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The Journey of Song triplets Book

4:40 PM

Jadi, kemaren si bocah dikirimin tante-tante nya kado. Salah satunya buku Daehan, Minguk, Manse ini. Secara mamaknya (dan tante2nya) sukaaa sekali sama mereka bertiga. Bukunya sendiri dalam bahasa inggris karena memang pengarangnya sendiri (sepertinya) orang Korea. Shandy Claws ini gaya ilustrasinya baguuusss banget, i personally love it! Gemes-gemes gitu kalau di bukunya. Buku ini menceritakan penggalan-penggalan episode triplets di The Return of Superman. Ngga semua episode juga sih, ada beberapa episode hanya di ilustrasikan dengan 1 gambar saja. Ada juga gambar yang dia buat sendiri.






Selain cerita bergambar, ada juga lirik lagu-lagu yang suka dinyanyikan oleh Triplets. Gemes kaan bukunya. 



Jadi bagi yang ngefans Triplets macem saya begini bisa dibeli bukunya. Karena ini hadiah jadi saya kurang tau belinya dimana. Tapi hasil googling sepertinya dijual bebas di toko-toko buku atau juga bisa via online di Tokopedia atau Bukalapak juga ada. Menurut googlingan saya harga bukunya 100ribuan, karena tebel dan full color jadi worth it kok.

Love,
Szasa

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Books Love (Recently)

4:33 PM

I rarely read any books since two years a go. I think it was mostly because laziness and going out too much. So nothing to read for the past years. The last book i read was ummm i even forget what it was hahhaha. Maybe i tried to read one or two books but i never finish it. The reason was similar from laziness, going out too much and i had more interesting movies to watch. So good bye books, you'll be missed.
But recently after i read my friend's tweet about newest book from Lockwood and Co series, this bookworm inside started to growl. I became curious about the books. I already read two books from the early series Lockwood and Co but then i just stop following the series. Thank goodness they invented Ebook or Epub which you can always search through internet world. So i started to search the third book from Lockwood and Co. And then i was overwhelming by it. lets' talk about it one by one.

Lockwood and Co Book #3 : The Hollow Boy
It is the third book from the series. The first one is The Screaming Staircase, the second book is The Whispering Skull. It tells about Lockwood, George and Lucy who supernatural agents in London. Yep, the stories mostly about capturing ghost or something haunting inside old building or places and it takes place in London mostly. But in this book it wasnt just three of them, there is new additional team in Lockwood and Co, a girl named Holly, which makes Lucy a little bit jealous with her. I like the relationship between Lucy and the Skull. The Skull kinda reminds me with Bartimaeus (another books from the same Author), the sarcasm very similar with Barty. Which very annoying yet funny. The ending kinda shocking at first but then i understand completely why it was happen in the first place.

Lockwood and Co Book #4 : The Creeping Shadow
The 4th books. In my opinion is the best from the series. Somehow Stroud (the Author) wants to defined more clearly about the relationship from every character in the books. Like you would say "aww.." when Lucy talks heart to heart with Lockwood (i'm kinda wish they'll kiss hahaha), or Lucy with George even Lockwood with Kipps. Not to mention the shocking ending. But then we need to wait several months for the new book published. I finished it only in a day!


The Land of Stories : The Wishing Spell
From the Author who play Kurt in Glee TV Series. I heard he write children fantasy books and at first i become skeptics about it. Like seriously, you want to write a book and about fantasy, please. But i was wrong! He did it quite nicely. Event being praised by some medias. There are 5 books from The Land of Stories series, i"m still on the first book. Tells about twins who have adventure inside the fantasy land. Chris included the famous fantasy character like Snow White, the Evil Queen and The Red Riding Hood which i always fancy.


Harry Potter and The Curse Child
Who still have not reading this phenomenal book? It was like every social media(s) i have talk about this book. It was fun to have something come again from Harry Potter series. The books become everyone's childhood must to read, and the movies? i think everyone already watched them too. Actually The Play that i really want to see, but how come, it's just so far away (London far away), so Rowling made the book instead for poor souls who cant attend the Play which very very discreet that you cant have any clue about it. It was fun imagining the trio amigos already become adult and have family and jobs. Rumors said that it'll be produced into movie, but i dont think the old actors would play this, they are still too young, it'll be weird.


Last but not least

Anti Panik Mengasuh Bayi 0-3 Tahun
Cant help not to add this one. As a future new parent off course i'll be panicked when the baby already there. I have zero knowledge about how to raise a kid or a newborn baby. I knew this book from my friend's Instagram, that this book is very helpful for new Parents. It has colorful pages and very informative language. It is a must have item to purchased for new parents, seriously. Because it tells from professional perspective not only from myth (which i hate to listen).
Hopefully this bookworm of mine still continue to raise not just because of boredom at the office.

Love,
Szasa

Bandung

Pitimoss

8:56 AM

Actually we wanted to go to Floating market in lembang, but the traffic drained our will to go there. So we made u-turn and ended up eat Surabi. Then Ibnu had this amazing idea to go to his favorite library near his old high school. I said i'm in!


Pitimoss located near SMA 5 and SMA 3 Bandung. They have many many books from manga to novel. I found The Famous Five or Lima Sekawan novel there, and i was so happy. My favorite detective novel since i was kid. I bet you know the story, my favorite characters is Annie and Julian. How about yours?

If you go there on Sunday, you'll get free reading there. Double happy.

Pitimoss Fun Library
Jl Banda 12-S Bandung
Tel/Fax. 022-4208072
Open Hours: 09.00 – 20.00

Love,
Szasa

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Sabtu Bersama Bapak

11:02 AM

Lama sekali kayaknya udah ga pernah abisin buku secepat kilat. I finished this book in 2 hours during break time at office. I love how Adhitya Mulya story telling his mind into a book. Buku pinjeman dari Ibnu hasil waktu saya lagi ngider di Gramedia trus liat buku judulnya catchy. Waktu baca judul awalnya mikir, " buku drama ini", tapi pas liat synopsis sama pengarangnya, "oh Adhitya yg nulis Jomblo. Kayaknya oke". Setelah sebulan (berkali-kali dan lupa-lupa terus) ingetin Ibnu biar bawa bukunya pas ketemu, minggu kemaren akhirnya bisa baca bukunya, and I LOVE IT!


I'll quote Adhitya's words on his blog about his book :
Dan ini adalah bukunya. Novel gue yang ke 5. Judulnya “Sabtu Bersama Bapak.” Dalam novel ini, Gue mengangkat tema kekeluargaan. Mungkin karena gue sendiri sudah menjadi kepala keluarga jadi keluarrga memang menjadi sesuatu yang gue hadapi sehari-hari. Coba kalo tiap hari gue ngurusin dukun, mungkin yang ada gue akan nulis novel “Mbah Suro dan rukonya.”
Alasan kedua kenapa gue angkat tema kekeluargaan adalah karena gue melihat ini tema yang masih jarang. Dan ini memamng menjadi strategi gue. Selalu bercerita atau memberi wacana, yang orang banyak belum bahas. Contohnya tahun 2003 belum banyak yang komedi kayak Jomblo dan Gege Mengejar Cinta. Alhamdulillah sukses.  Kemudian Travelers Tale, novel dengan tema travel, gue terbitkan sebelum buku travel fiksi dan nonfiksi berjamur. Coba aja, Travelers Talke terbit februari 2007. Kita bisa itung berapa banyak buku travel yang terbit sebelum dan sesudah februari 2007.

Cerita
Buku ini bercerita tentang sebuah keluarga (manusia ya, bukan tapir). Saat anak-anak mereka masih kecil, sang bapak jatuh sakit. Dia takut kedua anaknya tidak memiliki figur bapak saat mereka tumbuh besar nanti. berdasarkan ketakutan itu, sang bapak menyusun sebuah rencana. Bertahun-tahun kemudian, rencana sang bapak menjadi pegangan bagi kedua anak dalam menjalankan hidup mereka masing-masing.
Itu outline dari ceritanya.
 Apa yang dapat kita Expect dari buku ini?
A different kind of Adhitya’s writing style. Mari kita akui, gue bertambah tua sejalan dengan umur dan semua yang gue lalui dalam hidup.  Gue masih bisa kok menulis tentang jomblo kuliahan. Tapi apakah itu masih dekat dengan gue? secara gue terakhir kuliah 13 tahun yang lalu. yang ada di depan mata gue sekarang adalah sekolah anak, karir, tagihan listrik. I am not the same young Adhitya who write Jomblo 10 years ago. Gue tidak berubah. Gue masih seganteng yang dulu. Nicolas Saputra  doang mah lewat. Tapi yang jelas gue juga berubah.
Teman-teman pembaca dapat melihat tulisan dan topik yang lebih dewasa dari yang teman-teman biasa temukan dalam tulisan gue pada umumnya. Itu aja sih.
He's funny but in my opinion kadang jayus mas, sungguan deh :p

Bukunya ngga menggurui meskipun banyak pelajaran-pelajaran yg bisa diambil buat manusia-manusia umur 20taun keatas. Banyak quotes-quotes yang bikin pengen ngestabilion satu buku. But these are my favorite :

“Menjadi panutan bukan tugas anak sulung-kepada adaik-adiknya, tapi tugas orang tua kepada semua anak” 
“Membangun sebuah hubungan itu butuh dua orang yang solid. Yang sama-sama kuat. Bukan yang saling ngisi kelemahan, Yu.”  

He tells story about building a warm and solid family, not a perfect one, but a solid one. Where the husband and the wife fight for what they love most. He also tells a story about one finding his other half, not in a cheesy way but how to be a good person so he could find a good woman. And about a mom who doesnt want to be a burden for others, she pushes her self to become strong woman for her kids and for her self.

Karena terlalu sering baca fiksi bocah, baca buku beginian bisa bikin otak seger lagi. Jangan cuma dibaca, di praktekkin juga Sza.

Happy reading,

Love,
Szasa

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Book Craving

3:35 PM

It's been awhile i'm not touching book. Well, i currently read Lockwood & Co: The Whispering Skull  Ebook with my phone. But due "other" circumstances that ebook also being swept away. But i do have some list of books i want to read (or have) lately.

1/2/3/4

Hopefully fairy god mother of reading sprinkle me with her charm so i wont't be lazy to read again.

Love,
Szasa

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A Beautiful Mess: Happy Handmade Home

8:18 AM

My dream book has arrived like couple months a go and i love everything in it. From my favorite duo sisters slash blogger Elsie and Emma from A Beautiful Mess, which i read every morning since i was in my second year college. Unfortunately they dont sell the book in my country, so i need to buy it from Barnes and Nobles and it takes a month until it arrived to me (and hello for pricey international delivery).


You need this book if you want to make DIY for everything in your house. They have tips for small and easy things, for party, for kids, easy recipes, and even for the advance DIY-ers. With their specialty, yes good pictures and cool friends. How could bunch of cool people in one frame and have really cool backyard party (sigh).

I want to buy the first book, A Beautiful Mess Photo Idea Book. Hopefully next year :D

Love,
Szasa

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Favorite Authors

7:59 AM

Hi!,
Today is raining, so beside i'm hungry and waiting SP3D running, i'll write some of my favorite author.

1. Michael Scott

Author Michael Scott
He is the author from The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel. Six books about the adventure of young teenagers Josh and Sophie helped by Nicholas Flamel and his friends to stop The Elder rule the world once again. I love how Michael Scott combining history and fiction. It's like i learn about the history too. Because when you read it, it's like it really happened and it really was real. Here are the six books from The Secrets of the Immortal Nicholas Flamel series.



I was a bit disappointed with the last book. I mean, we already read these past years about the epic adventure of Sophie and Josh, and Nicholas Flamel with his wife or Scatchy with her friends, i thought the last book would be like "BOOM! BLAST!", or it would be the EPIC ENDING, but it wasn't. it depressed me after finish the book. and my friends thought so too. WHYYYYYYY :( . But i still love your books, dont worry. I'm still waiting for its movie also.

2. Jonathan Straud



He is the author from The Barthimaeus Series. My favorite-sarcastic-so-depressing-yet-really-nice djinni. I love how Jonathan told about djinni world combined with some political ingredient in this books. I always laugh in Barthimaeus sarcasm. He created another books, The Lockwood and Co. Tells about ghost and haunted mansion, well, i'm still in page one now.

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3. Diane Setterfield

This woman always know how to write some dark and fascinating stories. My favorite is The Thirteenth Tales, i read it couples time and always gets something new from her book. For someone who love reading dark love-mysterious-story, instead cheesy-love-story, she's the woman! And i just knew if The Thirteenth Tale aired on BBC. It was good even tough in my imagination the setting should be more darker.

4. Pseudonymous Bosch
My favorite quirky author! I always love how he jokes about everything, i sometimes laughing my ass off while reading this, even inside train (Geez people did look at me weird). If you a kid by heart like i do, this author will become your bestfriend! Here are his words about how to write (not) a good book (his said)


These authors know how to make me have the urge to finishing the books right away. But nowdays, i barely finishing a book in couple days, it took me months for one book! geez :| Thanks to today's social media bzzz.

Love,
Szasa

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This Title of This Post is Secret

11:30 AM

I already finished this book about months a go. Basically this is for kids. But whatsoever, i'm a kid by heart too.


The Name of This Book is Secret, what a quirk name right. Just like the author, who has  pen name as Pseudonymous Bosch. He likes chocolate and cheese, and he said he hates mayonnaise too. You can take a look his bio here.
This book is from "The Secret Series", which tell about the adventure of two young friends named Cass and Max-Ernest.




I'll give you glimpse of this book, hooooow thrilling!
I'm so gonna buy the second one!

Love,
Szasa

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Book's Wishlist

3:07 PM

I love reading, but mostly i read book which is tells about witches, dragon, fairies and some group of kids having adventure. But sometimes i read book which tells about Photography and Traveling. But i rarely read Drama genre. I dont know, better someone told me what is all about :p .
Here are some of my wishlist lately,


As you can see, mostly they have nice graphics. I do judge book by its cover. I mean, if the cover looks boring, i wont touch it. That's why when i go to bookstore i'll run to fantasy section first and then traveling or Photography section, then magazines racks then stationary section.
The list are :
1.  A Series of Unfortunate Events by Lemony Snicket (13 series)
2. The Secret Series by Pseudonymous Bosch (5 series)
3. The Fairy Tales of Brother Grimm
4. Where'd You Go Bernadette?
5. Blogging for Photographers
6. A Beautiful Mess Photo Idea Book By Elsie and Emma (MY FAV!)
7. The light Between Ocean

I have (weird) habit when i read, i usually peeking the end of the story. I dont mind being spoiled about the story. Is it normal?


Love,
Szasa

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Geography of Bliss

9:17 PM


I just bought books today. Because of boredom (mostly because there's nothing i could watch in my notebook) and i gave up read Unfinished Tales from Tolkien. Seriously, i prefer somebody told me whats the story was :p . You know, Tolkiens's language is kinda ummm.. hard to understand. I keep read it in Elf voice and picturing them as Legolas, which is very pleasing for the eyes but not for understanding the book. 

So i just went to bookstore and choose randomly two books. I bought Detective Conan, because i havent read it in years i think. I just wanna know how the story goes so far but well Shinichi still in a kid disguise.

Second, i bought Geography of Bliss : One Grump's Search for the Happiest Places in the World. Mostly the books tell about Eric (the writer) who travels all around the world just want to know about happiness. He questioning about happiness itself. He think that what define a happy people or happy country. When he was in Netherlands, he met a guy who has some "code" and experiment about measuring how happiness are.

Eric found out that happiness cant just defined by some random samples or numbers. It depends with people instead. Example, in Switzerland, their people happy because they have a very clean toilet. It said that Switzerland is the most democratic country in the world. But in Iceland, which a very freezing country and just far from everywhere, is included as some of happiest country in the world.
This book teaches about happiness, traveling and understanding the different cultures in each country. Eric told us with some not-serious-boring-literature words. He puts so many jokes here and there but also makes us thinking, "am i happy enough to get called as a happy person?" 

Happy reading nerds,

Love
Szasa