December 2019 Wrap-Up & Favorites

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Hello fellow readers! I know it's late but we've finally come to the end of the year. This will be the last wrap up & favorites for 2019. In December I read quite a lot to catch up on my Goodreads reading challenge. Guess what? I reach my 2019 Goodreads goal! Pumpkinheads is the last book I read in 2019. I also watched quite a lot of movies. Some of them are movies that were nominated in the Academy Award for Best Pictures. My favorites are included in this post. Anyway, here are the books I read in December.

[Review] Naomy and Ely’s No Kiss List - David Levithan & Rachel Cohn

Title of Book: Naomy and Ely’s No Kiss List
Author: David Levithan & Rachel Cohn
Publisher: Ember
Publication Year: 2007
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages: 230

[Review] Batman: Year One - Frank Miller & David Mazzucchelli

Title: Batman: Year One

Writer: Frank Miller

Illustrator: David Mazzucchelli

Publisher: DC Comics

Publication year: 2005

Language: English

Pages: 144

[Review] Just One Year - Gayle Forman

Title of Book: Just One Year
Author: Gayle Forman
Series: Just One Day #2
Publisher: Speak
Publication Year: 2014
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages: 323

November 2019 Wrap-Up & Favorites

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Hi fellow readers! The year 2019 is coming to an end. There's a big chance that I won't achieve my 2019 reading goal to read 36 books, lol. I only manage to read 3 books in November but it's a series which is one of my reading goals, to finish 5 series. So that's fine. Not to mention that the last book in the series is about 600-ish pages. Let's just say finishing a book with over 500 pages is a huge accomplishment for me. So here are the books I read in November.

[Review] Just One Day - Gayle Forman

Title of Book: Just One Day
Author: Gayle Forman
Series: Just One Day #1
Publisher: Speak
Publication Year: 2013
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages: 369

[Review] Man Tiger - Eka Kurniawan

Title of Book: Man Tiger
Author: Eka Kurniawan
Publisher: Verso Books
Publication Year: 2015
Language: English
Translator: Labodalih Sembiring
Format: Paperback
Pages: 172

October 2019 Wrap-Up & Favorites

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Hi fellow readers! I honestly can't believe the year is ending and we only have two months left. Usually, this is the time when I start panicking for not achieving my Goodreads yearly target. But I'm not doing that this year. No, it's not because I've reached my goal. I still haven't reached my Goodreads goal (not surprised at all, lol). But this year I decided to not stress myself because I read for fun. When it stops being fun, then that's when I have to stop, sit back, and re-evaluate. However, I did read a lot in October and that makes me happy. So here's the books I read in October.

[Review] The Summer I Turned Pretty - Jenny Han

Title of Book: The Summer I Turned Pretty

Author: Jenny Han

Series: Summer #1

Publisher: Simon Schuster Books for Young Readers

Publication Year: 2009

Language: English

Format: Hardback

Pages: 276

[Review] The Martian - Andy Weir

Title of Book: The Martian

Author: Andy Weir

Publisher: Large Print Press

Publication Year: 2015

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Pages: 560

[Review] The Ask and the Answer - Patrick Ness

Title of Book: The Ask and The Answer

Author: Patrick Ness

Series: Chaos Walking #2

Publisher: Walker Books

Publication Year: 2011

Language: English

Format: Paperback

Pages: 517

July-August 2019 Wrap-Up & Favorites

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Hello fellow readers! It's October already and we're getting nearer to the end of the year. October means autumn for the northern hemisphere of the world. Though it doesn't really affect me cause I only know two kinds of season here, I still want to enjoy the supposedly cozy season and maximize my reading enjoyment. I know it's way over due. The last three months, I was so busy and didn't get the chance to write a wrap-up post. I didn't even read anything in September. But I still want to sum up what I read because I finally read classic Batman comics in July! Here's the books I read in July and August.

[Review] The Knife of Never Letting Go - Patrick Ness

Title of Book: The Knife of Never Letting Go
Author: Patrick Ness
Series: Chaos Walking #1
Publisher: Walker Books
Publication Year: 2011
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages: 479

[Review] Butter - Erin Jade Lange

Title of Book: Butter
Author: Erin Jade Lange
Publisher: Bloomsbury USA Children
Publication Year: 2012
Language: English
Format: Paperback
Pages: 320

[Review] The Sound of Waves - Yukio Mishima

Title of Book: The Sound of Waves
Author: Yukio Mishima
Publisher: Vintage
Publication Year: 1994
Language: English
Translator: Meredith Weatherby
Format: Paperback
Pages: 192

April-May-June 2019 Wrap-Up & Favorites

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Hello fellow readers! It's been a while since I last posted anything on this blog. It's been waaayy overdue but I still feel the need to post this because it's actually been sitting on my draft for a long time. So here it is, my wrap-up for April, May, and June. Yes, three months. I haven't posted anything in three months! In terms of reading, I still read. Not as much as when I was a student. But at least I'm still reading. I even managed to finish two series and one duology lately which I'm satisfied with. I think I'm doing good with my reading. As for blogging, well, that's another story; and I'm going to fix that. Here's the list of books that I read in April, May, and June.

[Review] Circe - Madeline Miller

Title of Book: Circe
Author: Madeline Miller
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing UK
Publication Year: 2018
Language: English
Format: Hardback
Pages: 336

March 2019 Wrap-Up & Favorites

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Hello fellow reader! It's March and the spring has sprung (although it doesn't really affect me since it still rains a lot where I live). Anyway, there's a lot of bookish events happening in March. To name a few, a big book fair was held near the city I live, then readathons. One particular exciting readathon is the Fantasy Adventureathon. It's quite elaborate really, with teams, routes, and points. But unfortunately I couldn't participate because of my schedule in March. On the other hand, although it seems like I only read three books, to me it was a lot considering two of them are 400-500 pages long. It's an accomplishment. These are the books I read in March. 

[Review] Baby Proof - Emily Giffin

Title of Book: Baby Proof
Author: Emily Giffin
Publisher: St. Martin's Paperbacks
Publication Year: 2012
Language: English
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 384

[Review] Origin - Dan Brown

Title of Book: Origin
Author: Dan Brown
Publisher: Bentang Pustaka
Publication Year: 2017
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Translator: Ingrid Dwijani Nimpoeno, Reinitha Amalia Lasmana, & Dyah Agustine
Format: Paperback
Pages: 512