[Review] An Artist of The Floating World - Kazuo Ishiguro

Title of Book : An Artist of The Floating World
Author : Kazuo Ishiguro
Publisher : Elex Media Komputindo

Dalam An Artist of Floating World, Kazuo Ishiguro menyuguhkan tampilan otentik Jepang pasca perang, Jepang yang `mengambang` karena perubahan perilaku dan budaya. 

Ishiguro yang lahir di Nagasaki pada tahun 1954 - tetapi pindah ke Inggris pada tahun 1960 - menulis kisah Masuji Ono, seorang seniman bohemian dan penyedia kehidupan malam yang menjadi propagandis imperialisme Jepang selama masa perang. 

Tetapi kini perang telah berakhir dan Jepang kalah. Istri dan anak Ono terbunuh. Apa yang tersisa pada Ono? Inilah kisah yang membawa Ishiguro meraih penghargaan Whitbread Prize pada tahun 1986.

Editor’s Note 

Ishiguro menulis dengan perpaduan yang sangat baik antara ekonomi dan bahasa deskriptif, tanpa menghamburkan kata atau bagian-bagian yang tidak relevan. 

[Review] The Coffee Memory - Riawani Elyta

Title of Book : The Coffee Memory
Author : Riawani Elyta
Publisher : Bentang Pustaka

Komposisi: Cinta, Rindu, Candu, Perpisahan, Kopi

Cara Penyajian: Tuangkan rindu, candu, perpisahan, dan kopi ke dalam cangkir.

Tambahkan 180cc air cinta, aduk dan sajikan.

Saat aroma kopi itu menjauh,

Kusadari bahwa kau tak mungkin kutemui lagi

Seperti aromamu yang terempas oleh butir udara

Meninggalkanku dalam sunyi yang dingin

Sampai kusadari kau hadir

Menyergapku dalam diam

Mengembalikanku dalam kenangan

Dan menabur aroma yang sama dgn apa yg telah kutinggalkan

Ketika itulah aku pahami

Aku tak mungkin berpaling lagi

[Review] The Book of Broken Hearts - Sarah Ockler

Title of Book : The Book of Broken Hearts
Author : Sarah Ockler
Publisher : Simon Pulse

When all signs point to heartbreak, can love still be a rule of the road? A poignant and romantic novel from the author of Bittersweet and Twenty Boy Summer.

Jude has learned a lot from her older sisters, but the most important thing is this: The Vargas brothers are notorious heartbreakers. She’s seen the tears and disasters that dating a Vargas boy can cause, and she swore an oath—with candles and a contract and everything—to never have anything to do with one.

Now Jude is the only sister still living at home, and she’s spending the summer helping her ailing father restore his vintage motorcycle—which means hiring a mechanic to help out. Is it Jude’s fault he happens to be cute? And surprisingly sweet? And a Vargas?

Jude tells herself it’s strictly bike business with Emilio. Her sisters will never find out, and Jude can spot those flirty little Vargas tricks a mile away—no way would she fall for them. But Jude’s defenses are crumbling, and if history is destined to repeat itself, she’s speeding toward some serious heartbreak…unless her sisters were wrong?

Jude may have taken an oath, but she’s beginning to think that when it comes to love, some promises might be worth breaking. 

[Review] Honey, Baby, Sweetheart - Deb Caletti

Title of Book : Honey, Baby, Sweetheart
Author : Deb Caletti
Publisher : Simon Pulse

"Right away I got that Something About To Happen feeling. Right away I knew he was bad, and that it didn't matter."

It is summer in the Northwest town of Nine Mile Falls, and sixteen-year-old Ruby McQueen, ordinarily dubbed The Quiet Girl, finds herself hanging out with gorgeous, rich, thrill-seeking Travis Becker. But Ruby is in over her head, and finds she is risking more and more when she's with him.

In an effort to keep Ruby occupied, Ruby's mother Ann drags Ruby to the weekly book club she runs. When it is discovered that one of the group's own members is the subject of the tragic love story they are reading, Ann and Ruby spearhead a reunion between the long-ago lovers. But for Ruby, this mission turns out to be much more than just a road trip....

January Wrap-Up 2014

Hi! So it's time for another wrap-up. I know I didn't post much this January (I didn't even do my December wrap-up! my bad), but I managed to read 10 books. Some of the books that I read are novellas by Stephen King which I really enjoy. Two books that I read are gifts from my secret santa and I really love one of them. I guess January has been a good reading month for me.