Wishful Wednesday [4]

Wishful Wednesday adalah sebuah blog hop yang dihost oleh Astrid @ Books to Share. Setelah 2 bulan tidak berpartisipasi, akhirnya saya bisa kembali berpartisipasi. Untuk kesempatan kali, buku yang saya pilih adalah :

  

Deskripsi dari Goodreads ; 

Deuce’s whole world has changed. Down below, she was considered an adult. Now, topside in a town called Salvation, she’s a brat in need of training in the eyes of the townsfolk. She doesn’t fit in with the other girls: Deuce only knows how to fight.

To make matters worse, her Hunter partner, Fade, keeps Deuce at a distance. Her feelings for Fade haven’t changed, but he seems not to want her around anymore. Confused and lonely, she starts looking for a way out.

Deuce signs up to serve in the summer patrols—those who make sure the planters can work the fields without danger. It should be routine, but things have been changing on the surface, just as they did below ground. The Freaks have grown smarter. They’re watching. Waiting. Planning. The monsters don’t intend to let Salvation survive, and it may take a girl like Deuce to turn back the tide.

Kenapa memilih buku ini?

Akhir-akhir ini saya memang lagi suka membaca buku dystopia. Kebetulan baru-baru ini saya baru membaca Enclave, jadi secara otomatis ketika selesai membaca Enclave saya menjadi penasaran untuk membaca bagaimana kelanjutan seri Razorland ini. 

Nah... buat para blogger yang belum berpartisipasi, ayo tunggu apa lagi. Caranya mudah kok :

1. Silakan follow blog Books To Share – atau tambahkan di blogroll/link blogmu =)
2. Buat posting mengenai buku-buku (boleh lebih dari 1) yang jadi inceran kalian minggu ini, mulai dari yang bakal segera dibeli, sampai yang paling mustahil dan hanya sebatas mimpi. Oya, sertakan juga alasan kenapa buku itu masuk dalam wishlist kalian ya!
3. Tinggalkan link postingan Wishful Wednesday kalian di Mr. Linky (klik saja tombol Mr. Linky di bagian bawah post). Kalau mau, silakan tambahkan button Wishful Wednesday di posting kalian.
4. Mari saling berkunjung ke sesama blogger yang sudah ikut share wishlistnya di hari Rabu =)

Blog Tour : The Crimson Crimes (Guest Post + Giveaway)

Guest post :

What does your Crimson series have to offer that other vampire novels don’t offer?

There have been many movies and novels about vampiresbut few of these feature one solitary vampire. In my Crimson series, there is one vampire – to be precise the One and Only Vampire on Earth, whose powers are handed down by a predecessor. In 2006, a physics professor from the University of Central Florida wrote a paper on geometric progression. He argued the mathematical illogic of having more than one vampire; he demonstrated that if every victim bitten by a vampire in turn would transform into a vampire and bite someone else and turn that person into a vampire then there would be no humans left in the world within two years – just vampires. One vampire has more kick.Admittedly though, I cheat because my One and Only Vampire has a goal is to create a new race of hybrid vampires by biting pregnant women in their ninth month.Only a small handful of my Crimson hybrids remain alive. Also, the erotica in my series jumps off the page and spares no gentle heart; it’s not meant for teens. I have nothing against paranormal teen romances because I’m thrilled with young readers who have a passion for books.Thecurrent vampire erotica market is picking up speed. If you search vampire erotica on www.goodreads.com at least (250) popular titles will be highlighted but given that tens of thousands of new titles are released each year, globally, it seems like a drop in the bucket. It’s therefore important for other writers to jump into the vampire erotica scene. Competition is a good thing. Competition and supremacy are the reason why vampires endure in the literary world – they are number one in the minds of many, as villain, loverand yes even hero.

About the Book :

Title : The Crimson Crimes - a vampire revenge (Crimson, #5)

Author : Patricia K. McCarthy
Launch date: 11 October (event details to follow; will take place in Ottawa)
Format: Paperback, Ebook, 308 pages

Synopsis: 

It’s the dead of night in the dead of winter, and bodies have been found, stacked ceiling-high, in a hillside cave in Ottawa’s Strathcona Park; necks pierced, blood drained – the usual. The city is gripped by a dusk-till-dawn curfew. The press, police and public have whipped each other into a glorious panic over someone or something called the “Vampire Undertaker.” Well, when did a silly curfew ever shut down the kitchen party at the Crimson house? Bring beer, bring smokes, but please bring yourself to meet The Vampires (there are at least four of them) and their quirky human pals. We can take turns feeding the baby vampire, stalling the cops when they come knocking, and tripping out on that time-dream machine up in the bedroom. You’ve got to love people who know how to make their own fun!

Author Bio:

Patricia K. McCarthy lives and writes in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Her Crimson vampires series has received extensive media coverage in national and local newspapers, as well as on radio and television. For details, visit her website.

You can find Patricia K. McCarthy online :

- Facebook

- Twitter

- Goodreads 

- Website

Giveaway :

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Review : Awal Mula Segalanya (Cradle and All)

Author : James Patterson
Translator : B. Sendra Tanuwidjaya
Kategori : Misteri, thriller
Format : Paperback (376 halaman)
Penerbit : PT. Gramedia Pustaka Utama (Juni 2007)
Bahasa : Indonesia
ISBN- 10 : 9792229353
ISBN- 13 : 978-9792229356

Deskripsi Goodreads :

Berbagai bencana melanda kota-kota di dunia. Wabah penyakit, kekeringan, kelaparan, banjir, dan berbagai malapetaka lain. Semuanya menandai kemungkinan datangnya bencana yg lebih besar.

Di Boston, gadis muda ditemukan hamil dalam keadaan perawan. Di Irlandia, seorang gadis muda juga mengalami keadaan yang sama. Salah satunya mungkin mengandung Juru Selamat yang akan membebaskan dunia dari bencana. Dan salah satunya mengandung putra Iblis.

Anne Fitzgerald, mantan biarawati yang menjadi penyelidik swasta, disewa Keuskupan Agung Boston untuk menyeliliki kasus kehamilan perawan ini. Bersama Anne, Pastor Nicholas Rosetti mendapat misi dari Vatican untuk menemukan siapa di antara kedua gadis ini yang mengandung Juru Selamat. Mereka pun harus berpacu dengan waktu dan mempertaruhkan nyawa mereka saat berhadapan dengan legiun Setan yang berniat menguasai dunia.

Review :

Ini merupakan pertama kalinya saya membaca buku karya James Patterson dan rasanya memang tidak mengecewakan membaca buku ini. Kisah dalam buku ini berawal dengan munculnya berbagai bencana-bencana misterius di berbagai daerah di belahan dunia. Bencana-bencana itu bukanlah satu-satunya keanehan yang tejadi di dunia ini. Kathleen Beavier dan Collen Galaher adalah dua orang gadis yang masih perawan dan hamil secara tiba-tiba. keanehan ini mendapatkan perhatian dari berbagai pihak. Mereka mempercayai bahwa salah satu perawan itu mengandung juru selamat yang akan menyelamatkan mereka dari bencana. Pastor Rosetti dan Anne mendapat tugas untuk memecahkan misteri itu dan mencegah kelahiran anak iblis yang dapat menghancurkan dunia. 

Buku ini merupakan perpaduan yang sangat menarik antara kisah misteri yang kental dengan nilai-nilai keagamaan dan dibumbui dengan sedikit kisah percintaan di antara tokoh-tokohnya. Saya menyukai gaya bercerita penulis. Penulis dapat membuat pembaca tetap tertarik untuk membaca buku ini dengan misteri-misteri yang di hadirkan di sepanjang cerita. Pembaca diajak untuk berpikir dan memecahkan misteri yang ada. Walaupun demikian, akhir dari buku ini tetap dapat memberikan kejutan bagi pembaca. Setelah membaca buku ini, saya merasa masih ada beberapa pertanyaan yang tidak terjawab.

Cerita yang dibagi menjadi 3 bagian ini ditulis dari berbagai sudut pandang. Sebenarnya hal ini merupakan kelebihan sekaligus kekurangan. Kelebihannya karena kita dapat mengetahui isi cerita dari sudut pandang yang berbeda. Sedangkan kekurangannya karena menurut saya sudut pandang yang ditampilkan di dalam buku ini terlalu beragam dan ada hal-hal yang menurut saya tidak terlalu penting untuk ditampilkan. Di luar semua itu, saya sangat menikmati buku ini. Untuk pecinta cerita misteri, buku ini sangat layak untuk dibaca.

Saya memberikan empat dari lima bintang untuk buku ini.

Review : A Gift for My Sister by Ann Pearlman

Author : Ann Pearlman  
Category : Chick Lit
Format : Ebook (288 pages)
Publisher : Atria/Emily Bestler Books (1 May 2012)
Language : English
ISBN-10 : 1439171386
ISBN-13 : 978-1439171387


Goodreads Description :

Ann Pearlman's The Christmas Cookie Club enthralled readers everywhere with a heartwarming and touching story about the power of female friendship. Now, in A Gift for My Sister, she once again explores the depth of the human heart, and this time it’s through the eyes of two sisters. Tara and Sky share a mother, but aside from that they seem to differ in almost every way. When a series of tragedies strikes, they must somehow come together in the face of heartbreak, dashed hopes, and demons of the past. The journey they embark on forces each woman to take a walk in the other’s shoes and examine what sisterhood really means to them. It’s a long road to understanding, and everyone who knows them hopes these two sisters can find a way back to each other.

Review :

The story is quite heartwarming. Sky and Tara are half sister. As sisters, they're never close because they're so different. Sky is the good girl and Tara is the rebel one. Sky always plan her life, but sometimes reality are not always the same with what we want. Along the way, Sky lost some people she loves so sudden and tragic. When her husband died, she can barely function. In her depression, Tara steps up and help her sister moving back to their hometown. In the journey to their hometown, they have to deal with their issues and resentments to make their relationship better.

The book is about family, tragedy, love and loss. The story has a good plot. I like the author writing style. Through the flashback, the author makes us know more about the characters and see the reason behind their problems and resentments. It makes the story feels stronger. When I read the book, I actually cry in some parts.

The book is written in 2 point of view (Sky and Tara). Actually, alternative point of view is a good thing but sometimes it also can be a problem. I found some inconsistency in the book. Sometimes, the same conversation is written differently when it's told from Tara and Sky's POV. For example : in Tara POV, Sky said “Apple doesn’t fall far, huh, Tara.”, but when when it's told from Sky POV, Sky said “Apple doesn’t fall far, does it Tara”. It also occurs on page 137 to144. Maybe for some people it's just a small thing, but it's a little disturbing for me. Apart from that, I enjoy the book. If you want to read a book about sisterhood, then I recommend the book to you.

I give A Gift for My Sister 3 out of 5 stars.

You can purchase the book at :

Amazon | Barnes & Noble | Book Depository

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