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a Step towards Falling by Cammie MGovern

A Step Towards Falling By Cammie McGovern Emily has always been the kind of girl who tries to do the right thing—until one night when she does the worst thing possible. She sees Belinda, a classmate with developmental disabilities, being attacked. Inexplicably, she does nothing at all. Belinda, however, manages to save herself. When their high school finds out what happened, Emily and Lucas, a football player who was also there that night, are required to perform community service at a center for disabled people. Soon, Lucas and Emily begin to feel like maybe they're starting to make a real difference. Like they would be able to do the right thing if they could do that night all over again. But can they do anything that will actually help the one person they hurt the most? *** Pertama kali melihat buku ini di etalase sebuah toko buku import dengan label Lowest Price in Town! Covernya yang catchy dan sticker 25% off, membuat saya berhenti untuk membaca back cover bu...

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell "Hi, I'm the guy who reads your e-mail, and also, I love you . . . " From the award-winning author of Eleanor & Park, Fangirl, and Landline comes a hilarious and heartfelt novel about love in the workplace. Beth Fremont and Jennifer Scribner-Snyder know that somebody is monitoring their work e-mail. (Everybody in the newsroom knows. It's company policy.) But they can't quite bring themselves to take it seriously. They go on sending each other endless and endlessly hilarious e-mails, discussing every aspect of their personal lives. Meanwhile, Lincoln O'Neill can't believe this is his job now- reading other people's e-mail. When he applied to be "internet security officer," he pictured himself building firewalls and crushing hackers- not writing up a report every time a sports reporter forwards a dirty joke. When Lincoln comes across Beth's and Jennifer's messages, he knows he should t...

Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

Beautiful Ruins (Hardcover edition) Beautiful Ruins Author : Jess Walter Year : 2012 Dengan sampul yang luar biasa cantik, foto dari sebuah kota di Cinque Terre- pesisir Italia, buku ini langsung menarik perhatian siapapun yang melihat. Tanpa membaca blurbs (yang memang tidak ada di halaman belakang!), pembaca akan menimang apakah buku ini layak untuk dibawa pulang? Apalagi, buku ini mendapatkan banyak pujian dari siapapun yang namanya tertera di cover bagian belakang tersebut. Beautiful Ruins menceritakan tentang beberapa orang dengan pusatnya adalah seorang pemuda berusia 20-an bernama Pasquale, dan seorang aktris kelas dua holywood bernama Dee Moray. Pasquale adalah satu-satunya anak yang tersisa dari pasangan Italia yang tinggal di sebuah desa berada di Cinque Terre, Italia. Desa yang berada di kaki bukit karang yang tidak memiliki pantai, dan terpisah dari desa-desa lain yang lebih maju. Pasquale mengelola sebuah hostel bernama "Adequate View" dengan jumlah pe...