[Review] Throne of Glass by Sarah J. Maas

Title: Throne of Glass
Author: Sarah J. Maas
Series: Throne of Glass #1
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children's
Published: August 2012
Pages: 416
ISBN: 9781599906959




After serving out a year of hard labor in the salt mines of Endovier for her crimes, 18-year-old assassin Celaena Sardothien is dragged before the Crown Prince. Prince Dorian offers her her freedom on one condition: she must act as his champion in a competition to find a new royal assassin. Her opponents are men-thieves and assassins and warriors from across the empire, each sponsored by a member of the king's council. If she beats her opponents in a series of eliminations, she'll serve the kingdom for three years and then be granted her freedom.

Celaena finds her training sessions with the captain of the guard, Westfall, challenging and exhilarating. But she's bored stiff by court life. Things get a little more interesting when the prince starts to show interest in her... but it's the gruff Captain Westfall who seems to understand her best.

Then one of the other contestants turns up dead... quickly followed by another.

Can Celaena figure out who the killer is before she becomes a victim? As the young assassin investigates, her search leads her to discover a greater destiny than she could possibly have imagined.

[Review] Tabir Nalar by Rynaldo C. Hadi

Title: Tabir Nalar (Vandaria Saga)
Author: Rynaldo Cahyana Hadi
llustrator: Felix Adrianto
Publisher: Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Published: Oct 2012
ISBN: 9789792289282
Pages: 303




Setelah tiga ribu tahun lamanya berkuasa, akhirnya dominasi bangsa frameless terhadap manusia diruntuhkan oleh Raja Tunggal. Kini kedudukan bangsa frameless dan manusia setara. Namun tidak semua pihak senang akan kesetaraan itu. Sebuah organisasi rahasia muncul dan mengoyak kedamaian antara frameless dan manusia dengan serangkaian pembunuh.

Cervale Irvana, sang pembaca pikiran, berusaha menguak misteri di balik pembunuhan itu. Ia membuka rahasia organisasi misterius itu dan menemukan kenyataan yang sulit ia percayai.

[Wrap Up] Clean Out Your E-Reader Challenge Winter 2014 - 2015

Fiuh ~ Satu Challenge selesai, kalo dipikir-pikir kemarukanku yang ngambil 13 RC itu agak mengerikan ya, heh.

Clean Out Your E-Reader (COYER) Challenge Winter 2014 - 2015 di selenggarakan oleh  Berls @ Fantasy is More Fun dan Michelle @ Because Reading. Tadinya pengen ikutan acara lainnya kayak Read A Thon sama Twitter Parties, tapi seriusan nih SPT bikin enek, bulan Maret kemarin aja cuma bisa baca 5 buku, sigh ~

BUT,

untungnya goalku ngga banyak, soalnya terpenuhi rek.

yey yey yey yey !

My Goal : Read & Review at least 10 Books

My Achievement :

1. Coraline by Neil Gaiman
2. Accross The Universe by Beth Revis
3. All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
4. Thirteen Reasons Why by Jay Asher
5. The Art of Lainey by Paula Stokes
6. The Murder Complex by Lindsay Cummings
7. The Darkest Minds by Alexandra Bracken
8. Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
9. Sweet Evil by Wendy Higgins
10. Sweet Peril by Wendy Higgins
11. Servants of The Storm by Delilah S. Dawson
12. Lock & Key by Sarah Dessen
13. Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly
14. The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

Shoot! Satu lagi jadi ganjil 15 buku.

AND

My Top Three

in COYER Challenge Winter Edition 2014 - 2015

  

1. All The Bright Places by Jennifer Niven
Masih ngga bisa move on dari buku ini, terus-terusan sedih setiap kali keinget sama Finch. Seandainya oh seandainya..

2. Never Fade by Alexandra Bracken
Buku pertamanya juga seru kok, tapi buku sequelnya lebih penuh action, terus adegan Ruby sama Liam di Walmart itu yang paling menyayat hati. Oh Liam ~

3. The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson
Aku tuh padahal udah diperingatin sebelum baca buku ini kalau bakalan ada scene yang mengagetkan, mengejutkan, menyebalkan, dan sebagainya dan sebagainya, tapi tetep aja persiapannya kurang. Don't worry, scenenya bagus kok, menyebalkan, tapi bagus.

[Review] The Kiss of Deception by Mary E. Pearson

Title: The Kiss of Deception
Author:  Mary E. Pearson
Series: The Remnant Chronicles #1
Publisher: Henry Holt and Co.
Published: July 2014
Pages: 489
ISBN: 9780805099232




A princess must find her place in a reborn world.
She flees on her wedding day.
She steals ancient documents from the Chancellor's secret collection.
She is pursued by bounty hunters sent by her own father.
She is Princess Lia, seventeen, First Daughter of the House of Morrighan.

The Kingdom of Morrighan is steeped in tradition and the stories of a bygone world, but some traditions Lia can't abide. Like having to marry someone she's never met to secure a political alliance.

Fed up and ready for a new life, Lia flees to a distant village on the morning of her wedding. She settles in among the common folk, intrigued when two mysterious and handsome strangers arrive and unaware that one is the jilted prince and the other an assassin sent to kill her. Deceptions swirl and Lia finds herself on the brink of unlocking perilous secrets -secrets that may unravel her world- even as she feels herself falling in love.

[Review] Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly

Title: Deep Blue
Author: Jennifer Donnelly
Series: Waterfire Saga #1
Publisher: Disney Press
Published: May 2014
Pages: 340
ISBN: 9781423133162



The first in a series of four epic tales set in the depths of the ocean, where six mermaids seek to protect and save their hidden world.

Deep in the ocean, in a world not so different from our own, live the merpeople. Their communities are spread throughout the oceans, seas, and freshwaters all over the globe.

When Serafina, a mermaid of the Mediterranean Sea, awakens on the morning of her betrothal, her biggest worry should be winning the love of handsome Prince Mahdi. And yet Sera finds herself haunted by strange dreams that foretell the return of an ancient evil. Her dark premonitions are confirmed when an assassin's arrow poisons Sera's mother. Now, Serafina must embark on a quest to find the assassin's master and prevent a war between the Mer nations. Led only by her shadowy dreams, Sera searches for five other mermaid heroines who are scattered across the six seas. Together, they will form an unbreakable bond of sisterhood and uncover a conspiracy that threatens their world's very existence.

[Meme] Wishful Wednesday #07

Hari rabu waktunya bermimpi! Udah cukup lama ngga ikutan meme nih, males abisan, hehe. Anyway, sebelumnya aku mau ngucapin Happy Birthday nih buat memenya mba Astrid, ya apa lagi kalau bukan Wishful Wednesday. Yuhuuu!!! Happy Birthday WW!!

Nah, dalam rangka ulang tahun Wishful Wednesday, si mba Astrid dengan baik hatinya, rajin menabung, dan rajin beramal ke kita para nerdy kere, mengadakan aniv giveaway! Yeay! Event paling ditunggu-tunggu para nerdy kere macam saya nih, hehe.

[Book Tag] Coffee... hmm, I Just Love Their Smell

Siapa yang ngga suka kopi hayoo? Negara kita mungkin bukan coffee addict banget semacam Amerika, tapi saya yakin mayoritas penduduk Indonesia pasti minum kopi. Apalagi di daerah yang merupakan penghasil kopi, Bengkulu misalnya, kayak di rumah pakde ku. Anyway, Tag ini aku dapet dari sini tapi originalnya di sini.  Hayolah langsung dimulai aja.

1. Black: Name a series that's tough to get into but has hardcore fans.
Jujur? The Lord of The Rings dan Harry Potter. Aku sempet pengen baca The Lord of The Rings, udah sampe chapter berapa ya waktu itu, pokoknya belum terlalu jauh lah tapi nyerah. Aku ngga bisa ngebayangin duniannya Tolkien, imajinasiku ngga nyampe. Terus aku juga belum selesai baca Harry Potter, udah sampe buku tiga, tapi belum diterusin, agak-agak males, soalnya udah tahu ceritanya kayak apa, jadi ngga surprise lagi, akhirnya keinginanku buat baca juga cuma ala kadarnya. Terus ada satu lagi buku yang punya banyak fans tapi aku belum baca, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Berrrkali kali nyoba baca dan gagal. Selalu ngantuk, kayaknya aku kastanya beda sama Austen :p