Flybird's Nest

  All of them are fleeing something. Growing up without a father, Hana’s tired of the pity in her classmates’ eyes, and finds a flashier mother figure in Kimiko. Kimiko is older than Hana's mother but seems much younger, chatting easily about school and boys and wanting a better life. Fate throws them together with two more young women—bruised but not broken by life. Together the four set out to remake their lives, fighting predatory lenders, organized criminals, and plain bad luck as they open a bar called Lemon. Keeping the business going, and trying to take care of each other, forms the core of this enrapturing novel. It is a story of startling reversals and vivid portraits of the matriarchy of Tokyo nightlife and its adjacent criminal underclasses. From the bar owners to the aging hostesses to the young street touts coaxing people off the street to places like Lemon, everyone wants a chance at renewal, but can everyone get it? **** Sisters in Yellow Author : Mieko Kawakami Publ...

  Di masa depan, perpustakaan tak ubahnya pekuburan prahistoris. Di sanalah kita bertemu dengan seorang gadis, dan sebelas buku yang menceritakan sejarah dengan cara masing-masing. Cerita dalam buku-buku itu sering terasa ganjil, kadang terasa begitu asing, kadang pula sebaliknya: terasa dekat, seperti kita tahu tentang apa sebetulnya cerita-cerita itu. Setiap buku menyajikan cerita yang sepenuhnya berlainan dari buku lain, tetapi kita–sebagaimana gadis itu–tahu bahwa ada satu hal yang menghubungkan sebelas buku itu. Selanjutnya, kita diajak tenggelam dalam dunia di luar buku yang tak kalah ganjil, asing, dan dekat. *** Tiga dalam Kayu Penulis : Ziggy Zezsyazeoviennazabrizkie Tahun penerbitan : 2022 Bahasa : Indonesia Halaman : 168 Genre : Fiksi, Fantasi, Kumpulan Cerita Rekomendasi Usia : 18+  CW : Explicit detail, Gory, minor LGBTQ Sebelum  memulai, aku ingin menyampaikan bahwa tulisan ini murni pengalaman membaca, bukan review atau kritik. What if I tell you, ...

*** Sometimes, the worst day of your life happens, and you have to figure out how to live after it. So Clementine forms a plan to keep her heart safe: stay busy, work hard, find someone decent to love, and try to remember to chase the moon. The last one is silly and obviously metaphorical, but her aunt always told her that you needed at least one big dream to keep going. And for the last year, that plan has gone off without a hitch. Mostly. The love part is hard because she doesn’t want to get too close to anyone—she isn’t sure her heart can take it. And then she finds a strange man standing in the kitchen of her late aunt’s apartment. A man with kind eyes and a Southern drawl and a taste for lemon pies. The kind of man that, before it all, she would’ve fallen head-over-heels for. And she might again. Except, he exists in the past. Seven years ago, to be exact. And she, quite literally, lives seven years in his future. Her aunt always said the apartment was a pinch in time, a place whe...