Flybird's Nest

Milk and Honey Book ID: Judul : Milk and Honey Penulis : Rupi Kaur Halaman : 204 halaman Bahasa : Inggris Tahun terbit : 2014 *** Spoiler dulu ya, sejujurnya, pengetahuan saya tentang puisi sangat terbatas. Saya suka membaca puisi (membuatnya kadang-kadang) namun bukan jenis puisi mendayu-dayu, penuh majas personifikasi hingga saya tidak mengerti artinya. Bukan jenis puisi yang ditulis penyair Kahlil Gibran yang penuh keindahan dan rima. Jadi mohon maaf jika review saya kali ini mungkin tidak terlalu relevan. Dengan munculnya banyak buku puisi akhir-akhir ini seperti dari tangan Lang Leav atau nama-nama yang belum seterkenal- Ia contohnya Tyler Knott Gregson, Alicia Cook, dengan tema yang diusung hampir sama-genre yang sepadan, Rupi Kaur merupakan buku puisi terbaik yang pernah saya baca. Mengutip dari salah satu halamannya: "I didn't leave because I stopped loving you I left because the longer I stayed the Less I Loved myself "

Little Fires everywhere Blurbs: In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned – from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules. Enter Mia Warren – an enigmatic artist and single mother – who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community. When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town--and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides.  Suspicious of Mia and her motives

  Catchy Cover Rich People Problem Blurbs:  When Nicholas Young hears that his grandmother, Su Yi, is on her deathbed, he rushes to be by her bedside—but he's not alone. The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch’s massive fortune. With each family member vying to inherit Tyersall Park—a trophy estate on 64 prime acres in the heart of Singapore—Nicholas’s childhood home turns into a hotbed of speculation and sabotage. As her relatives fight over heirlooms, Astrid Leong is at the center of her own storm, desperately in love with her old sweetheart Charlie Wu, but tormented by her ex-husband—a man hell bent on destroying Astrid’s reputation and relationship. Meanwhile Kitty Pong, married to China’s second richest man, billionaire Jack Bing, still feels second best next to her new step-daughter, famous fashionista Colette Bing. A sweeping novel that takes us from the elegantly appointed mansions of Manil

It worth 8 hours straight Reading Meet Eleanor Oliphant: She struggles with appropriate social skills and tends to say exactly what she’s thinking. Nothing is missing in her carefully timetabled life of avoiding social interactions, where weekends are punctuated by frozen pizza, vodka, and phone chats with Mummy. But everything changes when Eleanor meets Raymond, the bumbling and deeply unhygienic IT guy from her office. When she and Raymond together save Sammy, an elderly gentleman who has fallen on the sidewalk, the three become the kinds of friends who rescue one another from the lives of isolation they have each been living. And it is Raymond’s big heart that will ultimately help Eleanor find the way to repair her own profoundly damaged one. Smart, warm, uplifting, Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine is the story of an out-of-the-ordinary heroine whose deadpan weirdness and unconscious wit make for an irresistible journey as she realizes. . .   The only way to s

Sad Girls *** "So it got me thinking, because a lot of literatur is about struggle, but I don't think all writers are sad. I think it's the other way around-all sad people write. It's a form of catharsis, a way of working through things that feel unresolved, like undoing a knot. People who are prone to sadness are more likely to pick up a pen."_pg 141 *** Ketika mendengar Lang Leav mengeluarkan novel, dan tebal terus terang saya ecstatic. Saya membatin, 'akhirnya sang penyair idola saya mengeluarkan novel.' Namun saya tidak memiliki ekspektasi apapun kecuali; major hits. Dibuka dengan sebuah kalimat yang menurut saya, puitis, untuk sebuah novel: I was three weeks shy of turning eighteen when I was struck with cruel affliction of anxiety_ Diksi yang dipilih oleh Lang Leav jelas jauh dari kata praktis, melainkan sebuah art. Disusun sedemikian hingga terdengar indah dibaca tanpa mengaburkan makna aslinya. Untuk puisi? Ya, sangat relevan, untu

Starter For Ten Book ID: Judul : Starter For Ten Penulis : David Nicholls Hlmn : 480 Tahun terbit : 2003 Genre : New Adult Fiction Blurbs: The year is 1985. Brian Jackson, a working-class kid on full scholarship, has started his first term at university. He has a dark secret–a long-held, burning ambition to appear on the wildly popular British TV quiz show University Challenge–and now, finally, it seems the dream is about to become reality. He’s made the school team, and they’ve completed the qualifying rounds and are limbering up for their first televised match. (And, what’s more, he’s fallen head over heels for one of his teammates, the beautiful, brainy, and intimidatingly posh Alice Harbinson.) Life seems perfect and triumph inevitable–but as his world opens up, Brian learns that a little knowledge can be a dangerous thing. *** Nama David Nicholls menjadi familiar sejak novel One Day yang meledak dan dijadikan film yang dibintangi oleh Anne Hathaway-dan

Nadira Who Is it? Judul : Nadira Penulis : Leila S. Chudori Cetakan Pertama pada : Maret 2015 Bahasa : Indonesia Hlmn : 301 Penerbit : Kapustakaan Populer Gramedia (KPG) -----***----- Di sebuah pagi yang murung, Nadira Suwandi menemukan Ibunya tewas bunuh diri. Kematian sang ibu, Kemala Yunus, seorang perempuan yang dikenal sangat ekspresif, berfikiran bebas, dan selalu bertarung mencari diri itu, sungguh mengejutkan. Tewasnya Kemala kemudian mempengaruhi kehidupan Nadira sebagai seorang anak ("Melukis Langit"); seorang wartawan ("Tasbih");seorang kekasih ("Ciuman Terpanjang"); seorang istri, hingga akhirnya membawa Nadira kepada sebuah penjelajahan ke dunia baru, dunia seksualitas yang tak pernah disentuhnya ("Kirana"). ----***----  Sejujurnya, saya lupa kapan terakhir kali membaca Novel berbahasa Indonesia setelah sequel kelima Supernova karya Dee. Kebetulan kemarin ada promo voucher di Gramedia dan saya sedang

Paperback Edition Orphan Train "I learned long ago that loss is not only probable but inevitable."- Christina Baker Kline di Orphan Train *** Judul : Orphan Train Penulis : Christina Baker Kline Hlmn.  : 320 Thn.terbit pertama kali : 2013 Genre : Sejarah, Melodrama, fiksi Sinopsis:  Penobscot Indian Molly Ayer is close to “aging out” out of the foster care system. A community service position helping an elderly woman clean out her home is the only thing keeping Molly out of juvie and worse... As she helps Vivian sort through her possessions and memories, Molly learns that she and Vivian aren’t as different as they seem to be. A young Irish immigrant orphaned in New York City, Vivian was put on a train to the Midwest with hundreds of other children whose destinies would be determined by luck and chance. Molly discovers that she has the power to help Vivian find answers to mysteries that have haunted her for her entire life—answers that w