tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-38119079567742005672024-03-12T20:25:51.516-07:00Page by Pagea bookblog by Sandra CattelyaAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17453766803769027600noreply@blogger.comBlogger107125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3811907956774200567.post-24527956787262174832016-05-08T22:48:00.000-07:002016-05-08T02:22:30.235-07:00Raden Mandasia Si Pencuri Daging Sapi - Yusi Avianto Pareanom<div id="gr_add_to_books">
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Pareanom, Yusi Avianto. 2016. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Raden Mandasia Si Pencuri Daging Sapi</span></u></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">. Depok: Banana.</span></span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">Buku ini untuk </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">DEWASA</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">, karena kontennya menyajikan adegan seksual dan kekerasan yang eksplisit. Tapi, kalau kamu bukan orang dewasa tapi sudah merasa dewasa, silakan baca buku ini. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">I don’t care</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: #f9cb9c;">. Ini buku bagus. Semua orang berhak baca dan menikmati buku ini!</span></span></span></div>
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Sayang sekali popularitas buku ini tidak semegah yang saya harapkan. <i>Well, it actually depends on your circle of friends, I guess</i>. Teman-teman saya yang satu lingkup dengan si penulis atau yang pernah membaca karya-karya Om Yusi sebelumnya, tentu saja sudah heboh membahas (dan mengemis minta) buku ini bahkan sebelum bukunya rampung ditulis.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Namun, teman-teman saya dari lingkup lainnya bergeming ketika buku jatmika ini terbit. Tidak ada kemeriahan apapun bahkan di lingkup teman-teman sesama pembaca dan blogger buku. Sayang sekali. Sayang sekali.</div>
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<s></s>Apakah ada anggapan bahwa ini jenis buku yang hanya bisa dinikmati kalangan yang bacaan sehari-harinya adalah GM, Pram, SGA, Murakami, dll? Ini bukan buku berat sama sekali kok, walaupun tebalnya 448 halaman. Apakah ketidaktersediaan buku ini di Gramedia ikut menjadi faktor kurang populernya buku ini? Bisa jadi. Padahal enggak susah kok untuk dapat buku ini. Nih, saya kasih beberapa tautan tempat yang jual buku ini yang saya tahu. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<i>S</i>aya serius ingin buku ini dibaca lebih banyak orang. Niscaya, kalian (yang belum baca) akan kembali lagi ke blog ini dan bilang makasih ke saya karena saya sememaksa ini.<o:p></o:p></div>
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<i>Raden Mandasia Si Pencuri Daging Sapi</i>, atau singkatnya <i>Mandasia</i>, menceritakan perjalanan Sungu Lembu yang mendendam kesumat terhadap Watugunung, raja dari kerajaan yang telah menaklukkan kampung halamannya. Di tengah perjalanan untuk membalas dendamnya itu, Sungu bertemu Raden Mandasia, yang merupakan anak Watugunung. Karena satu dan lain hal, keduanya akhirnya melakukan perjalanan bersama yang membuahkan petualangan yang wajib kamu baca dan alami sendiri lewat buku ini.<o:p></o:p><br />
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<i>Mandasia</i> adalah dongeng yang ditulis dengan lugas dan cantik, khas gaya penulisan Om Yusi. Menurut KBBI, ‘dongeng’ diartikan sebagai ‘kejadian zaman dahulu yang aneh-aneh.’ Memang <i>Mandasia</i> ini banyak anehnya, latarnya pun zaman sebelum adanya modernitas. Kamu tidak akan menemukan karakter yang pusing mikirin harus nge-<i>tweet</i> apa hari ini, mending naik Gojek atau nebeng temen, mau nongkrong di CK atau di Indomaret. Bayangkanlah latar buku ini seperti zaman Majapahit dulu. Eh tapi, buku ini bukan berlatar di Indonesia ataupun pra-Indonesia. Penulis menciptakan latar tempatnya sendiri. Saya harap bakal dibuat peta latar buku ini supaya pembaca lebih mudah mengikuti ceritanya yang banyak berpindah lokasi (Om Yusi, bikin dong petanya!)<o:p></o:p><br />
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Saya belum menemukan satu pun reaksi negatif dari pembaca buku ini. Semua yang saya temukan mengungkapkan betapa puasnya mereka setelah baca <i>Mandasia</i>. Malahan banyak yang latah langsung ingin makan atau meniru masakan-masakan yang disebut di buku ini. Iyes, buku ini kaya akan deskripsi berbagai jenis makanan eksotis, dari olahan daging sapi sampai daging babi. Detail makanan menjadi sangat menggiurkan karena ditulis apik menggunakan deskripsi banyak indera.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Mau tidak mau, saya merasa <i>Mandasia </i>ini seperti <i>Game of Thrones</i> rasa Indonesia. Konflik yang njlimet tapi kita enggak bisa enggak ngikutin, adegan seksual dan kekerasan yang tidak tanggung-tanggung, hal-hal mengejutkan dari waktu ke waktu, pemakaian berbagai unsur budaya dan kepingan sejarah untuk membentuk dunia khayalan sendiri dalam sebuah cerita kolosal. <i>Mandasia </i>juga<i> </i>menawarkan humor yang matang. Tidak terhitung berapa kali saya harus berhenti membaca karena mata saya ketutup kalau saya lagi ketawa.<o:p></o:p></div>
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Walaupun judulnya <i>Mandasia</i>, buku ini diceritakan dari sudut pandang Sungu Lembu, si pemuda tampan yang banyak bisanya. Namun, tidak seperti di <i>The Great Gatsby</i>, di mana Nick Carraway selaku narator menceritakan tokoh sentral yang adalah Jay Gatsby. Sungu Lembu memang menarasikan kisah Raden Mandasia yang hobinya mencuri daging sapi itu, tapi menurut saya, Sungu tetaplah sentral buku ini. Makanya, ini membuat saya berkesimpulan, mungkin judul <i>Mandasia </i>ini kurang tepat. Harusnya <i>Sungu Lembu</i> <i>bla bla bla </i>apa kek gitu. Gimana menurut kalian yang sudah baca? Sepakat?<o:p></o:p><br />
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Hai! Di video kali ini saya ngomongin sepuluh buku terbaik dari sedikit buku yang saya baca di tahun 2015. Memang sih, tahun ini bukan tahun membaca yang intens bagi saya kalau dibandingkan tahun lalu. Tapi, tetep seneng banget kok ngoomongin buku-buku yang dinikmati selama setahun ini. <i>Subscribe, like, and comment</i>.<br />
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OH IYA! Saya lagi kepingin sekali gabung ke <i>circle-</i>nya <i>booktuber</i> Indonesia (kalau ada). Kasih tau saya yah kalau kamu tau <i>channel</i> YouTube lain punya orang Indonesia yang <i>mainly talks about books. Thank you in advance!</i><br />
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<span lang="IN"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Grisham, John. 2003. </span><i><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">Surat Wasiat</span></u></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: xx-small;">. Jakarta: Gramedia Pustaka Utama.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IN">Ini novel John Grisham pertama yang saya baca. Saya tahu sih Grisham ini penulis yang banyak karyanya. Saya juga sering lihat buku-buku Grisham diobral di toko buku-toko buku sekarang. Mungkin karena kelihatannya ini novel bapuk dan enggak ada sesuatu yang menarik dan kekinian di novel ini, saya </span>jadi <span lang="IN">enggak pernah merasa ingin baca karya-karya Grisham.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Ini <span lang="IN">punyanya Papa</span> saya<span lang="IN">, tapi sudah saya anggap punya saya.</span><span lang="IN"> </span>Yang saya punya ini adalah versi Indonesia cetakan keempat tahun 2003. Tapi aslinya n<span lang="IN">ovel </span>ini pertama kali terbit tahun 1999. Mungkin alasan lain kenapa saya enggak tertarik baca karya Grisham adalah karena saat novel-novelnya sedang di masa kejayaan, karena saya sok tahu saya perkirakan itu tahun 90-an sampai awal 2000, saat itu saya belum di fase yang senang membaca novel misteri dengan latar dunia orang dewasa. <o:p></o:p><br />
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<span lang="IN">Dari halaman pertama, saya sudah enggak bisa memalingkan mata!</span><span lang="IN"> </span><b>W<span lang="IN">EDAN KEREN BANGET!</span></b><span lang="IN"> </span><br />
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<span lang="IN">Ini novel<i> thriller</i> misteri yang pol banget bikin penasarannya. Novel setebal 617 halaman ini </span>selesai <span lang="IN">saya </span>baca <span lang="IN">kurang dari dua hari. Itu termasuk cepat buat saya yang kecepatan bacanya lelet </span>banget, <span lang="IN">dan lagi selama dua hari itu </span>pun <span lang="IN">saya sibuk ngurus sesuatu.</span><br />
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<span lang="IN">Awalnya diceritakan pengusaha superkaya, Troy Phelan, </span>bunuh diri dan <span lang="IN">meninggalkan surat wasiat yang kontroversial. Bukannya membagikan harta miliarannya itu ke enam anak sahnya dan tiga mantan istrinya, dia malah memberikan semuanya untuk anak di luar nikahnya yang selama ini tidak diketahui eksistensinya konon lagi keberadaannya. Untuk mencari si ahli waris itu, diutuslah Nate O’Riley, seorang pengacara yang kehidupannya hancur karena alkohol dan narkotika. </span>Pembaca disajikan kasus perebutan harta warisan yang benar-benar kompleks.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Sekilas ceritanya kurang menarik dan dipastikan bakal banyak detail membosankan menyangkut kasus seperti itu. Saya bisa mengerti sih kalau ada orang yang berpendapat begitu bahkan setelah membaca buku ini. Karena kurang lebih isi buku ini bisa dibilang kurang seksi. Dari segi cerita enggak ada yang terlalu istimewa, memang banyak sekali detail yang printilan banget, tapi ternyata John Grisham ini memang penulis yang handal. Saya sama sekali tidak sempat bosan. Penyampaian ceritanya enggak bertele-tele, pendekatan terhadap kasusnya mudah dipahami dan diikuti, pemakaian sudut pandang dari berbagai karakter membuat membaca novel ini seperti nonton film. Dari halaman ke halaman saya dibuat semakin penasaran dan geregetan ingin lihat akhir kasus ini. <o:p></o:p><br />
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</style> <![endif]--><span style="font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Zusak, Markus. 2012. <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><u>The Book Thief</u></i>. London: Definitions.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Rating 5 bintang</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: xx-small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">(<a href="http://pagebypage-sc.blogspot.co.id/2015/10/the-book-thief-markus-zusak.html" target="_blank">review in English, click here</a>)</span> </span></div>
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<span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">Saya, terus terang saja, bukan orang yang pengetahuan sejarahnya kuat. Baik sejarah </span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">nasional</span><span style="font-size: small;"> <span lang="IN">maupun internasional. Makanya, saya cenderung menghindari novel-novel dengan genre fiksi-sejarah (<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">historical-fiction</i>). Takutnya pemahaman sejarah saya (yang mi</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">skin</span><span lang="IN"> itu) jadi campur aduk dengan fiksi di novel tersebut</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">.</span> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">K</span><span lang="IN">arena saya enggak yakin akan bisa membedakan mana yang fi</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">kt</span><span lang="IN">i</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">f</span><span lang="IN">, mana yang </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">fakta </span><span lang="IN">sejarah. Nah, dengan kewaswasan itulah saya memulai <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Book Thief</i>-nya Markus Zusak yang masyhur ini.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">Yah, sebenarnya sih saya awalnya enggak tahu kalau ini novel fiksi-sejarah. Bagian belakang buku ini enggak membeberkan apapun (sudah seharusnya begitu). Dan saya juga sengaja enggak nonton filmnya dulu sebelum saya baca bukunya. Saya tahu ini fiksi-sejarah setelah baca beberapa halaman pertama</span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">. </span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">Ternyata ini fiksi dengan latar belakang Nazi Jerman di bawah otoritas Hitler. Ih, kedengarannya membosankan.</span><br />
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<span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">Versi Bahasa Inggris yang saya baca terdiri dari 584 halaman. Dan setiap lembarnya</span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> menakjubkan</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">. Saya enggak bermaksud memuji berlebih-lebihan. Tapi, saya rasa saya belum pernah membaca buku yang lebih cerdas dan lebih indah dari <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Book Thief</i>. <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><u>Benar-benar suatu pengalaman membaca yang memuaskan!</u></b></span><br />
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<span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">Hal yang paling saya apresiasi dari buku ini adalah cara Zusak menulis dan menyampaikan ceritanya. Bagi kamu yang lagi membaca tulisan ini dan berharap saya membahas <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Book Thief</i> dari segi ceritanya… maaf. Silakan cari di tempat lain. Saya </span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">ingin</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;"> fokus mengelu-elukan cara menulis si penulis.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><span lang="IN" style="color: grey; font-size: xx-small; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;">“But then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgement of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><span lang="IN">Menarik</span></u><span lang="IN">. <u>Beda</u>. <u>Berani</u>. <u>Pintar</u>. Itu beberapa kata sifat yang saya rasa pantas untuk mendeskripsikan cara menulis Zusak di <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Book Thief</i>.</span></span><br />
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<span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">Pertama, narator keseluruhan novel ini adalah Death alias Dewa Kematian. Saya enggak tahu apakah versi Bahasa Indonesia-nya memang diterjemahkan jadi Dewa Kematian atau enggak. Tapi itulah itu. Jadi, dari sudut pandang yang dipakai saja sudah sangat menantang. Death punya cara pandangnya sendiri. Bagaimana </span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">pandangannya</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;"> terhadap kematian, perilaku manusia,</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> </span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">pekerjaannya</span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> sebagai pencabut nyawa</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">, dan lainnya.</span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Pemakaian alur waktu yang maju-mundur memang kadang membingungkan, tapi masih bisa diikuti. Malah di tengah-tengah cerita, Death membeberkan hal yang akan terjadi di bab akhir. Intinya dia bilang supaya kita yang membaca enggak kaget, dan sebagai persiapan juga buat dia untuk menceritakannya nanti.</span><br />
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<span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">Cara Zusak yang tidak malu-malu menjadi kreatif dalam menuliskan buku ini pun brilian sekali. Dialog atau penjelasan yang penting menjadi dramatis karena ditulis sebagai alinea sendiri, dijuduli, di<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">bold</i>, dan d</span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">itaruh di tengah</span><span style="font-size: small;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span lang="IN">.</span></i><span lang="IN"> Lalu ada ilustrasi</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> sederhana</span> <span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">lengkap </span><span lang="IN">dengan </span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">cerita yang di</span><span lang="IN">tulis tangan. Juga pemakaian ilustrasi dadu sebagai subjudul di salah satu bab. Ah, keren banget, asli.</span><span style="mso-ansi-language: EN-US;"> Zusak menunjukkan bahwa tidak ada batasan bagi penulis dalam menyampaikan cerita.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">S</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">aya bukan tipe pembaca yang suka dengan novel penuh personifikasi dan kalimat berbunga-bunga. </span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Biasanya saya enggak tahan dan langsung jengkel begitu membaca novel begitu</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">. </span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">H</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">al itu </span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">beberapa kali muncul </span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">di <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Book Thief</i>, tapi saya sama sekali tidak terganggu. Malah beberapa kali saya sampai berhenti membaca sebentar dan bengong, mengagumi pemakaian majas personifikasi tersebut. Zusak tidak </span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">berlebihan memakainya, itu kuncinya saya rasa</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">. Dia memakainya sekali-sekali dan penempatannya pas sekali. Para personifikasi tersebut bukan cuma untuk memperindah kalimatnya, tapi menekankan lagi emosi yang sedang dihantarkan ceritanya. Oke</span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">,</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;"> oke, saya tahu ini kesannya detail banget. Beginian aja dibahas. Tapi beneran, saya merasa Zusak cerdas sekali memainkan dan merangkai kata demi kata di <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">The Book Thief</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="color: #666666; font-size: large;"><span lang="IN" style="color: grey; font-size: xx-small; mso-themecolor: background1; mso-themeshade: 128;">“Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. That was the business of hiding a Jew.”</span></span></div>
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<span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;">Dari segi ceritanya sendiri, ini bukan cerita <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">happy-go-lucky</i> dengan ujung yang <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">happy-ending.</i> Saat Hitler berkuasa di Jerman, itu adalah ketika mimpi buruk bukan saat kau tertidur, tapi saat kau terbangun. Jadi, mungkin ini bukan jenis cerita yang bisa dengan mudah dinikmati, tapi jelas, perlu. </span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">Buku ini kembali membuka mata kita</span><span lang="IN" style="font-size: small;"> terhadap perang, genosida, kediktatoran, rasisme, dan diskriminasi</span><span style="font-size: small; mso-ansi-language: EN-US;">, serta bagaimana seharusnya kita menyikapi semua itu.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><span lang="IN">(<a href="http://pagebypage-sc.blogspot.co.id/2015/10/the-book-thief-markus-zusak_9.html" target="_blank"><u>review in Indonesian, click here</u></a>)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span lang="IN" style="color: grey;">“Hard times were coming. Like a parade.”</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Honestly, I’m not that kind of girl with strong knowledge in history. Whether in national or international history. Therefore, I usually steer away from historical-fiction novel. I’m afraid that my already-poor history knowledge will mix up with the fiction in those novels. Because I’m not sure I can differentiate which thing is fictive, which thing is historical fact. So, I started Markus Zusak’s <i>The Book Thief </i>on that wary note.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Well, at first I didn’t actually know that this is a historical-fiction novel. The back cover of the book doesn’t give away much (as it should). And I also intentionally didn’t watch its movie before I could finish the book. I noticed it is a historical-fiction after I read some first pages. Apparently this is a fiction novel set in Nazi German under Hitler’s authority. Sounds horribly boring.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">The English version that I have consists of 584 pages… of pure awesomeness. I don’t want to sound like I over-praise it. But really though, I guess I never read a book cleverer and more beautiful than <i>The Book Thief</i>. <b><u>It really was one satisfying reading experience!</u></b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">The thing I adore most from this book is Zusak’s way in writing and delivering his story. For you who are reading this now and expecting I talk about its story… sorry. You may as well proceed to another site. For now, I want to focus solely on appreciating the writer’s writing.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: grey;"> <span lang="IN">“But then, is there cowardice in the acknowledgement of fear? Is there cowardice in being glad that you lived?”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u>Interesting</u>. <u>Different</u>. <u>Bold</u>. <u>Smart</u>. Those are some adjectives that I think are appropriate to describe Zusak’s writing in <i>The Book Thief</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">First, the narrator of this whole story is Death. It is already challengingly interesting only from the point-of-view itself. Death has his own way in seeing things. We can see how he sees human deaths, human nature, his own job as life-taker, and so on. The back-and-forth time setting in this story is sometime confusing, but still can be understood. In fact, in the middle of the book, Death tells something that will happen in the last chapters. He said that it was to soften the blow for us readers, and to prepare himself when the time of telling is arrived. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Zusak’s way in being boldly creative in writing this book is also super brilliant. Some of the important dialogues or descriptions become dramatically good because they are written in different paragraphs, titled, bolded, and centered. Also, there are some simple illustrations complete with hand-written story. In one particular chapter, Zusak uses dices as sub-chapters. Absolutely stunning. Zusak shows that no boundaries for writers in telling their stories.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">I’m not the type of reader who enjoy novel full of personification (as in figure of speech) and flowery lines. I usually can’t stand it and immediately frustrated when reading those kinds of novel. And I found some of that in <i>The Book Thief</i>, but strangely it didn’t bother me in the slightest. Instead, several times, I needed to stop reading and just stared blankly at nothing to fully appreciate the personification in this book. Zusak doesn’t overusing it, that’s the key, I guess. He uses it wisely once in a while and with perfect placement too. Those personifications are not only to beautify the sentence, but also to emphasize the emotion of the story. I know, I know, it’s such a minor detail. I don’t have to mention this kind of thing. But really though, I feel that Zusak is insanely good in picking each words for <i>The Book Thief</i>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="color: #666666;"><span style="color: grey;"> <span lang="IN">“Imagine smiling after a slap in the face. Then think of doing it twenty-four hours a day. That was the business of hiding a Jew.”</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">From the story itself, it is not a happy-go-lucky story that ends with happy-ending. At the time Hitler ran Germany, that was the time when nightmare is not when you’re asleep, but when you’re awake. Thus, it’s probably not the kind of story that you can easily enjoy, but still, you need it. <i>The Book Thief </i>opens our eyes again toward wars, genocides, dictatorship, racism, and discrimination, also how we should see all of them.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">I don’t think this is a re-readable novel for me. But boy oh boy, the reading experience I got from this book is one in a million. Whoever appreciates literature, <i>The Book Thief </i>is clearly a must.</span><br />
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<span lang="IN">Saya berhenti di
32% dari buku ini. Dan, ya ampun, untuk sampai di 32% itu aja udah perjuangan
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<span lang="IN">Judulnya yang <i>intimidating</i> bikin saya menunda baca
buku ini sejak lama. Tapi, setelah mengalami putus hubungan romantis baru-baru
ini, saya merasa inilah waktu yang tepat untuk baca buku ini. Jadi bisa dibilang,
harapan saya cukup tinggi sebelum mulai baca <i>Why We Broke Up</i>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IN">Buku ini berupa
surat panjang (banget) yang ditulis Min untuk Ed Slaterton, mantan pacarnya.
Isinya menjelaskan kenapa mereka akhirnya putus. Selain mengirimkan surat, si
Min ini juga ngirim barang-barang memento mereka berdua selama ini. Ada
macem-macem. Dari tutup botol pas mereka pertama kali ngobrol, tiket nonton
bioskop, robekan poster, mainan mobil truk, dan barang-barang kecil lain yang
semuanya dimasukkan ke satu kotak. Untuk setiap barang, Min menjelaskan cerita
di balik barang itu dan semuanya diakhiri dengan “<i>and that’s why we broke up</i>”.</span></div>
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<span lang="IN">Penceritaan dari
sudut pandang pertama, apalagi berbentuk surat satu arah, bikin novel ini gak
enak diikuti. ‘Suara’Min bener-bener datar dan jatohnya ngebosenin. Udah gitu,
karakter Min juga bukan jenis karakter yang <i>likable
and relatable</i>. Dia sering ngoceh
tentang film-film superduper jadul yang saya gak pernah denger. Dia juga banyak
ngomong sambil ngambil referensi dari film-film jadul yang saya gak tau itu.
Kayaknya satu-satunya kesamaan saya sama Min cuma sama-sama baru putus dari
pacar dan lagi berusaha <i>move on</i>.
Selain dari itu, nihil.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IN">Saya gak ngerti
kenapa tiba-tiba dia bisa suka sama Ed di awal, apalagi sepertinya mereka gak
ada kesamaan dan dari strata popularitas yang berbeda. Min itu anak perempuan
yang cuek, sarkas, gila film-film lama, nyeni, dan aneh. Sementara Ed, tipikal
anak populer SMA di luar negeri sono, bintang di klub basket, ganteng, badannya
jadi, pinter ngerayu, bla bla bla. Hubungan mereka yang instan terjalin dan
reaksi Min yang kasmaran bukan main bikin saya kurang bisa nikmatin ceritanya.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IN">Terus, dari 32%
itu, yang saya dapet, si Min putus sama si Ed gara-gara si Ed yang gak sesuai
sama ekspektasi Min. Padahal udah jelas banget dari awal si Ed itu gimana. Si
Minnya aja yang milih nutup mata dari awal (ini kok gue sewot sendiri?).</span>
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<span lang="IN">Saya rasa yang
bisa saya petik moralnya dari buku ini adalah <b><i><u>think negative</u></i></b>.
Iya loh. Kalau kita abis mengakhiri hubungan yang sempet sangat kita hargai
sebelumnya, biasanya yang bikin kita susah <i>move
on</i> adalah karena kita terus kebayang-bayang waktu-waktu indah sama si
mantan. Di buku ini, Min ngasih tau hal-hal yang dia gak suka dari Ed semasa
mereka pacaran, yang kemungkinan waktu mereka masih pacaran hal-hal itu
dianggap lalu. Kita diajak untuk berpikir secara lebih jernih tentang
kekurangan mantan kita. Akhirnya kita sampai pada kesimpulan, <i>ternyata dia emang gak baik buat gue</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IN">Tapi, walau
bagaimana pun, saya udah bosen banget sesampainya saya di 32% buku ini dan
merasa waktu saya seharusnya bisa saya habiskan untuk buku yang lain yang
ngantri dibaca. </span>Saya juga mesti bilang kalau p<span lang="IN">oin tambah buku ini ada di ilustrasi-ilustrasinya
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I stopped at 32% of this book. And, boy oh boy, it was a real struggle to get to 32%.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Its intimidating title kept me away for quite a long time. But, after breaking my own romantic relationship very recently, I guess there’s no better time to finally start reading this book. You can say, I held my hopes high before reading <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Why We Broke Up</i>.</div>
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This book form is this (very long) letter written by Min to Ed Slaterton, her ex-boyfriend. Its content explains why they broke up in the end. Not only sends him a letter, Min also sends some goods that she acquired in the meantime of their relationship. There are many random things. From a bottle cap when they first talked, a movie ticket, a rip of a poster, a truck toy, and other small things that she fits in in a box. For each thing, Min elaborates the story behind it and she closes her stories with “<i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">and that’s why we broke up</i>”.<br />
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The first person point of view narration, plus its form as a one-way letter/conversation, makes reading this novel not really enjoyable for me. Min’s ‘voice’ is unbelievably flat and boring. Not just that. Min character is also not the kind of character who is likable and relatable. She keeps rambling about these superduper old movies that I never heard of. And she often talks with some references to those old movies I don’t know about. I guess the only common thing between Min and I is, we both just had a break up and in the struggle of moving on. Other than that, nothing.<br />
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I don’t understand why suddenly Min likes Ed in the beginning, remembering they don’t have a thing in common and they come from very different clicks. Min is this sarcastic girl with deep adoration to old movies, she is arty and weird. While here we have Ed, a typical western high school jock, he is a basketball club’s star, irresistibly handsome, great body, has a way in sweet-talking a girl, bla bla bla. Their instant relationship and Min’s overhype reaction to it just made me couldn’t enjoy this book.<o:p></o:p><br />
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17453766803769027600noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3811907956774200567.post-87521300122058716222015-02-01T04:37:00.001-08:002015-02-03T09:23:40.309-08:00January 2015 Wrap Up!Hai! Telat sehari nih untuk ngupload video ini. <i>Better late than never, right? Enjoy! Let me know if you like this or not, comment or subscribe is very welcome *wink*</i> Postingan '<i><a href="http://pagebypage-sc.blogspot.com/search/label/wrap%20up" target="_blank">wrap up</a></i>' ini ada sebagai pengganti postingan '<i><a href="http://pagebypage-sc.blogspot.com/search/label/book%20haul" target="_blank">book haul</a></i>' yang rencananya akan saya tiadakan. Biar lebih semangat baca, bukan semangat beli. Hehehe.<br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;"><i>Helloooo, Guys!</i> Sudah lama sekali (sebulan, lebih tepatnya) saya nganggurin blog ini. Maaf. <i>I just need some time apart from this blog. I need something new, or else I'll get bored and abandon this blog for even more time that I already did.</i> Karena itulah, untuk <i>review</i> buku kali ini saya mencoba hal baru yang belum pernah saya coba.</span><br />
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</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">Saya bikin video! Saya enggak pernah bikin video sebelumnya, jadi, ini yang pertama. Saya sadar banget akan pencahayaannya yang buruk, kualitas kameranya juga, suaranya juga... semuanya! Hahah. Maklumin saja lah yah. Tapi saya lumayan semangat gara-gara bikin video ini, bahkan... sebenarnya, saya sudah menyiapkan satu video lagi yang akan saya <i>publish</i> awal Februari. Hoyeee~</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Tapi, karena saya enggak yakin apakah untuk posting bareng BBI ini boleh pakai video atau enggak, jadi saya tetap melampirkan <i>review</i> tertulis di bawah ini yah, bersama tebakan Secret Santa saya yang ciamik. Semua yang saya bilang di video sama saja dengan yang saya tulis di bawah, jadi kalian bisa pilih salah satu. Ini dia!</span><br />
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Saya sudah punya <i>The Naked Traveler</i> buku pertama dan kedua, makanya ada beberapa cerita di buku ini yang familiar bagi saya. Soalnya, buku ini adalah terjemahan dari beberapa cerita pilihan dari <i>The Naked Traveler</i> 1 sampai 4. Di pembukaannya, Trinity menjelaskan tentang mengapa buku berbahasa Inggris ini dapat terwujud. Saya suka sekali cara Trinity menyampaikan pendapatnya di situ. Banyak orang yang merasa dia menjelek-jelekkan Indonesia karena menulis sisi yang kurang memuaskan dari negara ini. Namun sebaiknya itu dilihat sebagai penyemangat menuju perbaikan. Anti-kritik enggak bakal bawa negara kita lebih maju.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span lang="IN"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Lagipula, dia adalah “<i>the naked traveler</i>”. Dia menuliskan jurnal perjalanannya ini dengan apa adanya dan tidak ada yang ditutup-tutupi. Dan hal ini yang menjadi poin terkuat buku-buku Trinity selama ini, saya rasa sih begitu. Buku ini berkonsentrasi pada perjalanan Trinity di kepulauan Indonesia. Target pasar buku ini lebih ke turis asing ketimbang orang Indonesianya sendiri. Karena kan orang-orang barat suka berkunjung ke negara eksotis macam Indonesia ini, dan catatan perjalanan Trinity yang selalu unik dan ala <i>backpacker </i>ini bisa jadi salah satu buku wajib bagi mereka.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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Siapakah Secret Santa saya yang sudah memberikan buku ini? Untuk melihat petunjuk yang dibuatnya untuk saya, sila lihat <a href="http://pagebypage-sc.blogspot.com/2014/12/secret-santa-post-1-bersama-happy.html" target="_blank">post Secret Santa #1</a>. Berdasarkan semuanya itu, saya akan menebak, dengan hakul yakin dan percaya diri sekali, bahwa Secret Santa saya adalah teteh <b><span style="font-size: large;"><u><span style="color: red;">Y</span><span style="color: orange;">U</span><span style="color: lime;">S</span><span style="color: blue;">K</span><span style="color: purple;">A</span> <span style="color: magenta;">V</span><span style="color: purple;">O</span><span style="color: blue;">N</span><span style="color: lime;">I</span><span style="color: orange;">T</span><span style="color: red;">A</span></u></span></b> dari <a href="https://lustandcoffee.wordpress.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lust and Coffee</a>! Soalnya kami temenan di Facebook, dan saya sering lihat <i>update</i>-an teh Yuska di <i>feed</i> saya yang banyak mencerahkan saya dalam menebak petunjuknya. <i>Thank you</i>, Teteh! Salam buat AJ yang lucuuuu dan semoga sukses untuk semua golnya di tahun 2015 ini *pelukvirtual<br />
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Hai! <i>Post</i> kali ini akan ditemani oleh si cewek berkumis ini. Happy Cattelya. <i>She even shares the same middle name as me</i>. Desember 2014 ini dia ulang tahun yang pertama, jadi biarlah dia berseliweran di<i> post</i> ini yah.<br />
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Saatnya pamer kado yang dikirimkan Secret Santa saya! Yeeey. Karena bakalan banyak gambar, lebih baik saya sedikit cingcongnya. Nah, paket yang sampai ke rumah saya berisikan ini,<br />
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Buku pertama cukup bikin saya keheranan, karena itu tidak termasuk dalam <a href="http://pagebypage-sc.blogspot.com/2014/11/wishlist-ss-2014-cihuuuuyyy.html"><i>wish list</i> saya</a>.<br />
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Lucu deh. Nama belakang saya juga menunjukkan bunga anggrek. Hmmm. Terus, buku kedua, sudah saya namai dan sampul. Gara-gara sampulnya kinclong, jadi susah ngambil foto yang jelas untuk buku ini.<br />
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Sedangkan, isi surat singkatnya,<br />
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Mari kita lihat satu-satu. Ada bingkisan dari seri STPC, seri buku yang belum saya baca. <i>Notebook</i> dengan sampul biru yang keren dan sesuatu yang saya asumsikan sebagai... <i>bag tag</i>? Apakah kegunaannya yang untuk identitas tas bepergian itu? Maafkan keenggakgaulan saya.</div>
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Kemudian ada <i>notebook</i> lain yang lucu banget. Khusus untuk peresensi buku. Lucuuuu.</div>
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Terus apa buku di balik kertas kado Santa Klaus yang imut itu? <i>By the way</i>, saya suka banget sama kertas kadonya.</div>
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Nah, mana<i> clue</i>-nya? Ini dia, dengan kartu bermotif yang keren banget!</div>
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Isinya,</div>
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<i>Dear Sandra,</i> </blockquote>
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<i>We haven't met in person, but we're connected :) I share the same birthdate as Mike Shinoda, I was born six months before Elvis died. Just like you, I love books. I love quotes too. My current obsession is Marlon Brando. According to test results, I was born in the wrong era. The last book I read is China Dolls by Lisa See. I'm a die-hard Avenged Sevenfold fan, but I listen to all kinds of music.</i> </blockquote>
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<i>Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays.</i><br />
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<i><i>xoxo,</i></i></div>
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<i>Your Secret Santa</i></div>
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Sayangnya, saya langsung tahu siapa Secret Santa saya. Selain karena <i>clue</i>-nya yang banyak itu, ya karena "<i>we're connected</i>" kayak yang dibilang Santa saya. Tapi bagus juga saya enggak usah kelabakan mecahin teka-teki. Hehe. Jadi, inilah semua yang dikasih Secret Santa saya,</div>
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<i>Thank you so much</i>, Santa yang keren. Sampai ketemu di Secret Santa Post #2 di mana saya akan meresensi salah satu buku yang saya terima dan menebak orang di balik ini semua (hahah). Chiao! Oh ya, salam guguk dari Happy.</div>
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Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17453766803769027600noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3811907956774200567.post-84708970425429585342014-12-15T12:26:00.000-08:002014-12-21T01:19:10.329-08:00Kenapa Saya Enggak Bikin Book Haul Post Lagi?<div class="MsoNormal">
Apakah ada yang
bertanya-tanya selama ini? Kalau ada yang penasaran, ini dia penjelasan saya.
Kalau ternyata enggak ada yang penasaran... yaaa... saya tetap akan melanjutkan
tulisan ini. Mariii...</div>
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<span lang="IN">Sejak saya bikin <b>Page by Page</b> tahun lalu, saya rajin dan
(bisa dibilang) konsisten bikin<i> <a href="http://pagebypage-sc.blogspot.com/search/label/book%20haul">book haul post </a></i>tiap akhir bulannya. <i>Book haul </i><b>Page by Page</b> sama saja kayak <i>book haul</i>-nya orang-orang lain, isinya
pamer buku apa saja yang didapat selama sebulan, baik yang beli sendiri atau
dapat gratisan. Gegara jalan-jalan ke blog anak-anak BBI lainnya, saya jadi sadar
ternyata saya suka nengokin <i>book haul
post </i>orang-orang. Saya jadi bisa lihat buku-buku baru yang didemenin para
pembaca sekarang, jadi tahu buku-buku yang sebelumnya belum pernah saya dengar,
tapi sebenernya sih karena memang seneng aja ngeliat belanjaan bukunya orang
lain.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IN">Karena saya cupu
dan kurang gaul, baru beberapa waktu kemudian saya tahu kalau salah satu
anggota BBI, <a href="http://hitamdidalambuku.tumblr.com/" rel="nofollow">Aul</a>, sudah bikin <i>meme</i>
khusus <i>book haul post</i>, judulnya
<a href="http://theblackinthebooks.blogspot.com/2013/07/buying-monday-1.html" rel="nofollow">Buying Monday</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IN">Kepikiran sih
ingin gabung Buying Monday, tapi saya takut enggak bisa konsisten nge-<i>post </i>di hari yang ditentukan, dan lagi
saya juga belum ngerti-ngerti amat cara main <i>meme</i> begituan. Plus, saya males pula bikin postingan minta-minta
maaf di blog sendiri kalau <i>book haul</i>
saya telat naik atau bahkan enggak saya bikin. Mending saya tetap bikin <i>book haul post</i> sendiri saja deh, bisa
seenak udel. Hehe, padahal udel kan enggak enak.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IN">Tak dinyana
(halah!), ternyata saya bisa cukup konsisten bikin <i>book haul post</i>, sampai pada suatu waktu saya merasa ada sesuatu
yang salah (<i>backsound</i>: jeng jeng
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<span lang="IN">Entah waktu itu
saya enggak sadar atau pura-pura enggak sadar, saya jadi membeli buku dengan
pikiran, “Biar bisa bikin <i>book haul post </i>nih
di akhir bulan.” Alhasil, saya semakin konsumtif. Beli buku kayak beli kacang
goreng... padahal saya jarang beli kacang goreng, hahha, ungkapannya jadi
kurang pas. Yah pokoknya sering dan banyak.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IN">Apakah saya salah
kalau saya beli banyak buku? Salah sih mungkin enggak, tapi kurang bijaksana, karena
saya belum berpenghasilan tetap. Dan yang bikin saya lebih merasa bersalah lagi
adalah karena kecepatan saya beli buku tidak sebanding dengan kecepatan saya baca
buku. Misal dalam sebulan saya baca empat buku, tapi di bulan itu juga saya
malah beli sebelas buku. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IN">Jomplang. Saya
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<span lang="IN">Di beberapa <i>book haul posts </i>terakhir yang saya
bikin, kalian bisa lihat saya berusaha mengurangi belanja buku saya, hingga
akhirnya saya merasa tidak perlu lagi membuat <i>book haul post</i> secara rutin tiap bulan. Mungkin ada pembaca <b>Page by Page </b>yang kayak saya, seneng
nengokin <i>book haul post</i>, namun
sayangnya saya (usahakan) tidak akan bikin <i>book
haul post </i>lagi karena godaan untuk beli buku jadi terlalu besar bagi saya.
Bukan berarti sekarang saya setop belanja buku, <i>no no no</i>,
tapi intensi saya enggak pernah lagi demi bisa pamer di blog.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IN">Jadi, itulah
alasan saya enggak lagi bikin <i>book haul
post</i> di <b>Page by Page</b>. Eh tapi,
bukan berarti saya menyinyir <i>blogger</i>
yang bikin <i>book haul post</i>. <i>Please</i> jangan berhenti, karena saya
masih suka ngintipin <i>book haul post</i>
kalian. Selalu menyegarkan dan informatif, <i>love
it</i>!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="IN">Oh iya, <i>post </i>semacam ini akan saya kategorikan
dalam label ‘mongomong’. Semoga ‘mongomong’ seperti ini tidak berhenti di sini
saja. <i>Well then, see you in the next post,
readers</i>!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Hoyeeee ikutan Secret Santa BBI lagi. <a href="http://pagebypage-sc.blogspot.com/2013/12/secret-santa-2013-post-1.html" target="_blank">Tahun lalu</a> <a href="http://pagebypage-sc.blogspot.com/2014/01/rumah-kopi-singa-tertawa-yusi-avianto.html" target="_blank">pengalaman pertama saya ikutan Secret Santa</a>, <i>and oh boy it was fun! </i>Soalnya saya tuh tipe yang senang sekali beli buku. Mau itu beli buku buat diri sendiri atau buat orang lain. <i>I'm obsessed in buying books. </i>Karena itulah, saya sangat menikmati acara Secret Santa BBI ini. <i>Thank you</i> divisi <i>event</i> BBI yang ciamik semua. <i>This is a romantic smile for ya'll.</i> <br />
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Nah, berikut ini buku-buku yang termasuk <i>wishlist</i> saya.<br />
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Pertama, <u><b>buku-buku terbitan dalam negeri</b></u>. Kalau ada beberapa versi kaver, saya enggak masalah mau kaver yang mana. Bisa dibeli di toko-toko buku terdekat, atau toko-toko buku <i>online </i>langganan Santa saja. Untuk beberapa buku di bawah, saya kurang tahu bisa beli di mana, soalnya kalau di sekitar rumah saya sih sudah sulit ditemui. Maklum, bukan buku baru. Jadi, ini daftarnya agak banyak, takutnya Santa saya kesusahan juga nyarinya kayak saya. Untuk dua buku terakhir, saya enggak masalah kalau bukunya <i>secondhand</i>.<br />
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Nah, yang bagian kedua ini agak enggak tau diri, tapi barangkali Santa saya mau beliin. <u><b>Buku-buku terbitan luar negeri</b></u>. Iyaaa, saya sadar betul harganya sudah melebihi harga maksimal, yakni di atas Rp 100.000, tapi tapi tapi, barangkali kan? <i>I just have to try my luck</i>. Santa, <i>no pressure</i> yah.<br />
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<span lang="IN" style="font-size: xx-small;">Bailey, Em. 2012. <i><u>Shift</u></i>. Great Britain: Electric Monkey.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">I often read books before I go to sleep every night, because that’s how I roll since I was a kid. If the books are not interesting enough to keep me awake, I don’t mind because those books still help me to beat my sleep deprivation. As you may guess, the amount of books that keep me awake through the night is, of course, far more many than the books that don’t. But, books that keep me awake AND haunt me in my sleep are quite rare, I believe. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">This book. This book is one of those books that makes me lost my sleep time, and when I did sleep, it haunted my ugly dream. I admit, I had a nightmare after I read this book. It jabbed me right in my supposedly brave-heart.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">I enjoy this book so much. I can’t believe that <b>NONE</b> of my <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/" target="_blank">Goodreads</a> friends have read it (or maybe they just don’t put it on their bookshelves, I don’t know).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">In Great Britain, <i>Shift </i>is published in 2012. But it has been out there since 2011, first published in Australia. This book needs more readers! I need to spread my amazement.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">So, this is another novel with mental-illness theme. I read many novels of this kind lately, by accident. I didn’t actually plan to read about mental-illness so much. I guess it messes with my brain. Oh well.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">Olive Corbett tried to drown herself after her father walked out of her life. She became a mess, crazy. But, she is not crazy anymore, or so she thinks. She obediently takes her meds and listens to what her therapist says. She still has a hard time to make friends, but she is content with only one friend anyway. Ami, the girl that look like her and understand her more than anyone. One day, their school receives a new girl who is rumored has killed her own parents, her name is Miranda Vaile. At first, Miranda is unnoticeable. She is so bland, she blends with shadows. Then, she sets her eyes to the school’s prettiest girl, Katie. And starts imitating her. Only Olive and Ami who notice that this Miranda girl is a danger in disguise.</span></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">What I really like about this book:</span></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><span lang="IN">It’s not a series</span></u><span lang="IN">. ‘Nuf said.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><span lang="IN">The writing style</span></u><span lang="IN">. It flows nicely, the pace is just great, all is revealed in the right time. But, most of all, it’s a unique, distinguishable, smart writing style. I certainly will keep my eyes open for Em Bailey’s next novels.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">And I laughed good-naturally in many parts of this book. I seriously needed to take a moment because when I laugh, my eyes squint so much, I can’t see a thing. This is one of my favorites, when the male main character, Lachlan Ford, asks Olive to a school’s formal.</span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">“Um... well...” I grasped around for something that would jettison me from this weird situation. “Yenope.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">I heard the faint sound of Ami groaning.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-color: #f4cccc;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN" style="background-attachment: scroll; background-clip: border-box; background-image: none; background-origin: padding-box; background-position: 0% 0%; background-repeat: repeat; background-size: auto auto;">Lachlan regarded me in silence. “I like the way,” he said after a moment, “you made ‘no’ <i>almost</i> sound like a ‘yes’.”</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><span lang="IN">The characters</span></u><span lang="IN">. Have you ever read a book with characters that you can’t blame for whatever mistake they do? Because perhaps you can imagine yourself being in their shoes and you feel like you would do exactly the same thing? They are just so believable and you find yourself are sure that those kind of people are probably exist? Well, I felt that way with <i>Shift</i>. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">Miranda, the villain in this novel, was totally creeping me out. If I were Olive and has to deal with her, I most likely will ask my parents to transfer me to another school immediately... oh wait, Olive asked that too, but everyone just thinks that she is crazy (again) for being scared of the sweet harmless Miranda. I couldn’t run away from her. I wouldn’t have enough guts to kill her. I was helpless. I ended up having nightmare about it. Seriously. You read it yourself, then you shall understand.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">Obviously, I love Olive and Lachlan. Even their names are not YA-novels boring common names (Chloe, Phoebe, Lilly, Alex, Noah, Ethan, <i>meh!</i>). It’s refreshing. Their relationship is just sweet and I don’t think it is rushed or anything. Then again, it's not a novel with strong point of romance (in my opinion though), so it wouldn't really bother me if the romance between Olive-Lachlan is even suck. But it's not suck!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><u><span lang="IN">The ending</span></u><span lang="IN">. Maybe I’m heartless, or not kindfull enough, but I want a more dramatic ending with blood and rage and anger. But, if it goes the way I want it, that will be out-character for Olive and Lachlan. So... I don’t mind with the ending after all, I guess. I'll stick with a five-star rating for this book.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">I know now, I should never judge a series if I don’t read its whole series. By that, maybe I did an unfair judgment with <a href="http://pagebypage-sc.blogspot.com/2014/10/marked-p-c-cast-kristin-cast-dnf-gladly.html" target="_blank"><i>Marked</i></a>, but that is one awful book though, ugh. I love the first two book of <i>Mara Dyer Trilogy</i>, but after reading the final installment, my love was fading pretty fast. I’m bumped because I can’t give more than 2,5 stars for this series, believe me, I really want to love this more. But the last book crushed me, and not in a good way either. Despite the failed ending of this series (I’m getting to that later), I really like Michelle Hodkin’s writing style (she has good humor) and I still will pick up her future novels, I guess. Now, shall we talk about who Mara Dyer is?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">Mara Dyer wakes up in a hospital with no memory how she ends up there. Insomnia story? I wished. She just doesn’t remember the accident that made her hospitalized, which also is the accident that killed her best friend Rachel, friend Claire, and boyfriend Jude. Later, Mara has nightmare and hallucination regarding to fore-mentioned accident she will remember gradually. She is diagnosed for PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder) and in need for psychologist treatment from time to time. She moved to a new place and still goes to school, tries to live a normal life.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">I’m not totally sure about my feelings toward this outstanding <b><u>debut</u></b>. Oh, you know what, before we get down to talk more about <i>Lucid</i>, let’s give some time to really appreciate debut novels such as this. Sometimes I wary to read a debut, because I don’t know what to expect from it and from this new author. Nevertheless, I always like to read debuts because I think it’s where the heart and soul and everything of an author would be. For their first book, I believe every authors will give anything possible to write something they can proud of. Although, after writing some more books, they probably will notice some imperfect things in their debuts. But, I strongly believe that their debuts will always have special meaning for them. And so, I am intrigued to feel that special meaning in every debuts I read. Yeah yeah, let me be in my bubble.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">Therefore, beside <i>Lucid</i>, I recommend you to read these stellar debuts; <i>Before I Go to Sleep </i>by S. J. Watson, <a href="http://pagebypage-sc.blogspot.com/2014/04/cruel-beauty-rosamund-hodge.html" target="_blank"><i>Cruel Beauty </i>by Rosamund Hodge</a>, <a href="http://pagebypage-sc.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-truth-about-alice-jennifer-mathieu.html" target="_blank"><i>The Truth About Alice </i>by Jennifer Mathieu</a>... and <i>Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone </i>by J. K. Rowling (because if you haven’t, you seriously missed out BIG time).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">Sloane Margaret Jameson has two lives to live on. First is the one who prefers to be called Maggie, who lives in Manhattan, New York, with a rising acting career, freedom to do anything she likes, but always lonely. Then we meet Sloane, who lives in Mystic, Connecticut, with big loving family, amazing friends, and a dead dearest best friend named Bill. Maggie and Sloane is one girl, you see. Maggie will live Sloane’s life when she sleeps at night, so will Sloane will live Maggie’s life when she sleeps at night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">There’s where we come in term with <u>lucid dreaming</u>, means we know we are dreaming <i>while </i>we dream. Both Maggie and Sloane are very aware that they dream each other lives. They can’t be more different because they struggle with different life problems, they are in totally different environment, they don’t even look similar. Both of them determine to not share this information because it sounds pretty insane to dream someone else life every night in your life. But when they do share it with someone they love and trust, their world begin to dangerously blur together. They begin to see people from their other life’s world.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">I, as a smart-ass reader, knew from the beginning that one of them is not real, and eventually both of the characters must choose which is the reality one. But, until it down to two last pages of the book, I still had no idea which one is the real one, and it scared the hell out of me. Because both Maggie and Sloane had sound terminally crazy for the last 30% of the book and I felt like I was going to get crazy too by not knowing. I was permitted by the authors of this book to finally understand everything in the final chapter. The final chapter which contains only two sentences. Oh meany talented authors, you guys.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">I’m going to be judgmental now. I prefer Maggie rather than Sloane. She is strong, independent, and witty. She occasionally made me crack a smile because of what she thinks and says. Although I mostly bored with her opening chapters, I prefer her than whiny Sloane. Sloane has many things to be grateful for but she keeps this one annoying trait because she lost her Bill forever. So, what we have? Maggie’s chapters are not interesting enough because they portray her lonely daily life and the stories she makes up for strangers, and Sloane’s chapters annoy me because she whines and whines and focuses on one tragedy.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">Then, why the five-star? </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">I must admit, I tempted to stop reading at the first 15% of the book because I don’t feel like I care that much about Maggie nor Sloane, and the writing style is also kind of boring. But, when you get into it, <b>YOU GET INTO IT</b>. I started reading this last night before I go to sleep, but I ended up not sleeping even a blink until I finished the book in the morning. In my defense, I am a slow reader and this book is slow-paced too.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">Eventually, I got used to the writing style, even found it as super strong and carefully structured. Toward the end, the writing style was creepily amazing and my heart pounded so hard until I felt it in my throat. I eventually understand Sloane better and tolerate her a bit. And I feel devastated for Maggie. I cried as I shakily turned off my e-reader and just stared at the ceiling miserably. A book that gave me that kind of reading experience is very much deserved a five-star rating.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span lang="IN">It’s not an easy read, I dragged myself in the beginning parts of the book, the pace is very slow for my liking, the characters are not really likeable. But I got to experience a story concept I never read before in any novels, it absolutely hooked me until the very last page, I got excited and scared at the same time near the ending, and several times I talked crazily to my e-reader screen because I was so into this crazy book. I guess <i>Lucid</i> will not be major people’s cup of tea, hell, it <i>is</i> not my cup of tea. But I’m glad I pushed myself and kept on reading when I felt like stopping..</span></span></div>
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