[Review] The Story of Us - Deb Caletti

Title of Book: The Story of Us
Author: Deb Caletti
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Publication Year: 2013
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages: 400

Sometimes choices—like change—can’t be avoided. A bittersweet story of love and family from National Book Award finalist Deb Caletti.

Cricket has a very long week ahead of her. Her entire family has come together for her mom’s wedding, and it’s supposed to be a time for celebration. But for Cricket, the timing couldn’t be worse.

For years Cricket’s been half of the perfect couple, destined to be together forever. Now, because of what she’s done—something she would give anything to take back—Janssen has walked away. Maybe for good.

Cricket has always panicked in the face of change. Now she is forced to face her fears and decide once and for all what she wants, and how she’s going to get it. For over the course of the week, secrets will be revealed, bonds will be tested, and Cricket’s confusion—and her desires—may very well send her spiraling down a path she never thought she’d take...with no idea where it will lead her.

[Review] The Dead Returns - Akiyoshi Rikako

Title of Book: The Dead Returns
Author: Akiyoshi Rikako
Publisher: Penerbit Haru
Publication Year: 2015
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Translator: Andry Setiawan
Format: Paperback
Pages: 252

Suatu malam, aku didorong jatuh dari tebing.
Untungnya aku selamat.
Namun, saat aku membuka mataku dan menatap cermin,
aku tidak lagi memandang diriku yang biasa-biasa saja.
Tubuhku berganti dengan sosok pemuda tampan yang tadinya hendak menolongku.
Dengan tubuh baruku, aku bertekad mencari pembunuhku.
Tersangkanya, teman sekelas.
Total 35 orang.
Salah satunya adalah pembunuhku.

Top Ten Books You Picked Up on a Whim

Top Ten Tuesday is a weekly feature originally created by The Broke and The Bookish. This week's topic for Top Ten Tuesday is ten books you picked up without really knowing much about. I don't usually pick books without knowing what's it really about. So these are a few of books that I picked up on a whim. These books are in no particular order.

[Review] No Rest for the Wicked - Dane Cobain

Title of Book: No Rest for the Wicked
Author: Dane Cobain
Publisher: Booktrope Publishing
Publication Year: 2015
Language: English
Format: Ebook
Pages: 128

When the Angels attack, there’s NO REST FOR THE WICKED.

Father Montgomery, an elderly priest with a secret past, begins to investigate after his parishioners come under attack, and with the help of Jones, a young businessman with an estranged child, Montgomery begins to track down the origin of the Angels.

The Angels are naked and androgynous. They speak in a dreadful harmony with no clear leader. These aren’t biblical cherubs tasked with the protection of the righteous – these are deadly creatures of light that have the power to completely eradicate.

[Review] The Silver Kiss - Annette Curtis Klause

Title of Book: The Silver Kiss
Author: Annette Curtis Klause
Publisher: Delacorte Books for Young Readers
Publication Year: 2010 (1st published in 1990)
Language: English
Format: Ebook
Pages: 260

Zoe is wary when, in the dead of night, the beautiful yet frightening Simon comes to her house.  Simon seems to understand the pain of loneliness and death and Zoe's brooding thoughts of her dying mother.

Simon is one of the undead, a vampire, seeking revenge for the gruesome death of his mother three hundred years before.  Does Simon dare ask Zoe to help free him from this lifeless chase and its insufferable loneliness?

April 2016 Wrap-Up and Favorites

It’s May already. We’re almost in the middle of the year. Time sure flies by. So much happening in April. I read a satisfying amount of books. I even managed to find a favorite book. I watched quite a lot of movies and TV shows. I watched some of the 87th Academy Awards nominees such as Brooklyn, Carol, The Danish Girl, and Spotlight. With movies and TV shows, I can watch them while doing other things at the same time. I can’t do that with books, except audiobooks which I’m not used to. I have to finish my thesis this semester so I’ve been working on that bit by bit. It took most of my time in April so I cut back my reading time. Anyway, enough with the chit chat and let’s start with the books I read in April.