Wrap-Up
How to Be Popular (in the Pages of a Meg Cabot Book!)
After months of being a bad, bad reader, I finally managed to finish a book today. How to Be Popular by Meg Cabot became the twelfth book I closed this year with (reading-wise), and this cute, teen-i…
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Self-Help
Reasons to Stay Alive by Matt Haig: A Short Review
"Depression is also smaller than you. Always, it is smaller than you, even when it feels vast. It operates within you, you do not operate within it. It may be a dark cloud passing across the sky…
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Reading
Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom, An Eye-Opener
"So many people walk around with a meaningless life. They seem half-asleep, even when they're busy doing things they think are important. This is because they're chasing the wrong things…
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Romance Comedy
Unexpectedly Finished The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie Kinsella
I must say that writing another post, meaning finishing yet another book for the month, is quite unexpected. After more than a month of being in a slump, I now crown The Undomestic Goddess by Sophie …
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Reading
1984 by George Orwell: A Short Review
After spending two weeks with 1984 by George Orwell, I finally managed to finish this book on the first day of February. As a classic dystopian novel published in 1949 but taking place in 1984, this …
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Romance Comedy
Surprise Me by Sophie Kinsella Surprised Me
In the last couple of weeks, my weekday reading cycle has been more or less like this: I pick up a book, I know that I should sleep, I ignore the warning, I decide to keep reading, I realize that the…
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Romance
Third Book of The Year (and Also Third Book by Mhairi McFarlane of The Year): It's Not Me, It's You
I feel like so on a roll after finishing my third book of the year last night. Continuing my binge-read of Mhairi McFarlane's books, I picked up her 2011 novel titled It’s Not Me, It’s You. I rea…
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Romance
First Read of The Year: You Had Me at Hello by Mhairi McFarlane
"University's like this little world, a bubble of time separate from everything before and everything after."
My first read of the year, You Had Me at Hello by Mhairi McFarlane, took me r…
Reading
Mockinjay by Suzanne Collins: Epic but "Qualm"able
After I was done with Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins, I looked upon this final installment in awe. “What a ride. What a story,” I thought. Since it was almost one in the morning, I went to sleep with …
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Reading
Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins—That's It
After finishing The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins, I began to hunt for the unspoken—but implied—theories on the internet to see if I had understood the book right. One of my favorite findings would…
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Romance Comedy
Finally Read Can You Keep a Secret by Sophie Kinsella!
If you are familiar with Wattpad, you must know that some authors there like to put a few celebrity pictures of their choice to help you visualize the characters you are about to read. I, for one, do…
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Reading
The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins—The Best Rereading Experience So Far
So I read The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins for the first time in high school. Even though I had been a book geek long before that, I was still in the early stage of becoming a dystopian fantasy ge…
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Reading
The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli was Light and Sweet
Before executing my plan to do The Hunger Games reread (wish me luck!), I was feeling like immunizing myself with something light and sweet first, and so my choice fell on The Upside of Unrequited by…
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Reading
A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab: A ★★★☆☆ Read
I can’t believe I managed to squeeze A Darker Shade of Magic by V.E. Schwab into my wrap-up this month. When I made a poll on my bookstagram story about whether or not I could finish this book in tim…
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Reading
I Wanted to Give Turtles All The Way Down by John Green a Hug
I remember borrowing the translated version of Looking for Alaska by John Green from my high school's library many years ago. I also remember contemplating that his book was probably a miss for m…
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Lifestyle
Panduan Mengunjungi Perpustakan Nasional Republik Indonesia untuk Pemula
Jika pecinta seni punya museum dan pecinta kopi punya bermacam-macam kafe, maka pecinta buku punya Perpustakan Nasonional Republik Indonesia (Perpusnas)—perpustakan tertinggi di dunia. Terdiri dari 2…
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