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Rabu, 26 Maret 2014

(book) Shattered by Teri Terry



It was amazing how I rated the first two with three stars, and loved this one so completely I gave it five.

But in short, this book deserves every glowing star.

I was weary about continuing, because despite knowing how Kyla's adventure ends, there's also a little fleck of worry that it might not end with a bang. As soon as I started reading, all that worry diminished away and I was left satisfied, crazily turning page after page until I reached the end.

Kyla has grown so much, that I can see. I like that she's not mopey or clingy or teary all the time in spite of the heartache and difficulties she's facing. The synopsis promises dark secrets, and as I, along with our heroine, discover them, each proves to be darker than the other. It is good payoff, definitely.

The pace is quick but not rushed, the plot eventful, tight, beautifully crafted and planned. Dialogue as well as setting also shine, but most of all the character development is built so nicely that I want to hug and root for Kyla all the time.

That being said, I love it. Slated - Fractured - Shattered might be flawed, but they're addictive and nicely add to my shelves of much loved dystopian YA.

Minggu, 23 Maret 2014

(coming soon) my SCHOOL novel project


Novel terbaruku, proyek dari Gagas Media yaitu SCHOOL.
 Cerita tentang persahabatan, impian, cita-cita, dan cinta.

Coming soon in May 2014.

Sabtu, 22 Maret 2014

(movie) Divergent



I haven't done a movie review in months, possibly years. I used to do them in my blog, and even though they are strictly subjective, I love it when people comment to discuss the movies or think my reviews serve some purpose.

I watched Divergent last Friday, not knowing it was the premiere day. All I know is that I love the series, and I like the kick-ass heroine, and I also like Shailene Woodley. I have to admit that the actors are not my personal choices for the movie adaptations - Theo James is smouldering hot but not Four-hot, Zoe Kravitz is no Christina, and Tris is, in my mind as well as the book, short, flat-chested, tiny and feisty, which despite my love for Woodley, does not fit her at all.

That being said, I have to say that all actors contribute something to each character they represent to the point that I see a certain kind vulnerability on screen. Theo James surprisingly fits his role like a glove - he's ambiguous, with a hint of kindness that he does not explicitly show. The parents and the villains are nicely portrayed but that, I think, is no surprise - Ashley Judd and Kate Winslet are wonderful. In terms of size, I almost hope Kravitz and Woodley have switched - Zoe Kravitz's small figure is more Tris than Woodley's tall and curvy figure. I have always imagined that Tris is the small, average looking girl and Christina the va-va-voom femme fatale with good looks to boot. Anyway, regardless of size, let's just talk about Tris.

Shailene Woodley gives Tris fear - that is certain. What I'm disappointed of is that she looks like a deer in headlights for most scenes. It might serve the movie well when Tris was actually confused and uncertain for most parts in the first book, but she is also tough, she does not back down, and she hides her fear well. That is not the case with Woodley, who does not lend her character the toughness she needs to portray.

The romance takes a back seat, understandably, but it also progresses too fast and too random at some point when we get an important scene between the two of them, it does not sizzle with chemistry. The plot moves at a quick pace, which is lovely to watch, but there are plenty of action scenes that I wish could have been more kick-ass.

The movie is definitely flawed, but as a fan of the book, I really like how the dystopian Chicago is portrayed. I love the directing by Neil Burger, I love the cinematography - everything just looks so real, worn down, beautiful! And the soundtrack fits the movie perfectly; there are scenes that need to be heightened up and the music does just that. My favorite scene is when Tris goes flying down back to headquarter the Dauntless way.

I've mentioned that while I've watched many book-movie adaptations - the Hunger Games, Percy Jackson, Twilight, the Host, this one is the one I enjoy the most. It still holds true even now, and although I'm not perfectly happy with it, I'll definitely wait on the sequels with excitement.

By the way, that poster is seriously boring.

Selasa, 18 Maret 2014

Books for Sale: books looking for new homes!

Halo semua, berikut daftar buku koleksi pribadi yang mau kujual.

Prosedur pembelian:

Email nama, alamat lengkap, nomor telepon dan judul yang diinginkan ke winna.efendi@gmail.com, subjek Beli Buku. Email akan dibalas dalam 1x24 jam dengan jumlah + ongkos kirim JNE reguler yang perlu ditransfer ke BCA, dan pembayaran ditunggu 1x24 jam setelah email konfirmasi dikirimkan, jika tidak pemesanan dianggap batal ya. Setelah pembayaran, mohon konfirmasi dengan jumlah dan nama pentransfer, dan buku akan dikirim via JNE setiap hari Jumat. Nomor resi akan diemail menyusul.














Berikut daftar, bahasa yang digunakan dalam buku, kondisi dan harga.
Yang nggak disebut berarti bukunya paperback ya.

- Twilight Director's Notebook, hardcover, kondisi oke, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 100 000 SOLD
- Lipstick Jungle, hardcover, kondisi oke, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 70 000
- Smile (Raina Telgemeier), paperback full color, graphic novel, kondisi baru, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 40 000 SOLD
- In Time for Christmas SOLD
- Becoming Jane: a collection of Jane Austen quotes, kondisi biasa ada halaman dan kover tertekuk, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 50 000
- The Painted Veil, kondisi halaman dan buku menguning, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 50 000
- Bibir Dalam Pispot: kumcer. Kondisi segel plastik, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 25 000 SOLD
- Sugar Queen. Kondisi segel plastik, bahasa Indonesia, chicklit. Rp. 30 000
- Nobody's Boy. Kondisi baru, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 35 000
- Fly Him to the Moon, kondisi baru, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 25 000 SOLD
- Ibuk, kondisi bagus, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 30 000 SOLD
- Dark Love (Ken Terate), teenlit, kondisi bagus, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 25 000
- Autumn Once More: kumcer, kondisi bagus, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 30 000 SOLD
- Marriageable (Riri S), chicklit, kondisi baru, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 35 000 SOLD
- Memilikimu (Sanie B Kuncoro), kondisi baru, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 35 000 
- Heaven on Earth (KK Hy), kondisi segel, bahasa Indonesia teenlit, Rp. 25 000 SOLD
- Harlequin: Claiming the Cattleman's Heart, kondisi segel, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 20 000
- Komik Goong 14 (Park So Hee), segel plastik. Rp. 8000
- Harlequin Stealing Home: Cinta yang Terenggut, segel plastik, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 20 000
- Harlequin: A Wallflower Christmas, segel plastik, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 20 000
- Harlequin: To Sir Phillip with Love, segel plastik, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 20 000
- The Not So Amazing Life of Amrazing, signed copy bertandatangan, nonfiksi, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 35 000 SOLD
- Good Fight (Christian Simamora) SOLD
- A Tale for the Time Being (Ruth Ozeki) SOLD
- Tinkers (Paul Harding), paperback, kondisi baru, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 70 000 SOLD
- Helga's Diary, paperback large print, kondisi baru, bahasa Inggris, nonfiksi. Rp. 60 000 SOLD
- On Love (Alain de Botton), paperback, kondisi baru, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 60 000 SOLD
- How They Met (David Levithan), paperback, kondisi baru, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 60 000 SOLD
- Without Tess, hardcover teenlit, kondisi baru, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 70 000
- Just One Day (Gayle Forman), paperback, kondisi sampul plastik bagus, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 60 000 SOLD
- 7 Laws of Happiness, kondisi baik, paperback, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 30 000
- Big Stone Gap (Adriana Trigiani), kondisi baik, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 40 000
- Suzanne's Diary for Nicholas (James Patterson), kondisi menguning, bahasa Inggris, hardcover. Rp. 40 000 SOLD
- Painter of Shanghai SOLD
- A Certain Slant of Light (Laura Whitcomb), kondisi menguning, bahasa Inggris, paperback. Rp. 60 000
- Daddy's Little Girl (Mary Higgins Clark), hardcover, kondisi menguning, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 40 000
- Define Normal (Julie Ann Peters), kondisi terlipat dan menguning, paperback, Inggris, Rp. 30 000 SOLD
- Life on the Refrigerator Door (Alice Kuiper), hardcover, kondisi menguning, bahasa Inggris, Rp. 30 000 SOLD
- The Teahouse Fire, kondisi menguning, paperback,  bahasa Inggris, Rp. 30 000 SOLD
- A Very Long Engagement, kondisi menguning, paperback,  bahasa Inggris, Rp. 40 000
- The Tenth Circle (Jodi Picoult), kondisi oke sedikit terlipat, paperback,  bahasa Inggris Rp. 40 000
- Virgin's Lover (Phillipa Greggory), kondisi oke, sedikit menguning,paperback. bahasa Inggris Rp. 40 000
- The English Patient (Michael Ondaatje), kondisi oke, sedikit menguning,paperback.  bahasa Inggris, Rp. 40 000 SOLD
- How the Garcia Girls Lost their Accents,kondisi oke, sedikit menguning,paperback. bahasa Inggris Rp. 40 000
- Dancing After Hours (Andre Dubus), kondisi oke, sedikit menguning,paperback.  bahasa Inggris Rp. 40 000
- Golden Road, paperback, kondisi baik, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 30 000 SOLD
- Komik I Give My First Love to You nomor 1 dari 12 volume, kondisi bagus Rp. 7 000
- Komik I Give My First Love to You nomor 2 dari 12 volume, kondisi bagus Rp. 7 000
- Komik cantik satuan Girls Love Story kondisi bagus Rp. 7000
- Komik cantik satuan Shy Love kondisi bagus Rp. 7000
- Komik cantik satuan Second Button is Love kondisi bagus Rp. 7000 SOLD
- Komik cantik satuan Train of First Love kondisi bagus Rp. 7000 SOLD
- Komik cantik satuan Lots of Love kondisi bagus Rp. 7000
- Komik cantik satuan Rahasia Taman Bunga kondisi bagus Rp. 7000
- Komik cantik satuan Dearest Love kondisi bagus Rp. 7000
- Komik cantik Marry Me, Mary volume 1 kondisi bagus Rp. 7000
- Komik Ibu kondisi terlipat sedikit Rp. 7000
- Komik seri Tabi and Fellow Traveles 1-3 kondisi bagus per buku Rp. 7000
- Komik seri Next to You (Atsuko Namba) volume 6 dan 10, kondisi bagus, per buku Rp. 7000
- Komik seri Q&A (Adaichi Mitsuru) volume 1, kondisi bagus, Rp. 7000
- Komik seri Arata (Watase Yuu) volume 3, kondisi bagus, Rp. 7000
- Komik Mysterious You volume 1, baru, Rp. 7000
- Komik Love Search 1-2, baru, per buku Rp. 7000
- Komik Kurogane's Love Lesson volume 1, Rp. 7000, baru
- Komik satuan cantik Love Peak, baru, Rp. 7000
- Komik satuan Unrequited Love in Fukuoka, Rp. 7000
- Kami Berani Melawan Kanker, baru, Rp. 35 000
- Coraline (Neil Gaiman), paperback, kondisi biasa, Rp. 50 000, bahasa Inggris SOLD
- Come Back: nonfiksi, kondisi biasa, bahasa Inggris, Rp. 40 000
- Marley and Me: kondisi biasa, bahasa Inggris, paperback. Rp. 40 000
- La Cucina, novel, kondisi biasa, bahasa Inggris, paperback. Rp. 40 000
- Marjorie Morningstar (Herman Wouk), novel, kondisi biasa, bahasa Inggris, paperback. Rp. 40 000
- Year of Pleasures (Elizabeth Berg), novel, kondisi terlipat agak lusuh, bahasa Inggris, paperback. Rp. 30 000
- Special Relationship (Robyn Sisman), novel, kondisi biasa, bahasa Inggris, paperback. Rp. 40 000 SOLD
- I Heart You, You Haunt Me (Lisa Schroeder), novel, kondisi biasa, bahasa Inggris, paperback. Rp. 40 000 SOLD
- Tithe (Holly Black), novel, kondisi biasa, bahasa Inggris, paperback. Rp. 40 000
- Serial tokoh dunia Walt Disney, bahasa Indonesia, kondisi bagus, Rp. 7000 SOLD
- Serial tokoh dunia Leonardo da Vinci, bahasa Indonesia, kondisi bagus Rp. 7000 SOLD
- The Beginning of Everything, novel, kondisi baru, bahasa Inggris, paperback. Rp. 70 000 SOLD
- Seraphina, novel, kondisi baru, bahasa Inggris, paperback. Rp. 70 000
- The Dead Room (Chris Mooney), novel, kondisi baru, bahasa Inggris, paperback. Rp. 40 000
- The Stepford Wives novel, kondisi biasa, bahasa Inggris, paperback. Rp. 30 000
- Rahasia Bintang, novel, kondisi biasa, bahasa Indonesia, paperback. Rp. 25 000
- Dream Man (Linda Howard), Harlequin, kondisi biasa, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 25 000
- Rahasia (Rhonda B), nonfiksi, bahasa Indonesia, kondisi biasa, Rp. 25 000
- Freakonomics, bahasa Inggris, paperback, kondisi biasa, nonfiksi. Rp. 40 000 SOLD
- Becoming Jane Austen: biography, paperback, kondisi biasa, nonfiksi. Rp. 50 000 SOLD
- Living Dead in Dallas (Charlaine Harris), novel, paperback, cracked spine, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 40 000
- Dead Until Dark (Charlaine Harris), novel, paperback, cracked spine, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 40 000
- Eleven Minutes (Paulo Coelho), novel, kondisi bagus, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 40 000
- Veronika Decides to Die (Paulo Coelho), novel, kondisi bagus, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 40 000 SOLD
- I Never Promised You a Rose Garden, novel, kondisi menguning, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 40 000 SOLD
- the Elegance of a Hedgehog (Muriel B), novel, cracked spine, bahasa Inggris.  Rp. 65 000
- I Ordered my Wife from the Universe (Stanley Dirgapradja), kondisi biasa, bahasa Indonesia, novel. Rp. 35 000 SOLD
- Komik Paper Plane (Wataru Yoshizumi), kondisi baru, Rp. 7000
- Komik When the Forgotten Snow Falls, kondisi baru, Rp. 7000
- Reuni Terindah, chicklit, bahasa Indonesia, kondisi baru, Rp. 35 000
- Hanami (Fenny Wong), teenlit, bahasa Indonesia, kondisi baru, Rp. 40 000
- Explicit Love Story, chicklit Korea, bahasa Indonesia, kondisi baru, Rp. 35 000 SOLD
- Kala Kali (Windy Ariestanty, Valiant Budi), bahasa Indonesia, kondisi baru, Rp. 40 000
- Ruang Temu, bahasa Indonesia, novel, kondisi baru. Rp. 35 000
- April Snow, novel Korea, bahasa Indonesia, novel, kondisi baru. Rp. 35 000 SOLD
- The Last Girlfriend on Earth: kumcer, bahasa Inggris, kondisi baru, Rp. 40 000 SOLD
- Kitab 13 Jurus Rahasia Vokal, bahasa Indonesia, kondisi baru. Rp. 35 000
- Running the Rift (Naomi Benaron), paperback, kondisi baru, bahasa Inggris, novel. Rp. 40 000
- Snow Country (Yasunari Kawabata), paperback, kondisi biasa, bahasa Inggris, novel. Rp. 40 000
- Lex,  paperback, kondisi baru, bahasa Inggris, novel. Rp. 40 000
- Vain (Amelie Fisher),  paperback, kondisi baru, bahasa Inggris, novel. Rp. 70 000
- The Murders in the Rue Morgue and other stories (Edgar Allan Poe),  paperback, kondisi baru, bahasa Inggris, novel. Rp. 40 000 SOLD
- Eat Tweet: recipe book,  paperback, kondisi baru, bahasa Inggris, Rp. 50 000
- Fish Pies and French Fries, vegetables, meat and something sweet: recipe book,  paperback, kondisi baru, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 50 000 SOLD
- Why Men Need Sex and Women Need Love, nonfiksi bahasa Indonesia, kondisi terlipat, Rp. 40 000
- Bisnis Pasti Sukses dengan Creative Marketing! nonfiksi bahasa Indonesia, kondisi baru, Rp. 35 000
- I Feel Bad about my Neck and other stories (Nora Ephron), nonfiksi, kondisi biasa, bahasa Inggris. Rp. 40 000
- Letters to a Young Poet, nonfiksi, bahasa Inggris, baru. Rp. 30 000 SOLD
- Hairless (Ranti Hannah), nonfiksi, baru, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 30 000
- A Stolen Life (Jaycee Dugard), nonfiksi, baru, bahasa Inggris, Rp. 50 000
- Buku resep: Iced & Hot Tea, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 15 000
- 100 Resep Hot Coffee, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 30 000
- Buku resep: Ice Cream Sundaes, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 15 000
- Buku resep: 100 Resep Cold Coffee, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 30 000
- Buku resep: Milkshake, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 15 000
- Buku resep: Minuman Cokelat, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 15 000
- Buku resep: Minuman Jus, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 15 000
- Buku resep: Sajian Mi Populer, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 15 000
- Buku resep: Crepes, Pancake, Waffle, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 15 000
- Buku resep: Steak and Barbeque, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 15 000
- Buku resep: Japanese Food, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 15 000
- Buku resep: Spaghetti, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 15 000
- Buku resep: Steak, bahasa Indonesia, Rp. 15 000
- Buku resep: Appetizer, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 15 000
- Buku resep: Pasta, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 15 000
- Buku resep: Cream Soup, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 15 000
- Buku resep: Salad, bahasa Indonesia. Rp. 30 000
- Buku resep: Pengusaha Lauk Berbumbu Siap Saji dalam Kemasan. Rp. 15 000









































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