[Review] The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding - Agatha Christie

Title of Book: The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding (Skandal Perjamuan Natal)
Author: Agatha Christie
Publisher: PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama
Publication Year: 2007
Language: Bahasa Indonesia
Translator: Suwarni A.S.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 352

Jangan makan puding itu.

Puding Natal khusus itu terhidang dengan segala kemegahannya di piring hidangan dari perak. Pudding itu berbentuk bola kaki yang besar. Setangkai daun holly tertancap di atasnya, seperti bendera kemenangan, dan nyala api biru dan merah cemerlang semarak di sekelilingnya. Terdengar pekik sorak kagum dari semua yang hadir.

Hercule Poirot memandang kue di piringnya dengan ekspresi agak aneh. 

Itu karena dia telah menemukan secarik surat pendek di tempat tidurnya, yang berbunyi:

JANGAN MAKAN SEDIKIT PUN PUDING PLUM YANG DIHIDANGKAN.

DARI SESEORANG YANG BERNIAT BAIK TERHADAP ANDA

[Review] The Catcher in The Rye - J.D. Salinger

Title of Book: The Catcher in the Rye
Author: J.D. Salinger
Publisher: Little, Brown and Company
Publication Year: 1991
Language: English
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 214

Since his debut in 1951 as The Catcher in the Rye, Holden Caulfield has been synonymous with "cynical adolescent." Holden narrates the story of a couple of days in his sixteen-year-old life, just after he's been expelled from prep school, in a slang that sounds edgy even today and keeps this novel on banned book lists. It begins,

"If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth. In the first place, that stuff bores me, and in the second place, my parents would have about two hemorrhages apiece if I told anything pretty personal about them."

His constant wry observations about what he encounters, from teachers to phonies (the two of course are not mutually exclusive) capture the essence of the eternal teenage experience of alienation.

[Review] The Choice - Nicholas Sparks

Title of Book: The Choice
Author: Nicholas Sparks
Publisher: Vision
Publication Year: 2009
Language: English
Format: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 317

Travis Parker has everything a man could want: a good job, loyal friends, even a waterfront home in small-town North Carolina. In full pursuit of the good life -- boating, swimming, and regular barbecues with his good-natured buddies -- he holds the vague conviction that a serious relationship with a woman would only cramp his style. That is, until Gabby Holland moves in next door. Despite his attempts to be neighborly, the appealing redhead seems to have a chip on her shoulder about him...and the presence of her longtime boyfriend doesn't help. Despite himself, Travis can't stop trying to ingratiate himself with his new neighbor, and his persistent efforts lead them both to the doorstep of a journey that neither could have foreseen. Spanning the eventful years of young love, marriage and family, The Choice ultimately confronts us with the most heartwrenching question of all: how far would you go to keep the hope of love alive?

Top Ten Scariest Book for Halloween Reads

It's Tuesday! which means it's time for Top Ten Tuesday. Ooh I miss writing Top Ten Tuesday list. This week is a Halloween themed freebie week. So for today I'm gonna show you my top ten scariest books I've read.

[Review] Torso - Brian Michael Bendis & Marc Andreyko

Title: Torso

Writer: Brian Michael Bendis & Marc Andreyko

Illustrator: Brian Michael Bendis

Publisher: Marvel

Publication year: 2012

Language: English

Pages: 280

The gripping tale of Eliot Ness' chase of America's first serial killer: the mysterious torso killer! This 1999 Eisner Award-winner for Comic Book Excellence is completely reformatted, and perfect for both new readers and old! "A four-star must read!" - Comic Shop News "Literally some of the best comics i've read indecades." - Todd McFarlane