memutuskan nyerah menuntaskan buku ini, padahal dikit lagi... semuanya terlalu terang, mudah dilihat (hanya perlu sedikit menebak). tema yang dianggap bagus banget, serius, mewah, hanya eksplorasinya terlalu sederhana. sederhana bisa menjadi keunggulan sebuah cerita, namun tidak sederhana yang si...
While I liked this book very much, I am glad I did not read it right after reading Beneath a Marble Sky. This is a very good read. I like stories centered around WWII but this story didn't feel like a war story. I also liked the South Pacific setting bc so many stories about the war are se...
Beside a Burning Sea chronicles the fate of nine survivors of the sunken World War II hospital ship Benevolence. The survivors wash up on one of the deserted Soloman Islands and each chapter represents one of the eighteen days on the island. The novel opens aboard the ship, where nurses and siste...
Wew...baca buku ini, harus siapin tissue. Membacanya membuat terhanyut dalam kesedihan. Anak-anak yang terpaksa berjuang pada titik terendah kehidupan. Anak-anak yang harusnya bermain, belajar, terpaksa menjalani hidup yang sangat keras. Hidup hanya demi hidup untuk hari. Itupun ada saja yang mem...
This was the sappiest book I've read in years! The writing was on a middle school level and was so repetitious I skipped about half of the book. The plot (also on a middle school level) held absolutely no suspense - I always knew what was going to happen and I was always right. I read it only bec...
THAILAND - island life on Ko Phi PhiJohn Shors has beautifully captured the feel, smell and the feel of the island of Ko Phi Phi. The storyline takes the visitor behind the Thai smile and portrays the reality of life as it must be for many inhabitants looking after the tourist crowds across Thail...
Journey to dazzling seventeenth-century Hindustan, where the reigning emperor, consumed with grief over the tragic death of his beloved wife, commissioned the building of a grand mausoleum as a testament to the marvel of their love. This monument would soon become known as the Taj Mahal—a sight f...
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The only major temple in the Angkor region not created by a king, Banteay Srei wasn’t much larger than a cluster of ten homes. Built by a wealthy patron of the Hindu Gods, the site was made of light red sandstone and was much more detailed than the massive temples to the south. Surrounded by a he...