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Book Review: The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupéry

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Friday, November 20, 2015

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Author: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Translator: Richard Howard
Publisher: HMH Books for Young Readers
Pages: 96
Format: E-book
Published: June, 2000
Price: $6.99 -> Rp95.207 (Amazon)
Rating: 3 / 5 stars

Date started: November 13, 2015 - Date finished: November 17, 2015

Synopsis:
Moral allegory and spiritual autobiography, The Little Prince is the most translated book in the French language. With a timeless charm it tells the story of a little boy who leaves the safety of his own tiny planet to travel the universe, learning the vagaries of adult behaviour through a series of extraordinary encounters. His personal odyssey culminates in a voyage to Earth and further adventures.
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Book Review: This Book Loves You by PewDiePie

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Monday, November 16, 2015

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Author: PewDiePie
Publisher: Penguin
Pages: 256
Format: E-book
Published: October, 2015
Price: $11.11 -> Rp152.857 (Amazon)
Rating: 4 / 5 stars

Date started: November 16, 2015 - Date finished: November 16, 2015

Synopsis:
This Book Loves You by PewDiePie is a collection of beautifully illustrated inspirational sayings by which you should live your life. If you follow each and every one, your life will become easier, more fabulous, more rewarding. 

Imagine what a chilled-out and wonderful human being people would think you were if you lived by the simple principle "You can never fail if you never try." Your wasted life would be an inspiration to others. Think of all the pointless, unhappy striving you could simply give up. Throw away that guitar! Give up on your dreams! Embrace your astounding mediocrity. 

This Book Loves You has something for everyone--or at least everyone willing to give up and stop caring. If all else fails, remember: "Don’t be yourself. Be a pizza. Everyone loves pizza."
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Book Review: Beats Apart by Alanda Kariza & Kevin Aditya

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Saturday, November 14, 2015

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Title: Beats Apart
Author: Alanda Kariza & Kevin Aditya
Designer: Astranya Paramarta
Publisher: POP (Imprint KPG)
Pages: 296
Format: Paperback
Published: September, 2015
Price: Rp60.000 (BukaBuku)
Rating: 5 / 5 stars

Date started: November 12, 2015 - Date finished: November 12, 2015

Synopsis:
One man.
One woman.
Their feelings intertwined.
Their hearts beat apart.

“Meeting her was a memorable accident. And you were the collateral damage.”

— M


“You will always be a concept I could never unravel.”

— F


Beats Apart is a fiction of two people going through both pain and pleasure of loving. It started as an experimental project, which was written without a plot and lasted for one month. Alanda Kariza wrote in F’s point of view, while Kevin Aditya spoke on behalf of M. Each writer alternately posted one part of their story every other day on a blog in 2012. The writings are now ready for you to enjoy, in this book stunningly designed by Astranya Paramarta.

Will there ever be someone who stays a heartbeat away from you?
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Book Review: We Were Liars by E. Lockhart

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Friday, November 13, 2015

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Author: E. Lockhart
Publisher: Delacorte Press
Pages: 242
Format: E-book
Published: May, 2014
Price: $12.43 -> Rp169.315 (Amazon)
Rating: 3½ / 5 stars

Date started: October 25, 2015 - Date finished: October 28, 2015

Synopsis:
A beautiful and distinguished family.
A private island.
A brilliant, damaged girl; a passionate, political boy.
A group of four friends—the Liars—whose friendship turns destructive.
A revolution. An accident. A secret.
Lies upon lies.
True love.
The truth.

We Were Liars is a modern, sophisticated suspense novel from National Book Award finalist and Printz Award honoree E. Lockhart. 

Read it.
And if anyone asks you how it ends, just LIE.
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Book Review: Above the Stars by D. Wijaya

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Wednesday, November 11, 2015

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Penulis: D. Wijaya
Penerbit: Ice Cube, KPG
Tebal: 248
Format: Paperback
Terbit: Juni, 2015
Harga: Rp38.400 (BukaBuku)
Rating: 3½ / 5 stars

Date started: 15 Oktober, 2015 - Date finished: 17 Oktober, 2015

Sinopsis:
“Kau tidak takut jatuh?” tanya Mia.

Danny menggeleng.

“Aku takut jatuh,” aku Mia dengan polos. “Kalau kau takut apa?”

Danny tidak langsung menjawab. Ia juga tidak menolakkan kaki ke tanah lagi untuk menambah kecepatan ayunan. Senyuman di wajahnya perlahan-lahan memudar. “Aku takut tidak bisa melihat selamanya.”

Menurut Danny Jameson, hidupnya tidak pernah mudah. Ia punya orangtua yang protektif, mesin tik Braille yang tidak dimiliki teman-temannya, dan semacam magnet yang menarik John Schueller untuk terus mengganggunya. Namun, yang paling buruk adalah ia punya sepasang mata biru yang tidak bisa melihat. Ketika Danny berpikir Mia Berry akan menjadi satu-satunya teman yang ia punya, Will Anderson datang dan mengubah hidupnya. Will memperlihatkan kepadanya dunia yang ingin ia lihat. Will juga membuat Danny mempertanyakan sesuatu tentang dirinya. Tapi, sebelum Danny sempat menemukan jawabannya, Will menghilang.
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Book Review: The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

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Sunday, November 8, 2015

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Title: The Grownup
Author: Gillian Flynn
Publisher: Broadway Books
Pages: 64
Format: E-book
Published: November, 2015
Price: $4.56 -> Rp62.267 (Amazon)
Rating: 5 / 5 stars

Date started: November 8, 2015 - Date finished: November 8, 2015

Synopsis:
Gillian Flynn’s Edgar Award-winning homage to the classic ghost story, published for the first time as a standalone

A canny young woman is struggling to survive by perpetrating various levels of mostly harmless fraud. On a rainy April morning, she is reading auras at Spiritual Palms when Susan Burke walks in. A keen observer of human behavior, our unnamed narrator immediately diagnoses beautiful, rich Susan as an unhappy woman eager to give her lovely life a drama injection; however, when the "psychic" visits the eerie Victorian home that has been the source of Susan’s terror and grief, she realizes she may not have to pretend to believe in ghosts anymore. Miles, Susan’s teenage stepson, doesn’t help matters with his disturbing manner and grisly imagination. The three are soon locked in a chilling battle to discover where the evil truly lurks and what, if anything, can be done to escape it. 

“The Grownup,” which originally appeared as “What Do You Do?” in George R. R. Martin’s Rogues anthology, proves once again that Gillian Flynn is one of the world’s most original and skilled voices in fiction.
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