Book Review: The Little Liar by Mitch Albom

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BOOK review

Started on: 18 October 2024
Finished on: 16 November 2024

 

The Little Liar by Mitch Albom

 

Title: The Little Liar

Author: Mitch Albom

Publisher: Harper

Pages: 352 pages / 350 pages (e-book)
Year of Publication: 2023
Price: Rp 335,000 (https://www.periplus.com/)

Rating: 5/5

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"You can trust the story you are about to hear. You can trust it because I am telling it to you, and I am the only thing in this world you can trust."

Until he was eleven years old, Nico Krispis never told a lie. On the day the Nazis invaded his home in Salonika, Greece, a German officer found Nico and offered him a chance to save his family. Nico was supposed to convince his fellow Jewish residents to board the trains heading to their new homes. Unaware of this cruel ruse, Nico goes to the station platform and reassures the passengers that the journey is safe. Nico even sees his family loaded into a large boxcar with their neighbors. When Nico realizes he helped send the people he loved to their doom in Auschwitz, it's all too late. Since that day, Nico never tells the truth again.

"When we finish this story, you may say, "That was impossible." But here is the funny thing about truth: the less real something seems, the more people want to believe it."

Book Review: The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom

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BOOK review

Started on: 6 November 2021
Finished on: 12 November 2021

 

The Stranger in the Lifeboat by Mitch Albom

 

Title: The Stranger in the Lifeboat

Author: Mitch Albom
Publisher: Harper

Pages: 224 pages
Year of Publication: 2021
Price: Rp 315,000 (https://www.periplus.com/)

Rating: 5/5

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"It had survived. And witnessing survival can make us believe in our own."

After a deadly ship explosion, nine people struggle to survive at sea on a lifeboat. After three days, they spot a man floating in the waves. When they pulled him in, the stranger claims that he is the Lord. One of the survivors, Benji, recounts the events in a notebook that is discovered a year later when the empty lifeboat washes up on the island of Montserrat. The notebook then fall into the hands of the island's chief inspector, Jarty LeFleur—a man battling with his own demons, who will try to solve the mystery of what really happened to the survivors.

"But out here, adrift, you realize how often we take our placement on this earth for granted."

Book Review: Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern

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BOOK review

Started on: 1.May.2015
Finished on: 9.May.2015

Love, Rosie by Cecelia Ahern

Title : Love, Rosie
Author : Cecelia Ahern

Publisher : Harper
Pages :  558 pages
Year of Publication : 2014

Price : $9.10 (www.bookdepository.com/)

Rating: 4/5

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"Life is funny, isn't it? Just when you think you've got it all figured out, just when you finally begin to plan something, get excited about it and feel like you know what direction you're heading in, the paths change, the signs change, the wind blows the other way, north is suddenly south, and east is west and you're lost. It is so easy to lose your way, to lose direction.
There aren't many sure things in life, but one thing I do know is that you have to deal with the consequences of your actions. You have to follow through on some things."

Rosie Dunne and Alex Stewart has been best friends since they were very young. They do a lot of things together and share everything with each other. As they grew up into teenagers, Alex and his family had to move from Dublin to Boston—and Alex will be continuing his studies to become a doctor there. Rosie was excited at the idea of going to Boston University so she can be reunited with Alex, but her perfect plan fall into pieces when something unexpected happened in her life.

Book Review: The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) by J.R.R. Tolkien

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BOOK review
Started on: 5.August.2013
Finished on: 23.August.2013

The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3) by J.R.R. Tolkien

Title : The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
Author : J.R.R. Tolkien
Publisher : Harper Collins
Pages : 590 Pages
Year of Publication : 2002
Price : $ 5.95 (http://www.amazon.com)

Rating: 5/5
*for those who haven't read the second book, this review may contain spoiler.
Review for The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2) here.
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'It comes from Mordor, lord,' he said. 'It began last night at sunset. From the hills in the Eastfold of your realm I saw it rise and creep across the sky, and all night as I rode it came behind eating up the stars. Now the great cloud hangs over all the land between here and the Mountains of Shadow; and it is deepening. War has already begun.'

Gandalf and Pippin finally arrived in Minas Tirith to deliver news of war to Denethor, the Lord of Gondor. Aragorn planned an almost impossible and dangerous mission, which is going through Paths of the Dead to find the lost army. With the help of Legolas, Gimli, and the Grey company, Aragorn sets off. Merry was left behind and ride along with King Théoden. Armies of the Enemy mercilessly attack on Gondor, making the future looks dark. And so war has begun in Middle-Earth.

Book Review: The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

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BOOK review
Started on: 25.April.2013
Finished on: 6.May.2013

The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin

Title : The Happiness Project

Author : Gretchen Rubin

Publisher : Harper Perennial
Pages : 315 Pages
Year of Publication : 2011

Price : IDR 158,000 (https://opentrolley.co.id/)

Rating: 4.5/5
*it's a pretty long review.

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"A 'happiness project' is an approach to changing your life. First is the preparation stage, when you identify what brings you joy, satisfaction, and engagement, and also what brings you guilt, anger, boredom, and remorse. Second is the making of resolutions, when you identify the concrete actions that will boost your happiness. Then comes the interesting part: keeping your resolution."

This book is a happiness project made by Gretchen Rubin, what she tried to change in her life and what she learned. She created a 12-month project, with different resolution in each one. In this book, the 12 areas she wanted to cover for her happiness project: Vitality, Marriage, Work, Parenthood, Leisure, Friendship, Money, Eternity, Books, Mindfulness, Attitude, and Happiness. She constantly remind the readers that her happiness project may differ from our needs. But her happiness project is trying to inspire people in trying to be happier.