Christopher John Francis Boone knows all the countries of the world and their capitals and every prime number up to 7,057. He relates well to animals but has no understanding of human emotions. He cannot stand to be touched. And he detests the color yellow.This improbable story of Christopher's quest to investigate the suspicious death of a neighborhood dog makes for one of the most captivating, unusual, and widely heralded novels in recent years.
Musing Mondays asks you to muse about one of the following each week…My musing :
• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it!
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!
After more than twenty years of marriage, Chloe Sinclair comes home one night to find that her husband, Nate, is gone. All he has left behind is a cryptic note explaining that he's returned to their childhood town, a place Chloe never wants to see again. While trying to reach Nate, Chloe stumbles upon a notebook tucked inside his antique copy of "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe." Written in code, the pages contain long-buried secrets from their past, and clues to why he went home after all these years. As Chloe struggles to decipher the notebook's hidden messages, she revisits the seminal moments of their youth: the day she met the enigmatic Sinclair children and the increasingly dangerous games they played to escape their troubled childhoods; the first time Nate kissed her, camped out on the beach like Robinson Crusoe; and the elaborate plan she and Nate devised, inspired by "Romeo and Juliet, " to break away from his oppressive father. As the reason for Nate's absence comes to light, the truth will forever shatter everything Chloe knows--about her husband, his family, and herself.
"Kau lihat tombol hijau ini?Aku harus menekannya pada detik yang tepat."Lanjutan kisah Charlie dan Pabrik Cokelat AjaibMr. Wonka memang jenius kalau menyangkut soal cokelat, tapi Charlie dan keluarganya sedikit pun tidak mempercayai kemampuannya dalam soal terbang. Terutama kalau yang diterbangkannya elevator kaca yang yang melesat tak terkendali ke luar angkasa. Tapi hidup tak pernah membosankan dengan Mr. Wonka, dan kalau gara-gara dirinya mereka jadi terlibat masalah, ia akan bisa membereskannya. Betul, kan?
Apa sih bayangan kamu tentang orang Viking? Nih, ada beberapa jawaban: mereka adalah pelaut ulung, kuat, pemberani, tapi juga berangasan. Nyaris nggak ada orang Viking yang kurus, lemah, dan canggung. Nyaris...Kamu belum ketemu Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III, sih... Hiccup adalah anak Viking yang paling enggak-Viking-banget, kurus kering, lemah, dan nggak terampil berkelahi. Pokoknya bertolak belakang dengan 99,9 persen orang Viking lainnya, deh!Padahal Hiccup adalah anak Kepala Suku Hooligan Berbulu, yang wajib ikut Program Inisiasi Naga dan harus mencari naga pendamping. Tapi, yang dia dapat hanyalah Toothless alias naga ompong. Bisakah Hiccup lulus inisiasi dan jadi penerus ayahnya? Terus, bagaimana nanti kalau Naga Monster Lautus Maximus mencoba menelan seluruh sukunya?Waktunya bagi Hiccup belajar jadi Pahlawan, meski harus jatuh bangun dan mengalami kekonyolan demi kekonyolan.
Tak ada yang percaya ketika Mrs. McGillicuddy melapor baru saja melihat seorang wanita dicekik di dalam gerbong kelas satu, di kereta api yang berjalan sejajar dengan kereta api yang ditumpanginya.Tak ada, kecuali sahabatnya, Jane Marple.Tak adanya mayat yang ditemukan tidak menghalangi Miss Marple memanfaatkan bakat khususnya untuk menyelidiki kejahatan yang luar biasa ini.Tapi bahkan dia pun tak sanggup mencegah pembunuhan berikutnya.
Do your reading habits change in the summer? Do you take your books outside more? Do you curl up in the air conditioning? Do you read fluff instead of serious books? Are you too busy playing in the sun or gardening or whatever to read much at all?The answer is YES! especially this summer. Usually, I'll get more time to read and I get to finish many books. But this summer, I have to do internship for university credits and it takes a lot of my time. So I don't spend much time to read :(.
I'm reading The Curious Incident of The Dog in The Night-Time by Mark Haddon for July keyword reading challenge, and I'm also still reading The Vampire Lestat by Anne Rice (I don't think I could finish this one, God help me!).
Dua orang hakim agung Amerika dibunuh dengan darah dingin. Pembunuhnya lolos tanpa jejak. Tak ada petunjuk, siapa dalang di balik peristiwa itu. Sementara itu, di New Orleans, seorang mahasiswi hukum membuat analisis kasus tersebut. Semuanya hanya berdasarkan dugaan brilian dan perkiraan, namun bagi pihak di Washington, analisis Darby Shaw yang kemudian dikenal sebagai Pelican Brief merupakan kejutan besar yang membahayakan. Dan tiba-tiba Darby mendapati dirinya diburu oleh seseorang - seseorang yang telah melakukan kejahatan besar dan tak ingin rahasianya terbongkar.
Today’s Musing Mondays asks…
What do you think of books that give you recommended reading lists? Do you read them? Do you use their suggestions? Why/why not?{eg. “THE BOOK OF BOOKS: The Continuously Updated Book Guide to Recommended Reading...” or “BOOK LUST” by Nancy Pearl}
There are two sides to every breakup.
This is Jordan and Courtney, totally in love. Sure, they were an unlikely high school couple. But they clicked; it worked. They're even going to the same college, and driving cross-country together for orientation.Then Jordan dumps Courtney -- for a girl he met on the Internet.It's too late to change plans, so the road trip is on. Courtney's heartbroken, but figures she can tough it out for a few days. La la la -- this is Courtney pretending not to care.But in a strange twist, Jordan cares. A lot.
Turns out, he's got a secret or two that he's not telling Courtney. And it has everything to do with why they broke up, why they can't get back together, and how, in spite of it all, this couple is destined for each other.
Musing Mondays asks you to muse about one of the following each week…My musing :
• Describe one of your reading habits.
• Tell us what book(s) you recently bought for yourself or someone else, and why you chose that/those book(s).
• What book are you currently desperate to get your hands on? Tell us about it!
• Tell us what you’re reading right now — what you think of it, so far; why you chose it; what you are (or, aren’t) enjoying it.
• Do you have a bookish rant? Something about books or reading (or the industry) that gets your ire up? Share it with us!
• Instead of the above questions, maybe you just want to ramble on about something else pertaining to books — let’s hear it, then!
"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."
A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel—a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. Through the young eyes of Scout and Jem Finch, Harper Lee explores with rich humor and unswerving honesty the irrationality of adult attitudes toward race and class in the Deep South of the 1930s. The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice, violence, and hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina and quiet heroism of one man's struggle for justice—but the weight of history will only tolerate so much.
One of the best-loved classics of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many dis-tinctions since its original publication in 1960. It has won the Pulitzer Prize, been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than forty million copies worldwide, and been made into an enormously popular movie. It was also named the best novel of the twentieth century by librarians across the country (Library Journal). HarperCollins is proud to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the book's publication with this special hardcover edition.
FRIDAY FINDS showcases the books you ‘found’ and added to your To Be Read (TBR) list… whether you found them online, or in a bookstore, or in the library — wherever! (they aren’t necessarily books you purchased).
So, Fourth of July here in the USA … Do you ever read books that could be considered patriotic? Rousing stories of heroes? History? Brave countrymen & women doing bold things?What would you recommend if somebody asked you for something patriotic–no matter what your country?Be as specific or as general as you like?
When a mysterious young woman named Katie appears in the small North Carolina town of Southport, her sudden arrival raises questions about her past. Beautiful yet self-effacing, Katie seems determined to avoid forming personal ties until a series of events draws her into two reluctant relationships: one with Alex, a widowed store owner with a kind heart and two young children; and another with her plainspoken single neighbor, Jo. Despite her reservations, Katie slowly begins to let down her guard, putting down roots in the close-knit community and becoming increasingly attached to Alex and his family. But even as Katie begins to fall in love, she struggles with the dark secret that still haunts and terrifies her . . . a past that set her on a fearful, shattering journey across the country, to the sheltered oasis of Southport. With Jo's empathic and stubborn support, Katie eventually realizes that she must choose between a life of transient safety and one of riskier rewards . . . and that in the darkest hour, love is the only true safe haven.
