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MY TOP SIX BOOKS OF 2016

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Saturday, December 31, 2016

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Hi guys! Hope everyone's having a great end of year holidays! Let me just say Merry Christmas for those of you reading this who are celebrating and Happy New Year for those of you reading this in 2017 because this post will be up in exactly December 31st Indonesian time of course! I can't believe 2016 is almost over and 2017 is just mere days away, time really does flew by. 2016 has been a year of highs and lows in terms of reading for me because I didn't find a lot of books that I read and loved or absolutely liked. Most were just "okay", so before the year ends and as the title of this post implies I'm going to show you my top books of 2016.

I decided to do six books only because as I've said before, I didn't read a lot of amazing books this year so making this list wasn't that hard for me because I can count with my fingers how many books that I really adored this year. Also because 6 and 2016 just sounds great together. Without further ado, let's just get to it!
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WISHFUL WEDNESDAY [6] - MARKITUKA JABO WISH LIST

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Wednesday, December 14, 2016

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Finally the time has come! Markituka BBI Jabo digelar kembali! Di kali kedua ini, event Markituka Jabo diikuti oleh lebih banyak orang dari yang sebelumnya, jadi semoga saja event ini berjalan lancar dan seru! Di postingan Wishful Wednesday kali ini, aku mau memaparkan wish list-ku untuk event yang sudah aku sebutkan tadi, sengaja di-posting di blog karena biar ada update-an isinya gitu sekali-kali soalnya lagi males banget nulis review, apalagi sekarang lagi terserang reading slump! Hehehehe. Tetapi pasti nanti akan segera mengisi blog ini kembali dengan berbagai macam review!

Tanpa berlama-lama berikut adalah wish list-ku untuk Markituka Jabo tahun ini:
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Book Review: Anak-Anak Masa Lalu by Damhuri Muhammad

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Sunday, December 11, 2016

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Penulis: Damhuri Muhammad
Penerbit: Marjin Kiri
Tebal: 121
Format: Paperback
Terbit: Juni, 2015
Harga: Rp29,700 (Marjin Kiri)
Rating: 3½ / 5 stars

Date started: 2 November, 2016 - Date finished: 3 November, 2016

Sinopsis:
Ditengah maraknya tren penulisan fiksi yang kian berkutat pada cerita-cerita dan permasalahan remaja kota besar, Damhuri Muhammad tetap setia menjelajah inspirasi sastranya dari pergulatan hidup di udik.

Dari legenda tentang manusia anjing, jimat sakti preman pasar, cinta terlarang, jurus silat, dan korupsi yang berurat sampai ke pelosok, Damhuri menunjukkan bahwa ditengah gempuran modernitas yang memabukkan, orang-orang biasa tetap membawa dalam diri mereka jejak-jejak masa lalu yang tak terhapuskan.
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WISHFUL WEDNESDAY [5] - NOVEMBERIAN WISH LIST

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Wednesday, October 12, 2016

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Hola! Ngga kerasa udah sebulan lebih ngga nulis review di blog ini. Sebenernya udah ada draft review buku cuman karena lagi sibuk dan tersiksa karena skripsi jadi rasanya hasrat untuk menulis review semakin berkurang. Sebenernya kecepatan membaca juga berkurang sih karena sekarang lebih sering baca jurnal dan buku kuliah buat referensi skripsi. Okay, back to the point of this post! Jadi, tahun ini aku pertama kali ikutan event tukar kado bersama para kakak-kakak BBI yang ultahnya juga sama denganku di bulan November (yeay!). Jadi, tujuan postingan ini ditulis adalah untuk menunjukkan wish list-ku untuk giver yang nanti akan memberikan kado untukku.

Tanpa bertele-tele lagi, inilah wish list-ku (yang semoga tidak menyusahkan ya! hehe).
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Book Review: The Vegetarian by Han Kang

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Wednesday, August 31, 2016

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Author: Han Kang
Translator: Deborah Smith
Publisher: Hogarth
Pages: 192
Format: E-book
Published: February, 2016
Price: $10.65 -> Rp141.554 (Amazon)
Rating: 3 / 5 stars

Date started: August 26, 2016 - Date finished: August 31, 2016

Synopsis:
Before the nightmare, Yeong-hye and her husband lived an ordinary life. But when splintering, blood-soaked images start haunting her thoughts, Yeong-hye decides to purge her mind and renounce eating meat. In a country where societal mores are strictly obeyed, Yeong-hye's decision to embrace a more “plant-like” existence is a shocking act of subversion. And as her passive rebellion manifests in ever more extreme and frightening forms, scandal, abuse, and estrangement begin to send Yeong-hye spiraling deep into the spaces of her fantasy. In a complete metamorphosis of both mind and body, her now dangerous endeavor will take Yeong-hye—impossibly, ecstatically, tragically—far from her once-known self altogether.

A disturbing, yet beautifully composed narrative told in three parts, The Vegetarian is an allegorical novel about modern day South Korea, but also a story of obsession, choice, and our faltering attempts to understand others, from one imprisoned body to another.
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