Hailstorm (dan Siapa Secret Santa Saya!)

Judul: Hailstorm
Penulis: Fachrul R.U.N
Penerbit: Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Tebal: 436 halaman

Sinopsis:

Ambisi.... Kekuasaan.... Kekuatan....

Ketiganya berpusar bagai badai, terpusat pada satu keluarga: Hailstorm. Bahkan sosok digdaya, Raja Deimos Amurdad, menerjang ke dalam pusaran badai lewat tawarannya yang terlalu menggiurkan untuk ditolak: Kekuatan penakluk segala! Mereka yang menginginkan anugerah itu harus mengatasi tantangan maha dahsyat di tempat maha berbahaya: Reigner, alam kematian.

Semua berlomba mendapatkan kekuatan itu. Jika berhasil, mereka akan mempunyai senjata untuk menumbangkan Sang Raja Tunggal. Jika gagal, kematian menjadi hal yang tak terelakkan. Segala cara untuk mengumpulkan pasukan hebat ditempuh Hailstorm. Bahkan cara kotor. Menyandera keluarga kesatria veteran Lavinia, yang sesungguhnya ia tak ingin kembali mengangkat pedang.

Mungkinkah Lavinia berhasil menyelamatkan keluarganya? Atau... malah menjadi tumbal ambisi keluarga Hailstorm? Ini adalah kisah tentang Sang Badai dan Penunggangnya.

Review:

Wishful Wednesday #4

Waaah udah lama ya gak ikut Wishful Wednesday sampai-sampai saya harus lihat post terdahulu untuk tahu ini WW yang keberapa. :)) *self toyor*

Langsung saja inilah buku yang lagi saya pengenin:

Delapan tahun silam, Cassius Redfang menghabisi adiknya demi menyandang gelar warisan sang ayah. Sekarang, dipandu mimpi ganjil istrinya, Cassius menemukan fakta mengejutkan, sang adik telah kembali mewujud di dunia. Dilanda kebingungan, Cassius mulai mencoba menyingkap teka-teki di balik kebangkitan adiknya. Mukjizat para Vanadis-kah? Tipuan? Ataukah.... orang itu justru berhubungan dengan hawa gelap yang menyeruak perlahan di negeri Blackmoon? Segalanya serba gelap...

Iyap setelah membaca Hailstorm oleh penulis yang sama, dan katanya ada tokoh dari Hailstorm yang nongol di Redfang, saya jadi pengen baca. Sayangnya.... mahal. Maklum deh, saya kan masih anak sekolah. Hailstorm aja dikasih orang. Dan pas dicek ternyata memang novel-novel Vandaria Saga harganya segitu. =_=

Yowes, novel VS yang lainnya tinggal menunggu pinjeman dari mbak Sulis atau gak ke Pitimoss. :))

Mau ikut Wishful Wednesday?

1. Silakan follow blog Books To Share – atau tambahkan di blogroll/link blogmu =)
   
2. Buat posting mengenai buku-buku (boleh lebih dari 1) yang jadi inceran kalian minggu ini, mulai dari yang bakal segera dibeli, sampai yang paling mustahil dan hanya sebatas mimpi. Oya, sertakan juga alasan kenapa buku itu masuk dalam wishlist kalian ya!
   
3. Tinggalkan link postingan Wishful Wednesday kalian di Mr. Linky (klik saja tombol Mr. Linky di bagian bawah post). Kalau mau, silakan tambahkan button Wishful Wednesday di posting kalian.
   
4. Mari saling berkunjung ke sesama blogger yang sudah ikut share wishlistnya di hari Rabu =)

The Sea of Tranquility

Title: The Sea of Tranquility
Author: Katja Millay
Publisher: Antisocialite Press LLC
Pages: 380 p

Review:

Dash and Lily's Book of Dares

Title: Dash and Lily's Book of Dares
Author: David Levithan and Rachel Cohn
Pages: 260 pages

Summary (from Goodreads):

"I've left some clues for you.
If you want them, turn the page.
If you don't, put the book back on the shelf, please."

So begins the latest whirlwind romance from the "New York Times" bestselling authors of "Nick & Norah's Infinite Playlist." Lily has left a red notebook full of challenges on a favorite bookstore shelf, waiting for just the right guy to come along and accept its dares. But is Dash that right guy? Or are Dash and Lily only destined to trade dares, dreams, and desires in the notebook they pass back and forth at locations across New York? Could their in-person selves possibly connect as well as their notebook versions? Or will they be a comic mismatch of disastrous proportions?

Rachel Cohn and David Levithan have written a love story that will have readers perusing bookstore shelves, looking and longing for a love (and a red notebook) of their own.

After Dark

Title: After Dark
Author: Haruki Murakami
Translator: Jay Rubin
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group

Summary (from Goodreads):

A short, sleek novel of encounters set in Tokyo during the witching hours between midnight and dawn, and every bit as gripping as Haruki Murakami’s masterworks The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle and Kafka on the Shore.

At its center are two sisters—Eri, a fashion model slumbering her way into oblivion, and Mari, a young student soon led from solitary reading at an anonymous Denny’s toward people whose lives are radically alien to her own: a jazz trombonist who claims they’ve met before, a burly female “love hotel” manager and her maid staff, and a Chinese prostitute savagely brutalized by a businessman. These “night people” are haunted by secrets and needs that draw them together more powerfully than the differing circumstances that might keep them apart, and it soon becomes clear that Eri’s slumber—mysteriously tied to the businessman plagued by the mark of his crime—will either restore or annihilate her.

After Dark moves from mesmerizing drama to metaphysical speculation, interweaving time and space as well as memory and perspective into a seamless exploration of human agency—the interplay between self-expression and empathy, between the power of observation and the scope of compassion and love. Murakami’s trademark humor, psychological insight, and grasp of spirit and morality are here distilled with an extraordinary, harmonious mastery.

Review:

Receh for Books Challenge 2013

Challenge lagiiii hehehe. Tapi kali ini bukan Reading Challenge kok, lihat aja namanya, Receh for Books.

Cara ikutan challenge ini:

1. Kumpulkan uang receh dari Januari-Desember
2. Jangan dihitung sampai akhir tahun 2013
3. Setelah semua uang terkumpul, belikan buku yang kamu inginkan/bukunya dihadiahkan ke orang lain
4. Kalau mau ikut, bikin posting mengenai challenge ini di blog masing-masing (tidak harus blog buku) kemudian masukkan link dari postingan kamu di mr.linky J
5. Pasang banner Receh for book(s)

Tertarik untuk ikut? Silakan meluncur ke post ini. :)

Delirium

Title: Delirium
Author: Lauren Oliver
Publisher: HarperCollins
Pages: 441 p

Summary (from Goodreads):

THEY SAY that the cure for Love will make me happy and safe forever. And I've always believed them. Until now.

Now everything has changed. Now, I'd rather be infected with love for the tiniest sliver of a second than live a hundred years smothered by a lie.

Review:

Books in English Reading Challenge

Better late than never--Happy New Year! *wuu telat* *woy* *self-keplak*

Books in English Reading Challenge di-host oleh Teteh Peni @ Ketimbun Buku. Kenapa saya ikutan Challenge ini? Simpel aja; buat menghabiskan timbunan baik buku maupun ebook. Hahaha. *ketawa miris* Mana sekarang ini lagi sering dapat ebook dari teman-teman. Dan juga beli buku pas obralan Periplus kemarin. Ul kapan tobat Ul.

Untuk syarat dan ketentuan ikut RC ini bisa dilihat di sini. Hadiahnya? Lumayaan. ;;)

Karena minimal harus membaca buku sebanyak 12 (minimal! Mi-ni-mal! Okay we got it, Aul), jadi ini buku-buku yang sudah saya baca:

January:

1. Delirium, by Lauren Oliver. (Review here.)
2. Just One Day, by Gayle Forman. (Review here.)
3. After Dark, by Haruki Murakami. (Review here.)
4. Dash and Lily's Book of Dares, by David Levithan and Rachel Cohn. (Review here.)
5. The Sea of Tranquility, by Katja Millay. (Review here.)

February:

1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky. (Review here.)

March: 

1. A Little Wanting Song, by Cath Crowley. (Review here.)

April:

1. Pushing the Limits, by Katie McGarry. (Review here.)

May:

1. The Statistical Probability of Love at First Sight, by Jennifer E. Smith. (Review here.) 
2. Why We Broke Up, by Daniel Handler. (Review here.) 

Dan ini buku-buku yang akan saya baca:

• Between The Lines, by Jodi Picoult and Samantha Van Leer.
• The Solitude of Prime Numbers, by Paolo Giordano.
• Pandemonium, by Lauren Oliver.
• Divergent, by Veronica Roth. (Re-read.)
• Insurgent, by Veronica Roth. (Re-read.)
• Kafka on The Shore, by Haruki Murakami.
• Other Side of Forever, by Shannon Eckrich.
• Crossed, by Ally Condie.
• Spirit Bound, by Richelle Mead.

Berminat mengikuti Reading Challenge ini? :D

The Mysterious Benedict Society - Persekutuan Misterius Benedict

Judul: The Mysterious Benedict Society - Persekutuan Misterius Benedict
Penulis: Trenton Lee Stewart
Penerjemah: Maria M. Lubis
Penerbit: Matahati
Tebal: 574 halaman