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Book Review: The Opposite of Loneliness: Essays and Stories by Marina Keegan

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Thursday, June 30, 2016

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Author: Marina Keegan
Publisher: Scribner
Pages: 224
Format: E-book
Published: April, 2014
Price: $8.68 -> Rp116.355 (Amazon)
Rating: 4½ / 5 stars

Date started: June 17, 2016 - Date finished: June 21, 2016

Synopsis:
An affecting and hope-filled posthumous collection of essays and stories from the talented young Yale graduate whose title essay captured the world’s attention in 2012 and turned her into an icon for her generation.

Marina Keegan’s star was on the rise when she graduated magna cum laude from Yale in May 2012. She had a play that was to be produced at the New York Fringe Festival and a job waiting for her at The New Yorker. Tragically, five days after graduation, Marina died in a car crash.

As her family, friends, and classmates, deep in grief, joined to create a memorial service for Marina, her deeply moving last essay for The Yale Daily News, "The Opposite of Loneliness," went viral, receiving more than 1.4 million hits.

Even though she was just twenty-two when she died, Marina left behind a rich, expansive trove of prose that, like her title essay, captures the hope, uncertainty, and possibility of her generation. Her short story "Cold Pastoral" was published by NewYorker.com just months after her death.

The Opposite of Loneliness is an assemblage of Marina’s essays and stories, which, like The Last Lecture, articulate the universal struggle that all of us face as we figure out what we aspire to be, and how we can harness our talents to impact the world.
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Book Review: Mister O by Lauren Blakely

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Sunday, June 26, 2016

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Title: Mister O
Author: Lauren Blakely
Publisher: Lauren Blakely Books
Pages: 308
Format: E-book
Published: April, 2016
Price: $9.59 -> Rp 127.283 (Amazon)
Rating: 2 / 5 stars

Date started: June 1, 2016 - Date finished: June 4, 2016

Synopsis:
Just call me Mister O. Because YOUR pleasure is my super power.

Making a woman feel ‘oh-god-that’s-good’ is the name of the game, and if a man can’t get the job done, he should get out of the bedroom. I’m talking toe-curling, mind-blowing, sheet-grabbing ecstasy. Like I provide every time.

I suppose that makes me a superhero of pleasure, and my mission is to always deliver.

BUT then I'm thrown for a loop when a certain woman asks me to teach her everything about how to win a man. The only problem? She's my best friend's sister, but she's far too tempting to resist--especially when I learn that sweet, sexy Harper, has a dirty mind too and wants to put it to good use. What could possibly go wrong as I give the woman I've secretly wanted some no-strings-attached lessons in seduction?

No one will know, even if we send a few naughty texts. Okay, a few hundred. Or if the zipper on her dress gets stuck. Not on that! Or if she gives me those get-over-here-and-take-me-eyes on the train in front of her whole family.

The trouble is the more nights I spend with her in bed, the more days I want to spend with her out of bed. And for the first time ever, I'm not only thinking about how to make a woman cry out in pleasure -- I'm thinking about how to keep her in my arms for a long time to come.

Looks like the real Adventures of Mister O have only just begun....
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Book Review: Horrorstör by Grady Hendrix

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Sunday, June 19, 2016

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Title: Horrorstör
Author: Grady Hendrix
Publisher: Quirk Books
Pages: 240
Format: E-book
Published: September, 2014
Price: $9.84 -> Rp119.237 (Amazon)
Rating: 4 / 5 stars

Date started: June 15, 2016 - Date finished: June 17, 2016

Synopsis:
Something strange is happening at the Orsk furniture superstore in Cleveland. Every morning, employees arrive to find broken Kjerring wardrobes, shattered Brooka glassware, and vandalized Liripip sofa beds - clearly someone, or something, is up to no good. To unravel the mystery, five young employees volunteer for a long dusk-till-dawn shift and encounter horrors that defy imagination. Along the way, author Grady Hendrix infuses sly social commentary on the nature of work in the new twenty-first-century economy.

A traditional haunted house story in a contemporary setting, and full of current fears, Horrorstör delivers a high-concept premise in a unique style.
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Book Review: Hot Dudes Reading by Hot Dudes Reading

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Friday, June 10, 2016

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Author: Hot Dudes Reading
Publisher: Atria Books
Pages: 224
Format: E-book
Published: April, 2016
Price: $10.99 -> Rp145.865 (Amazon)
Rating: 4½ / 5 stars

Date started: June 5, 2016 - Date finished: June 5, 2016

Synopsis:
Humans of New York meets Porn for Women in this collection of candid photos, clever captions, and hilarious hashtags about one of the most important subjects of our time: hot dudes reading.

Based on the viral Instagram account of the same name, Hot Dudes Reading takes its readers on a ride through all five boroughs of New York City, with each section covering a different subway line. Using their expert photography skills (covert iPhone shots) and journalistic ethics (#NoKindles), the authors capture the most beautiful bibliophiles in all of New York—and take a few detours to interview some of the most popular hot dudes from the early days of the Instagram account.

Fun, irreverent, and wittily-observed, this book is tailor-made for book lovers in search of their own happy endings—and those who just want to get lost between the covers for a while.
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Book Review: Stories for Rainy Days by Naela Ali

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Thursday, June 9, 2016

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Author: Naela Ali
Publisher: POP (Imprint KPG)
Pages: 208
Format: Hardcover
Published: May, 2016
Price: Rp88.000 (BukaBuku)
Rating: 4 / 5 stars

Date started: June 4, 2016 - Date finished: June 5, 2016

Synopsis:
It was a rainy day,
with a hot darjeeling tea,
warm striped blanket
and polka dot socks.
One perfect moment
to read stories
for cats.
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