nyaris tidakdapat mempercayai apa yang didengarnya. Namun dari penjelasan Mrs. Duppont sangpemimpin Komite, ia akhirnya mengerti akan kejanggalan yang ia rasakan. Rasa MunculnyaBeauty, anjing peliharaanya, secara tiba-tiba bukanlah suatu kebetulan.Kemampuannya melihat dalam gelap atau bagaimana badannya tetap kurus kini taklagi membuatnya heran.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Lebih banyak rahasia terungkap sejak pertemuan Komiteberakhir. Tidak hanya dari Neneknya, Oliver, pun ternyata menyimpan rahasiapenting. Yang mengejutkan adalah ketika mengetahui banyak hal di balik kematianseorang anak perempuan di sekolahnya. &amp;nbsp;Insidenyang beberapa minggu lalu membuat gempar &amp;nbsp;itu bukan hal yang pertama kali menimpakalangan Darah Biru. Kemungkinan terjadi hal yang sama dan lebih parah sangatbesar. Keberadaan mereka terancam. &amp;nbsp;Walauoleh anggota dewan tertinggi dari kalangan membantah keberadaan berita ini,namun mereka tak dapat menutupi,&amp;nbsp; bahwadi luar sanaada sekelompok besar yang menamai diri mereka Darah Perak yang siapmembunuh mereka kapan saja.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; tab-stops: 163.05pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; tab-stops: 163.05pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; tab-stops: 163.05pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; tab-stops: 163.05pt;"&gt;Senangrasanya ketika mengetahui buku ini selesai diterjemahkan. Rating yang tinggidari beberapa blogger luar membuat saya penasaran dengan cerita di dalamnya. &lt;span lang="IN"&gt;Bintang-bintang yang mereka berikan untuk buku ini punternyata tidak bohong&lt;/span&gt;. Ide yang dituangkan Melissa dalam setiap babnya sangat menarik.Ia tidak ragu untuk melahirkan tokoh vampir &lt;span lang="IN"&gt;yang berbeda&lt;/span&gt;. Di &amp;nbsp;dunia &lt;span lang="IN"&gt;baru &lt;/span&gt;yang iaciptakan, &lt;span lang="IN"&gt;m&lt;/span&gt;atahari, bawang putih, ataupun salibhanyalah mitos belaka. &lt;span lang="IN"&gt;S&lt;/span&gt;osok kejam CountDra&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;c&lt;/span&gt;ula pun hanyalah rekaan semata. Walau pada bagian awal siklus hidup para vampir pun dituliskan Melissa sedikit membingungkan, namun semua semakin jelas ketika saya masuk ke bab-bab berikutnya.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;Bagian yang paling saya sukai adalah ketika membaca babyang bercerita tentang&lt;/span&gt; Darah Biru, Darah Perak dan Darah Merah&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; tab-stops: 163.05pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; tab-stops: 163.05pt;"&gt;Melissa juga berhasil menghidupkan beberapa karakter dalam buku ini. Salahsatunya adalah Mimi. Dari awal sampai akhir, saya dibuat kesal dan jengahdengan semua tingkahnya. Namun peran yang ia mainkan menjadi salah satu bagianyang penting dalam buku ini. Saya juga menyukai persahabatan yang terjalinOliver dan Schuyler. Sikap misterius para Dewan Darah Biru ataupun Cordelia,nenek Schuyler juga yang membuat saya tetap penasaran.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; tab-stops: 163.05pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; tab-stops: 163.05pt;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;Yang&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;tidak kalah penting, &lt;/span&gt;hasilterjemaha&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;n Blue Bloods&lt;/span&gt; tidak sekalipun membuat dahisaya berkerut.&amp;nbsp;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;M&lt;/span&gt;elahap Blue Bloods yang diterjemahkan oleh pihak Gagasmedia, membuat saya tidak ragu untuk membacaMasquerade. Buku kedua dari seri ini yang juga telah diterbitkan Gagasmedia. Semoga empatbuku berikutnya akan secepatnya menyusul.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; tab-stops: 163.05pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; tab-stops: 163.05pt;"&gt;Namun, beberapa catatan kaki yang terdapat di beberapa bab awal membuat sayasedikit terganggu saat membaca buku ini. Ada beberapa hal yang menurut sayatidak membutuhkan penjelasan tambahan. Entah apakah catatan kaki ini memangtertera dalam buku asli ataukah hanya sekedar tambahan yang dibubuhkan sangeditor.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; tab-stops: 163.05pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; tab-stops: 163.05pt;"&gt;Bagi yang menyukai dantidak pernah bosan dengan buku yang menyajikan sosok vampir, sayamerekomendasikan Blue Bloods untuk menjadi bacaan berikutnya.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; tab-stops: 163.05pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm; tab-stops: 163.05pt;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;Dibandingcover aslinya&lt;span lang="IN"&gt; yang memperlihatkan sebuah leher yangjenjang dengan bekas gigitan vampir&lt;/span&gt;, saya jauh lebih suka design &lt;span lang="IN"&gt;dan warna &lt;/span&gt;yang dipilih oleh Gagasmedia. Walausaya masih tidak mengerti mengapa &lt;span lang="IN"&gt;ada gambarkunci di sana.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4/5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;~~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Judul: Blue Bloods&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Judul Indonesia: Darah Biru&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Penulis: Melissa de la Cruz&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Penerjemah: Christine Lianita Tumangkeng&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Editor: Ayuning&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CCj2qcA7UYM/TjisKQzuNAI/AAAAAAAAAuc/N89ZNMeLaKo/s1600/IllicitMagicCover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CCj2qcA7UYM/TjisKQzuNAI/AAAAAAAAAuc/N89ZNMeLaKo/s400/IllicitMagicCover.jpg" width="260" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“Magic isn’t just,” I grappled for a word and settled, dully, on, “magic?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Evan shook his head. “Magic comes in many different shapes and forms. For many, it’s illusion. The make a boat disappear, pull a rabbit out of a hat kind of magic. That’s not really even magic, it just looks like it. Humans like to call it magic anyway.” He held up a finger. “Then there’s learned magic. That’s people with an inclination towards the magical but who have to learn it to use it. They learn spells and incantations. They can mix up potions to cure ailments and influence people. Sometimes they have a core magic too, it runs a bit in their blood and that’s why they have a strong calling to magic. Then there’s us.” Evan raised another finger, paused, and raised another.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“What are we?” I whispered.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“We’re absolute magic. It’s in our blood and our bones. It’s in every fibre of our being. It is what we are. You and I are different but the magic affects our bodies and our brains in a similar way so we can manipulate the universe to do our bidding.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“Can everyone do the same things?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“No, of course not. Like regular humans aren’t all great at sports or can ride horses, or sail a boat.” Evan rested back in his chair and swung one long leg across the other. “Some can teleport, some have telekinesis, some are psychic, some can influence people or the weather or the air. Magic is different for all of us.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“Is anyone both?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“Yes, but usually the strengths go one way or the other.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“Usually?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“If someone has a weaker magic, say the core magic within them, then they could use learned magic to even up the score for themselves, make themselves stronger.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“Is that why David will be teaching me too?”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“We thought it would be a good idea that you understood some of the learned magic while you practised controlling your own magic. David will be able to teach you the basics of things that can heal and protect you. Even if it comes to no use, you’ll at least have some understanding of that aspect of magic.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“Okay.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“Plus David has a great potion for a cold remedy, not that we get sick a lot.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“A cold remedy?” It seemed a little absurd.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“He uses lemon and honey.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“I hate to burst David’s bubble but Lemsip has already been invented.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“Bet it doesn’t come with a spell to ward off infections though.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“Will it turn me into a frog?” I asked facetiously. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“He’ll teach you that another time. I don’t recommend it.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;“What are you?” I asked, recalling that he had just said that we were different. I couldn’t see any difference, but maybe I didn’t know what I was looking for.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;He looked me in the eyes and I felt my stomach do little flips as the silence hung in the air between us. I was about to prompt him when a knock at the door and a male voice announced David’s arrival.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I went to answer it but when I turned back to say goodbye to Evan, he had gone and I didn’t have a clue how he could have left the room without me seeing. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Show off.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;About The Author&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EhI_IsMpR5U/TjisoOe1L9I/AAAAAAAAAug/ENaNfZyWDSQ/s1600/Camilla5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-EhI_IsMpR5U/TjisoOe1L9I/AAAAAAAAAug/ENaNfZyWDSQ/s320/Camilla5.jpg" width="233" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CAlly%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_filelist.xml" rel="File-List"&gt;&lt;/link&gt;&lt;link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CAlly%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_themedata.thmx" rel="themeData"&gt;&lt;/link&gt;&lt;link href="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CAlly%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_colorschememapping.xml" rel="colorSchemeMapping"&gt;&lt;/link&gt;&lt;style&gt;&lt;!-- /* Font Definitions */ @font-face	{font-family:"Cambria Math";	panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;	mso-font-charset:0;	mso-generic-font-family:roman;	mso-font-pitch:variable;	mso-font-signature:-1610611985 1107304683 0 0 415 0;}@font-face	{font-family:Calibri;	panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;	mso-font-charset:0;	mso-generic-font-family:swiss;	mso-font-pitch:variable;	mso-font-signature:-520092929 1073786111 9 0 415 0;} /* Style Definitions */ p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal	{mso-style-unhide:no;	mso-style-qformat:yes;	mso-style-parent:"";	margin-top:0cm;	margin-right:0cm;	margin-bottom:10.0pt;	margin-left:0cm;	line-height:115%;	mso-pagination:widow-orphan;	font-size:12.0pt;	mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;	font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";	mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;	mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;}.MsoChpDefault	{mso-style-type:export-only;	mso-default-props:yes;	font-size:10.0pt;	mso-ansi-font-size:10.0pt;	mso-bidi-font-size:10.0pt;	mso-ascii-font-family:Arial;	mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;	mso-hansi-font-family:Arial;	mso-bidi-font-family:Arial;}@page WordSection1	{size:612.0pt 792.0pt;	margin:72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt 72.0pt;	mso-header-margin:36.0pt;	mso-footer-margin:36.0pt;	mso-paper-source:0;}div.WordSection1	{page:WordSection1;}--&gt;&lt;/style&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;Hi, I'm Camilla and I'm the author of Illicit Magicand Unruly Magic, the first two books in the Stella Mayweather ParanormalSeries. The series starts with a lonely young woman, Stella, who has beencaught up in a terrifying witch hunt and is whisked thousands of miles away towhat she thinks is safety to learn her craft. The series is a blend of magic,mystery and romance with a splash of humour - and while the girls really do goall out to save themselves, there's always a hunky guy or two on hand to helpthem out.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="EN-GB"&gt;I live in London, UK but I try to travel as often as Ican - lately I've been to Paris, all over Denmark, Luxembourg, and several USstates. 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Dimulai dari kelas 6 sampai pertengahan kelas 9. Cerita Raina berawal dari kunjungannya ke dokter gigi dan orthodontis bersama ibunya. Setelah diperiksa, akhirnya diputuskan Raina harus menggunakan kawat gigi dikarenakan struktur giginya yang overbite. Keputusan orthodontis membuatnya menjadi sedikit gelisah dan bingung. Menurut Raina tak ada yang salah dengan gigi-geliginya. Kawat gigi akan sangat merepotkan. Menurut teman pramuka yang telah lebih dulu menggunakan kawat gigi, ia harus menghindari beberapa jenis makanan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Belum juga siap dengan kawat yang akan digunakannya, Raina ternyata harus mengalami kecelakaan yang cukup parah. Di hari yang sama, di perjalanan pulang menuju rumah setelah selesai dengan kegiatan pramuka bersama teman-temannya, Raina jatuh tersandung. Insiden ini menyebabkan dua gigi depannya rusak. Yang mengerikan, salah satu gigi depannya tanggal dan gigi lainnya terdorong masuk ke gusi. Malam itu juga, ia dibawa ke ruang praktek dr Golden. Oleh pria yang telah menjadi dokter gigi keluarga, gigi Raina yang copot dipasang kembali dan menarik keluar gigi yang masuk ke gusi. Intinya kedua gigi  Raina digips. Sayangnya usaha itu tidak mengembalikan kedua gigi depannya seperti semula. Menurut dr. Golden, terdapat kerusakan saraf pada empat gigi depan. Meraka harus melakukan perbaikan lain. Dibantu oleh dr. Dragoni, dokter orthodentis, perawatan dua gigi depan Raina pun di mulai.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Selain kawat gigi, Raina juga harus menggunakan headgear. Untung saja benda yang terakhir itu bisa digunakannya pada malam hari. Sayangnya, kunjungan demi kunjungan ke kantor dr. Dragoni juga tidak membuahkan kemajuan berarti. Akhirnya para dokter gigi dan orthodontis sampai pada satu keputusan. Kedua gigi Raina yang bermasalah itu harus dicabut. Tak ada pilihan lain.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Tak butuh waktu lama untuk menuntaskan kisah Raina dan gigi-geliginya. Cerita yang dituangkan gambar ini sangat ringan. Walau demikian, tidak membuat saya membacanya sepintas lalu. Karena berbagai emosi tetap mengalir di setiap lembarnya. Terutama ketika membaca insiden demi insiden yang dilalui Raina. Selain kisah yang ringan, Artwork yang keren dan halaman penuh warna menjadi bagian yang menarik dari novel grafis ini. Saya bahkan berkali-kali membuka kembali halaman demi halaman untuk melihat gambar-gambar tersebut.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Ekspresi-eskpresi di wajah Raina digambarkan dengan sangat baik. Sehingga tidak sulit untuk merasakan apa yang ia rasakan. Ketika jatuh ataupun saat menjalani perawatan. Rasa sakitnya bisa saya bayangkan. Bahkan sempat membuat saya berpikir kembali tentang niat untuk memasang kawat gigi. Tak hanya itu anak perempuan berambut cokelat ini membuat saya tersenyum ataupun terpingkal untuk beberapa hal konyol yang ia lakukan. Raina memang karakter yang menarik. Saya menyukai semua perubahan yang terjadi pada diri anak perempuan yang akhirnya mengerti apa yang harus ia lakukan. Saya sempat dibuatnya berdecak kagum ketika akhirnya ia berani memutuskan untuk meninggalkan teman-teman yang selalu menjadikannya bahan lelucon.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Bisa dibilang saya menikmati cerita ini. Walau ada satu hal yang sedikit mengganjal. Ada beberapa istilah yang tidak diterjemahkan. Entah apakah memang tidak terdapat padanan kata dalam bahasa Indonesia. Salah satunya Overbite. Saya harus menggunakan mesin pencari untuk tahu dan mengerti apa maksud dari kata tersebut.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Cover yang diterbitkan oleh Gramedia ternyata tidak ada perubahan dari cover aslinya. Kecuali beberapa perubahan font. Covernya menurutku terlalu simple untuk sebuah novel grafis yang setiap halamannya penuh warna-warni menarik. Jika tidak membaca review Senyum di blog Mia dan hanya melihat sampul depan, saya mungkin tidak akan pernah tahu kalau buku ini adalah novel grafis. Terlepas dari desain yang sederhana, saya suka warna yang dipilih sebagai background.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4/5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Senyum&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Judul Asli: Smile&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Penulis: Raina Telgemeier |&lt;a href="http://goraina.com/"&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/goraina"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;| Facebook &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Raina-Telgemeiers-SMILE/58305646329"&gt;1&lt;/a&gt; - &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/pages/Raina-Telgemeiers-Comics/121094651259814"&gt;2&lt;/a&gt;|&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Penerjemah: Indah S. Pratidina&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Editor: Dini Pandia&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Cetakan: Juni 2011&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Penerbit: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tebal: 224 Hlm&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-6474839365360931866?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/6474839365360931866/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/08/review-senyum-raina-telgemeier.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/6474839365360931866'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/6474839365360931866'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/08/review-senyum-raina-telgemeier.html' title='Review: Senyum - Raina Telgemeier'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-hsyU98JXnw4/TjzZaPE8anI/AAAAAAAAAuo/Jg184tD7Uv4/s72-c/Senyum+-+Raina+Telgemeier+-+Gramedia+Pustaka+Utama.png' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-1140066770335007393</id><published>2011-07-26T12:00:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-08-01T15:51:22.130+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='book excerpts'/><title type='text'>Book Excerpt: Brightwing by Sullivan Lee</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" closure_uid_27bqa1="147" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510sWyUlcyL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/510sWyUlcyL.jpg" t$="true" width="260" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="102"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Edgar should have known it was too good to be true.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="102"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="103"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Did you think you could get away with lying to us?” he asked. “That we were stupid?”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="103"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="104"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;“What are you talking about?” Lucy asked impatiently, thinking if she had to kill them both now, at least no one would ever find the bodies. Still, it would be tough, two on one, and those two so big, with guns and a razor.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="104"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;“Far from civilization? A safe haven? No one around for miles? What are you cooking up, Lu? Trying to get us caught, or just plain turning us in? Do you really think I’d believe that all this was built miles from nowhere?”&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="105"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;He pulled his Glock from the duffel and stalked toward her with the weapon held at arm’s length. Mallory just watched.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="105"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="106"&gt;&lt;span closure_uid_27bqa1="134" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;On the other hand, Lucy thought, there’s something to be said for close quarters.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="106"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="107"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Quick as a heron's strike she attacked the gun directly, pushing the slide out of battery so it couldn’t fire. They stood that way for an instant, Edgar armed with his useless weapon, knowing, suddenly, Lucy had all the power. The next moment she twisted and pulled his arm and had him on the ground, the gun in her own hand. She tapped and racked it, clearing the chamber in case a round got jammed in the manhandling, and pointed it at Mallory while she knelt on his brother.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="107"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="108"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Shoot Mallory now, every fiber of her instinct urged. No, her heart said, because Edgar will never forgive me. I don’t want that.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="108"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="109"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;She locked eyes with Mallory.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="109"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="110"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;“This is my home, my territory. I can live out here naked, kill what I want to eat, destroy whatever threatens me. I have fangs and claws you can’t imagine.” She bared her gleaming teeth.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="110"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="111"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;Mallory couldn’t look away. He ran his thumb along the dull edge of his razor and stared into eyes like the rippling black of midnight water, animal eyes. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="111"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="113"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;She let Edgar up and handed him the Glock. &lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="113"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="112"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;em&gt;“I don’t need a gun to take you on,” Lucy whispered.&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;em&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/em&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="112"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;~~~&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="209"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Format: Kindle Edition&lt;br /&gt;File Size: 542 KB&lt;br /&gt;Simultaneous Device Usage: Unlimited&lt;br /&gt;Publisher: Laura L. Sullivan (July 6, 2011)&lt;br /&gt;Sold by: Amazon Digital Services&lt;br /&gt;Language: English&lt;br /&gt;ASIN: B005BHR61&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div closure_uid_27bqa1="209"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none transparent scroll repeat 0% 0%; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-1140066770335007393?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/1140066770335007393/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/07/book-excerpt-brightwing-by-sullivan-lee.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/1140066770335007393'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/1140066770335007393'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/07/book-excerpt-brightwing-by-sullivan-lee.html' title='Book Excerpt: Brightwing by Sullivan Lee'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-5724965746899844002</id><published>2011-07-18T12:00:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-08-08T11:22:38.522+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='BLB Ebook Tours'/><title type='text'>Guest Post: Karina Halle - Characters in Darkhouse</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;h1 style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VlLAN2U8L.jpg"&gt;&lt;img alt="Darkhouse by Karina Halle" class="alignleft" height="299" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41VlLAN2U8L.jpg" title="Darkhouse by karina halle" width="186" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;Darkhouse&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h1&gt;&lt;h2 style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;by Karina Halle&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h2&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Paperback, 323 pages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Published May 1st 2011 by Metal Blonde Books&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;ISBN: 9781461079859&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;There’s always been something a bit off about Perry Palomino. Though she’s been dealing with a quarter-life crisis and post-college syndrome like any other twenty-something, she’s still not what you would call “ordinary.” For one thing, there’s her past which she likes to pretend never happened, and then there’s the fact that she sees ghosts. Luckily for her, that all comes in handy when she stumbles across Dex Foray, an eccentric producer for an upcoming webcast on ghost hunters. Even though the show’s budget is non-existent and Dex himself is a maddening enigma, Perry is instantly drawn into a world that both threatens her life and seduces her with a sense of importance. Her uncle’s haunted lighthouse provides the perfect catalyst and backdrop for a mystery that unravels the threads of Perry’s fragile sanity and causes her to fall for a man, who, like the most dangerous of ghosts, may not be all that he seems.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Buy &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Darkhouse&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; by Karina Halle: &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1461079853?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=httpwwwgoodco-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1461079853&amp;amp;SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon (Print)&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="https://www.goodreads.com/store/pay/79430?back_url=%2Freader%2F11290-darkhouse" target="_blank"&gt;Goodreads (epub)&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0050Q6HQK?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=httpwwwgoodco-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B0050Q6HQK&amp;amp;SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank"&gt;Kindle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;h4 style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Guest post by Karina Halle:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;h4 style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;How it all started&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/h4&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;When Aleetha asked me to speak about my characters, Perry Palomino and Dex Foray, in the Experiment in Terror Series, I was at a loss where to start. Both characters are deceptively complex, fully rounded and unapologetically flawed. They are as real as they can get while functioning in the most unreal circumstances. You see, they are amateur ghost hunters, trying to make something out of a fledging webcast and, consequently, make something of their lives. Almost everyone can relate but in most cases…they don’t want to. Who wants to be able to see ghosts, other than Jennifer Love Hewitt? I know I don’t.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Anyway, while I was contemplating what direction to go on with this blog post, I thought it might be fun to discuss how the idea and the characters came around. And so, I am sharing with all of you something I haven’t shown anyone else. This was the idea that hit me in July of 2009 while sitting in the backseat of my boyfriend’s parent’s rental car while we were “vacationing” in Ontario. Perry Palomino hit me like a stack of bricks. And the only thing I really had to go on was her name (and please keep in mind I wrote all of this on an iPod Touch Notepad!):&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Perry Palomino – Ghost Writer&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;21 years old. New grad with a degree in journalism and English. Had no&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;luck finding jobs due to the economy and her procrastination.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Waitresses while living at home. Has a 14 yr old sister. Has a blog&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;that takes up a lot of her time-she uses it for bitching about&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;waitressing stuff. Her sister is a wannabe designer and sometimes&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;showcases her clothes. Perry doesn’t know what she wants from life and&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;admires her sister for having such a clear focus and drive. Most of&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;all Perry really loves scary books, movies and folklore. Her parents&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;have family all over the place. They live outside of Athens, Georgia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;She goes on vacation with her family to the coast and has a scary ghost&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;experience-she ends up writing about it on her blog except really&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;exaggerating about what happened. She ends up getting a lot of hits on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;her blog-while on vacay-so she does more posts including a video one&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;which end up being a youtube hit. When she returns home she gets all&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;this attention from ghost-centered media as well as more interest on&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;her blog. Seems people see her as a kind of ghost whisperer even tho&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;she’s not. So she ends up being contacted by some people in Georgia who&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;want her to investigate and blog about the supposed ghost on their&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;farm. She goes, planning to fully rip off the story and make stuff up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Instead she gets involved in an actual ghost story that challenges her&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;very notion of their existence and of her own. When challenged with&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;the notion of life after death and the fleetingness of death, Perry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;realizes there is more to life-her life-in general.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Yeah…so that was the original idea for Experiment in Terror. And what did I do after I hastily plonked this out on my iPod and sucked down beers at my boyfriend’s family reunion? Nothing. I did nothing. I forgot about the idea as I often do (I have stacks of notebooks filled with unused screenplay and novel ideas) and went on with my life. Except Perry Palomino kept nagging at my subconscious. Every other day. I’d be at work and I’d be thinking of her, I’d be driving home from work and I could hear her talking to her sister, who I then I still called Ada. And this all boiled together until September when I decided I was going to write the damn book. It was going to be a series. And I would finish the first novel in a month.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Well, I didn’t finish &lt;i&gt;Darkhouse&lt;/i&gt; in a month (which was under a different title at the time) but it did only take six weeks. And, boy, there were a lot of changes. Looking back to the original plan I posted, these are all the things that evolved:&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;ul style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Perry is 22, not 21. That year makes a little bit of difference.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;She’s a new grad, just with advertising and not journalism&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Perry doesn’t seem to have a procrastinating problem (lucky thing) and is a receptionist, not a waitress&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Her sister, Ada is 15 and has the blog, not Perry&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Perry’s not really a huge paranormal enthusiast&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;They live in Portland, Oregon, not Georgia&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;She goes to her uncle’s farm on the Oregon Coast on her own will and is met with resistance, not invitation&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;She never plans to “pretend” to be a ghost whisperer. She just shows up&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;The most glaring omission (or should I say, glaring addition) to the Darkhouse story is Dex Foray. Neither a partner, friend or love interest (and Dex is pretty much all three) are mentioned in my original “outline.” Somewhere along the line I must have dreamed Dex up and all his eccentricities and threw him right into Perry’s path. I’m so glad I did. I wouldn’t have a story if it weren’t for him. As interesting and relatable as Perry is, the series rests on the laurels of the relationship and chemistry of our two main leads. Don’t get me wrong, Perry has a sordid past, and the plotlines of running a ghost-hunting show, as well as her lapses of sanity are very frightening, poignant and important. But without Dex, there is no series. This is their story, their journey, together. You can’t have one without the other.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;It’s fun to look back and see where the ideas and the characters came from. But there’s a reason why they say “writing is rewriting”-  it took months, even a year, of exploring, writing and plotting before I finally found the formula that worked and the characters who would become…well, larger than life.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Buy &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Darkhouse&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; by Karina Halle: &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1461079853?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=httpwwwgoodco-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1461079853&amp;amp;SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank"&gt;Amazon (Print)&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="https://www.goodreads.com/store/pay/79430?back_url=%2Freader%2F11290-darkhouse" target="_blank"&gt;Goodreads (epub)&lt;/a&gt; / &lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0050Q6HQK?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=httpwwwgoodco-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=1789&amp;amp;creative=9325&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B0050Q6HQK&amp;amp;SubscriptionId=1MGPYB6YW3HWK55XCGG2" target="_blank"&gt;Kindle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Karina’s sadly neglected personal blog can be found here: &lt;a href="http://www.ontheblogbandwagon.blogspot.com/" target="_blank"&gt;www.ontheblogbandwagon.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;Karina’s not so neglected writing blog can be found here: &lt;a href="http://www.experimentinterror.com/" target="_blank"&gt;www.experimentinterror.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="-moz-background-clip: -moz-initial; 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text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kloZySvhL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51kloZySvhL.jpg" width="261" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Eugenie Markham never asked for any of this. Until now, she''s been content with her job as a freelance shaman, battling and banishing Otherworldly creatures. When a prophecy suddenly makes her the Otherworld''s most popular bachelorette, Eugenie finds herself fighting off unwanted supernatural suitors, as well as the evils that begin emerging from her past...&lt;/i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11154863-storm-born-volume-1"&gt;&lt;b&gt;(Goodreads)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;My Thought&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"&gt;First I would like to say  thanks to Patrick from Sea Lion Books who has shared with me the first two parts of this Graphic Novel.  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;Storm Born, I have not read the novel. Vampire Academy is the only book of Richelle Mead  that I finished. I have been looking forward to read the graphic novel since I saw the cover in some blogs. It was intriguing me since its first page.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;In this first two parts, Storm Born introduced me to Eugenie, a shaman. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"&gt;She made this become her job. She even had a secretary to handle all her clients' calls. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"&gt;Eugenie was so powerfull yet awesome. She looked so calm. It seemed that she faced nothing. It was not easy to send the spirit to the other world but she enjoyed all the process. She could handle all those annoying spirits and all the cases were closed. Till one day, her secretary called her there was one mad who needed her help. He shared one a different case. It was not spirit but fairy. Eugenie was little bit confused to take the case or not. Because she never faced any kind of cases like this. Unfortunately I do not what happened next. As I have said before I just read the first two parts. Can't hardly wait till the finish copy is released. I hope I can get the chance to read it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;What great from this novel graphic is not only the idea, but also the way they turned everything inside the book into pictures. The characters, the places, even the spirit were drawn very well. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"&gt;Its colorful pages also caught my attention in the first place. The most important was &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"&gt;It did not take time for me to get to know something about Eugeine. I loved to see all her expression and emotions. Not only Eugeine, the other characters were also in a great shapes. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; line-height: 19px;"&gt;Reading this graphic novel and staring its each columns makes me want to read Storm Born the novel. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;I recommend this Graphic Novel to all of you even if you have not read Storm Born. The one who loves Richelle Mead's novels especially who have read the series, I am sure you do not want to miss this one.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;I have also checked they also have made The Vampire Academy into graphic novel. I am curious about it. I wonder the illustration of Rose and Lisa. I hope the artwork will be as good as what they gave me in Storm Born. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Cover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;Eugenie looks so cool in that cover. I love it. But I am not sure If I have seen that expression. Black as the background make her looks so elegant. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;4/5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Authors: Richelle Mead, &lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span itemprop="name"&gt;Grant Alter&lt;/span&gt;, &lt;span itemprop="name"&gt;Dave Hamann&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Hardcover: 120 pages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Publisher: Sea Lion Books (October 4, 2011)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Language: English&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;ISBN-10: 0982818645&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;ISBN-13: 978-0982818640&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Product Dimensions: 10 x 6.8 x 0.2 inches&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0982818645/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=itsalabbo-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0982818645"&gt;Pre-order Dark Swan: Storm Born Volume 1 at Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0982818645&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-1105791853143417772?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/1105791853143417772/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/07/graphic-novel-review-storm-born-volume.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/1105791853143417772'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/1105791853143417772'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/07/graphic-novel-review-storm-born-volume.html' title='Graphic Novel Review : Storm Born Volume #1 By Richelle Mead'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-4278825226139274749</id><published>2011-07-01T10:00:00.015+08:00</published><updated>2011-07-01T10:00:04.251+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Net Galley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Middle Grade'/><title type='text'>Review: Turkey Monster Thanksgiving by Anne Warren Smith</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1304639247l/11299831.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1304639247l/11299831.jpg" width="268" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;i style="color: #181818;"&gt;This year, instead of celebrating Thanksgiving in the family's traditional way by eating pizza in their pajamas, nine-year-old Katie wants to create the perfect holiday and be just like a "real" family. But by Thanksgiving Day, Katie has invited guests Dad didn't expect, festooned the house with what may be poison oak, and set the sweet potatoes on fire. Ultimately everyone sits down to a most unusual dinner—one that succeeds because it comes from the heart. &lt;/i&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"&gt;(&lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11299831-turkey-monster-thanksgiving"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black;"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818;"&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Thought&lt;/b&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;At first Katie was fine with his father's plan for this year Thanksgiving. Instead of turkey for dinner, they were about to choose pizza. In that day, they would wear&amp;nbsp;pajamas till noon, eat popcorn and watch football. She did not mind at all. She believed what her father said. Everything would be fine even if they did not celebrate that national holiday like another family. Since her mother left home,&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Katie could fully understand this year they were going to have a different year.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;It was two weeks before Thanksgiving when her best friend, Claire Plummer, told her her family's thanksgiving plan. At first Katie did not care at all. She still stuck to the first plan. But Claire just could not stop talking about the party day after day. The more Katie heard about it, the more she thought that they also have to celebrate Thanksgiving like another normal family. Suddenly all things that she thought was fine seems&amp;nbsp;horrible.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Turkey Monster Thanksgiving is another book for children that I put in my favorite list. Most of characters are&amp;nbsp;like-able. Katie and her father were my favorite. Claire was little bit annoying. But if she was not there, this book would be really plain. She is also counted as important character. One&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;character that I think was failed with his role was Tyler. He did not act as his age. Whereas I expected he would be an adorable little brother.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Everything about Thanksgiving was another thing that I liked from this book.&amp;nbsp;Even though&amp;nbsp;I do not celebrate Thanksgiving and read many thing related to it, I am still curious.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266849315l/2469521.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1266849315l/2469521.jpg" width="136" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Turkey Monster Thanksgiving was first published on September 28, 2003. Its format was Library Binding. They used this cover.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;What you saw above are the cover for paperback. It will be released on August 11, 2011. I wonder why it takes so long to publish the paperback.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I like both of the cover. The first edition reminds me of old books when I was in elementary school. Most of the cover are printed this way. &amp;nbsp;It is so classic. It was nice to see little Tyler. But it looks like a mystery book. The paperback itself was designed very well. I can see Katie's worried face. &amp;nbsp;I like the color.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;4/5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Author: Anne Warren Smith | &lt;a href="http://www.annewarrensmith.com/"&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Reading level: Ages 4-8&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Paperback: 112 pages&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Publisher: Albert Whitman &amp;amp; Company (August 1, 2011)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Language: English&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;ISBN-10: 0807581267&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;ISBN-13: 978-0807581261&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0807581267/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=itsalabbo-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373&amp;amp;creativeASIN=0807581267"&gt;Preorder Turkey Monster Thanksgiving at Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=itsalabbo-20&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=0807581267&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-4278825226139274749?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/4278825226139274749/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/07/review-turkey-monster-thanksgiving-by.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/4278825226139274749'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/4278825226139274749'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/07/review-turkey-monster-thanksgiving-by.html' title='Review: Turkey Monster Thanksgiving by Anne Warren Smith'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-170994419653856678</id><published>2011-06-30T10:00:00.275+08:00</published><updated>2011-12-30T13:57:19.702+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Penerbit Matahati'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantasi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Terjemahan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='#BBI'/><title type='text'>Review: Prophecy Of The Sisters - Michelle Zink</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1300418202l/10809874.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1300418202l/10809874.jpg" width="271" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Satu ramalan kuno dan dua saudara kembar terangkum menjadi satu dalam&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;kisah gelap dan misterius.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Lia dan Alice Milthrope terlahir sebagai dua saudara kembar. Walau berasal dari sel telur yang sama, lahir pada hari yang sama, berparas yang nyaris tak dapat dibedakan, tidak menjadikan keduanya memiliki ikatan yang kuat. Entah sejak kapan. Namun mereka bukan dua saudara yang betah menghabiskan waktu bersama. Tidak hanya di rumah, bahkan di Wycliffe, sekolah yang mereka datangi setiap dua kali seminggu pun, semua terlihat dengan jelas. Alice terlihat lebih sering menarik diri dan menjauh dari Lia. Bahkan ia lebih memilih orang lain untuk dijadikan teman.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Hubungan mereka pun semakin renggang sejak sang ayah meninggal. Perubahan dalam sikap Alice juga semakin terlihat. Suatu kali Lia mendapati saudara kembarnya berada di Kamar Gelap. Tak butuh waktu lama untuk menyadari bahwa Alice sedang melakukan sebuah upacara &amp;nbsp;aneh. Duduk di atas lingkaran yang terpahat di lantai sambil terus mengucapkan sesuatu yang sama sekali tak dipahami Lia. Walaupun penasaran namun Lia tak sekalipun menanyakan hal itu pada Alice.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Rentetan kejanggalan pun terjadi. &amp;nbsp;Tanda di lengan Lia semakin jelas. Tanda yang berupa lingkaran itu didapatkan beberapa hari setelah kematian ayahnya yang misterius. Yang paling mengejutkan adalah ketika &lt;i&gt;The Book of Chaos&lt;/i&gt; - Buku Kekacauan ditemukan. Walau sempat diterjemahkan oleh James, namun semuanya masih membingungkan. Untung saja, waktu segera mempertemukannya dengan Sonia dan Luiasa. Satu demi satu terungkap. Semua petunjuk mengungkapkan keberadaan ramalan kuno. Di dalamnya tersirat dua peran, Gerbang dan Garda, yang memiliki pengaruh besar &amp;nbsp;dan penting atas malapetaka yang akan terjadi. Terungkapnya ramalan ini juga membuat garis yang jelas bahwa kini Alice dan Lia berada di pihak yang bersebrangan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Ramalan kuno ini ternyata&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;tidak hanya melibatkan Lia ataupun Alice. Namun masih ada empat orang lainnya yang harus segera ditemukan sebelum semuanya terlambat. Pencarian harus segera dimulai!.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Prophecy of the Sisters telah lama saya tunggu sejak buku ini untuk pertama kalinya disebut oleh Matahati. Tidak hanya sinopsis, covernya juga bikin penasaran. Oleh beberapa blogger buku luar, mereka memberi rating yang lumayan untuk buku ini. Rekomendasi memang tidak salah. Bagi penggemar genre fantasi, Prophecy of the Sisters tidak boleh dilewatkan begitu saja.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Walau sempat bingung dengan isi ramalan begitu pula dengan istilah Gerbang, Garda, dan p&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;roses mengembara di atas Daratan, n&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;amun semakin lama arah ceritanya makin jelas. Banyaknya&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&amp;nbsp;rahasia di dalam buku &amp;nbsp;yang gelap dan suram ini juga jadi bagian yang paling menarik. Saya berharap buku ini ditulis tidak hanya mengambil dari sudut pandang Lia namun juga saudara kembarnya. Sosok Alice yang misterius sungguh buat saya gemas dan geram bersamaan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Sayangnya semua pembaca harus menunggu kelanjutan kisah Lia dan Alice yang ditulis Michelle Zank ini di buku Guardian of the Gate dan Circle of Fire. Semoga oleh Matahati kedua buku ini akan segera di terbitkan.&amp;nbsp;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Cover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Suka banget ngeliat cover yang dipilih Matahati kali ini. Cover yang sama juga dipake untuk &lt;i&gt;paperback&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;di US. Modelnya yang dipilih pun pantas untuk mewakili Lia dan Alice. Walau kesan gelap yang ditinggalkan oleh versi &lt;i&gt;hardcover&lt;/i&gt;&amp;nbsp;menurut saya&amp;nbsp;lebih terasa.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4/5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Prophecy of The Sisters&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Penulis: Michelle Zink&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Penerjemah: Ida Wadji&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Penyunting: Aisyah&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Penerbit: Matahati&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Cetakan : I, Maret 2011&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Tebal: 360&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-170994419653856678?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/170994419653856678/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-prophecy-of-sisters-michelle.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/170994419653856678'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/170994419653856678'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-prophecy-of-sisters-michelle.html' title='Review: Prophecy Of The Sisters - Michelle Zink'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-5068522444105903420</id><published>2011-06-30T10:00:00.272+08:00</published><updated>2011-06-30T10:43:31.802+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Bentang'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Klasik'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Terjemahan'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='historical fiction'/><title type='text'>Review: The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303273823l/11097577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" &gt;&lt;img border="0" height="320" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303273823l/11097577.jpg" width="210" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;The Count of Monte Cristo, buku setebal 568 halaman ini dimulai dengan kisah hidup seorang kelasi Kapal Pharon, Edmond Dantes. Tanggal 24 Februari 1819, bersama kru kapal lainnya, ia mendarat di Marseilles. Setelah tiga bulan melaut, pertemuan kembali dengan orang-orang terkasih adalah hal yang paling dinantikannya. Pesta pertunangan dengan kekasihnya, Mercedes pun dilangsungkan keesokan harinya. Pada hari yang sama, oleh sang pemilik kapal, Monsieur Morrel, Dantes diangkat menjadi kapten kapal menggantikan kapten yang sebelumnya mangkat. Namun takdir berkata lain, kebahagiaan itu hanya berlangsung dalam waktu singkat. Seorang komisaris polisi dengan surat perintah penahanan menerobos masuk ke dalam pesta. Edmond Dantes ditahan.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Ada yang salah dalam penahanan ini karena kelasi berumur sembilan belas tahun itu tidak melakukan satu kesalahan apapun seperti yang dituduhkan oleh sebuah surat misterius tanpa nama. Ia sama sekali tidak terlibat ataupun turut mengambil bagian dari Bonapartis. Tak butuh waktu lama untuk menyimpulkan bahwa ada komplotan jahat yang tak senang melihatnya hidup bahagia.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Sebenarnya hari itu juga ia dapat menghirup udara bebas dan kembali berkumpul bersama ayah dan Mercedes. Bahkan sang penuntut umum, Monsieur de Vildefort, pun sebenarnya tidak punya alasan kuat untuk menahan Dantes. Namun keserakahan telah menutup mata dan hati nurani sang penegak hukum. Bukannya mengembalikan Dantes ke pesta yang ditinggalkan begitu saja seperti yang ia janjikan sebelumnya, Vildefort malah mengirim sang kapten kapal ke Chateau d'If, rumah tahanan yang berdiri diatas sebuah pulau, yang diperuntukan bagi tahanan politik. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Oleh sang sipir, ia ditempatkan di sebuah sel bawah tanah yang gelap dan lembab. Ruangan sempit itu hanya diterangi lampu yang sumbunya terendam minyak kental. Bertahun-tahun mendekam di tempat yang mengerikan itu sempat membuat semangat Dantes pupus. Harapan untuk bertemu dengan ayah dan Mercedes dikuburnya dalam-dalam. Ia bahkan sempat berpikir untuk mengakhiri hidup. &lt;span&gt;Sampai suatu hari&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt; ia bertemu dengan penghuni sel lain yang berencana untuk melarikan diri dengan menggali sebuah terowongan. Abbe Faria, begitu ia menyebut namanya. Terowongan yang dibuatnya selama empat tahun itu jauh dari selesai. Namun setidaknya menghubungkan sel mereka berdua. Mereka memanfaatkan semua waktu untuk bertemu, bertukar cerita sampai meneruskan misi pelarian saat penjaga penjara tak berkeliaran di bawah tanah. Bersama Faria, sang pria renta, Dantes belajar banyak hal. Dalam waktu enam bulan ia menguasai beberapa bahasa baru. Di bulan ke lima belas terowongan yang mereka buat pun selesai. Sayangnya hasil kerja mereka tak dapat digunakan. Faria sekarat. Sebelum menjemput ajal, sebuah rahasia besar ia diceritakan kepada Dantes. Sebuah rahasia besar yang membuat hidupnya sang kapten berubah. Rahasia yang memberinya kekuatan untuk keluar dari penjara yang didiaminya selama 14 tahun dan memulai rencana demi rencana untuk membalas sakit hatinya. Rahasia yang sama juga memulai petualangan sang Count of Monte Cristo.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Suka! Awalnya saya sangsi dapat melahap buku ini. Tidak hanya ketebalan dan ukuran font yang sangat kecil. Namun semua itu tidak menjadi masalah, karena kisah yang ditawarkan ternyata mampu menarik perhatian saya. Hanya dengan membaca beberapa halaman awal saya yakin buku ini tidak akan mengecewakan. Dan itu memang terbukti. Sampai beberapa bab terakhir pun, saya tidak kehilangan antusias untuk mengetahui bagaimana sang penulis mengakhiri cerita Count of Monte Cristo ini. Banyaknya tokoh baru yang bermunculan ditengah-tengah cerita disertai dengan nama yang agak susah untuk dilafalkan tidak menjadi gangguan yang berarti. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Tokoh yang paling menjadi favorit saya dalam buku ini tentu saja Count of Monte Cristo. Kemampuannya menarik simpati membuat saya terpana. Terutama di semua bab yang mengisahkan pertemanan yang  coba dijalinnya. Pembawaannya yang tenang membuat rasa dendam dan kebencian yang disimpan jauh di dalam hatinya bahkan tak terlihat. Kecerdasaannya pun membuat saya kagum. Lihat saja bagaimana semua rencana yang disusun dengan matang. Perlahan namun pasti. Musuh-musuh Dantes juga memainkan peran mereka dengan baik. Kelicikan dan keserakahan yang ada dalam diri mereka menjadi bagian dari bumbu penyedap di buku ini. Namun tidak ada yang lebih menyenangkan menyimak bagaimana mereka akhirnya jatuh satu demi satu. Salut untuk kepiawaian Alexandre Dumas, sang penulis.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Tidak menyesal rasanya membaca buku yang menjadi salah satu pilihan Blogger Buku Indonesia untuk bulan Juni ini. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover&lt;/b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;Warna gelap dan kelam sebagai latar belakang rasanya cukup mewakili apa yang ada di dalam buku ini. Sosok Dantes yang digambarkan juga rasanya pas. Yang membuat penasaran adalah bangunan yang berdiri di atas tumpukan karang. Untuk mewakili rumah tahanan &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;Chateau d'If&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt; rasanya terlalu mewah. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Di wikipedia, terdapat diagram yang menggambarkan hubungan setiap karakter yang ada di buku ini. Bahkan yang hanya disebut beberapa kali pun tertuang di diagram ini. Untuk lebih lanjutnya silahkan lihat di &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7c/CountOfMonteCristoRelations.svg"&gt;sini&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4/5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;The Count of Monte Cristo&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penulis: Alexandre Dumas&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerjemah: Nin Bakdi Soemanto&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penyunting: Dhewiberta&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Penerbit: Bentang &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cetakan: I, Maret 2011&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Tebal: iv + 568 hlm&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-5068522444105903420?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/5068522444105903420/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-count-of-monte-christo-alexandre.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/5068522444105903420'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/5068522444105903420'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-count-of-monte-christo-alexandre.html' title='Review: The Count of Monte Cristo - Alexandre Dumas'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-3946508591490015273</id><published>2011-06-29T10:00:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2011-06-30T21:11:19.384+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Grab Galley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Contemporary'/><title type='text'>Review: Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span &gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41UI55IXmWL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" &gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41UI55IXmWL.jpg" width="263" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; " &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" &gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span&gt;Seventeen-year-old Lochan and sixteen-year-old Maya have always felt more like friends than siblings. Together they have stepped in for their alcoholic, wayward mother to take care of their three younger siblings. As defacto parents to the little ones, Lochan and Maya have had to grow up fast. And the stress of their lives—and the way they understand each other so completely—has also also brought them closer than two siblings would ordinarily be. So close, in fact, that they have fallen in love. Their clandestine romance quickly blooms into deep, desperate love. They know their relationship is wrong and cannot possibly continue. And yet, they cannot stop what feels so incredibly right. As the novel careens toward an explosive and shocking finale, only one thing is certain: a love this devastating has no happy ending.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7600924-forbidden"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Thought&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;Forbidden is a contemporary book. It was written with two different points of view, Lochan and Maya. They are brother and sister. Since their father left and her mother did not take care the house hold, they were the one who handled and responsibled for everything. Preparing the meal, paying the bill, baby-sitting their three younger siblings were things that they did in their young age. Sharing this kind of situation and feelings made their bond getting tighter. For Maya, Lochan was not only her brother, but also best friend and soulmate. Same thought was also kept in Lochan mind and heart. They fell in love with each other. If Maya did not mind to show and talk about it, Lochan kept hiding and neglecting all those feelings.He knew for sure it was illegal. But one thing for sure, he just could not resist it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" &gt;I have never read this kind of story.. I was little bit surprised when I found out what happened between Lochan and Maya and everything they did. It was hard for me to believe. For me incest issued is intolerable. Call me naive when I thought that incest in a family no longer exists. But then I realized with all that kind of family, many terrible things could happened. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" &gt;There was lots of emotion running through in each chapter. From Lochan till his dysfunctional mother have played a great role to make me feel different after done with one chapter. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I hated &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;their mother. I got annoyed with Kit. I loved all those breakfast or dinner session. I enjoyed all Maya’s thought. I liked when she shared everything especially about her little sister. I loved Willa. She was my favorite character. I liked when she started talking. Something weird from her chapters was when she talked about her feeling to Lochan. None of them made me feel gross. For sometimes, I felt there was nothing wrong with them. They were just like another normal couple. But different things happened when it was Lochan’s part. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;I was up and down with him. In his first chapter, it was hard for me to get what he said. The words that Tabitha chose for Lochan w&lt;span lang="IN" style="mso-ansi-language: IN;"&gt;ere&lt;/span&gt; out of my dictionary. His social problem was also confused me. How I hated when he kept lying to himself and denying everything while he realized the feeling for Maya was there. He made me thought that he was just not trying hard enough. Then in the end, he succeeded with his words. My eyes were full with tears.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" &gt;I wish I got a different ending.&lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;Not the one which breaks my heart. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;" &gt;Forbidden is one of five books that written by Tabitha Suzuma. I have not checked the others. But for this hard topic, she wrote it well. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; " &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; " &gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; " &gt;There is two colour for the cover of this book. The red one is for the Hardcover and the black for paperback. If they ask me to choose, I prefer the black one. It's suitable with the story inside. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; " &gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;4/5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author: Tabitha Suzuma | &lt;a href="http://www.tabithasuzuma.com/forbidden/4542340697"&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/#!/TabithaSuzuma"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.facebook.com/tabitha.suzuma"&gt;Facebook&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/599916.Tabitha_Suzuma"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Reading level: Young Adult&lt;br /&gt;Hardcover: 464 pages&lt;br /&gt;Publisher: Simon Pulse; Reprint edition (June 28, 2011)&lt;br /&gt;Language: English&lt;br /&gt;ISBN-10: 1442419954&lt;br /&gt;ISBN-13: 978-1442419957&lt;br /&gt;Product Dimensions: 8.2 x 5.9 x 1.3 inches &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Source: Galley Grab&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; "&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442419954/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=itsalabbo-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1442419954"&gt;Buy Forbidden at Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" class=" vjkyexzhbdbeyycpuhrz" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=1442419954&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;br /&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-3946508591490015273?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/3946508591490015273/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-forbidden-by-tabitha-suzuma.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/3946508591490015273'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/3946508591490015273'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-forbidden-by-tabitha-suzuma.html' title='Review: Forbidden by Tabitha Suzuma'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-8801001998295199544</id><published>2011-06-28T10:00:00.055+08:00</published><updated>2011-06-28T10:00:03.110+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='eARC'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='2011'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Grab Galley'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Contemporary'/><title type='text'>Review: The Day Before by Lisa Schroeder</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zbJlREfgL.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51zbJlREfgL.jpg" width="262" /&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Amber’s life is spinning out of control. All she wants is to turn up the volume on her iPod until all of the demands of family and friends fade away. So she sneaks off to the beach to spend a day by herself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Then Amber meets Cade. Their attraction is instant, and Amber can tell he’s also looking for an escape. Together they decide to share a perfect day: no pasts, no fears, no regrets.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The more time that Amber spends with Cade, the more she’s drawn to him. And the more she’s troubled by his darkness. 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I thought it was just the prologue. But when I move to few next pages, I realized that &lt;span lang="IN"&gt;the format of this book is different. It is written in verse.&amp;nbsp; &lt;span&gt;I got no problem with this kind of book. But the verse made me almost miss the important part. &lt;/span&gt;That was way, In the beginning, I got confused a little bit. I have no idea what Amber was trying to said. But when I read the first letter, I started getting the red line. Especially when Cade appeared. I think I could get the track. So I decided to reread it. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;The Day Before brought me to Amber, a girl who ran away from her family and one thing that troubled her for almost three years. After letting me get the picture of Amber's life, It took me to Cade. It did not take hours for them to get connected. For some books I would say it was just too fast. But this time, I did not feel the same. It might because the relationship between them was bonded naturally. Although I was not into both of them, but I did enjoy their conversation. Especially with those Heads and Tails or when they talked about the movie. I also liked when they finally shared anything. I loved how Lisa determined the ending for them.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;One thing that I was also looking forward in this book was the letters. It helped me a lot in getting the story line. I was happy when the ending was attached with it, not the verse. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;Even if I did not fancy the verse format, but I admit it was written well. I still enjoy the book however the emotions were not floating on the surface.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;This is the first book of Lisa Schroeder that I read. I hope there will be a chance to read the other book of hers. I am curious about I Heart You, You Haunt Me and Chasing Brooklyn. From her Goodreads page, I know that she also wrote Middle Grade book. I am looking forward to read it. For those of you who love a contemporary book, I am pretty sure you don’t wanna miss this one. If you are looking a face-paced and light book, I recommend The Day Before to you. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;I like the color choice. But I wish it was not grass but the sand on the beach. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;4/5&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author: Lisa Schroeder | &lt;a href="http://www.lisaschroederbooks.com/"&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/lisa_schroeder"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reading level: Young Adult&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcover: 320 pages&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Publisher: Simon Pulse (June 28, 2011)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Language: English&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ISBN-10: 1442417439&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ISBN-13: 978-1442417434&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.7 x 1.2 inches &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size: small;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442417439/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=itsalabbo-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1442417439"&gt;Buy The Day Before at Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" class=" gyajtebuxmtbmlnbxqej gyajtebuxmtbmlnbxqej vjkyexzhbdbeyycpuhrz vjkyexzhbdbeyycpuhrz vjkyexzhbdbeyycpuhrz vjkyexzhbdbeyycpuhrz" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=1442417439&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373" style="border: medium none ! 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In between serving up chai lattes and matcha frappes, Annie has gotten involved in a scone bakeoff with one of Louisa's tea suppliers. The winner gets an all-expenses paid trip to London for a tea vacation! Annie The competition is tough and sabatoge is in the air when suddenly Annie's food blog begins attracting mean comments. Then there's the whole matter of a stolen kiss with Zach Anderson in the Steeping Leaf stockroom. Could Annie's former sworn enemy become her current love interest? With the help of her two best friends, Genna and Zoe, can Annie come up with an awesome contest entry and sort out her love life before the end of the summer?&lt;/i&gt;&lt;b&gt; (&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/9703112-the-secret-ingredient"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Thought&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;  &lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;When I was child, I loved recipe books which had lots of picture in it. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;Not because I like cooking. There were not any ingredients that I read. I just stared at the pictures and pretended that I was munching them all. &lt;span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;It was such a ritual before I took a nap. I do not do that silly thing anymore. I rarely open any recipe book. But I still love book that talk about food&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt; and &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Secret Ingredient is one of my favorite. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;This book introduced me to Annie, her grandmother, one tea shop, Genna and Zoe, the contest and many kinds of scones. I liked reading them all especially when Annie told me about the contest updates and all scone recipes posts. Something that make this special, there were tea quotations, illustration and some pictures of scones. Unfortunately, some of them were not available. I read the e-ARC, so some Annie's blog post designs have not finished yet. It must be great to read the finished copy. I really want to see those scones and another food that were mentioned. Laura, the illustrator and the one who took the photos of scone have made me curious. I am looking forward to see the final design.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;I have never tasted that British snack but this book made me believe that it’s delicious. Not enough with that Scottish original bread, this book also shared some tea. Just like the scone, I have not sipped some of them. For sure, every chapter of this book made me want to grab snacks.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;The Secret Ingredient is the second book of Teashop Girls series. I have not read the first one. Fortunately, nothing confused me. It lets me flow with its plot. By only reading the first chapter, I have already got the idea. This installment can be a standalone book. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;To all middle grades who love book about food, you should buy and read The Secret Ingredient. Make sure that you have something to eat or drink when this book is in your hand. Because it has its power to make you feel hungry to the max. Do not say I have not warned you. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"&gt;&lt;span&gt;From the book, it&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; &lt;span lang="IN"&gt;is&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt; so obvious that Laura Schaefer is fond of tea and cooking. Her blog is the mute witness. I have seen some of them. No wonder why she can write such book. In Goodreads, besides of The Teashop Girls&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt; series&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;, I also s&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span lang="IN"&gt;aw &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span&gt;some books of hers. I wonder if yummy food were also there. I will check them out soon. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Cover&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I love it. The colors that they chose are nice. The Scones are tempting. I wonder what kind of tea that they put in the cover. It must be great if the pictures on Annie's blog post are also colorful.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;4/5&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author: Laura Schaefer | &lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/721356.Laura_Schaefer"&gt;Goodreads&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://teashopgirl.blogspot.com/"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://mobile.twitter.com/teashopgirl"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reading level: Ages 9-12&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcover: 240 pages&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Publisher: Simon &amp;amp; Schuster/Paula Wiseman Books (June 28, 2011)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Language: English&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ISBN-10: 1442419598&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ISBN-13: 978-1442419599&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.5 x 0.9 inches&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1442419598/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=itsalabbo-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1442419598"&gt;Buy The Secret Ingredient at Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=1442419598&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: transparent; border: 0 !important;" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-1404105273349690413?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/1404105273349690413/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-secret-ingrendient-by-laura.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/1404105273349690413'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/1404105273349690413'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-secret-ingrendient-by-laura.html' title='Review: The Secret Ingredient by Laura Schaefer'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-7221621890544312557</id><published>2011-06-26T12:02:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2011-06-28T01:16:46.543+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Bookish Snob Promotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='book excerpts'/><title type='text'>Book Excerpts: Raven's Kiss By Toni LoTempio</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="text-align: center;clear: both; "&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UQPHr_7O3Do/Tc-ACYppEyI/AAAAAAAADWc/I6H56TYXZB0/s400/RavensKissTourBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="179" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UQPHr_7O3Do/Tc-ACYppEyI/AAAAAAAADWc/I6H56TYXZB0/s320/RavensKissTourBanner.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Usually, when one opens a closet door, one expects to see neat rows of clothes, or shelves with sheets or towels, or maybe a vacuum cleaner and assorted pieces of junk jammed into one small space.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;What one does not expect to see is an office—desks, filing cabinets, state of the art computers.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Or people, staring back at them.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;At one desk sat a woman with an angular face, close, cropped brown hair with gold highlights, a wide mouth, deep set blue eyes. Tiny gold hoops with small diamonds, possibly real, twinkled in her ears, and I noticed her fingers tapped at them quite often. She wore a pair of tight fitting gray trousers and a simple white shirt. Pinned to the shirt was a gold badge. Around her shoulder was a harness, in which reposed a nasty looking stunner.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;The occupant of the other desk, however, was what made my mouth drop open.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;He had to be well over six feet—I was guessing six three, maybe even six four. You could tell that by the way he was jackknifed into his chair. He was broad-shouldered, with thick hair the color of molten lava drawn back from his face and twined into a casual ponytail. The face was what got me. It was all angles and planes, and looked as if it had been sculpted out of marble by one of the great artists, maybe even Michelangelo. He had a firm jaw, a sloping Roman nose, eyes that were wide set and greener than grass. And the lips—oh, yeah, baby! It was the lips that really got me. Full and sensual, they looked both capable of delivering a threat and kissing a woman into submission. I stared, unabashed, as the man rose, walked over to the other desk, and perched himself on its edge.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt; Oh, yeah. Definitely six four. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;The blonde looked up and waved a sheaf of papers under his nose. “Here’s the latest report, Finn, and it’s dated two months ago. He was last seen downtown, near his usual haunt—the docks—in the company of a young woman, name of Alex Steed. Quinn followed them for a block and a half and then—poof! They went into one of the deserted buildings there and he lost them. Has no idea where Aega could have taken the girl, and no one’s seen either one of them since. If she’s been bitten…” her voice trailed off and her shoulders lifted in a shrug.  “I hate to think about it—about what she could become.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;The man called Finn frowned, shaggy red brows drawn together in a V effect. He rubbed his thumb against his lower lip and I felt my insides go soft, thinking of his thumb—hell, his entire hand—tracing lazy circles all across my body.  I felt moisture between my legs and groaned.  I couldn’t remember the last time a man had done &lt;i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"&gt;that&lt;/i&gt; to me. “This has been going on for far too long. We still can’t figure out his game. The only thing we know for certain is—“&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;“What are you doing in my closet?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I whirled around, automatically slamming the door shut behind me. Standing in the doorway, accompanied by Randy Hicks, one of the &lt;st1:place st="on"&gt;&lt;st1:placename st="on"&gt;Carolers&lt;/st1:placename&gt; &lt;st1:placetype st="on"&gt;Falls&lt;/st1:placetype&gt;&lt;/st1:place&gt; police, was Jetta. She had her hand on her hip and the expression on her face was most definitely not a friendly one.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;“I—Sorry. I didn’t mean to intrude.” I fished my badge out of my pocket, held it up. “Recovery. I was just taking a look around.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Jetta’s expression softened when she saw the badge. “Oh. I didn’t realize you were an agent. No wonder you came to my aid so quickly.” She smiled. “Most people would have ignored me, a crazy woman yelling on a stoop. If she makes it, it’ll be thanks to you.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;The cop stepped forward, extended his hand. “Randy Isles. We weren’t aware the Recovery had an interest in this case.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I slipped the badge back in my hip pocket. “The Recovery tends to take an interest in any incident that might involve a demon.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Jetta’s eyes went wide. “A demon! Really? Is that who attacked Alex?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;The name startled me. “Alex?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;“We all call her Alex. Short for Alexandra.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I felt a tingle along my spine. “And her last name?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;“Steed. Alexandra Steed.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I set my jaw. Could it be coincidence the victim and the person Finn and Darla had been talking about had the same name? Was there a chance it could be the same woman?&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;As I debated this, Jetta moved past me toward the closet. “I can’t stay here—crime scene and all that. So they’re setting me up in a really nice hotel. I just came by for a few things.”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;She started to twist the doorknob.  “Wait,” I cried, and she turned toward me, eyes wide.  “Do you happen to know where your roomie met this man?”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;“The one you think is a demon?”  Jetta shook her head.  “She didn’t know him long—just a few days.” She barked out a short laugh.  “First time I saw them, they were huddled right here.”  She tapped the closet door.  “Twined together so tight you couldn’t’ slip a stamp between them.  I didn’t trust him.  Something about him…his eyes.  She told me I was just jealous, but—guess I was right, after all.” &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;With that, her hand snaked out and jerked open the door. I bit back a cry of surprise mingled with disappointment. &lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Gone was the office, the blonde, the sexy redheaded man. Now there were just rows and rows of neatly hung clothes, and an assortment of expensive shoes littering the floor.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent: 36.0pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;About The Author&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" &gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AJDmxiL07z0/TehAaWqJ2WI/AAAAAAAAAtY/Dk3iAMiKWaA/s1600/Author+Photo+-+Toni+LoTempio.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="282" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-AJDmxiL07z0/TehAaWqJ2WI/AAAAAAAAAtY/Dk3iAMiKWaA/s320/Author+Photo+-+Toni+LoTempio.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Hello!  I’m Toni LoTempio, author of Paranormal Romance/Romantic Suspense/YA Fantasy!  I’ve been writing ever since I was old enough to read, when I didn’t like the endings of the stories my mother read me I simply rewrote them.  Even though I write mainly in the paranormal genre, I have also written straight horror, as well as contemporary romance/suspense.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;  &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;In 1995, I joined the staff of SUSABELLA PASSENGERS AND FRIENDS, a pulp magazine for collectors of antique children’s literature (Nancy Drew, Hardy Boys, etc.)  Currently I’ve written over 300 articles for that magazine, and I was the first recipient of their Margaret Sutton Award for Distinguished Writing in 1998.  I joined the staff of NIGHT OWL REVIEWS IN January 2011 as the suspense reviewer/columnist.  My column, DARK STREETS, which features articles on suspense authors and their novels, is featured on a monthly basis. I love to spotlight new talent, so if you’re a suspense author, please contact me!&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;In 2007, Whiskey Creek Press published BOUND BY BLOOD, a tale of possession, and EBONY, which deals with zombies and the dark side of man. EBONY was #2 on the Fictionwise bestseller list for e-books for the month of July 2007, beating out Stephen King’s Lisey’s Story. (and no one was more shocked than I, LOL) In 2010, after countless attempts to land another agent, I took the advice of a fellow author HP Mallory, and self published NO REST FOR THE WICCA, which has been on Amazon’s list of top one hundred in Occult since March 2011.  My short story, THE SACRIFICE, appears in the e-published anthology KISS ME KILL ME, and I also have a YA fantasy, MY SUPERHERO SISTER on B&amp;amp;N and Amazon.  A complete listing of my books appears at the end of this bio.&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Currently single, I work full time and live in Clifton, NJ, with  my muses:  Rocco, Maxx, Gata and Trixie.  (Rocco is also known as Rocco the SciFi Blogging Cat and has appeared on the SciFi Saturday Night website and radio show, and also on the Kids Need To Read website where he holds the distinction of being the first (and possibly only!) blogging cat to support this charity!)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I love hearing from fans, so please feel free to friend me on FACEBOOK, and visit my website, &lt;a href="http://www.tonilotempio.webs.com/"&gt;www.tonilotempio.webs.com&lt;/a&gt;  Rocco and I post daily M-F on his blog, &lt;a href="http://www.catsbooksmorecats.blogspot.com/"&gt;catsbooksmorecats.blogspot.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;Toni LoTempio Books:&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Bound by Blood – Whiskey Creek Press, trade paperback &amp;amp; e-book, Feb. 2007 (paranormal suspense)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Ebony – Whiskey Creek Press, trade paperback &amp;amp; e-book, July 2007 (paranormal suspense)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Witch’s Pawn – Echelon Press, trade paperback &amp;amp; e-book, December 2008 (horror)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Nom de Plume – Whiskey Creek Press, trade paperback &amp;amp; e-book, November 2008 (contemporary romance)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;It’s in the Cards – Whiskey Creek Press, e-book, February 2010 – (paranormal romance)&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Out of the Ashes – Whiskey Creek Press, e-book, May 2010 – Fantasy&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;No Rest for the Wicca – Amazon &amp;amp; B&amp;amp;N Pub-It, e-book, September 2010 – paranormal suspense&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;My Superhero Sister – Amazon &amp;amp; B&amp;amp;N Pub-It, e-book, Trade Paperback - January 2011 – YA Fantasy&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Kiss Me, Kill Me – Amazon &amp;amp; B&amp;amp;N Pub-It, e-book anthology –February 2011 – Short Story, “The Sacrifice”&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: normal; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Raven’s Kiss – Amazon &amp;amp; B&amp;amp;N Pub-It, e-book, &amp;amp; Trade Paperback April, 2011 – Paranormal Romance&lt;b&gt;&lt;o:p&gt;&lt;/o:p&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal" style="font-weight: bold; line-height: normal;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;Next Stop : June 27 –  &lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://inthenameofbooks.blogspot.com/"&gt;In The Name Of Books&lt;/a&gt; &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-7221621890544312557?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/7221621890544312557/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/book-excerpts-ravens-kiss-by-toni.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/7221621890544312557'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/7221621890544312557'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/book-excerpts-ravens-kiss-by-toni.html' title='Book Excerpts: Raven&apos;s Kiss By Toni LoTempio'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-UQPHr_7O3Do/Tc-ACYppEyI/AAAAAAAADWc/I6H56TYXZB0/s72-c/RavensKissTourBanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-6057733072865430384</id><published>2011-06-22T09:00:00.014+08:00</published><updated>2011-06-22T16:11:15.501+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='wow'/><title type='text'>Waiting on Wednesday: Renegade Magic by Stephanie Burgis</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303556984l/7824314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303556984l/7824314.jpg" width="265" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span id="freeText8140290620918002275"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Kat Stephenson is back  to cause more chaos! Stepmama drags the family to Bath to find Kat's  sister a new suitor. But, unknown to most of its gossipy visitors, Bath  is full of wild magic. When Kat uncovers a plot to harness this magic in  the Roman Baths, she finds her brother Charles is unwittingly involved.  Kat must risk her newfound magical powers as she defies the Order of  the Guardians to foil the plot and clear her brother's name &lt;/i&gt;(&lt;a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7824314-renegade-magic"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Goodreads&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I saw this book last Sunday on Goodreads. I was so excited. I wonder what will happen next to Kat and her sisters. The first book, Kat,&amp;nbsp;Incorrigible, was a nice reading. There are many great element in that book. You can check my review about Kat, Incorrigible &lt;a href="http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/04/review-kat-incorrigible-by-stephanie.html"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;here&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;I have just checked that there is also UK cover for Kat series. Not only the cover, they also change the title. It's hard for me to choose. Because I like them both.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;The cover below is the UK edition&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303557080l/10789765.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1303557080l/10789765.jpg" width="256" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;For those of you who have seen the first book, which one do you prefer?&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;~~~&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Author: Stephanie Burgis |&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.stephanieburgis.com/books/"&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://twitter.com/stephanieburgis/"&gt;Twitter&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Reading level: Young Adult&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Hardcover: 336 pages&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Publisher: Atheneum (April 3, 2012)&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;Language: English&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ISBN-10: 1416994491&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;ISBN-13: 978-1416994497&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1416994491/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=itsalabbo-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1416994491"&gt;&lt;i&gt;Preorder Renegade Magic (Kat, Incorrigible) at Amazon&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" border="0" height="1" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=1416994491&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;~~~&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, Utopia, 'Palatino Linotype', Palatino, serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;b&gt;Waiting" On Wednesday&amp;nbsp;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/span&gt;is a weekly meme that hosted by&amp;nbsp;&lt;b&gt;&lt;a href="http://breakingthespine.blogspot.com/" style="text-decoration: none;"&gt;Breaking The Spine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Qm49cDOJMk/TQd-1ehJvyI/AAAAAAAABsU/M9Brz0rlWWw/s200/New+WoW.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: underline;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Qm49cDOJMk/TQd-1ehJvyI/AAAAAAAABsU/M9Brz0rlWWw/s200/New+WoW.JPG" style="border-bottom-style: none; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-color: initial; border-left-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-top-style: none; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; border-width: initial; padding-bottom: 8px; padding-left: 8px; padding-right: 8px; padding-top: 8px; position: relative;" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-6057733072865430384?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/6057733072865430384/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/waiting-on-wednesday-renegade-magic-by.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/6057733072865430384'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/6057733072865430384'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/waiting-on-wednesday-renegade-magic-by.html' title='Waiting on Wednesday: Renegade Magic by Stephanie Burgis'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_-Qm49cDOJMk/TQd-1ehJvyI/AAAAAAAABsU/M9Brz0rlWWw/s72-c/New+WoW.JPG' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-4431224080552343049</id><published>2011-06-21T13:38:00.003+08:00</published><updated>2011-06-21T13:56:01.999+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantasy'/><title type='text'>Review: Mishap &amp; Mayhem by M.M. Shelley</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div  style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator"  style="clear: both; text-align: center;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ef6MnyM6L.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51Ef6MnyM6L.jpg" width="261" border="0" height="400" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div  style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;div  style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;For centuries magical beings have hidden in the darkness, waiting. Some good, some evil. A battle is brewing, and only twins, Grasiella and Tatiana, have the power to stop it.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div  style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div  style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;A secret that has been kept since the dawn of time is about to be revealed with devastating consequences. It's the summer of the year 2045, and sixteen year old Grasiella, along with her twin sister,Tatiana plan to visit their grandmother in Hawaii. They have no idea that when they arrive on the island of Kauai, they are about to be drawn into a secret, the secret, of their family's dark origins and magical powers.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div  style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div  style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;On the first day of their arrival, their grandmother is accused of a horrible crime involving a faerie. Whispers have spread throughout the islands about the disappearance of a faerie named Sita Knook and her connection to a mysterious group known only as the Cinerians.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div  style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Before long, Grasiella and Tatiana are doing battle with ancient races and magical beings. All the while trying to retrieve an ancient stone of power and impress a couple of local surfers, Kana'i and Kye, cousins who have some pretty exciting family secrets of their own. It's pretty serious stuff for two girls who were planning to spend the summer at the beach getting tans, but then that's the trouble with secrets, sometimes they just don't stay buried. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;&lt;div style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div  style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;My Thought&lt;/b&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;This book grabbed my attention only in its few pages. It took me to the story about one faerie who was trapped on earth and its sad story. It also told me little bit about The Cinerians, frightening creature who hunted the humans and made them become slaves. Grasiella, a woman with great magical power was also introduced here. Three of them made the prologue become so interesting. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Then the first chapter brought me to Tatiana and Grasiella, the twin, in summer of the year 2045. As you can read in the synopsis, they were going to Hawai to visit her grandmother. One night, they were attacked by a faerie for something that they did not know. From her, Sita Knook was mentioned. The faerie said that she was captured and kept in the house. All things about Sita Knook was still a mystery. Till their grandmother explained everything. Since then another secrets were revealed and brought the twins to some adventure they never imagined. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;It was nice to read this book. There were many surprises.  I also found many new things. Let me say the idea about the faerie, the creature called Cinerians, even about Pele, the goddess who own the islands. All of them were fascinating. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Unfortunately, there were some things that almost stop me enjoying the book. There were too many characters that almost got me lost. It was little bit annoying. The relation between the characters were not that deep. Most of them failed me. Everything in Grasiella was actually great. But her relation with another character was not written well.  I wish Grasiella and Tatiana had a better bond. Just like what the other twin had. Something that also confused me was indifferent grandmother. I wonder where she was when her grandchildren were in dangerous. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Thanks to the &lt;/span&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;unpredictable plot who help me reaching the last pages. I like how it brought me to the end. The last paragraph made me wanted to read the sequel.  If you love reading a fantasy book that give you many new things, I suggest you to read Mishap &amp;amp; Mayhem. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div  style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;font-family:Georgia,&amp;quot;;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;I'd love to say thank you to M.M Shelley, the author, who has sent me this book and gave me different adventure. I wish I can read the sequel of this book. I am also interested to read another book of hers about Zombie. &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div face="Georgia,&amp;quot;" style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div face="Georgia,&amp;quot;" style="Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;Cover&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;I like the&lt;/span&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;background. It shows one of the setting of the book. But I have no idea about the girl. Is she Grasiella, her twin Tatiana, or Mnemosyne? I wish a better figure for them. :D&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;3/5 &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Author: M.M Shelley | &lt;a href="http://mmshelley.com/"&gt;Website&lt;/a&gt; | &lt;a href="http://mmshelley.blogspot.com/"&gt;Blog&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;Paperback: 294 pages&lt;br /&gt;Publisher: CreateSpace (April 3, 2011)&lt;br /&gt;Language: English&lt;br /&gt;ISBN-10: 1461031729&lt;br /&gt;ISBN-13: 978-1461031727&lt;br /&gt;Product Dimensions: 8 x 5.2 x 0.7 inches &lt;/b&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;span style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;Source: A paperback from author for review&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1461031729/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=itsalabbo-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373&amp;amp;creativeASIN=1461031729"&gt;Buy Mishap &amp;amp; Mayhem (Volume 1) at Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img alt="" src="http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=&amp;amp;l=as2&amp;amp;o=1&amp;amp;a=1461031729&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373" style="border: none !important; margin: 0px !important;" width="1" border="0" height="1" /&gt;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="font-size:small;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54489/201/F305AAD5AAE9A02B5C23913E3599117B.png" style="background: none repeat scroll 0% 0% transparent; border: 0pt none ! important;" width="200" height="138" /&gt; &lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-4431224080552343049?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/4431224080552343049/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-mishap-mayhem-by-mm-shelley.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/4431224080552343049'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/4431224080552343049'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/review-mishap-mayhem-by-mm-shelley.html' title='Review: Mishap &amp; Mayhem by M.M. Shelley'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-2110959231448520735</id><published>2011-06-19T12:02:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2011-06-21T19:39:48.767+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='The Bookish Snob Promotions'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='book excerpts'/><title type='text'>Book Excerpts: Replay by Keira Lea</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qw42kmJjwM4/TehGgPSyS2I/AAAAAAAAAto/BCKTbWp4E1E/s1600/ReplayBanner.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qw42kmJjwM4/TehGgPSyS2I/AAAAAAAAAto/BCKTbWp4E1E/s320/ReplayBanner.jpg" width="320" border="0" height="177" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1304908645l/11101118.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1304908645l/11101118.jpg" width="225" border="0" height="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:'Times New Roman';"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;Dr. Henry looks down at the file on his desk and jots down a few notes. It’s so obvious he’s trying to mask a grin with that Mr. Serious Psychoanalyst expression. As Mom continues down her standard list of rants, I give Dr. Henry my best please-cut-this-short stare. To emphasize my point, I make the Kelsee puppet strangle the Mom puppet, who collapses in melodramatic death throes on my lap.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;“Ms. Lewis, it’s obvious you’re very concerned,” Dr. Henry says, taking my subtle cue. “Would you excuse us for the last part of the session? I’d like to talk to Kelsee alone.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Mom hesitates. For her, it’s all about calling the show. She doesn’t take direction very well.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;“I’ll wait for you in the car,” she finally says. After she gathers her purse and jacket, she lingers at the door like she thinks he’ll change his mind and invite her to stay. No one says a word until she turns around and lets herself out. As soon as the door closes, Dr. Henry lets out a chuckle. He’s really not half-bad for a shrink. I think it’s hilarious that he looks like a cross between Tommy Chong and Steve Martin. I’ll have to ask him if he’s ever smoked weed or played the banjo. Or smoked weed while playing the banjo. Ten bucks says he has.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;“Are you still having the panic attacks, Kelsee?” he says.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Our little secret. I work on curling my left shoe strap some more. I don’t know how to talk about what happens to me without sounding like a brain case. I don’t do angst very well, either. I’m more into comedy, laughter as the best medicine, smile through the tears, you know? I’m only here because Mom insisted we start therapy together during the divorce. A year later, she’s still dominating every session. The last time Dr. Henry dismissed her early from a session I told him about the panic attacks, with his express agreement that he would not say anything to her. I even made him sign a piece of paper to that effect. Dad taught me the importance of contracts.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;“What are you thinking about?” Dr. Henry says when I don’t answer.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;“I really don’t have that many,” I say. “They bore me, anyway. I need an affliction that will really launch my career. A wicked case of OCD would work.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;He refuses to play. “You should talk about them with your mother. Remember, this is a neutral place to discuss issues that are difficult to address at home. She might be more understanding than you think.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;I snort and then cover it with a snicker. “Or not. You know how she is. Neutral is not the precise word I would use.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;He comes around the desk to sit in the chair Mom vacated, giving me a quick pat on the knee like Dad used to do before he moved out last October. “You’re a perceptive young woman. You know that your mother is still struggling with the changes in your lives. That’s not unusual. But if you give her the chance to focus on something outside of her own worries, though, you might be surprised at her reaction.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;I think her reaction would be to jerk up on those puppet strings until the tiny bit of slack I have left is gone. No, I’m pretty sure it would be better to let her stew in her self-absorbed state for as long as possible.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;“We’ll see how I feel about that next Friday, okay?” I say.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;“You know a secret like this is not healthy,” Dr. Henry says. “Telling her might even help alleviate the attacks.”&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;“I’ll think about it,” I say. For about two seconds, I want to add.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;The clock chimes its digital melody. Time’s up.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: left;"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;~~~&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;You can buy Replay at&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;ul&gt;&lt;li style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004WE7F7G/ref=as_li_ss_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;amp;tag=itsalabbo-20&amp;amp;linkCode=as2&amp;amp;camp=217145&amp;amp;creative=399373&amp;amp;creativeASIN=B004WE7F7G"&gt;Amazon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li style="font-weight: bold;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/replay-keira-lea/1030811788?ean=2940012678867&amp;amp;itm=1&amp;amp;usri=keira%2blea"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;Barnes &amp;amp; Noble&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;li&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;a style="font-weight: bold;" href="http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/58703"&gt;Smashwords&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;b&gt;About the Author&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="MsoNormal"&gt;&lt;div style="text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;Keira Lea released her debut novel in April 2011. She is a devoted fan of the TV show FRINGE, a card-carrying member of the Apple cult, and a mother to two human children and three feline ones. 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font-weight: bold;font-size:small;" &gt;&lt;a href="http://thebookishsnob.blogspot.com/" style="font-family: Georgia,&amp;quot;Times New Roman&amp;quot;,serif;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px;color:black;" &gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: collapse;"&gt;The Bookish Snob&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span"  style="font-family:Georgia,'Times New Roman',serif;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt;&lt;span style="line-height: 115%;"&gt; &lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/2567905993657778539-2110959231448520735?l=bacaan-ally.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/feeds/2110959231448520735/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/book-excerpts-replay-by-keira-lea.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/2110959231448520735'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/2567905993657778539/posts/default/2110959231448520735'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://bacaan-ally.blogspot.com/2011/06/book-excerpts-replay-by-keira-lea.html' title='Book Excerpts: Replay by Keira Lea'/><author><name>Asriani Purnama</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/113033852710926215648</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh5.googleusercontent.com/-sBtvSnygtQY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAAA/FP3_zxpnF9c/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Qw42kmJjwM4/TehGgPSyS2I/AAAAAAAAAto/BCKTbWp4E1E/s72-c/ReplayBanner.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2567905993657778539.post-8359679130998717439</id><published>2011-06-17T09:00:00.007+08:00</published><updated>2011-06-17T09:06:38.386+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Review'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantasi'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='YA'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Fantasy'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Net Galley'/><title type='text'>Review: Cinder and Ella by Melissa Lemon</title><content type='html'>&lt;div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1304722440l/11280254.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="400" src="http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1304722440l/11280254.jpg" width="272" /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #181818; line-height: 19px;"&gt;&lt;span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"&gt;&lt;i&gt;After their father’s disappearance, Cinder leaves home for a servant job at the castle. But it isn’t long before her sister Ella is brought to the castle herself—the most dangerous place in all the kingdom for both her and Cinder. 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