Puzzly Saturday #1

Hi! In my first giveaway post, I used puzzle games as one of the requirements. Since most of the participants seem to enjoy playing those, I decided to make a weekly feature where I will post a cover guessing puzzle game every Saturday. No pressure, I do it just for fun. Especially because I do love finishing a puzzle too. I might host a giveaway in this feature anytime in the future. But we'll see. So here's the puzzle of this week. Feel free to give the answer in the comment section. Also feel free to share this post and spread the fun. Have a nice weekend!

[Review] All’s Fair in Love and Cupcakes - Betsy St. Amant

Title of Book : All’s Fair in Love and Cupcakes
Author : Betsy St. Amant
Publisher : Zondervan

Kat inspected rows of the same old cupcakes. They seemed to blink back at her, as if they knew she was capable of so much more.

Kat Varland has had enough of chocolate, vanilla, and strawberry.

At twenty-six years old, Kat is still living in the shadows of her family in Bayou Bend, Louisiana. Still working shifts at her Aunt Maggie s bakery. Still wondering what to do with her passion for baking and her business degree. And still single.

But when Lucas Brannen, Kat s best friend, signs her up for a reality TV bake-off on Cupcake Combat, everything Kat ever wanted is suddenly dangled in front of her: creative license as a baker, recognition as a visionary . . . and a job at a famous bakery in New York.

As the competition heats up, Lucas realizes he might have made a huge mistake. As much as he wants the best for Kat, the only thing he wants for himself her is suddenly in danger of slipping away.

The bright lights of reality cooking wars and the chance at a successful career dazzle Kat s senses and Lucas is faced with a difficult choice: help his friend achieve her dreams . . . or sabotage her chances to keep her in Louisiana."

Rainbow August Giveaway Hop 2014 Winner Announcement!

Hi! Bulan Agustus kemarin Kuroneko Book Club dan teman-teman blogger lain mengadakan giveaway yang berlangsung selama dua minggu. Sekarang waktunya kami mengumumkan siapa peserta yang berhak mendapatkan hadiah paket buku pertama dan kedua.

Setelah divalidasi, dari seluruh peserta ada 29 yang menjawab semua pertanyaan dengan benar dan melakukan semua instruksi pada form yang telah disediakan. Setelah diundi, dari 29 peserta tersebut yang berhak mendapatkan hadiah adalah:

[Review] Satin Merah - Brahmanto Anindito & Rie Yanti

Title of Book : Satin Merah
Author : Brahmanto Anindito & Rie Yanti
Publisher : Gagasmedia

Semua orang pernah diabaikan oleh orang-orang di sekitarnya. Tapi, pernahkah kamu diabaikan setelah disanjung-sanjung? Setelah dimanjakan dalam dekapan kain satin yang lembut?

Tanyakan pada Nindhita Irani Nadyasari bagaimana rasanya. Tanyakan siswi berprestasi itu bagaimana perihnya ditinggalkan dan dibenci orang-orang terdekatnya.

Dulu, Nadya selalu menjadi perhatian guru-gurunya, membuat bangga orangtuanya, dan dikagumi teman-temannya. Namun masa itu telah berlalu. Perlahan, murid SMA itu mulai dilupakan. Sinarnya kian pudar. Dalam kondisi seperti itu, Nadya tentu butuh prestasi yang istimewa untuk mendapatkan kembali perhatian orang-orang. Maka dia mencoba mengikuti lomba bergengsi se-Bandung Raya. Dia terus mengasah diri menjadi sastrawan Sunda. Dan yang lebih mulia: mengangkat derajat Sastra Sunda di mata dunia! Tekadnya begitu kuat. Hatinya begitu keras. Tapi nuraninya menjadi mati. Dengan lancar, Nadya melakukan tindakan-tindakan ekstrim. Dunia Sastra Sunda yang diperjuangkannya pun kini malah menangis.

[Review] Kitchen - Banana Yoshimoto

Title of Book : Kitchen
Author : Banana Yoshimoto
Publisher : Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia

"Aku tak bisa tidur di tempat lain selain dapur."

Mikage Sakurai sebatang kara sejak neneknya meninggal. dapur menjadi satu-satunya tempat dimana ia dikelilingi panci bekas pakai dan sisa ceceran sayur, serta ditemani sepetak langit malam berbintang di jendela.

namun dapur keluarga Tanabe yang membuatnya jatuh cinta. Di sana selama satu musim panas ia bergulat dengan acar, udon, soba, dan tempura. Di sana pula ia temukan apa yang tak pernah dimilikinya: keluarga, bersama Yuichi Tanabe yang dingin dan Eriko Tanabe yang mempesona--perempuan transeksual yang sejatinya ayah kandung Yuichi.

Ketika Eriko meninggal, Mikage dan Yuichi menjauh dan saling terasing dalam kesedihan. Apa yang harus mereka lakukan untuk bangkit dari dukacita dan menyadari ada cinta di antara mereka?

[Review] Words and Their Meanings - Kate Bassett

Title of Book : Words and Their Meanings
Author : Kate Bassett
Publisher : Flux
Publication date:  8th September 2014

Anna O’Mally doesn’t believe in the five stages of grief. Her way of dealing with death equates to daily bouts of coffin yoga and fake-tattooing Patti Smith quotes onto her arms. Once a talented writer, Anna no longer believes words matter, until shocking discoveries– in the form of origami cranes– force her to redefine family and love.

As Anna goes in search of the truth, she discovers that while every story, every human being, has a last line, it might still be possible to find the words for a new beginning.

[Review] Summer of Yesterday - Gaby Triana

Title of Book : Summer of Yesterday
Author : Gaby Triana
Publisher : Simon Pulse

Summer officially sucks. Thanks to a stupid seizure she had a few months earlier, Haley’s stuck going on vacation with her dad and his new family to Disney’s Fort Wilderness instead of enjoying the last session of summer camp back home with her friends. Fort Wilderness holds lots of childhood memories for her father, but surely nothing for Haley. But then a new seizure triggers something she’s never before experienced—time travel—and she ends up in River Country, the campground’s long-abandoned water park, during its heyday.

The year? 1982.

And there—with its amusing fashion, “oldies” music, and primitive technology—she runs into familiar faces: teenage Dad and Mom before they’d even met. Somehow, Haley must find her way back to the twenty-first century before her present-day parents anguish over her disappearance, a difficult feat now that she’s met Jason, one of the park’s summer residents and employees, who takes the strangely dressed stowaway under his wing.

Seizures aside, Haley’s used to controlling her life, and she has no idea how to deal with this dilemma. How can she be falling for a boy whose future she can’t share?

[Review] The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini

Title of Book : The Kite Runner
Author : Khaled Hosseini
Publisher : Riverhead Books

Amir is the son of a wealthy Kabul merchant, a member of the ruling caste of Pashums. Hassan, his servant and constant companion, is a Hazara, a despised and impoverished caste. Their uncommon bond is torn by Amir's choice to abandon his friend amidst the increasing ethnic, religious, and political tensions of the dying years of the Afghan monarchy, wrenching them far apart. But so strong is the bond between the two boys that Amir journeys back to a distant world, to try to right past wrongs against the only true friend he ever had.

The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, The Kite Runner is a beautifully crafted novel set in a country that is in the process of being destroyed. It is about the power of reading, the price of betrayal, and the possibility of redemption; and an exploration of the power of fathers over sons—their love, their sacrifices, their lies.

A sweeping story of family, love, and friendship told against the devastating backdrop of the history of Afghanistan over the last thirty years, The Kite Runner is an unusual and powerful novel that has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic.