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Congo Review

Hello! Ohayo! This is Congo review, an adventurous book by Michael Crichton. I have such experience, lovely one, what I mean is. I actually have got the copy from my ex, who lives an ocean away from Indonesia, exactly in Oregon, USA. So this book means a lot 'cause it is his favorite. I asked him to give me the copy as the gift when he visited me two years ago. Soooo, check it out!  I started reading it in April, 2014 and finished it by the end of the month.

The Blackstone Key Review

So this is The Blackstone Key review that I just had time to post it. I copied it from my goodreads' account, so that is why it took me some minutes after adding some other lines to finish it off. But, here is the review. There would never be any spoiler. Well, only a little.You need (not) to worry. Read from August 10 to December 19, 2014 The Blackstone Key by Rose Melikan What a slow-paced story... I kind of understand that this is actually her debut novel, but this mystery book based in 18th century of England is just too slow to indulge. It was boring in the beginning, very laid back and somehow dissatisfying in resolution. However, I review this book by putting aside my 'sexist' side and thus, I find Mary Finch is a typical gothic heroine. She is brave for a young lady at the time. She gets curious at every little thing. A sweet young maiden but very bright and likeable young lady, Mary Finch is.

The Catcher in the Rye Review

So, this is it.  The Catcher in the Rye review that I made as soon as I finished the last page of the book. Check it out! "All the two of them were eating for breakfast was toast and coffee. That depressed me. I hate it if I'm eating bacon and eggs or something and somebody else is only eating toast and coffee."  I hope you guys can get something enlightening from the quote I cited from this book. Yes, meet Holden Caulfield, a poor little rich boy with a lot of attitude and lot of dated profanity. All I can say from what he said about the nuns he met is he really does have generosity attitude. He feels guilty about being a rich kid. It can be seen from his explanation about his possession of Mark Cross suitcases and the mentioned job of his dad, who is a corporation lawyer. And, he also bounces between expensive boarding schools, which is not cheap. He really is a nice guy. This book basically speaks about himself, with first person of pov, Holden himse...

Book Review: All the Bright Places

The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.  -Ernest Hemingway This is a tear-jerking book. At first I thought it would be a light book. But the struggle is heavy, it turned out to be. And the bereavement kind of feeling as a theme of this book never fails me. I cry loudly when Violet starts continuing her wanders to complete their project from U.S. Geography class. And the last place Violet visits is making me cry even harder. I love Finch and some part of me thinks about the same kind of thoughts as him. The other side of me is thinking hard about the reason why Finch gone through everything. I get the clue, of course. He used to get beaten up by his father. His mother doesn't really care about her family. But still, I think it is not enough to make him as complicated as him until all he can think about is drowning himself in a lake. I want more of his story. The complete story of Finch beside the death of the cardinal. But maybe there...

I Was Here by Gayle Forman Review

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I made this review for my Goodreads account, but I think the sight of composing view of my blog is making me to add some more about it. So, here it is, my amateur review of I Was Here book from Gayle Forman. As usual, a honest review from the sassy side of me. The cover speaks about the inside of this book. It's not pretty, in my opinion. I never leave a book, whether it is good or bad. Yeah, I mean the worst one. And I send this book a deep condolence of being considered as the latter one. And I have a LOT of reasons for that. So, I just needed to finish this book, as soon as I reached the chapter 3. I already had a gut feeling that this story would end terribly and just inevitably disappointing.  Did you know what? I think some stories about suicide on Wattpad are even worth reading than this one. You know why, it is because the relationship between Cody and Meg. Meg is a keeper, we all know that and it is just easy to see from the description made by Cody. Then wh...

All the Bright Places A Few Pages in the Beginning Review

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Look what's come to mail yesterday! All the Bright Places from UK Penguin Books Publishing So I ordered some of 'orders' for my Bookish Bookstore customers. I have like 3 orders of this book! I also added one as my collection! So yesterday I held 4 books of All the Bright Places by Jennifer Niven. And this post is meant to be an early review from a few pages of it that I've been reading on... And I honestly understand about the downside of YA books. Sometimes it is like reading some novels written by Wattpad infamous authors. That kind of feeling, you know, when you really don't get where this story would lead you to. But one thing I have got from these earlier pages is this book talks about suicide and the bereavement-kind-of-feeling. Deprivation feeling of losing someone who is still really important to you even she has already gone. I know exactly that kind of feeling. It also talks about suicide which is so common across South East Asia nations. But I th...

The Casual Vacancy by J. K. Rowling: REVIEW

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Behold cause it may contain spoiler. And don't be happy, cause this book doesn't have any connection with Harry Potter series. And that is probably the good news. New side of J.K. Rowling that we're able to see! *standing applause* This book has so many plot twists, which I love! And I finally get to finish this book right after reading I Was Here by Gayle Forman which I rated with one star. The feeling is indescribable because The Casual Vacancy offers you a lot of characters with each one of their backgrounds becoming the root of the conflicts.  It is indeed, a big novel about people living in a small town, called Pagford. It is the city in West with some families whose behaviors become the main idea of this story.  I understand the pride that English men possess, like since Victorian era, where girls were prohibited in doing affairs and stuff, it apparently still becomes such issue in this book. Clean heir, as well as name/title is the main idea of this b...