Top Ten Tuesday: Authors I Haven't Read But Want To

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It's been so long since I made a Top Ten Tuesday post, and I recently found a topic that really interests me, which is Authors I Haven't Read But Want To. These past few years, I discovered so many new authors and have accumulated plenty of books that I still haven't read yet. In this post, I will be sharing 10 of them as a way to remind myself as well to prioritize these authors on my to-read list. Maybe I'll start reading the standalone books first before tackling the trilogies/series—because series can sometimes be intimidating, especially when they're extremely long and take a long time to finish. So here are the authors, listed in alphabetical order 😉

Book Review: Heartbreak Motel by Ika Natassa

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BOOK review

Started on: 12 April 2022
Finished on: 17 April 2022

 

Heartbreak Motel by Ika Natassa

 

Title: Heartbreak Motel

Author: Ika Natassa
Publisher: Gramedia Pustaka Utama

Pages: 400 pages
Year of Publication: 2022
Price: Rp 99,000 (https://www.gramedia.com/)

Rating: 4/5

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"Hidup tidak pernah berhenti menyimpan misteri, menyembunyikan arti, tidak selalu memberikan jawaban atas setiap pertanyaan, dan sementara itu, pertanyaan baru akan terus lahir, menuntut dan menagih jawaban."

Ava menemukan panggilan hati sebagai aktris sejak ia berusia enam belas tahun. Belasan tahun ia lalui berpindah dari satu peran ke peran yang lain—ada yang dia pilih, ada yang memilihnya. Di tengah itu semua, ia berusaha membuat semua yang tidak dipahaminya tentang takdir jadi terasa masuk akal. Ava tidak peduli meskipun setiap selesai memikul peran, dia harus menyepi di suatu tempat yang disebutnya Heartbreak Motel untuk memulihkan diri. Di ulang tahunnya yang ketiga puluh, dimulai dari tempat itulah banyak pertanyaan baru menyergapnya—tentang masa lalu, masa kini, dan juga masa depannya.

"Berapa lama? Berapa lama aku bisa terus bahagia dengan cara absurd yang kupilih ini?"

Book Review: Gallant by V.E. Schwab

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BOOK review

Started on: 17 March 2022
Finished on: 9 April 2022

 

Gallant by V.E. Schwab

 

Title: Gallant

Author: V.E. Schwab
Publisher: Greenwillow Books

Pages: 352 pages / 384 pages (e-book)
Year of Publication: 2022
Price: Rp 184,000 (https://www.periplus.com/)

Rating: 2/5

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"You will be safe as long as you stay away from Gallant.

She squints at the word, for years a mystery—still a mystery."

Olivia Prior grew up in Merilance School for Girls, and all she has of her past is her mother's journal—which seems to unravel into madness. Olivia thought she had no family member left when suddenly a letter came from her uncle, inviting her to come home to Gallant. However, when Olivia arrives, no one is expecting her. Her cousin Matthew is hostile, but Olivia will not leave the first place that finally feels like home to her. Gallant seems to hold a lot of secrets and Olivia is determined to uncover them. When she crosses a ruined wall at just the right moment, Olivia finds herself in place just like Gallant, but the manor is crumbling and there's a mysterious figure that rules over all. Slowly, Olivia begins to see what has unraveled generations of her family and where her father actually came from.

"Come home, the letter says.

Stay away, her mother warned."