[Book Review] Meet Your Baker by Ellie Alexander

Title : Meet Your Baker

Writer : Ellie Alexander

Publisher : St. Martin's Press

Format : eARC, 320 pages
Source : NetGalley, sent on behalf of publisher

Publishing date : 30th, December 2014

Language : English

Genre : Cozy Mystery, Adult Fiction
Series : A Bakeshop Mystery #1

Read on November, 25th 2014

My rating : 3.5 of 5

Welcome to Torte—a friendly, small-town family bake shop where the treats are so good that, sometimes, it’s criminal…
After graduating from culinary school, Juliet Capshaw returns to her quaint hometown of Ashland, Oregon, to heal a broken heart and help her mom at the family bakery. The Oregon Shakespeare Festival is bringing in lots of tourists looking for some crumpets to go with their heroic couplets. But when one of Torte’s customers turns up dead, there’s much ado about murder…
The victim is Nancy Hudson, the festival’s newest board member. A modern-day Lady Macbeth, Nancy has given more than a few actors and artists enough reasons to kill her…but still. The silver lining? Jules’s high school sweetheart, Thomas, is the investigator on the case. His flirtations are as delicious as ever, and Jules can’t help but want to have her cake and eat it too. But will she have her just desserts? Murder might be bad for business, but love is the sweetest treat of all…

"It's pretty stunning what people can or will do when they feel threatened. It's such a shame." p.235

When your marriage is suck and the best thing to do was back to your home town, and what you've got is murderer at your bake shop. This is what happened to Juliet, when she back to her sweet, small, and lovely hometown - Ashland, Oregon.

[Book Review] The Good Sister by Jamie Kain

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Title : The Good Sister

Writer : Jamie Kain

Publisher : St. Martin's Griffin

Format : eARC, 304 pages
Source : NetGalley

Publishing date : 7th, October 2014

Language : English

Genre : YA, Contemporary, Family Drama 

Read on August, 26th 2014

My rating :  4.5 of 5

The Kinsey sisters live in an unconventional world. Their parents are former flower-children who still don’t believe in rules. Their small, Northern California town is filled with free spirits and damaged souls seeking refuge from the real world. Without the anchor of authority, the three girls are adrift and have only each other to rely on.

Rachel is wild. Asha is lost. Sarah, the good sister, is the glue that holds them together. But the forces of a mysterious fate have taken Sarah’s life in a sudden and puzzling accident, sending her already fractured family into a tailspin of grief and confusion. Asha has questions. Rachel has secrets. And Sarah, waking up in the afterlife, must piece together how she got there.

"Little sister,

Flesh of my flesh,

Bones of my bones,

Hearth of my hearth." p.156

When the world goes wrong, its sister you can rely on. Thats what i thought after read this unbearable beauty book. This book contain full of life, love, family, and death. Its about family with three

[Book Review] The Last Song - Eva Wiseman

Title : The Last Song

Writer : Eva Wiseman

Publisher : Tundra Books

Format : eARC, 240 pages
Source : NetGalley

Publishing date : 14th, October 2014

Language : English

Genre : Historical Fiction, Young Adult

Read on August, 26th 2014

My rating : 3.5 of 5

Spain had been one of the world’s most tolerant societies for eight hundred years, but that way of life was wiped out by the Inquisition. Isabel’s family feels safe from the terrors, torture, and burnings. After all, her father is a respected physician in the court of Ferdinand and Isabella. Isabel was raised as a Catholic and doesn’t know that her family’s Jewish roots may be a death sentence. When her father is arrested by Torquemada, the Grand Inquisitor, she makes a desperate plan to save his life – and her own.

Once again, master storyteller Eva Wiseman brings history to life in this riveting and tragic novel.

"Don't judge her harshly," Papa said. "Fear does strange things to people." p.185

Mengambil latar belakang Toledo, Spanyol antara September 1491 - Juli 1492, buku ini dengan ringkas menceritakan kisah yang terjadi di era itu. Yap, di Spanyol di tahun 1400an adalah masa Inkuisisi Spanyol, dimana gereja Katolik Roma mulai berkuasa, toleransi antar umat beragama tidak

[Book Review] Being Audrey Hepburn by Mitchell Kriegman

Title : Being Audrey Hepurn

Writer : Mitchell Kriegman

Publisher : St. Martin's Press

Format : eARC, 344 pages
Source : NetGalley

Publishing date : 16th, September 2014

Language : English

Genre : YA, contemporary, woman fiction

Read on August, 8th 2014

My rating : 4 of 5

In Being Audrey Hepburn, Clarissa Explains It All-creator, Mitchell Kriegman, tells the story of a 19-year-old girl from Jersey who finds herself thrust into the world of socialites after being seen in Audrey Hepburn’s dress from the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s.
Lisbeth comes from a broken home in the land of tube tops, heavy eyeliner, frosted lip-gloss, juiceheads, hoop earrings and “the shore.” She has a circle of friends who have dedicated their teenage lives to relieve the world of all its alcohol one drink at a time.
Obsessed with everything Audrey Hepburn, Lisbeth is transformed when she secretly tries on Audrey’s iconic Givenchy. She becomes who she wants to be by pretending to be somebody she’s not and living among the young and privileged Manhattan elite. Soon she’s faced with choices that she would never imagine making – between who she’s become and who she once was.
In the tradition of The Nanny Diaries and The Devil Wears Prada, this is a coming of age story that all begins with that little black dress…

"Diamonds aren't just a girl's best friend, they're a sparkling tonic for the soul, like summer rain, gazing at Milky Way, or snowflakes that land on your tounge." p.20

Audrey Hepburn adalah segalanya bagi Lisbeth, idola yang selalu ia puja, watak hingga tutur kata Audrey adalah pedoman hidupnya. Lisbeth mungkin hanya gadis usia 19 tahun yang hidup di daerah pinggiran New York, bekerja partime di kedai bobrok,