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Book Review: The Princess Saves Herself in this One by Amanda Lovelace

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Tuesday, January 31, 2017

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Author: Amanda Lovelace
Publisher: CreateSpace
Pages: 156
Format: E-book
Published: May, 2016
Price: $7.99 -> Rp 106.659 (Amazon)
Rating: 3½ / 5 stars

Date started: January 7, 2017 - Date finished: January 7, 2017

Synopsis:
"ah, life—
the thing
that happens
to us
while we’re off
somewhere else
blowing on
dandelions
& wishing
ourselves into
the pages of
our favorite
fairy tales."

a poetry collection divided into four different parts: the princess, the damsel, the queen, & you. the princess, the damsel, & the queen piece together the life of the author in three stages, while you serves as a note to the reader & all of humankind. explores life & all of its love, loss, grief, healing, empowerment, & inspirations.
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Book Review: So You've Been Publicly Shamed by Jon Ronson

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Thursday, January 26, 2017

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Author: Jon Ronson
Publisher: Picador
Pages: 288
Format: E-book
Published: March, 2015
Price: $10.33 -> Rp137.596 (Amazon)
Rating: 3½ / 5 stars

Date started: January 10, 2017 - Date finished: January 22, 2017

Synopsis:
From the Sunday Times top ten bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, a captivating and brilliant exploration of one of our world's most underappreciated forces: shame.



'It's about the terror, isn't it?'

'The terror of what?' I said.

'The terror of being found out.'


For the past three years, Jon Ronson has travelled the world meeting recipients of high-profile public shamings. The shamed are people like us - people who, say, made a joke on social media that came out badly, or made a mistake at work. Once their transgression is revealed, collective outrage circles with the force of a hurricane and the next thing they know they're being torn apart by an angry mob, jeered at, demonized, sometimes even fired from their job.

A great renaissance of public shaming is sweeping our land. Justice has been democratized. The silent majority are getting a voice. But what are we doing with our voice? We are mercilessly finding people's faults. We are defining the boundaries of normality by ruining the lives of those outside it. We are using shame as a form of social control.

Simultaneously powerful and hilarious in the way only Jon Ronson can be, So You've Been Publicly Shamed is a deeply honest book about modern life, full of eye-opening truths about the escalating war on human flaws - and the very scary part we all play in it.
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Book Review: Been Here All Along by Sandy Hall

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Sunday, January 15, 2017

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Author: Sandy Hall
Publisher: Swoon Reads
Pages: 224
Format: E-book
Published: August, 2016
Price: $6.34 -> Rp85.749 (Amazon)
Rating: 4 / 5 stars

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

Synopsis:
Gideon always has a plan. His plans include running for class president, becoming head of the yearbook committee, and having his choice of colleges. They do NOT include falling head over heels for his best friend and next door neighbor, Kyle. It’s a distraction. It’s pointless, as Kyle is already dating the gorgeous and popular head cheerleader, Ruby. And Gideon doesn’t know what to do.

Kyle finally feels like he has a handle on life. He has a wonderful girlfriend, a best friend willing to debate the finer points of Lord of the Rings, and social acceptance as captain of the basketball team. Then, both Ruby and Gideon start acting really weird, just as his spot on the team is threatened, and Kyle can’t quite figure out what he did wrong…
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Book Review: The Book of Forbidden Feelings by Lala Bohang

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Friday, January 6, 2017

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Author: Lala Bohang
Publisher: Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Pages: 152
Format: Hardcover
Published: July, 2016
Price: Rp73.950 (Gramedia.com)
Rating: 2 / 5 stars

Date started: January 6, 2017 - Date finished: January 6, 2017

Synopsis:
I wanted to say, "I would love to know your obsessions, Is it landed house, gadgets, power, domestic life, succulent plants, achievements, money, work, more likes and followers, health, validations, sex, organic food, pets, perfect selfies, children, sports, religion, relationship, minimalism, perfection, muscles, urban toys, shoes, traveling, or fame?" but nobody is prepared for that kind of question on a first date. 
So I said, "You look great."
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Book Review: A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, #1) by Jessica Cluess

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Sunday, January 1, 2017

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Author: Jessica Cluess
Publisher: Random House Books for Young Readers
Pages: 416
Format: E-book
Published: September, 2016
Price: $10.03 -> Rp131.674 (Amazon)
Rating: 3½ / 5 stars

Date started: November 3, 2016 - Date finished: November 6, 2016

 Synopsis:
I am Henrietta Howel. The first female sorcerer in hundreds of years. The prophesied one. Or am I?

Henrietta Howel can burst into flames. Forced to reveal her power to save a friend, she's shocked when instead of being executed, she's invited to train as one of Her Majesty's royal sorcerers.

Thrust into the glamour of Victorian London, Henrietta is declared the chosen one, the girl who will defeat the Ancients, bloodthirsty demons terrorizing humanity. She also meets her fellow sorcerer trainees, handsome young men eager to test her power and her heart. One will challenge her. One will fight for her. One will betray her.

But Henrietta Howel is not the chosen one. As she plays a dangerous game of deception, she discovers that the sorcerers have their own secrets to protect. With battle looming, what does it mean to not be the one? And how much will she risk to save the city—and the one she loves?
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