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Book Review: Crossroads by Riley Hart

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Sunday, August 30, 2015

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Title: Crossroads
Author: Riley Hart
Publisher: Riley Hart
Pages: 241
Format: E-book
Published: July, 2015
Price: $12.84 -> Rp180.171 (Amazon)
Rating: 5 / 5 stars

Date started: August 25, 2015 - Date finished: August 26, 2015

Synopsis:
After divorcing the woman he’d been with since he was seventeen, Nick Fuller is starting over. He owns the restaurant of his dreams and he’s determined to meet new people, find new passions, and experience life to its fullest. Easier said than done—that is until he meets his new neighbor, Bryce Tanner…

Bryce is all about a good time. He plans to show Nick how it’s done, help him meet a few women, and enjoy the gift of the single life he’s been given. But things don’t go as planned, and soon they realize they’d rather be together than with anyone else.

Neither man has ever wanted another guy, but there’s a connection between them from the start—a spark they can’t deny. They find themselves navigating an unfamiliar new world and dealing with unforeseen obstacles. Physical desire isn’t enough, and now Nick and Bryce are at a crossroads. They have to decide which way to go: the easy path they’ve always followed, or the one that's determined to trip them up at every turn.
*this review is intended for mature audiences (18+ up)
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Book Review: The Merciless by Danielle Vega

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Monday, August 10, 2015

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Author: Danielle Vega
Publisher: Razorbill
Pages: 336
Format: E-book
Published: August, 2014
Price: $9.99 -> Rp135.045 (Amazon)
Rating: 3½ / 5 stars

Date started: August 4, 2015 - Date finished: August 9, 2015

Synopsis:
Forgive us, Father, for we have sinned

Brooklyn Stevens sits in a pool of her own blood, tied up and gagged. No one outside of these dank basement walls knows she’s here. No one can hear her scream.

Sofia Flores knows she shouldn’t have gotten involved. When she befriended Riley, Grace, and Alexis on her first day at school, she admired them, with their perfect hair and their good-girl ways. They said they wanted to save Brooklyn. They wanted to help her. Sofia didn’t realize they believed Brooklyn was possessed.

Now, Riley and the girls are performing an exorcism on Brooklyn—but their idea of an exorcism is closer to torture than salvation. All Sofia wants is to get out of this house. But there is no way out. Sofia can’t go against the other girls . . . unless she wants to be next. . . .

In this chilling debut, Danielle Vega delivers blood-curdling suspense and terror on every page. By the shockingly twisted end, readers will be faced with the most haunting question of all: Is there evil in all of us?
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Book Review: Dreamland by Sarah Dessen

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Sunday, August 9, 2015

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Title: Dreamland
Author: Sarah Dessen
Publisher: Speak
Pages: 250
Format: Paperback
Published: June, 2012
Price: Rp141.000 (Periplus)
Rating: 4 / 5 stars

Date started: July 21, 2015 - Date finished: August 9, 2015

Synopsis:
Love can be a very dangerous thing.

After her sister left, Caitlin felt lost.

Then she met Rogerson.

When she's with him, nothing seems real.

But what happens when being with Rogerson becomes a larger problem than being without him?
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Graphic Novel Review: The Wicked + The Divine: The Faust Act (The Wicked + The Divine, #1-5) by Kieron Gillen, Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson, and Clayton Cowles

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Thursday, August 6, 2015

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Author: Kieron Gillen
Art by: Jamie McKelvie, Matt Wilson, and Clayton Cowles
Publisher: Image Comics
Pages: 180
Format: E-book
Published: November, 2014
Price: $6.09 -> Rp82.459 (Amazon)
Rating: 4 / 5 stars

Date started: August 5, 2015 - Date finished: August 6, 2015

Synopsis:
Every ninety years, twelve gods incarnate as humans. They are loved. They are hated. In two years, they are dead. The team behind critical tongue-attractors like Young Avengers and PHONOGRAM reunite to create a world where gods are the ultimate pop stars and pop stars are the ultimate gods. But remember: just because you’re immortal, doesn’t mean you’re going to live forever. Collects THE WICKED + THE DIVINE #1-5
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Book Review: We Should All Be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

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Monday, August 3, 2015

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Author: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher: Fourth Estate
Pages: 65
Format: E-book
Published: October, 2014
Price: $1.99 -> Rp26.780 (Amazon)
Rating: 4 / 5 stars

Date started: August 3, 2015 - Date finished: August 3, 2015

Synopsis:
A personal and powerful essay from Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the bestselling author of ‘Americanah’ and ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’, based on her 2013 TEDx Talk of the same name.

An eBook short.

What does “feminism” mean today? That is the question at the heart of We Should All Be Feminists, a personal, eloquently-argued essay – adapted from her much-viewed Tedx talk of the same name – by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the award-winning author of ‘Americanah’ and ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’. With humour and levity, here Adichie offers readers a unique definition of feminism for the twenty-first century – one rooted in inclusion and awareness. She shines a light not only on blatant discrimination, but also the more insidious, institutional behaviours that marginalise women around the world, in order to help readers of all walks of life better understand the often masked realities of sexual politics. Throughout, she draws extensively on her own experiences – in the U.S., in her native Nigeria – offering an artfully nuanced explanation of why the gender divide is harmful for women and men, alike. Argued in the same observant, witty and clever prose that has made Adichie a best-selling novelist, here is one remarkable author’s exploration of what it means to be a woman today – and an of-the-moment rallying cry for why we should all be feminists.
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Book Review: Tangled (Tangled, #1) by Emma Chase

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Sunday, August 2, 2015

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Author: Emma Chase
Publisher: Omnific Publishing
Pages: 256
Format: E-book
Published: May, 2013
Price: $7.99 -> Rp107.945 (Amazon)
Rating: 3½ / 5 stars

Date started: August 1, 2015 - Date finished: August 2, 2015

Synopsis:
Drew Evans is a winner. Handsome and arrogant, he makes multimillion dollar business deals and seduces New York’s most beautiful women with just a smile. He has loyal friends and an indulgent family. So why has he been shuttered in his apartment for seven days, miserable and depressed?

He’ll tell you he has the flu.

But we all know that’s not really true.

Katherine Brooks is brilliant, beautiful and ambitious. She refuses to let anything - or anyone - derail her path to success. When Kate is hired as the new associate at Drew’s father’s investment banking firm, every aspect of the dashing playboy’s life is thrown into a tailspin. The professional competition she brings is unnerving, his attraction to her is distracting, his failure to entice her into his bed is exasperating.

Then, just when Drew is on the cusp of having everything he wants, his overblown confidence threatens to ruin it all. Will he be able untangle his feelings of lust and tenderness, frustration and fulfillment? Will he rise to the most important challenge of his life?

Can Drew Evans win at love?

Tangled is not your mother’s romance novel. It is an outrageous, passionate, witty narrative about a man who knows a lot about women…just not as much as he thinks he knows. As he tells his story, Drew learns the one thing he never wanted in life, is the only thing he can’t live without.
*this review is intended for mature audiences (18+ up)
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Book Review: Berikutnya Kau yang Mati by Arie F. Rofian

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Saturday, August 1, 2015

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Penulis: Arie F. Rofian
Penerbit: Moka Media
Tebal: 178
Format: Paperback
Terbit: Maret, 2015
Harga: Rp31.200 (BukaBuku)
Rating: 3 / 5 stars

Date started: 8 Juli 2015 - Date finished: 11 Juli 2015

Sinopsis:
Ini adalah kisah enam anak manusia, terpisah ruang dan jarak. Mereka semua tak saling mengenal. Mereka semua tak mengerti. Namun, tanpa pernah mereka sadari, mereka telah terjebak dalam lingkaran takdir kematian. tanpa bisa mereka tolak, kematian mengetuk pintu rumah mereka. Satu persatu, Dan sekarang, mereka harus menghadapi hal yang lebih menyakitkan dari kematian.

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"Gelap dan hening. Terlampau hening, bahkan. Jantungku mendadak berdegup lebih keras. Tanganku meraba-raba, mencari pegangan untuk kemudian melangkah. Tak ada apa-apa, kecuali permukaan dinding yang memantulkan hawa dingin. Jari-jariku lantas menelusuri permukaan dinding secara perlahan. penelusuran itu baru berakhir ketika jariku mendapati gumpalan cairan yang kental membasahi dinding. Aku mengendus, mencium bau anyir dari jariku yang baru saja menyentuh dinding.

Darah!"
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