Meet Me on Monday

This is a fun meme by Java of Never Growing Old

Questions:

1. What are you wearing right now?
2. Do you have any freckles?
3. What is your favorite Lifesaver flavor?
4. What is the last movie you saw in the theater?5. Would you rather live without tv or without music?

My Answer!!!

1. What am I wearing right now

I am wearing a sleeveless t-shirt and short. I couldn't show you the picture of me what I am wearing now because I am actually wearing Muslim scarf.

2. Do I have any freckles

Nope, Indonesian rarely have freckles

3. What is my favorite Lifesaver Flavor

Never tasted one

4. What is the last movie you saw in the theater?

The King's Speech!! I love that movie and I am glad it won Oscar for best picture and Colin Firth as best male performance

5. Would you rather live without tv or without music?

Definitely without TV...I rarely watch TV because TV shows are often boring. I watch a lot of movies but not TV shows. Music is as important as food for me...you will never seen me without my MP3 player

WWW Wednesday - Feb 23

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

It's fun to be back to WWW Wednesday :)

• What are you currently reading?

I have been trying to read more classic nowadays...And now, I am reading one of the most famous classics ever written, Alice's Adventure in Wonderland.









• What did you recently finish reading?

Since my last WWW Wednesday, I have read 1 novella and 3 books

you can read my review by clicking on the book cover

Although Murakami is one of my favorite authors,unfortunately I couldn't love this book as much as I love his other books









I love this unpublished book so much! It really thrills so much










As I said above,I have been trying to read more and more classics. I might have different opinion to others regarding this book. I think it's a good book but it won't be in my top-5 book of this year









I have finally finished the last novella in this book. This is a book I will sure to reread in the future









• What do you think you’ll read next?

I will read another unpublished book by Nicholas Jobe. I was so impressed with Shelter,I asked him to send me another book and he sent me a book called A Whisper Softly. He said it is kind of a heist/serial killer thriller multi-genre thing

W.W.W Wednesday

To play along, just answer the following three (3) questions…

• What are you currently reading?
• What did you recently finish reading?
• What do you think you’ll read next?

It's fun to be back to WWW Wednesday :)

• What are you currently reading?

Norwegian Wood by Haruki Murakami, this will be part of my Haruki Murakami Reading Challenge...which I didn't consider as challenge at all because I love Murakami's books

• What did you recently finish reading?

I have just finished the third novella in Different Seasons, The Body. Different Seasons has 4 novellas and I am reading each novellas in its own time. The other Novellas I have read were Rita Hayworth and The Shawshank Redemption and Apt Pupil.

• What do you think you’ll read next?

I will read a book called Shelter, it is an unpublished book (yet) by a blogger friend of mine named Nicholas Jobe.

Here's the highlight of the book:

a blood-soaked girl shows up at a police station requesting to speak with a specific detective—who doesn’t even know who she is—and he must figure out what happened to her and her family. They were supposedly trapped in an old bomb shelter by a demon, but was it really supernatural forces, or was it something more logical hiding behind the curtain?

It's Monday! What Are you Reading? (03-01-'11)

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading, is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. This event is hosted by Sheila of Book Journey.

It's been a while since my last post for It''s Monday! What Are You reading. I am going to sum up all that had been happening in between.

First of all, My pet-turtles and I would like to wish you all:

The book I am currently reading is The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes. This is a re-read. I'm reading it again because I have just found the perfect Sherlock Holmes.

Here's a snippet from my review on a British miniseries called SHERLOCK

The minute I saw Sherlock I knew straight away that HE IS A BETTER SHERLOCK than anyone I have ever seen. In fact, he is the most perfect Sherlock Holmes that represents how I imagine Sherlock whenever I read the book. He is annoying, obnoxious, a pain in the butt, rude, self-absorbed, cold, & arrogant smart ass. He ignores women. And last but not least, he is annoying…ow, I’ve said that already! However pain in the butt he is…I LOVE THAT MAN!!! continue reading.

After seeing that miniseries,I wanted to re-read my Sherlock Holmes' books.

Before this book, I finished my other re-read book,The Lord of The Rings - The Return of The King (My review will be up on Wednesday) and my first Chicken Soup. Chicken Soup has never made me interested to read it, but thisone hasa strong appeal on me, the Chicken Soup I was reading is Chicken Soup for the Cat & Dog Lover's Soul.

The reason for reading that chicken soup is simple...because I LOVE MY PETS VERY MUCH. You can read my review on the book here.

The book doesn't have story of turtles, so I shared my own story with my turtles

People might think that reptiles can not think and they can’t show affection toward their owner….I have to say that those people are so wrong!! Reptiles will behave depends on how their owner treat them.

My turtles know their names and they listen to me from time to time. They are not as obedient as dog but you’ll be amazed to see that they understand it perfectly well when I told them not to go somewhere. Once when the front door was open, Kroten stepped out of the front door and I told her with higher tone ‘Kroten, don’t go outside!!’ and Kroten turned back and sat inside the house looking at the view outside the door. continue reading

After my current book, I will definitely read something by Stephen King, I really miss reading his book. I probably will read Blaze.

What are you reading now?

It's Monday! What Are you Reading? (13-12-'10)

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading, is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. This event is hosted by Sheila of Book Journey.

I am currently reading The Return of The King. My original plan is to read 1 book of The Lord of The Rings per year. I have read The Fellowship of The Rings Last year and just finished The Two Towers, but it turns out that separating The Two Towers from The Return of The King is impossible. I grabbed the book straight away once I finished The Two Towers.

This is my 4thtime reading The Lord of The Rings series. For me, TLoTR is the best series ever created. I love everything about it.

I will reread The Hobbits when the movie is about to be released.

I have just Finished reading The Two Towers (as I already said before). This book is my favorite of all 3 because it has both action and noble words.

I took some time to write a comparison of the book and the movie. There are a lot differences, some are good some are bad.

For future read. I'm not sure which one to read first. I'm planning to finish books I have left untouched for months. Those books are StainedGlass Elegies by Shusaku Endo and Dark House by Gary Crew. Both books are collection of short stories.

So... What are you reading now?

It's Monday! What Are you Reading? (29-10-'10)

It’s Monday! What Are You Reading, is where we gather to share what we have read this past week and what we plan to read this week. This event is hosted by Sheila of Book Journey.
My last read reads are 2 books by my favorite Indonesian authors.

The first is Padang Bulan, in English: Field of Moon

The Field of Moon tells the journey of life of 2 people, a woman named Maryamah who used to be called as Enong and Ikal (a nickname that represent Andrea himself). Enong had to face a tragic life since childhood. Her dream was to be able to speak English fluently, but the faith brought her into differ ent path. She came from a poor family, her father saved up some money to buy her an English dictionary. She was thrilled when she received it and treasured it more than people treasured their gold. Not long after that day, her father passed away, leaving her with her mother and her 3 sisters. Continue reading

Compare to Field of Moon, I like this one much better. Love Inside Glass talks more about Maryamah’s struggle to beat his ex-husband in a chess match and how Ikal learned human psychology through glasses of coffee. I enjoy reading every page of this book, the struggle and the humor are mixed in a very good way.

Ikal who had graduated from Sorbonne University decided to work in a coffee shop owned by his uncle. Belitong’s coffee shop is more like traditional café, people came to the shop, drank glasses of coffee, talked with everyone in the shop and when their hearts were content, they went home. Here in Indonesia, most people drink coffee in a glass not a cup. Ikal found love inside those glasses, the kind of love that was not the same as lover’s love, it’s a more general kind of love. Continue Reading.

Right now,I'm rereading The Lord of The Rings - The Two Towers for the 4th time. The reason is quite simple,because I haven't written my review of the book yet and I miss Pippin. I'm planning to reread The Lord of The Rings, 1 book a year.I love this book so much and my blog without review of The Lord of The Rings feels so empty :)

What are you book lovers reading today?

BTT - Thankful

It’s Thanksgiving here in the U.S. of A. so …
What authors and books are you most thankful for?

Despite the fact that lots of people avoiding him, or telling me that his new books are not as good as his old ones, I am truly thankful for every books written by the master of horror who can also writes beautiful non-horror books.

The author I'm most thankful for is none other than Mr. Stephen King.

Thank you Mr.King for writing all those wonderful books, I enjoy reading your book even the worst of them.Thank you for writing more great books than bad books.

The other author I most thankful for is Eiichiro Oda,the mastermind of the greatest manga EVER, One Piece.

What books am I thankful for this year?

Other than King's books: The Shining, The Stand, On Writing, and Under The Dome ; I'm thankful for the greatest book I've read this year, The Square Persimmon by Takeshi Atoda.and of course, all 55 volumes of One Piece.

What authors and books are you thankful for?