Unearthly by Cynthia Hand


In the beginning, there's a boy standing in the trees . . . .

Clara Gardner has recently learned that she's part angel. Having angel blood run through her veins not only makes her smarter, stronger, and faster than humans (a word, she realizes, that no longer applies to her), but it means she has a purpose, something she was put on this earth to do. Figuring out what that is, though, isn't easy.

Her visions of a raging forest fire and an alluring stranger lead her to a new school in a new town. When she meets Christian, who turns out to be the boy of her dreams (literally), everything seems to fall into place—and out of place at the same time. Because there's another guy, Tucker, who appeals to Clara's less angelic side.

As Clara tries to find her way in a world she no longer understands, she encounters unseen dangers and choices she never thought she'd have to make—between honesty and deceit, love and duty, good and evil. When the fire from her vision finally ignites, will Clara be ready to face her destiny?

Unearthly is a moving tale of love and fate, and the struggle between following the rules and following your heart.


If you're thinking, "Oh, no, not another angel book," stop it right now.
Yah, Unearthly emang lagi-lagi buku yang nyeritain tentang angel & nephilim. Awalnya aku juga mikir kayak gitu. But shush and listen for second.

Cerita ini menunjukkan angel dengan cerita yang beda banget dari buku-buku tentang angel yang baru-baru ini terbit. Secara keseluruhan buku ini menceritakan tentang latar belakang keluarga Clara dan keluarganya dan bukan the super-page-turning point di awal cerita alias plotnya lambat. Selesai baca buku ini, sekarang aku nggak bisa nunggu buat seri selanjutnya. Awalnya aku pikir buku ini endingnya nggak bakal se-nggantung ini! Mungkin buku ini bisa dibilang perfect kecuali deskripsinya yang terlalu detail. OK, so how much longer until the sequel?

Mungkin banyak buku tentang angel yang cerita romancenya terlalu cliche dan karakter ceweknya selalu jadi damsel in distress, beda sama Clara yang punya karakter kuat dan gampang disukai; dia ini nggak gampang nyerah, baik, dan seseorang yang pengen kamu jadiin temen. Clara juga nggak lovesick di awal cerita. Pas dia ketemu Angela dan Wendy, dua BFFs barunya, kayak mereka itu satu dari sisi baik dan satu dari sisi jahat. Wendy yang sugary sweet, sedangkan Angela punya sedikit sisi sebagai bagian dari fallen angel juga. Menurutku Angela mungkin bakal punya peran penting di buku selanjutnya. Tentu saja juga ada, the evil elements, Black Wings.

Unearthly bener-bener bacaan yang nggak bisa aku taruh. Christian dan Tucker yang masing-masing menarik dengan cara mereka sendiri. Alur ceritanya nggak terburu-buru atau dipaksain dan predictable di bagian-bagian tertentu, tapi jelas ada liku-liku di sepanjang cerita.

My final say, what do you think of the new angel trend? Do you love it or hate it?

I My Me Mine



1. Thank and link the person who awarded me this award
So, this is my very first blogger award! YAY! lol. I'm excited to receive the 'Stylish Blogger Award' from Ru over at The Island of Mine! So, thank you, thank you! : ) I'm really excited to have gotten my first award! (◕‿◕✿)

2. Share 8 things about my self.
Okay, here it is. I My Me Mine(seriously, 4minute?)
  • My room is almost always messy. I’m type A organized in so many ways, and I much prefer my room to be clean – yet somehow 90% of the time there is books, papers, CDs, and cables everywhere.
  • I'm an angst-ridden teen and moody, sometimes I suddenly gone totally quiet and wrote dark poems on school. I'm also quite random. If you've understood anything I've been writing about, so are you...
  • I can never pick my "favorite" anything: movie, book, restaurant, etc. I love so many things, and am very indecisive!
  • I just got a new motorcycle and named it Diablo *what? I'm an angst-ridden teen, remember?*
  • I like fucking around with people to some extent. Combined with my sarcastic way of answering questions I'm surprised I even have friends. It's interesting how most of the people can't handle my criticism at all and how a handful handle it so well.
  • I'm screwed on math... *crying* Mostly I always doodling while taking math lesson in class because I can't do it.
  • I always have my phone with me, anywhere, anytime.
  • I'm clearly a terrible writer. I'm always stuck with plot and on top of that my brain just isn't working. I have terrible writers block. But I like to write poems because it has no plot :D
3. Pay it forward to 8 bloggers that i have recently discovered
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Red Riding Hood (2011)


Valerie (Seyfried) is a beautiful young woman torn between two men. She is in love with a brooding outsider, Peter (Fernandez), but her parents have arranged for her to marry the wealthy Henry (Irons). Unwilling to lose each other, Valerie and Peter are planning to run away together when they learn that Valerie's older sister has been killed by the werewolf that prowls the dark forest surrounding their village. For years, the people have maintained an uneasy truce with the beast, offering the creature a monthly animal sacrifice. But under a blood red moon, the wolf has upped the stakes by taking a human life. Hungry for revenge, the people call on famed werewolf hunter, Father Solomon (Oldman), to help them kill the wolf. But Solomon's arrival brings unintended consequences as he warns that the wolf, who takes human form by day, could be any one of them. As the death toll rises with each moon, Valerie begins to suspect that the werewolf could be someone she loves. As panic grips the town, Valerie discovers that she has a unique connection to the beast--one that inexorably draws them together, making her both suspect...and bait.

Genre: Drama, Thriller

Pemain: Amanda Seyfried, Shiloh Fernandez, Julie Christie, Gary Oldman, Lukas Haas, Virginia Madsen, Billiy Burke

Tanggal Release: 11 Maret 2011

Sutradara: Catherine Hardwicke

Studio: Warner Bros

Produser: Leonardo DiCaprio

Red Riding Hood merupakan film adaptasi dongeng Little Red Riding Hood yang aslinya buat anak-anak dan sekarang malah jadi film semacam romance thriller. Film ini termasuk film yang paling dinanti di tahun 2011. Aslinya film ini berjudul The Girl with the Red Riding Hood dan release 22 April 2011.


"...from the director of TWILIGHT."

ARE YOU FUCKING KIDDING ME. -_-

LOL that was one of people reaction when watching the trailer. Akhirnya, Twilight-ism merambah ke dongeng anak-anak juga. Banyak yang ngira film ini bakalan kayak Twilight, gara-gara settingnya, werewolf, dan terutama sutradaranya. Kalau waktu pertama kali lihat posternya yang serem itu, saya yakin pada langsung ngira Red Riding Hood itu film horor. Tapi waktu lihat trailernya, bayangan film horor itu langsung hilang & bisa bikin ilfil buat beberapa orang. Let's hope we won't get bored in the middle.

Click HERE for the trailer.

The movie is just like this blog name, Little Red Riding Hood XD


goodreads choice awards Winners


More than 157,000 votes were cast for 460 nominees and thousands of write-in candidates.
Soo, have you seen the winner?
I always like to read "best of" lists. It is an opportunity to learn of new titles that might have passed you by, and it also reminds us readers of current trends. And goodreads is the right place!

Seperti yang saya duga, Mockingjay (The Hunger Games) by Suzanne Collins win the 1# place for Favorite Book of 2010 with 4,601 votes yang jauh lebih tinggi dari urutan kedua, The Girl Who Kicked The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson with 2,443 votes.

Favorite Book of 2010

Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins
4,061 votes

Best Fiction

Room (Hardcover) by Emma Donoghue
1,210 votes


Best Mystery & Thriller

The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (Hardcover) by Stieg Larsson
2,916 votes
Towers of Midnight (Wheel of Time, #13; A Memory of Light, #2) by Robert Jordan
451 votes

Best Paranormal Fantasy

Dead in the Family (Sookie Stackhouse, #10) by Charlaine Harris
1,506 votes

Best Science Fiction

Feed (Newsflesh, #1) by Mira Grant
593 votes

Best Graphic Novels & Comics

Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Volume 1 (Hardcover) by Stephenie Meyer
1,263 votes

Best Poetry

Come on All You Ghosts (Paperback) by Matthew Zapruder
309 votes

Best Nonfiction

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (Hardcover) by Rebecca Skloot
1,058 votes


Best Young Adult Fiction

Before I Fall (Hardcover) by Lauren Oliver
859 votes

Mockingjay (The Hunger Games, #3) by Suzanne Collins
3,252 votes


Best Middle Grade & Children's Book

Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Ugly Truth (Diary of a Wimpy Kid, #5) by Jeff Kinney
1,283 votes

Best Cover Art

Torment (Fallen, #2) by Lauren Kate
2,612 votes

You can read the rest of the results HERE!

Mockingjay is everywhere! Dari Favorite Book of 2010, Best Young Adult Fantasy, Favorite Heroine & Favorite Hero. Tahun 2010 emang tahunnya Hunger Games \(--)/
Say bye to 2010 and the vampires, let's welcome the fallen angels to 2011!