Flybird's Nest

Cover Ring of Solomon edisi Indonesia Judul : Ring of Solomon penulis: Jonathan Stroud Th.terbit : Nov 2012 (Indonesia) Sebenarnya aku sudah expect kedatangan buku ini sejak tahun 2010 saat Ring of Solomon terbit di AS. Untuk sejenak, setelah 2 minggu lebih berkutat dengan buku serius,  mari kita beralih ke buku fantasy, Dan salah satu yang terbaik adalah sequel dari Bartimeaus. Trilogy Bartimeaus terbit di tahun 2003-2005 dan mencapai kesuksesan di beberapa negara. Sampai di tahun 2010, mengikuti kesuksesan triloginya dan permintaan banyak fans, akhirnya Jonathan Stroud menerbitkan prequel trilogi tersebut di dalam buku Ring of Solomon. Ring of Solomon masih dengan lakon utama jin cerdik dan culas, Bartimeaus namun diceritakan dengan setting berbeda dari trilogy sebelumnya, yaitu dari kota London ke jaman sebelum masehi di Jerusalem pada masa pemerintahan Raja Solomon. Prequel ini seakan menjadikan footnote yang Ada di trilogy sebelumnya menjadi kisah utuh y

L ess Than Zero  Author : Bret Easton Ellis Year Published : 1985 “I don't have anything to lose.” Excerpt From: Less Than Zero.  This material may be protected by copyright. Less than Zero is first published novel by Bret Easton Ellis in 1985. Bret Easton Ellis is known by his work; American Psycho.  Following my literature marathon, after Catcher in the Rye, Less Than Zero also recommended to readers who love the same typical perpective-first person narration. It is Clay, the first person in the novel. Clay was home for Christmas break. He is 18 years old and going to New Hampshire for College.  Clay is living in high-end housing in L.A. His parents were divorced. He was living with his mother and sisters while his father-a success bussinessman living separately. The main story of this novel is Clay 'adventure' night by night with less consciousness. He went arround from party to party, doing one night stand, using drugs, and met his

The Catcher in the Rye Writer  :  J.D.Salinger Published Year : 1951 “The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause, while the mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.'” Excerpt From: Salinger, J.D. “The Catcher in the Rye.” iBooks.  The Catcher in the Rye is American classic book that up until now is still frequently used as literature.  If you like Perks of being Wallflower, you will definetely love the Catcher in the Rye. Nope, in reverse, If you love catcher in the Rye, you will also love Perks of being a Wallflowe r because Stephen Chbosky-the writer of Perks of being Wallflower has been influenced by this novel. The Main character in this Novel is Holden Caufield, a rebel teenager with setting in two days in December 1949. Yes two days (underlined, bolded). Holden begin his story at Pencey Prep, a private school in Aegerstown, Pennsylvania. That day, Holden_as the Manager of Fencing team, s

Tae Guk Gi (2004) Director : Kang Jae Kyu Casts: Won Bin, Jang Dong Gun Genre : War Won Bin as Lee Jin Seok Well, Tae Guk Gi is definitely War movie-genre that originated from Korea. I must admit that initially I was skeptic about this movie. I already have it for several months, but never decided to watch it until yesterday, when I really run out of movie. I always love Korean Movie but when it is come to drama or romantic movie. Colossal movie is ok, but war? Never tried before and I am bit worry with logic and time leap (because Korean movie often forget about thus twos). Tae Guk Gi is story about Korean War in 1950’s that take place in Korea. If I might recall, Korean War is a war between North Korean and South Korean. Based on Wikipedia, Korea War last for 3 years (1950 – 1953) and then they made a truce until now. On June 1950, When North Korea send their armies for the first time to invade South Korean, two brothers, Lee tae jin (Jang Dong Gun) -

   The Sound of Music (1965) Director : Robert Wise Actors : Julie Andrews, Christoper Plummer Genre : Family drama, musical Yes, it is classic movie. Bagi pecinta film musikal, The sound of Music merupakan tontonan wajib karena film ini cukup fenomenal di jamannya, dan historikal hingga saat ini. Because it is classic, don't put too much hope on cinematography or start comparing with current movies. But indeed, for 60's movie Sound of music won't irritate our eyes. The Sound of Music menceritakan tentang kisah seorang biarawati ceria dan ceroboh bernama Maria. Setting dari film ini adalah di awal tahun 1930 dan mengambil tepat di kota kelahiran Mozart, Salzburg Austria. Pertama kali film ini dibuka, penonton akan disajikan dengan pemandangan padang rumput, gunung yang sangat indah dan sorang wanita yang sedang berlari-lari dan bernyanyi. Mengingat aku bukanlah big fans of classic movie, first scene tidak cukup membuat aku jatuh cinta pada film in

The Perks of being a Wallflower (book) Writer : Stephen Chbosky year   : 1999 “I would die for you. But I won't live for you.” “I just think it's bad when a boy looks at a girl and thinks that the way he sees the girl is better than the girl actually is” It has been a very long time since I read a great book. My last pick is the Alchemyst which is also great in different way. My curiosity about this book was started when I saw the poster of Emma Watson and Nina Dobrev's new movie on early October, 2012. I was hoping that it would be premiere in my country, in fact it wasn't so I decided to search the books and found out why this movie received such a high rate from IMDB, ignore the main star effect. So I started to read The Perks of being a Wallflower from e-book. The Perks of being a Wallflower is a story narrated by a boy named Charlie (which is not a true name). He was junior in high school and has been through a lot since his c

The Flowers of war (2011) Casts : Christian Bale (Batman Begins) : John Miller Ni Ni                                         : Yu Mo Xinyi Zhang                              : Shu  Genre                                         :  Drama, Perang, Sejarah Director                                     : Yimou Zhang  Seperti judulnya, film yang sempat dinominasikan menjadi film asing terbaik dalam ajang Golden Globe award ini menceritakan tentang satu sisi dalam perang antara China dan Jepang. Di tahun 1937, tentara Jepang melakukan penyerbuan ke Nanking, sebuah wilayah yang ada di baris depan pertahanan China. Saat itu tentara China kalah telak, kota hancur lebur, banyak penduduk yang tewas dan hanya beberapa tentara China yang bertahan namun diizinkan untuk mundur menjauhi Nanking. Sementara itu, di tengah pecahnya pertempuran beberapa anak biara sedang berjuang untuk menyelamatkan diri dari kejaran pasukan Jepang yang tidak mengenal belas kasi

Promotional Poster The Lady The Lady (2011) Director : Luc Besson (Taken 2) Screenplay : Rebecca Frayn Main cast : Michelle Yeoh (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), David Thewlis (Boys in the stripped Pajamas)  The Lady merupakahn salah satu karya layar lebar yang diangkat dari kisah perjuangan Aung Sang Suu Kyi, wanita yang memperjuangkan demokrasi untuk pertama kalinya di Myanmar.  Suu Kyi merupakan putri dari jendral Aun Sang, orang yang memperjuangkan kemerdekaan Burma dari British Empire di tahun 1947, dan meninggal di tahun yang sama. Sepeninggal ayahnya, Ibunya yang merupakan diplomat berpindah ke India dan Suu kyi ikut menempuh pendidikannya di sana.  Selanjutnya, Suu kyi menempuh pendidikan lanjutnya di Inggris dan bertemu dengan calon suaminya, Michael Aris- seorang akademisi dan dosen di Oxford.   Di awal cerita, dimulai di tahun 1988 pada masa Suu kyi menjadi full-time mother untuk kedua anaknya Alexander dan Kim Aris. Pada suatu malam, Suu kyi menerima telp