MEETING MY FAV AUTHOR: NAELA ALI

            Last month, I met one of my fav authors, Leila S. Chudori. Earlier this month (Feb, 10^th), I met another fav author of mine, Naela Ali. If you haven’t heard about Naela Ali, let me tell you about her briefly. Naela Ali is an author/illustrator from Jakarta. She published three books, Stories for Rainy Days Vol. I & II and Things & Thoughts I Drew When I Was Bored, by far, and the fourth book, Stories for Rainy Days Vol. III, was officially published a week ago in all bookstores (Feb 12^th).

            Lucky me that I’m still livin in Yogyakarta, cos apparently, she did a “book tour” in three big cities, Yogyakarta – Bandung – Jakarta. I was so excited to attend her book launch, since Yogya is the first city that would get her newest book cos it hasn’t out everywhere till two days later. Naela announced that in her book launch we could get special package that cost IDR 200k to get: Stories for Rainy Days Vol. III, Iron Patches, Bookmark, Sticker, and a Totebag. Fair prices to get a whole package, don’t you think?

MEETING MY FAV AUTHOR: LEILA S. CHUDORI

            I was scrolling thru my facebook when I saw an event hold by Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia (KPG) – a book publisher, in FIB UGM on Jan 24^th 2018. It was no ordinary event, since they brought my fav author, Leila S. Chudori. Yes, it’s the one and only, Bu Leila S. Chudori. Without any hesitation, I signed myself up to join the book discussion for her new book entitled “Laut Bercerita”. As none of my close friends read her book, I ended up go to the event all by myself which wasn’t a big deal for me tbh.

source: @lautbercerita

Sit Back and Relax in AEGIS Coffee

Nowadays coffee shops are no longer just places you can buy coffee, yet they are turning to be perfect place to calm your mind and relax your body. Minimalist interior design would be a perfect sanctuary to chill your tense soul after such a long weekday. Take your seat, and enjoy this lovely minimalist coffee shop I am about to tell you. It is an anti-mainstream one with less people bustling around. Perfect place to get lost in your books or thoughts if you are an introvert, like I am.

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE (BOOK REVIEW)

ALL THE LIGHT WE CANNOT SEE
Anthony Doerr
Scribner / May 2014

Are you not so into historical book? If you said yes, you need to check out this one. This fiction novel is absolutely magnificent and stunning. It does have a quite number of pages (530 pages), but trust me once you read, all you want to do is just keep reading it pages by pages.  The story tells about a girl named Marie-Laure who lives with her father in Paris. They live nearby the Museum of Natural History where her father works as master of all locks. Marie-Laure goes blind by the age of six, and afterwards her father builds her a kind of city model of their neighborhoods with quite details so that she can try to memorize it by touching every roads on it with her fingers.