[Event] Laporan Pandangan Mata : BBI at IRF 2015

IRF atau Indonesia Reading Festival mungkin adalah acara yang paling ditunggu-tunggu oleh para maniak buku setiap tahunnya, ini adalah tahun ke-6 IRF di gelar dan tahun ke-3 BBI turut serta sebagai partisipan di acara ini.

Bagaimana keseruan BBI (dan juga saya) di festival ini? yuk cus baca terus postingannya!

#3 Wishful Wednesday

Kak Astrid (Books to share), Happy Belated Birthday!! Semoga Blog bukunya makin eksis dan bacaanya makin kece :) Hmmm...sebenernya aku udah ngucapin ultah sih di group bajay Jabo, tapi nggak apalah, ucapan kan doa jadi makin sering diucapin makin baik.hehehe

Well, kebetulan aku udah lama ngga ikut wishfull wednesday, dan sekarang lagi ada buku yang aku pengenin. dan ternyata kak Astrid lagi ada giveaway, yatta!yatta! *kesurupan*

Semoga aku dapat kali ini *pasangsajen*

Nah ini dia bukunya, taraaaaa....

Bukunya terbitan penerbit indie yang mengkhususkan pada bidang sosial, politik, ekonomi, sastra, sejarah, dan filsafat. Setelah baca excerpt buku terbarunya "Sejarah Dunia untuk Pembaca Muda" aku langsung kepincut pengen baca.

[At a Glance Review] The Grownup by Gillian Flynn

Title : The Grownup

Writer : Gillian Flynn

Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson

Format : Ebook, 64 pages

Publishing date : 5th, November 2015

Language : English

Genre : Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Contemporary

Read on November, 9th 2015

My rating : 4 of 5

Buy a hard copy at Periplus (ID) or digital copy at Amazon (INT)

Gillian Flynn’s Edgar Award-winning homage to the classic ghost story, published for the first time as a standalone

A young woman is making a living, faking it as a cut-price psychic working at Spiritual Palms (with some illegal soft-core sex work on the side). She makes a decent wage - mostly by telling people what they want to hear. But then she meets Susan Burke. Susan moved to the city one year ago with her husband and 15-year old stepson Miles. They live in a Victorian house called Carterhook Manor, built in 1893. Susan has become convinced that some malevolent spirit is inhabiting their home, and taking possession of the stepson. She has even found trickles of blood on the wall. The young woman doesn't believe in exorcism or the supernatural, but she does see an opportunity to make a lot of money. However when she enters the house for the first time, and meets Miles, she begins to feel it too, as if the very house is watching her, waiting, biding its time....

“Books may be temporary; dicks are forever.”

This is very very short short story written by Gillian Flynn, and it formerly belong to Anthology

Secret Santa 2015 Wishlist

Dear Santa,

Apa kabar mu hari ini;

Mungkin kita belum pernah bertemu;
atau tidak saling mengenal;
Tapi buku;
Bagiku adalah kado terindah.

Ini adalah kali kedua saya mengikuti event Secret Santa yang diselenggarakan oleh BBI sekaligus tahun kedua saya menjadi anggota BBI. Kenangan secret santa tahun lalu cukup menyenangkan, dan membuat saya tidak kapok untuk mengikuti event ini lagi.

Untuk kalian yang asing dengan event ini,
Secret Santa adalah (dikutip dari official web BBI )

"Event dimana member yang berpartisipasi dapat berperan sebagai seorang Santa untuk anak baik yang menjadi target mereka. Intinya, Event ini untuk saling bertukar kado buku antar member. Si Target harus menebak siapa Santa baik hati melalui riddle (teka-teki) yang dibuat oleh Santa." 

Santa-ku yang baik hatinya, ini adalah daftar keinginanku.

(urut abjad)

[Book Review] Big Magic by Elizabeth Gilbert

Title : Big Magic Creative Living Beyond Fear

Writer : Elizabeth Gilbert

Publisher : Riverhead Books

Format : Ebook, 288 pages

Publishing date : 22nd, September 2015

Language : English

Genre : Non Fiction, Self Help, Memoir

Read on October, 14th 2015

My rating :  5 of 5

Buy a hard copy at Peri+ (ID) / BookDepository (INT)
or digital copy at KoboStore (INT)

Readers of all ages and walks of life have drawn inspiration and empowerment from Elizabeth Gilbert’s books for years. Now this beloved author digs deep into her own generative process to share her wisdom and unique perspective about creativity. With profound empathy and radiant generosity, she offers potent insights into the mysterious nature of inspiration. She asks us to embrace our curiosity and let go of needless suffering. She shows us how to tackle what we most love, and how to face down what we most fear. She discusses the attitudes, approaches, and habits we need in order to live our most creative lives. Balancing between soulful spirituality and cheerful pragmatism, Gilbert encourages us to uncover the “strange jewels” that are hidden within each of us. Whether we are looking to write a book, make art, find new ways to address challenges in our work,  embark on a dream long deferred, or simply infuse our everyday lives with more mindfulness and passion, Big Magic cracks open a world of wonder and joy.

"I am this, and I am that, and I am also this other thing, too! I don't yet know exactly what I am, but I'm curious enough to go find out!" p.58

Just like the sparkle in the cover so is the story inside, full of sparkle of awesomeness, all I could say about this book was both fascinating and inspiring, such a powerful book for everyone. 

"Do you want study under the great teacher? Is that it? Well, you can find them anywhere. They live on the shelves of your library; they live on the wall of museums; they live in recordings made decades ago." p.66

Big Magic is perfect combination between memoir and motivational book, with 6 magic words (Courage, Enchantment, Permission, Persistence, Trust, and Divinity), Gilbert tried to guide us toward creative living.