Gitanjali (Song Offerings) is a collection of poems Rabindranath Tagore wrote to express devotion to God. The word gitanjali is composed from “git”, which means song, and “anjali” which means offering, and thus mean “an offering of songs”. I decided to read a work by Tagore to take part in Blogger Buku Indonesia (BBI)’s project for October which is to review any work by Nobel … Continue reading Gitanjali (Song Offerings) – Rabindranath Tagore
Huah udah lama banget nggak ikutan Wishful Wednesday! Selain karena kesibukan, kadang-kadang juga hilang ide mau masukkan wishlist yang mana. Buku yang menjadi wishlist saya Rabu ini nggak sengaja saya temukan sewaktu jalan-jalan di TB Gramedia Ciputra World Surabaya hari Sabtu lalu. Dan…. sayapun jatuh cinta pada pandangan pertama. ♥____♥ Shakespeare on Love: The World’s Most Beautiful Plays, Poems and Sonnets (Hardback), Edited by C.N. … Continue reading Wishful Wednesday (10)+Rekap!
Sebenarnya kalo dirunut ke belakang, saya agak lupa sejarah bergabung dengan Blogger Buku Indonesia alias BBI. Maklum lah, semuanya “kejadian”nya di dunia maya dan saya bukan tipe orang yang suka mencatat tanggal-tanggal tertentu yang ada “sejarah”nya. Kalo tanggal lahir blog kan saya tinggal lihat kapan post pertama kali terbit, yaitu tanggal 23 November 2010. (YAK, sebentar lagi blog ini akan berulang tahun yang ke-2! Jangan … Continue reading My Journey of Book Blogging with BBI
My Weekend Quote for this week is taken from Gitanjali (Song Offerings), a collection of poems in worship to God by Rabindranath Tagore. I read Gitanjali to take part in Blogger Buku Indonesia (BBI)’s monthly project, which is to post book reviews in certain themes. The theme this month is any work by Nobel laureates, and I chose Rabindranath Tagore, who was awarded Nobel Prize … Continue reading Weekend Quote #3
“I have hated the words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.” ***A SMALL TRUTH*** I am haunted by this book. Sit still, children. Death has a story to tell. It is about the book thief, who was but a fourteen year-old skinny German girl living in Nazi Germany, whose name was Liesel Meminger. The book thief first … Continue reading The Book Thief – Markus Zusak
Sebuah buku adalah dunia ajaib penuh simbol yang menghidupkan kembali si mati dan memberikan hadiah kehidupan yang kekal kepada yang masih hidup. Sungguh tak dapat dibayangkan, fantastis, dan “ajaib” bahwa kedua puluh enam huruf dalam alfabet kita bisa dipadukan sedemikian rupa sehingga bisa memenuhi rak raksasa dengan buku-buku dan membawa kita ke sebuah dunia yang tak berujung. Dunia yang selalu bertumbuh dan bertumbuh, selama masih … Continue reading Kutipan Buku: Perpustakaan Ajaib Bibbi Bokken
I love taking quizzes. A lot of times they do not represent you the way you are, but I still got surprised often at their results, particularly the Literary Character Quizzes I took below. I took them just for fun! Quiz 1: Oxford Dictionaries.com You are Dido. A strong woman, you can achieve almost anything if you put your mind to it. You inspire loyalty … Continue reading Me and Literary Character Quizzes
Teach.com provides a flowchart of 101 books they recommend, including fiction and non-fiction, classical and contemporary fiction. Take your pick! Source: Bukunya.com, Teach.com Continue reading What to Read Next? A Flowchart of 101 Books to Help You Decide!
Maybe you guys are sick and tired already of reading posts about me joining reading challenges and reading events in this blog. As I wrote in my previous post that for now I want to slow things down because I have a lot to do with my life besides reading and blogging, but I can’t deny that I still have a thirst to explore. … Continue reading Let’s Read Plays Reading Event: My List
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