The Secret of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel

Went to Surabaya last weekend.. and were strolling at Gramedia to see new books.
And then, I came across this book..

The Alchemyst, the Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel by Michael Scott.
Have you heard of Nicholas Flamel? If you are a Harry Potter fans, this name must ring a bell.
Nicholas Flamel was mentioned in Harry Potter 1st series, The Philosopher's Stone.. yep! He's the owner of the Philosopher's stone, a stone that can change metal into gold, and more over, he also claims that he discovered the secret of eternal life.

The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel books don't have anything to do with Hogwarts School, his friends Dumbledore (as it is said in J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone) or even Harry Potter himself.
It's a story of another kind of magic.. where you don't need wands, all you have is yourself to do magic, story about the Elders (I read the Indonesian version, I hope I got the English term right), god and goddess, and many more magic creatures, good and dark ones that you have never imagine.. (hehe.. am I exaggerating? haha..)

I just read the first book, finished it in 4 days.. hehe..
So far, it is fun, I like it..
The magic in it is like The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud. Also about wizard world and it's a bit of a dark magic story, power seeking and status-minded wizards. And the same with the Elders in the book The Secret of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, humani (humans as they call it) or commoner (human's term in Jonathan Stroud's books) are below the wizards, they are supposed to be the Elder's or wizard's slave and not worth a thing.

And now.. a little bit of the book preview..

The Secret of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel, the Alchemyst (book 1).

It all started when Josh and Sophie found out that the owner of a bookstore where Josh works is actually Nicholas Flamel. A French Alchemist, along with his wife, Perenelle, are the guardians of the Book of Abraham. They have been protecting this book for centuries.. the book contains secrets, premonitions and a collection of the most powerful spells in the world. It also contains the secrets to turn metal into gold, rocks into diamonds and also, the secrets to Eternal life.

The Elders have been searching for this book for centuries too in order to restore their power in the world, to conquer and rule the world and everything in it.

Dr John Dee, a humani who has given his life to served the Elders finally discovers the Flamel's whereabouts, he attacks and snatched the book. Josh and Sophie, whose happen to be in the place, intervene to help Flamel. Little they know that they were about to change their whole lives by doing so.

And now, they are being hunted by Dee and other dark magical creatures (you've never heard or seen before).

4 books of the series are available in the bookstores; the Alchemyst, the Magician, the Sorceress and the Necromancer. The 5th book, the Warlock, is going to be released on 22nd or 23rd of May this year.
I don't know whether this is the last book or not, but I heard that it is going to be a series of six books. I'm currently reading the 2nd book now..

It's really interesting, since the character himself, Nicholas Flamel said to be real character. He did exist. And there's also a house that's claimed to be his old house before in France.
Wooow.. great, isn't it?
So, what are you waiting for? Go to your favorite bookstore, Kinokuniya, Gramedia, Gunung Agung or wherever.. grab the whole series and find your nose sticking in to it till the last chapter.. :p

P.S.
hmm.. while writing this book review.. I wonder if I can include it in Angel's contest :p

The Adventure of Two Little Toof

YAY!!
Finally, after a long wait of pre-ordering.. waiting for the book to be published, and finally sent to my place.. It has arriiiived!!!

I present you My Milk Toof, The Adventure of Ickle and Lardee, by Inhae Lee.


I've been following the blog since I can remember..
My Milk Toof, is a photographic stories of two little baby teeth, named Ickle and Lardee.
The author of the book, Inhae Lee, which is now also served as these little cute teeth caretaker.. claimed (I don't know how to say it in other words :p ) that these baby teeth are her long lost (fell out) milk teeth that have returned. They had came back to live with her..
Awww! They're just so cute (^^)*

This book contains the photographic stories of Ickle's and Lardee's adventure together.
When Ickle first came to Inhae's place and getting used to the life in her house, and when Lardee came along.. and loads and loads of other cute stuff and mischief they can manage to do.
Ickle and Lardee are handcrafted by Inhae lee herself, along with most of the props she has for the stories. Lardee has a really cute red bag which I think is magic, since it can contains loads and loads of things in there. Cute suitcase, bath tub, etc.

My husband and I, surely going to treasure this book.
We even bought extra copies from Amazon!! Crazy aren't we?
You won't regret having this one :D

PS:
I'm making this review both to express my happiness on finally having it in my hands and also joining Angel's contest on getting her copy of Sophie Kinsella's, The Wedding Girl.
Wish me luck!!

Me with novel-based-movies..

I just finished reading The Time Traveler's Wife (Audrey Niffenegger) this afternoon, and WOW.. just can't wait till the movie is released. I hope it's as good.. I'll be expecting a lot of flash backs (going back and forth between the past and future) as it is so in the book. But, seeing the trailer, I think it's going to be a bit different, hmm..

Sometimes I wonder, why do I always have the tendency to do this.. whenever there's a novel-based-movie, I'll look for the book and read it before I see them. And most of the time, end up with disappointment, ugh.. except for The Lord of The Rings, because I haven't read the book.. the movie came out before I can have my hand on the novels and after I saw the movie, I just lost the appetite to read, hahaha.. I did read a few chapters but didn't finish it because my friend was reading it (and the book is his, so yea.. I didn't bother to borrow either, haha..).

So far, Harry Potter was nice, although they change some scenes and shorten them a bit, it's nice.. but I don't really like the last one.. because they burned down the Burrow (Weasley's house), while there supposed to be a wedding there on the 7th book.. huh?! Where else Bill and Fleur gonna get married now?

Inkheart, from the book Titenhertz by Cornelia Funke was a big disappointment (well, for me). The scenes just jumping from one to another and if you haven't read the book, you might don't understand the story.. well, that's what I think..
I don't like The Secret of The Moon Acre too.. the movie is not like what I have imagine when I was reading it..
Ahh.. Twilight!! The book itself is a love fantasy actually, but it's okay.. the movie not so okay tho.. the feelings shown, not as deep as in the book, hahaha.. now I'm talking like I'm an expert, haha.. well, just sharing the thought.

So far, to me, the books-based-movies are not as good as the book itself.. or maybe, I should just stop. See the movie first and then read it. Hey! I just remembered, one good novel-based-movie, P.S. I love You!! haha..
Maybe it's because it's a drama story so it makes it easier, while with fantasies, readers have the whole universe to imagine, and each may be different from the others ya?
I'll stop complaining too much.. besides, all the script writers, directors, producers, the artist, all the people behind the scenes.. they have worked so hard.. I should appreciate that, but (still) the audience just want MORE!! (hahaha..)

I'm reading The Shadow of The Wind, book by Carlos Ruiz Zafon now..

Where's Wally?

Hi hi.. Do you know Wally?

I just found this book yesterday and of course, bought it (haha..) at Periplus, Juanda when I went there with Indra.. what am I doing at the airport? well, Indra is going back to Bjm after a short trip here (^^,)* and how did I get into Periplus? ahh.. you know lah, using his sisters' ticket to get in, hahaha..

Well, that's not what I'm going to talk about right now..
So, do you know Wally? Or some of you may know him as Waldo? He has many names (as the source said), the first one is Wally when the book first published in 1987, and then he got famous and adopted by 28 countries around the globe. Because its franchise gave a new name and personality to the character.. don't be confuse.. they're just the same person, Wally. For example; he became Charlie in France, Walter in Germany, Holger in Denmark and Willy in Norway. You can find Wally in Japan, while in Israel, he got renamed as Effy. But of course, the most successful one, even more famous than the original "Wally" brand, is the North American adaptation, Where's Waldo?

I found this photo in the Facebook profile.. and one of the fans said "What is this about?"
He must've thought that Waldo is the real name, and this "Where's Wally?" book is the fake one.. poor Wally.. he was the original, but thought as the fakey.. kasihan deh..



So, who is Wally? well, he's a character created by Martin Handford.
He's a tall thin guy who's planning on a hike around the world. Dressed in a red and white hooped shirt and bobble hat, always carrying a wooden walking stick, and wears round glasses (just like the one Harry Potter's wearing I guess) and yea.. most of the times , carrying his back pack.
The book Where's Wally consist of full-page illustrated pictures of hundreds of tiny people. And we have to find Wally among the group, which can be so difficult because he is always well hidden. Beside finding Wally, we also have to find his friends; Wenda, Woof the dog, Wizard Whitebeard and Odlaw. And as addition to the fun of it, there are also lots of lost things that you will have to find in each illustration. This book is really a fun friend for traveling.. which is why I bought it.
I love buying travel-mate books.. I have word-search, find difference (of two or more pictures) book, sudoku, etc.
I just did the first and third page of Where's Wally? book, and WOW!! My eyes tired.. hahaha..
Interested in trying to find Wally to? Try this link!! (^^,)* Have FUN!!

Twilight Syndrome

Finished reading Twilight Saga a while ago, two days and a half after I got it from Periplus.
Fast eh? but not as fast as QQ I guess, haha..

And I was browsing on my facebook to see some friends updates and update my own and I notice the sidebar.. apparently there are a lot of Robert Pattinson and Edward Cullen's fan facebook nowadays.. if you click on search, there will be hundreds of results, more then five hundreds they say, that's crazy.

I openned one of them and found lots of pictures of Robert in Twilight movie, Harry Potter and some model action he took part in. And then, scroll down to discussion and I found some hilarious discussion topics.. they're not appropriate too actually, but I just found it funny how people can react like that to a fictional character.. oh my! they don't even real!!

click on these if you're curious
the first
the second

this goes to those who hates Edward or Robert.. haha..

I'm not personally crazy about Edward like those girls who squeal and screaming histerically on his names.. gosh! way off that stage already.. besides, he's just a fictional character, get real!!
But yea.. it's people's right to like, love, adore, crazy about, possessed or whatever feelings they have to anybody they want.. the haters just have to take it, respect their feelings lah.. like the haters have the right to hate too..

Well, for the likers, lovers, adorers, etc., just don't get yourself in to something's unreal that crazy.. you have a real life too (^^,)*

Eclipse & Breaking Dawn..

Yep yep! This pic was taken yesterday.. straight after I just reached home from office. Tampang kucel amburadul and yet, still managed to get a photo and not ashamed to put it here, hahaha..

So, the shop attendant at Periplus, Juanda texted me yesterday; "The books just arrived miss Jeanne. Do you want us to deliver them?"

Wahahaha.. I'm so excited!!!
Tho I'm thrilled with the 15% discount with HSBC if I bought the book at the counter, but I couldn't get in to the terminal without plane tickets right? and Periplus PTC don't have it, moreover the ones that have the only two books left is Galaxy Mall, doh jauhee..
In the end, I followed my brother's suggestion to let Juanda's Periplus shop assistant to deliver it to my house. Cost me more rupiahs, but I thought it's okay.. if I went to Galaxy, it might cost me more.. for the gas, and the eyes if they see something, I would end up shopping and spending more, hahahaha..

*reading eclipse now.. page 595 already.. hahaha..

Rectoverso..

Just got my Rectoverso book yesterday..
Dua hari yang lalu nyampe d Banjar and dikirimin mama kesini, hehe..

Jadi pengen beli buku ini gara2 baca review nya di O'o site. hehe..
Lagu nya so pasti pernah denger salah satunya di radio2 deh, Malaikat Juga Tahu.. tahu kan??!! hehe.. cakep banget tuh lagu, merinding kadang2 denger nya.
Selain itu, beda banget ama buku2 even CD2 lain yang cuma lagu atau buku aja.. Di buku ini ada 11 cerita yang punya judul sama dengan judul lagu2 d CD nya. Jadi 11 kisah dan 11 lagu.. Rasa nya asik banget kalo kita tau ada cerita apa dibalik lagu and how a story can really sing.. hahaha.. mulai dah, celotehku, haha..

Ohya, aku beli buku ini dari website nya.. mestinya d toko2 buku udah ada sih.. tapi kalo beli d website nya dapet tanda tangan nya Dee loh.. hehe.. tuh liat d cover CD nya.. *sweet..

Well, aku lom sempat baca sih, CD nya juga baru didengerin separo.. hehe.. masih resting my eyes abis baca Twilight (duh! masih penasaran ama lanjutan nya nih..). But soon I will.. maybe 1 story for tonight before I go to bed..

*oahmmm.. ngantuk nih.. Good night all.. sweet dreams..

Twilight.. the new Harry Potter?

It seems that everybody is talking about a movie and novel, Twilight by Stephenie Meyer. The girls are talking and sometimes in high pitch and hysterically about the main male character, Edward Cullen. And the boys just go "what so good about him that made girls go crazy like that?" haha.. And I just have no idea that time, I haven't read the book.

Honestly, I don't have any interest at all about it (at first, I have to add).
But then, my boyfriend's sister were telling me about it; that she finished the Indonesian version of Twilight in just four hours and that she's asking her friend in Spore to buy her the limited edition and how excited she was when she got them in her hands.. I really don't have any idea what make it so interesting. Then, she hand me the book.. at first, (to be honest) I took it as a polite response coz she brought it for me. I don't know whether I'll read it or not.. hehe.. sorry QQ, Cece was not that interested the first time.

As I'm going back to Surabaya soon after, I brought the book with me.. I started reading it two days ago, when I couldn't found anything new to read.. I just still remembered every detail stories of my novel and comic books.. hehe.. so I started reading.. and yeah!! Once I set my eyes in it, I just lost track of time. It consumed me, to make it sound more dramatic, kind of possessed, thirst (like a vampire for blood) and dying to know how the story goes.. haha.. Like last night, I thought I'll just read a chapter or two after chatting with Indra, but then, two hours passed.. gosh!!
And I just finished it today.. fiuhh.. and QQ, may I borrow the next? hehe.. I sort of asked a friend if her sister could buy me the novels when she's coming home later. hehe..
I said to myself, "Now you know it, Jeanne!"
hahaha.. it just keep you curious and curious what will happen next, and I had to admit, I like the girl, Bella and the boy, Edward is just charming indeed. No wonder girls fall in to him.

I haven't watched the movie tho. I saw the poster and wonder the girls are so crazy about this pale skinny guy??? Maybe coz I haven't seen him in a better look, well, we'll see..
Then I just learned, that the cast for Edward Cullen is actually Robert Pattinson, the very same one playing Cedric Diggory in Harry Potter, and yeaa.. he's not that cute!! Why?? I don't think it's the right cast, haha.. well, it's only my opinion, it's ok if you other girls disagree.
Well, I couldn't think of other option too tho, the one playing in my head while reading it was faceless.. the most I see is just the hands, figures, and all different from the movie poster I just saw. I thought Alice would look great in silky blonde hair and Rosalie would be so mysteriously gorgeous in dark hair and red apple lips, but DANG!! just the opposite.. haha..


I just browsed on the movie just now, and saw the trailer and decided "it's not as good as the book".
It's true what people say, "better see the movie first, and then read the book"
You'll see a lot of things missing and just not fall in the right place like in the book. Sometimes they add and change things so that it can fit in, but it just made us (ones that already read the book) think, "Hey, that's not right. It's supposed to be like this..".

But I still want to know how it is, the movie..

I GOT IT!!

Yoohooo!!! I got the book!!! The Tales of Beedle the Bard.

It’s the popular collection of children fairytales in the Wizarding world. The one that Albus Dumbledore bequeathed to Hermione Granger on Harry Potter 7th book.

As Wikipedia and other sources said, the book was originally produced in limited edition of only seven copies, each handwritten and illustrated by J.K. Rowling. Six of the books are given to the six people who were most involved with the Harry Potter series. Who they would be? Me?? (*ngarep, haha..).
The seventh copy then? The seventh handwritten copy is going to be sold in the auction o raise funds for The Children’s Voice charity campaign. And the news said that the book was already auctioned last 13 December 2007, at Sotheby’s in London. The starting price was £30,000 ($62,000), and originally was expected to sell for approximately £50,000 ($103,000).
And yeah.. so many people want it that made the closing bid far exceeded all projections. The book is won with a total of £1.95 million ($3.98 million) by a representative from London fine art dealers, Hazlitt Gooden and Fox on behalf of Amazon. It is said to be the highest purchase price for a modern literary manuscript at the date. Wow!! The children are so lucky.

What about us Harry Potter fans? The book is only produced in seven copies!! Can’t we read it too?
Well, luckily, on 31 July 2008, it was announced that they will also published The Tales of Beedle the Bard for public. YAY!! They came in standard and collector’s edition. We are lucky too!!

I saw the book order announcement at Popular (Singapore) some time ago and I want to order, but I don’t live there and I’m already back to Indonesia by the time the book is released (4/12/08), so I thought I’ll buy it in Indo.
When I got back to Surabaya, I visit one of well known bookstore here and the place where I ordered previous J.k. Rowling’s books before, and DANG!! They don’t have it; they don’t even know what book is that. Yaelah maaakk.. zhen me ban ne? Well, I just put my name there in the book order list and just hope that they’ll have it by then.
Lucky again! They called yesterday (03/12/08), saying that the book has arrived and I can make an order/book the book first, but can only take it at the launching date, which is today. I was around the bookstore last night and just decided to go there and make the payment for the book, hehe.. I already touch it last night and was tempted to open and take a sneak peak of it, but I hold my self, haha.. It won’t be fun to see it first, right?

I was browsing for the book picture to put here just now and I found.. OMG.. the collector’s edition!! SO WANT IT!!! I WANT I WANT!! But had to buy it through Amazon while the exchange rate is really expensive nowadays.. hiks hiks..
They have so many goodies in it.. For sure, it will feature ten illustrations by J.k. Rowling that is not included in the standard edition or the original handcrafted edition. There are also other miscellaneous objects such as replica gemstones, metal skull, cornes, clasp and an emerald ribbon. And most of all, it will also be an exclusive reproduction of J. K. Rowling's handwritten introduction. How can you not want it?!

Well, I’ll just satisfy myself with the standard edition for now..
Sssstt! Do not disturb! I’m going to read my Tales of Beedle the Bard..

Good night..

The Little White Horse

Just finished this book today and I’m going to continue with J.K. Rowling latest book that’s going to be released tomorrow (see tomorrow’s post), hehe..

By the way, about this book, The Little White Horse, I found out about it in Kinokuniya’s Silver Christmas Catalogue 2008. It says..

“J.K. Rowling ‘absolutely adored the Little White Horse’ and you probably would
enjoy this enchanting children’s classic about a gentle magical world where
cynicism is absent and moral fairness rules. A beautifully written story which
won the 1946 Carnegie Medal for children’s literature, it’s timeless theme is
being translated onto the silver screen in an upcoming movie starring Ioan
Gruffud and Dakota Blue Richards. This collector’s edition comes in a linen
bound slipcase and contains artwork from the original edition.”

Yea yea.. as you can guess, I bought it because J.K. Rowling loves it. Well, you must be curious and kind of trust your favorite writer choice of books, right? It’s got to be a worth reading too. In fact, it is. The book is really well written and in a beautiful grammatical language too. I like it. It has poems and songs in it and I just can’t wait to see the movie (^^,)*

P.S. was tempted to buy this collector edition, but it was very expensive SGD 40 something while the standard edition is only SGD 17, which in my opinion is better, beside it’s far cheaper, the collector’s edition don’t have much to offer either.. just the linen case and some illustrations, which are beautiful, but not so much also.

To Shenandoah Valley.. for free..

I just got a comment (or actually a message) from Laura on my post (The Lost Things, Letters & Stars..). She's currently working with The Wednesday Letters' writer, Jason F. Wright. She wrote to me about a new contest they're holding, where we can win a free trip-for-two to Jason's hometown in VA, the Shenandoah Valley, which is the set for The Wednesday Letters!!
I imagine that this place is really beautiful and I goggled some pictures.. I hope I got the right ones..

This is a view..















Shenandoah Valley at fall time.. I love the purple color..

















Well, if you win the contest, you and a friend can get to enjoy all these beautiful view there.. All you have to do is simple, send a Christmas card to Jason and his family. The Christmas card must be received before December 24th, 2008 and he and his assistant will randomly picked the winner. Excited?!! Me too..
But then, I feel a bit disappointed. Although it's really really tempting, the winner will get a free trip, all expenses will be covered and other beautiful things in the package, but I think I can't join, because it's really hard nowadays to get a visa to US. My little brother tried twice for a vacation, but yea.. he got rejected twice too..
Besides, the ticket given are only from US continental only.. no Indonesia, hehe..

For those of you friends and readers who happens to live in US or near there, if you want to join the contest, you're very welcome, just visit here for more info..
I hope you'll win and send me some pictures of the beautiful view there..
Good luck!!

The Lost Things, Letters & Stars..

I haven't finish reading "Eat, Pray, Love" by Elizabeth Gilbert, but yet, when I went to the book store last Monday, I bought another one. Okay, three exactly..

The first one, I just finished reading it Thursday morning, before office and while waiting for the technician for my car. Didn't I tell you my car was 'mogok' yesterday? Well, thank God that it happenned when I was about to go to the office and not while I'm on the way. I can't imagine standing there at the side of the street in this hot wheather. But hey! Last night was raining, the summer is going to end soon I hope..
Now, go back to the book.. It's titled The Book of Lost Things by John Commolly's. As usual, I'm interested with the cover and the title also. It's a fairytale for adults. Hmm.. and as I reading it, it's a bit like Stardust you know, that kind of fairytale, dark. There are mean witches that wish to eat your heart for their lives, a princess whose captured in a castle but actually is an evil queen who wish to suck your essence of life and there are dark creatures who eat flesh like harpies, trolls, and loaps.. things in your imagination that you're afraid of..
Some fairytales were re-told differently by Connelly, darker and unusual, but I enjoyed them. "Hansel & Gretel", "Little Red Riding Hood" whose not little anymore here and actually having an attraction for the wolf.

The second, I finished it last night. Yup, in a day.. The Wednesday Letters by Jason F. Wright.
It's an amazingly beautiful love story, that's why I couldn't stop and just finished it the same day. Can you imagine someone would write to you everyweek for 39 years of their marriage lives? In real life, I don't know. But this book has Jack Cooper who has been writing his wife letters every Wednesday since their first night as husband and wife.
The story began with Jack and Laurel's (Jack's wife) deaths. Jack has been dealing with tumor in his head and Laurel somehow got a heart attack that night. And with his wife in his arms, and before he take his last breath, he wrote his last "Wednesday letter". Their children didn't know about the letters and how surprised they are finding boxes full of love letters their father wrote for their mother. Some were just expressing his love for his wife and kids, some were amazing stories to tell, some just a daily activities and last, that shocked their children the most, there are also some that has a shocking truth about their past. Having to deal with their own problems in their lives, preparing their parents funeral and now, faced with the letters.. they only have each other to lean on to..
The story is a about love and forgiveness. It's beautiful, and if you're so in to it, it might get you to start writing your own "Wednesday letters" too, as the writer intended to. (^^,)* haha..

Ouw, almost forgot about the third. I finished it first, on the day I bought it. Well, it's not thick, only a hundred pages and over. The Boy Who ate Stars by Kochka, translated by Sarah Adams.
About a twelve year old girl, Lucy, who's eager to learn everything about her neighbors in her new apartment building. And she ended up somehow attracted and all of her intention is directed to a little boy living above her apartment, Matthew. Together with her friend, Theo, she is determined to meet and understand Matthew's life that somehow is unfamiliar and exhilarating for them. With understanding Matthew's autistic life, their lives somehow were changed too and they start to see the world differently.. It's a wonderful story.. a unique way to see the world in the eye of a twelve.

Well, well, three books this week.. Hmm.. I have to finished the previous.. Eat, Pray, Love; Perfect Strangers and Thanks for the Memories (still with QQ tho).

Great day!

More and more books..

Yoohoo! I love this, a package from Wulan just arrived today..
I ordered some old old Japanese felt books a while ago, hehe.. I'm so crazy bout felt (or flannel some of you may say).
Buku-buku yang dia punya ini, buku-buku felt yang udah kunooo banget, udah g keluar lagi sih kata nya.
Yang paling depan tuh yang aku paling suka. Ada bikin momotaro, raksasa-raksasa lucu, lucky cat, pinokio, dll..
Buku ini pernah dterbitin Indo nya, pake judul Seri Membuat Sendiri - Boneka Flannel, ada edisi 1-7. Aku cuma punya no 1, 2 , 3 and 6. Yang lainnya fotokopi punya temen, soal nya jaman dulu aja dah susah banget nyari nya. Trus mana yg no. 1 ilang lagi. Kalo ga salah, ada temen yang minjem tapi g dibalikin, trus aku lupaaa lagi minjemin ke siapa.. hiks hiks.. tp dengan ada nya buku ini, hehe.. terobatilah sudah (^^,)*

Yea.. I like books, craft books, design books, comic books, fairy tale books, children books..
Call me crazy but it's true.. kalo berkunjung ke manaaa aja, yang pingin dilihat pasti toko buku nya.. ke Lafayette, orang-orang bingung beli LV, nyari baju ini itu.. aku melenggang aja ke toko buku.. walau ga beli, liat-liat aja dah puass.. lagian disana mahal, itung euro, hehee.. k Jakarta juga pengen nya ke Kino.. k SG too.. yang paling bahagia kalo ke China, murah meriah, padahal asli beli d toko buku gede gitu loh.. dibandingkan k negara lain, barang yang sama, bisa 1 banding 3.. weleh weleh..
Kadang nyesel juga sih, seng lain dapet baju atau tas yang cantik-cantik, aku dapet e buku.. tapi, asik-asik aja tuh, hahaha..
Ntar malem sebelum tidur, bakal mandang2in tuh buku-buku, hehehe..

btw, si Wulan baik jg, dikasih DIY kit, bikin dompet and sampul buku felt.. sweet (^^,)*

my homeworks..

That! in front is the book that I'm currently reading.. Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert. Read it since I bought it at the Dubai airport on July (when we're going back to Indo). From 348 pages, I just finished up until page 197.. what? almost 3 months and still not finished yet?
And that's! another 4 to finished too.. the second from the top, The History of Love by Nicole Krauss is a bit boring (for me), doesn't interest me at all.. I bought it coz I like the title and cover.. :-P

The others at the back are Perfect Stranger by Robyn Sisman. (And again) I like the title.. and the sentence written behind the book.. "Can you fall in love with someone you've never met?" Hmm.. isn't it sound interesting? hehe.. I also like the cover, looks like an old comic drawings and I hope the book is as good as it.
Then the History of Love and then.. this looks fun! How to Walk in High Heels - the girl's guide to everything by Camilla Morton. "From playing poker to climbing out of a car in a mini skirt, from tackling lobster in a restaurant to changing a tyre. It's the most fabulous instruction manual the world has ever seen. All told in Camilla's inimitable straight-talking, hilariously funny style" (vogue.com). Worth reading eh? I also wanted to buy the other one, A Year in High Heels - a girl for all season. But yea.. have to finish these first (^^,)*
The last is Thanks for the Memories by Cecelia Ahern.. well, you must've heard her names somewhere.. of course from that romantic movie starred Hilary Swank and Gerard Butler, P.S. I love You. She is the novelist!! This one I hope is as good as P.S. - about a woman who remembers things she shouldn't. She knows about tiny cobbled streets in Paris, whish she has never visited. And every night she dreams about an unknown little girl with blonde hair.. and again, I love the sentence written behind the book.. "How can you know someone you've never met?" hehehe.. I seems to like things like that.. fairytalish romantic..

I hope to finished them during the Lebaran holiday.. hehe..
And tell you whick one is mostly recommended.. ('^,)*

12th April 2008, a date with Kino..

Kino is my second boyfriend, a librarian.. hahaha.. just kidding.. it's a bookstore.
Quite big one and of course you might know already.
So, I went to a bookstore today and treat myself a few books..

The Cute Book from Aranzi Aronzo. It's a bit smaller than the previous books, about making aranzi Aronzo's characters in felt.
I like it. They give clear explanations and funny cartoon dialog between the characters too..










About making things from felt.. bags, pouches, camera case, book covers, pot holders, book marks, place mats, little cute pillows, even sandals.. cute!











Projects in this book are mostly done with sewing machine help.
It shows us how to make pillow cases, sofa covers, mat, little pillows too, laundry bag, tea pot cover, postman bag, table cover, apron, etc..
There are cute projects I want to make. I'll share some to you too (^^,)*








Haha.. this book is funny. Well, even us adults love plushies, and of course, most of them come in the shape that is waaaay different from what we like when we're still kids. No more teddy bears or barbies and of course no big bird or barney.
This book has curious shapes of plush you might like, like plucky duck there on the cover. He really is a curious looking rooster.
Wonder what ideas going to come up from reading this book.. haha..




This book is a collection of plushies and their designers. Here we can find the most adorable, weird and creepy (or you name it) dolls and their makers. I found my favorite doll makers, flickr friends and bloggers such as Little Odd Forest, Heidy Kenney, Blair Stocker, Denise Cozzitorto, and others..
Some of the designers also share how to make their plushies.








The last is the Softies Kit. It has some cute creations, pattens and instructions and tips on making them. It also give some materials for creating one of the softie confection.








Other books are two novels, just to accompany me on resting time.. two teen-adult novels, Spiderwick and The Last Elf. Can’t wait to see Spiderwick the movie too.

P.S. I Love You

THIS, definitely is a MUST-Watch movie..
I haven't tho. Was planning to when my boyfriend came, but we didn't. Many things came up, like soaked in the rain, it's late and I have to go home early.. but I guess DVD will be great too. Promise you won't watch it first ya darl.. hahaha..

I read the book two days ago, and I finished it in overnight. Gosh! It's beautiful!! And my favorite character definitely is Gerry!!! haha.. well, of course. Girls must be crazy about him, moreover with a handsome face like Gerard Butler, just perfect! The only thing I don't want is his illness and short age.

Read the book, watched the preview.. I think there are lots of differences between the book and movie.. for one thing, Holly receive all the letters all at once, in a box. In the movie, Gerry sent her one by one (I guess, well, once again, I haven't watch the movie). And he also uses tape recorder..
Well, movie supposed to make it more lively, right? Hmm.. makes me more curious and want to see it so much.. grrr...
By the way, don't forget to visit the website, it's interesting. You can download pictures, see the photo shoot of Hillary & Gerard, about the music, and send a time capsule and cute e-card too!! I've sent one for Indra.. haha..

Hmm.. since I have finished this one (too!), I need another book.
Any recommendation?

The Highest Tide

I finished reading this yesterday. The Highest Tide, a novel by Jim Lynch.

One moonlit night, thirteen-year-old Miles O’Malley sneaks out of his house and goes exploring on the tidal flats of Puget Sound. He's used to find sea creatures at night to sell to the local aquarium owner. When he discovers a rare giant squid, he instantly becomes a local phenomenon. But Miles is really just a kid on the verge of growing up, infatuated with the girl next door, worried that his parents will divorce and fearful that
everything, even the bay he loves, is shifting away from him.

A beautiful story they say and I agree too. Besides beautiful, it also gives us so many knowledge about the sea and creatures or animals living in it. It makes me curious and want to know how they really look like. The author is so generous too, in the novel website, he provides some of the animals' pictures, including the adorable sea pen. I'd like to see the cross starfish too..

A Leap of Love, Remember Me?

There is a wonderful ancient Western tradition that allows a woman to propose to a man.
But, only on 29 February.
Only once every four years, in a Leap Year.

You know girls love and even crave for romantic stories, if you're one of those girls, this is a good book to read.
A Leap of Love is a story about a girl who believes that fate will show her the man she meant to be with. Where? She doesn't know. When? She doesn't know it either. But, when the time comes, she'll just know..
But what she doesn't know is.. what Fate has behind all that. The journey of love is full of tricks and mischievousnesses that make it not smooth at all.

I bought this book the night before I went back to Indonesia (26/02/08). I thought I can use some readings while waiting for my flight. But what? I finished this book in a night, so I have no more books to read while waiting for the boring hours.. And I bought another one, Remember Me? by Sophie Kinsella.

The story is about another girl, Lexi Smart, who wakes up in a hospital and found out that her whole life has changed! She's rich, her whole appearance (which mean her imperfect teeth and fat) changed, and she's married to a gorgeous & also a multimillionaire husband too!!
Except that she forgot how she end up this way, she lost three years of her memories.. and with her bestfriends are not her bestfriends anymore.. she got confused!!
Interesting isn't it? Will she be able to retrieve her memories? We'll never know..
Well, I know, cause I have read it, haha.. and you know? in a day too.. I wonder why I read that fast. Maybe it's been a while since my last novel..



by the way, the book, A Leap of Love is made into a movie, called A Leap Years.. released last February 29'2008.
I really want to watch it, is it going to be as good as the novel? In fact, I got a free movie ticket when I bought the book. It's just that I went back to my country the next day, so yea.. I couldn't watch it. Perhaps, I'll just find the DVD.

I just read..

Lion Boy, trilogy by Zizou Corder. It's a fun story. A boy named Charlie Ashanti has an ability to speak with cats - and realize that this gives him a lot of advantages, especially after his professor parents were kidnapped. Then he began a journey to find his parents and end up rescuing 6 circus lions, trapped in Venice, and lots of dangerous yet exciting adventure! Will he find his parents? Will he be able to help his lion friends to go back to their home, the jungle? You'll never know before you read it.
I just finished the first and second book, and going to get the third one tomorrow. Can't wait!!

By the way, I have finished another trilogy before this, The Bartimaeus Trilogy by Jonathan Stroud. It's about wizards' world, but it's not like Harry Potter, it's darker. The witches and wizards are not friendly and they love power, status, to be above and rule the commoner (that's how the wizards call muggles in this book). It's a nice novel and it is said that it is a New York Times best-seller too. You should try it. Well, you might feel it's too descriptive and sometimes got bored with it, but it's still make you curious. Like I said, you'll never know before you read it!

Give it a try, good for time-killer.. ('^,)*