1. Looking For Alaska by John Green
Novel ini adalah novel berbahasa Inggris pertama yang gue immediately suka! Novel ini pertama kali gue temuin dan langsung gue beli di toko Periplus di airport Ngurah Rai, Bali. Lagi-lagi gue tau novel ini dari tumblr. Ceritanya bagus, menyentuh, perfect from head to toe.
My favorite quotations from the book:
(1) "...the fear and excitement of living in a place where you never know what's going to happen or when."
(2) "You spend your whole life stuck in the labyrinth, thinking about how you'll escape it one day, and how awesome it will be, and imagining that future keeps you going, but you never do it. You just use the future to escape the present."
(3) "I wanted so badly to lie down next to her on the couch, to wrap my arms around her and sleep. Not fuck, like in those movies. Not even have sex. Just sleep together, in the most innocent sense of the phrase. But i lacked the courage and she had a boyfriend and i was gawky and she was gorgeous and i was hopelessly boring and she was endlessly fascinating. So i walked back to my room and collapsed on the bottom bunk, thinking that if people were rain, i was drizzle and she was a hurricane."
2. The Fault In Our Stars by John Green
Siapa sih yang belum nonton atau baca TFIOS? None, I believe. TFIOS terkenal semenjak dijadiin film yang diperankan oleh Shailene Woodley dan Ansel Elgort. Ceritanya nyentuh banget, sedih, banyak tentang friendship juga, dan gak mungkin gak mengeluarkan air mata sih kalo udah baca atau nonton filmnya.
My favorite quotations from the book:
(1) "Why are you looking at me like that?" Augustus half smiled. "Because you're beautiful. I enjoy looking at beautiful people, and i decided a while ago not to deny myself the simpler pleasures of existence."
(2) "That's the thing about pain," Augustus said, and then glanced back at me. "It demands to be felt."
(3) "What else? She is so beautiful. You don't get tired of looking at her. You never worry is she is smarter than you: You know she is. She is funny without ever being mean. I love her. I am so lucky to love her, Van Houten. You don't get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you. I like my choices. I hope she likes hers."
3. I Wrote This For You by Pleasefindthis
Buku ini isinya kumpulan-kumpulan puisi yang dikarang sendiri oleh penulisnya. Bagus banget, mostly isinya tentang love atau relationship yang bersangkutan dengan aspek-askep kehidupan juga. Gue suka buku-buku kayak gini soalnya gue pribadi sangat mengapresiasikan art dalam bentuk apapun, karena gue sendiri orangnya rada sensitif dan very open-minded, hehe.
4. Love & Misadventure by Lang Leav
Buku yang satu ini juga berisi tentang kumpulan-kumpulan puisi yang magic banget sih menurut gue, dari halaman pertama sampe akhir gue cinta. A must read! Ada juga buku karya Lang Leav yang berjudul Lullabies, isinya sama kayak buku ini, berupa kumpulan-kumpulan puisi. Berhubung gue belom pernah baca dan gak punya jadi gue belom tau bukunya kayak gimana. But i should definitely buy it.
5. Staying Strong by Demi Lovato
Buku ini menceritakan pengalaman-pengalaman pribadi Demi yang membekas di ingatannya, mulai dari pengalaman yang sedih sampai senang. Di buku ini setiap halamannya juga ada banyak quotes yang motivating. A really good book, indeed.
So, from all the books that i have recommended above, which of it would you want to try to read?
xx,
Shanara Andari
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