By John Grisham
Another novel from John Grisham, not an usual story but still great.
A wealth millionaire, Troy Phelan feels that it is near his last time, he'll gonna die soon. He's old enough, and he's so rich. Everything are in his hand, many companies, money, blond girls, and almost everything. But he still has one problem, that is his children and ex-wives.
All of them only wait for his testament. They want to get his wealth and waste it all.
Then he got an idea, he signs a new testament to his unknown daughter, Rachel Lane. Then he jumps from the balcony and die.
All of his children and ex-wives think that they can get all of his wealth. They act as a sad family but after it they got a party and then waste all of their money even take the debt because they think they'll get Troy's wealth.
On the other hand, Troy's lawyer has to find Rachel Lane, a missionaries that live at deep Brazil with Indian. Then he asks Nate O'Realy, an ex drunk lawyer to find her.
He struggles so much to find her, from his need of alcohol, then to adapt at Brazilian weather, till suffers dengue fever.
Can Nate find Rachel Lane?
Did Rachel receive this testament?
It ends not just like what I think. Nice novel to read in your spare time.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Verses of Love (Ayat-ayat Cinta)
By: Habiburahman El Shirazy
It is a phenomenal novel from Indonesia, that has been filmed and take a huge success (both film and the novel). This is a novel about Islam and love in Islam.
It sets in Cairo, Egypt, about Indonesia college student (master degree) named Fahri. He studies at Al Azhar University to get his master degree. Fahri is a son of a tape seller (tape=fermented cassava) that is so religious and keep his religion at the first line. He never misses his time for shalat (pray time).
He's been famous around many women, and almost all of them fall in love to him. Let's say, there's Nurul (she's a college student at Al Azhar from Indonesia, a daughter of a very famous kiai (tittle or reference for venerated scholar), Maria (she's a Coptical Christians, and also Fahri's neighbour), then Noura (She's also Fahri's neighbour that has been abused for many years by her own family), and the last one is Aisha (she is a Germany girl that meets Fahri for a couple time, and she is also Fahri's future wife).
One day, his spiritual teacher ask him whether he wants to get married or not, because he wants to introduce his friend's niece to Fahri. He agrees to do ta'aruf (Islamic way to introduce man to a woman, before they get marry), apparently this girl is Aisha.
Then they've got married, and live happily, but it's not long period, because one day Fahri is arrested because of a rape case. He's been accused for raping Noura.
How can be a very religious person like Fahri do those kind of crime?
Do Fahri did it?
Or Noura tells a lie and accuse Fahri?
Did Aisha believe this accusation or she will support his husband?
Just read one of the greatest Indonesia novel to find out the answer. A religious romantic novel, that is so polite. A novel that tells a love story in Islamic and east way.
What a bright author. Two thumbs up!
It is a phenomenal novel from Indonesia, that has been filmed and take a huge success (both film and the novel). This is a novel about Islam and love in Islam.
It sets in Cairo, Egypt, about Indonesia college student (master degree) named Fahri. He studies at Al Azhar University to get his master degree. Fahri is a son of a tape seller (tape=fermented cassava) that is so religious and keep his religion at the first line. He never misses his time for shalat (pray time).
He's been famous around many women, and almost all of them fall in love to him. Let's say, there's Nurul (she's a college student at Al Azhar from Indonesia, a daughter of a very famous kiai (tittle or reference for venerated scholar), Maria (she's a Coptical Christians, and also Fahri's neighbour), then Noura (She's also Fahri's neighbour that has been abused for many years by her own family), and the last one is Aisha (she is a Germany girl that meets Fahri for a couple time, and she is also Fahri's future wife).
One day, his spiritual teacher ask him whether he wants to get married or not, because he wants to introduce his friend's niece to Fahri. He agrees to do ta'aruf (Islamic way to introduce man to a woman, before they get marry), apparently this girl is Aisha.
Then they've got married, and live happily, but it's not long period, because one day Fahri is arrested because of a rape case. He's been accused for raping Noura.
How can be a very religious person like Fahri do those kind of crime?
Do Fahri did it?
Or Noura tells a lie and accuse Fahri?
Did Aisha believe this accusation or she will support his husband?
Just read one of the greatest Indonesia novel to find out the answer. A religious romantic novel, that is so polite. A novel that tells a love story in Islamic and east way.
What a bright author. Two thumbs up!
Friday, April 25, 2008
The Notebook
By Nicholas Sparks
"First Love Never Die"
Do you want the prove? Just read this romantic novel. It makes me in tears, what an everlasting story.
This novel tells a story about Noah and Allie that's in a deep love each other in their teenage. Allie is a daughter of a wealth family and Noah only a carpenter's son.
They've got separated when Ally's father move to the new town. Noah sent a letter everyday, but it's never replied, Ally's mother hide all of Noah's letter. Then they continue their lives but both of them still remember their love story.
Few years later, 29 years old Allie read an article in the newspaper about Noah and his new house that has been renovated. The she visits Noah, just to make sure herself to marry her fiancee. She just want to memorizes their long time ago love.
But, then they fall in love again each other and it's deeper than before. Both of them realize that their love is to deep to be separated just like before and now they're older to make a decision for their future life.
Will Ally choose Noah or she would like to please her parents and marry her wealth fiancee?
A romantic love story from the beginning till the end. It's is an example of en endless love story and it's really inspire me to apply it in my everyday life.
"First Love Never Die"
Do you want the prove? Just read this romantic novel. It makes me in tears, what an everlasting story.
This novel tells a story about Noah and Allie that's in a deep love each other in their teenage. Allie is a daughter of a wealth family and Noah only a carpenter's son.
They've got separated when Ally's father move to the new town. Noah sent a letter everyday, but it's never replied, Ally's mother hide all of Noah's letter. Then they continue their lives but both of them still remember their love story.
Few years later, 29 years old Allie read an article in the newspaper about Noah and his new house that has been renovated. The she visits Noah, just to make sure herself to marry her fiancee. She just want to memorizes their long time ago love.
But, then they fall in love again each other and it's deeper than before. Both of them realize that their love is to deep to be separated just like before and now they're older to make a decision for their future life.
Will Ally choose Noah or she would like to please her parents and marry her wealth fiancee?
A romantic love story from the beginning till the end. It's is an example of en endless love story and it's really inspire me to apply it in my everyday life.
Sunday, April 13, 2008
Weep No More My Lady
By Mary Higgins Clark
Another crime novel by Mary Higgins Clark, don't know why I like it very much. She is a bright author, all the tense and conflicts make me addicted to her novel.
This novel tells a story about Elizabeth Lange that wants to know who is the real killer of her older sister, famous actress Leila Lasalle. She's been found fall from her penthouse balcony and her fiancee Ted Winters (the business king) has been accused killed her.
One day she's been invited to the Cypress Point (a number one spa at the California), the owner, Baron and Baronnesse Helmut von Schreiber are her and her sister's best friend (they also the one that offer Leila's first job that makes her a famous actress). Here she wants to do her own investigation, she's not sure Ted Winters really kills her sister, so she wants to investigate it at the Cypress Point.
The thing becomes more tense and more tense, when Elizabeth's found many things that not suitable from her expectation.
Who is Leila's real killer?
Her own fiancee Ted Winters that has been dumped few hours before the murder?
Her best friend that own the spa, Baron and Baronesse Helmut von Schreiber that has an economical problem?
Her manager Syd that also has been dumped few hours ago?
Another actress that is also Leila's enemy, Cheryl?
Or maybe Craig, Ted's vice that always becomes Ted's shadow?
What an interesting story, it makes me feel so enthusiastic from the beginning till end of the novel. What a great novel.
Another crime novel by Mary Higgins Clark, don't know why I like it very much. She is a bright author, all the tense and conflicts make me addicted to her novel.
This novel tells a story about Elizabeth Lange that wants to know who is the real killer of her older sister, famous actress Leila Lasalle. She's been found fall from her penthouse balcony and her fiancee Ted Winters (the business king) has been accused killed her.
One day she's been invited to the Cypress Point (a number one spa at the California), the owner, Baron and Baronnesse Helmut von Schreiber are her and her sister's best friend (they also the one that offer Leila's first job that makes her a famous actress). Here she wants to do her own investigation, she's not sure Ted Winters really kills her sister, so she wants to investigate it at the Cypress Point.
The thing becomes more tense and more tense, when Elizabeth's found many things that not suitable from her expectation.
Who is Leila's real killer?
Her own fiancee Ted Winters that has been dumped few hours before the murder?
Her best friend that own the spa, Baron and Baronesse Helmut von Schreiber that has an economical problem?
Her manager Syd that also has been dumped few hours ago?
Another actress that is also Leila's enemy, Cheryl?
Or maybe Craig, Ted's vice that always becomes Ted's shadow?
What an interesting story, it makes me feel so enthusiastic from the beginning till end of the novel. What a great novel.
Saturday, April 12, 2008
Bleachers
By John Grisham
If you're a football lover, then you should read this novel. It tells a story about Eddy Rake (his kids-Spartan's-memories), the greatest football coach that has take Messina Spartan to be the best team for many years.
Neely Crenshaw is one of the best quarterback of Messina Spartan. Fifteen years later has been passed till that glory days, and Neely comes hone to Messina to attend coach Eddy Rake's funeral, the man that makes Spartan becomes the best football team that never lose.
Now, when coach Eddy Rake's kids gather at the stadium, wait all of lamp fade as a sign that Eddy Rake has been passed away, they re memorize all of long ago competition, remember their best time, and try to decide whether they love Eddy Rake or even hate him. Because at that time reveals one big dark secret that always haunted all of them.
What's the real secret? Can Neely Crenshaw forgive his coach?
The answer is in this novel, what a great novel for football lover (but I don't think so for you that don't like it).
Honestly I can't read this novel smoothly, because I'm not a football lover, and for sure I don't know foot ball at all. This is not a popular sports in Indonesia.
If you're a football lover, then you should read this novel. It tells a story about Eddy Rake (his kids-Spartan's-memories), the greatest football coach that has take Messina Spartan to be the best team for many years.
Neely Crenshaw is one of the best quarterback of Messina Spartan. Fifteen years later has been passed till that glory days, and Neely comes hone to Messina to attend coach Eddy Rake's funeral, the man that makes Spartan becomes the best football team that never lose.
Now, when coach Eddy Rake's kids gather at the stadium, wait all of lamp fade as a sign that Eddy Rake has been passed away, they re memorize all of long ago competition, remember their best time, and try to decide whether they love Eddy Rake or even hate him. Because at that time reveals one big dark secret that always haunted all of them.
What's the real secret? Can Neely Crenshaw forgive his coach?
The answer is in this novel, what a great novel for football lover (but I don't think so for you that don't like it).
Honestly I can't read this novel smoothly, because I'm not a football lover, and for sure I don't know foot ball at all. This is not a popular sports in Indonesia.
Friday, April 11, 2008
All Around The Town
By Mary Higgins Clark
Another great novel from Mary Higgins Clark, that uses psychological personality disorder (splitting personality) as the background of a crime novel. This is an interesting novel (mostly because I love a psychological novel) with a high tension almost at entire of the novel.
Laurie, a beautiful girl that has a trauma after she was kidnapped when she's four years old. She's been abused physically and sexually by her kidnapper and it makes her personality splits becomes 5 independent personality.
When her parents died at an accident, her other personality arise again to help her cope all of the guilt and her sorrow, but she never realizes all of other personality, until she's been accused on murder her professional instructor on her college, Alan Grant.
She doesn't know that her alter personality, Leona, often send Alan love letters and says that she's crazy for him.
Her older sister tries a lot to release all of the accusation to Laurie, she tries to take her to the psychiatry and takes so many therapies to pull all of bad memories that has been forget by Laurie (especially memory when she's been kidnapped).
Slowly but sure, she can remember all of that bad memories that always makes her has a nightmare. But, her kidnapper (Bic and Opal) don't want Laurie remember those memories and they plan to make her disappear forever (to make her suicide).
Did Laurie really kills Alan Grant? Or there is another murderer that takes a benefit from his death?
Read it and you'll gonna love it. It really makes me in tense from the beginning to the end of the story.
Another great novel from Mary Higgins Clark, that uses psychological personality disorder (splitting personality) as the background of a crime novel. This is an interesting novel (mostly because I love a psychological novel) with a high tension almost at entire of the novel.
Laurie, a beautiful girl that has a trauma after she was kidnapped when she's four years old. She's been abused physically and sexually by her kidnapper and it makes her personality splits becomes 5 independent personality.
When her parents died at an accident, her other personality arise again to help her cope all of the guilt and her sorrow, but she never realizes all of other personality, until she's been accused on murder her professional instructor on her college, Alan Grant.
She doesn't know that her alter personality, Leona, often send Alan love letters and says that she's crazy for him.
Her older sister tries a lot to release all of the accusation to Laurie, she tries to take her to the psychiatry and takes so many therapies to pull all of bad memories that has been forget by Laurie (especially memory when she's been kidnapped).
Slowly but sure, she can remember all of that bad memories that always makes her has a nightmare. But, her kidnapper (Bic and Opal) don't want Laurie remember those memories and they plan to make her disappear forever (to make her suicide).
Did Laurie really kills Alan Grant? Or there is another murderer that takes a benefit from his death?
Read it and you'll gonna love it. It really makes me in tense from the beginning to the end of the story.
Monday, April 7, 2008
40 Days at Hell
By Mary Kathryn Baxter
It is an inspirational book, it makes us rethink all of our life journey.
This book contains Mary's journey accompanied bye Jesus Himself to the hell. This journey has a meaning, Jesus wants Mary to write all of her experience in a book, in order to make all of human being in the world recent and forswear also change all of their bad behavior, so that all of human being can go to heaven.
Hell is a place to abuse all of sinful humans soul, but is you regret your past sin then leave your sinful life, Jesus will forgive all of your faults.
Hell, just like a body, it has two hands, two legs, it also has a heart. Every part of hell's body has it's own function to abuse humans soul. But, for sure all of that soul are burnt on hell's fire, they can feel all of the pain and they never can escape from there, hell is everlasting.
The writer asks the reader to regret all of their sin, it's never been too late, while you still live in this world, because it becomes too late when you regret all of your sin when you've died. She also say so many times "you can't server both God and Evil.'
This souls suffer so many times and it's never ends. She sees so many suffered soul, it's look grey, their flesh fall from it's bone, their eyes look so suffer, they scream and scream again. They also ask Jesus to forgive their sin, but Jesus says that it's too late. When they live in the world, Jesus has ask the to recent and forswear repeatedly, but they always ask Him to Wait, and then they forget all of their promises till they die.
This book inspires so many people around me (of course me too), my boyfriend releases all of his bad habits and regret it all. He never be the same again after read this book.
I recommend all of you to read this book and rethink all of it's content. Recent and forswear before it's too late and remember that you can't serve both God and Evil.
It is an inspirational book, it makes us rethink all of our life journey.
This book contains Mary's journey accompanied bye Jesus Himself to the hell. This journey has a meaning, Jesus wants Mary to write all of her experience in a book, in order to make all of human being in the world recent and forswear also change all of their bad behavior, so that all of human being can go to heaven.
Hell is a place to abuse all of sinful humans soul, but is you regret your past sin then leave your sinful life, Jesus will forgive all of your faults.
Hell, just like a body, it has two hands, two legs, it also has a heart. Every part of hell's body has it's own function to abuse humans soul. But, for sure all of that soul are burnt on hell's fire, they can feel all of the pain and they never can escape from there, hell is everlasting.
The writer asks the reader to regret all of their sin, it's never been too late, while you still live in this world, because it becomes too late when you regret all of your sin when you've died. She also say so many times "you can't server both God and Evil.'
This souls suffer so many times and it's never ends. She sees so many suffered soul, it's look grey, their flesh fall from it's bone, their eyes look so suffer, they scream and scream again. They also ask Jesus to forgive their sin, but Jesus says that it's too late. When they live in the world, Jesus has ask the to recent and forswear repeatedly, but they always ask Him to Wait, and then they forget all of their promises till they die.
This book inspires so many people around me (of course me too), my boyfriend releases all of his bad habits and regret it all. He never be the same again after read this book.
I recommend all of you to read this book and rethink all of it's content. Recent and forswear before it's too late and remember that you can't serve both God and Evil.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Operation Gigolo
By Kristin Gabriel
Very funny, and it's so funny.
Lynn Morgan is a junior lawyer at law firm, she has a little bit silly parent. They always want to divorce, but she can makes them together again (because there is nothing serious problem here).
But, this time her parent really wants to divorce, because her mother and father are in a big quarrel about their future funeral. Her mother wants upper place on the funeral, but her father says that man must be at the top. Both of them ask Lynn to represent them at the court.
Lyn is so confused (then she remember that her parents will be in one word if it is about their only daughter, every time she is naughty-when she's young- they always together to give Lynn a punishment), then she's got a great idea. She has to be pregnant (pretending) and the father has to be a gigolo.
Toni Russo, her partner at the law firm is a great candidate to be the gigolo. He's handsome and he was a troublemaker when he was in a high school.
Can Lynn make her parents together again?
What's happened then on Lynn and Tony's relationship?
Can they find their own love each other?
Funny romantic novel that makes me laugh a lot. Kristin Gabriel can makes a good novel with rare topic, light and very funny.
Very funny, and it's so funny.
Lynn Morgan is a junior lawyer at law firm, she has a little bit silly parent. They always want to divorce, but she can makes them together again (because there is nothing serious problem here).
But, this time her parent really wants to divorce, because her mother and father are in a big quarrel about their future funeral. Her mother wants upper place on the funeral, but her father says that man must be at the top. Both of them ask Lynn to represent them at the court.
Lyn is so confused (then she remember that her parents will be in one word if it is about their only daughter, every time she is naughty-when she's young- they always together to give Lynn a punishment), then she's got a great idea. She has to be pregnant (pretending) and the father has to be a gigolo.
Toni Russo, her partner at the law firm is a great candidate to be the gigolo. He's handsome and he was a troublemaker when he was in a high school.
Can Lynn make her parents together again?
What's happened then on Lynn and Tony's relationship?
Can they find their own love each other?
Funny romantic novel that makes me laugh a lot. Kristin Gabriel can makes a good novel with rare topic, light and very funny.
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
King of Tort
By John Grisham
Clay is a lawyer that works at OPD (a lawyer's association that works for people that can't hire their own lawyer). He is the only son of Jarret, one of the most famous lawyer that has been kicked out from lawyer's world because of one big mistake.
Clay's life so pathetic, low wages, cheap car, and also cheap apartment. His girlfriend, Rebecca, wants a break up and then she marry another wealthy guy.
Then, one day, Clay got an opportunity to change his entire life. Max Pace ask him to let go one of his case (a murder case) and turn back to represent the victim to get $15 million.
From zero to hero, from nothing to something, from no one to someone, from a poor lawyer becomes one of the most famous lawyer at DC, in just one night.
Then he becomes a lawyer with a specialization in a class action suit against two big pharmacy company.
Did he happy with his new wealth (new office, new firm, new girlfriend, new house, and new gulfstream)?
But why he's still missing Rebecca so much, and feel so jealous to her new husband?
Nice novel with law and pharmacy background, a little bit confusing for us that non expert about law's technical term, but I still can enjoy read it.
Clay is a lawyer that works at OPD (a lawyer's association that works for people that can't hire their own lawyer). He is the only son of Jarret, one of the most famous lawyer that has been kicked out from lawyer's world because of one big mistake.
Clay's life so pathetic, low wages, cheap car, and also cheap apartment. His girlfriend, Rebecca, wants a break up and then she marry another wealthy guy.
Then, one day, Clay got an opportunity to change his entire life. Max Pace ask him to let go one of his case (a murder case) and turn back to represent the victim to get $15 million.
From zero to hero, from nothing to something, from no one to someone, from a poor lawyer becomes one of the most famous lawyer at DC, in just one night.
Then he becomes a lawyer with a specialization in a class action suit against two big pharmacy company.
Did he happy with his new wealth (new office, new firm, new girlfriend, new house, and new gulfstream)?
But why he's still missing Rebecca so much, and feel so jealous to her new husband?
Nice novel with law and pharmacy background, a little bit confusing for us that non expert about law's technical term, but I still can enjoy read it.
Friday, March 28, 2008
Where are My Children?
By Mary Higgins Clark
Seven years ago, Nancy has lost her children, and she's been accused murder her own children. Fortunately, the only witness has been disappeared when she is on judicature, so she can avoid to be punished in a gas chamber.
Seven years later, she has a happy family again with two little children and a husband that really loves her. She tries to begin a new life and happy family in a new place, so that nobody else know about her past.
But she never knows about one person that follows her to that town. He wait until her birthday to do his big plan. He wants to repeat seven year's ago case, kidnap her children then kill them.
It happened again, her children have been disappeared and she's gonna be accused again as the murderer. But, she never do the same thing as before. She try to find her children, she has many person that truly want to help her.
Who is the real kidnapper and murderer?
Nancy herself, the missing witness, or other person that want to take a revenge to Nancy?
Want to know how this story ends? I recommend you to read this thriller novel. Really interesting and genius novel. A pedophilia villain, that makes me feel so thrilled. Great novel.
Seven years ago, Nancy has lost her children, and she's been accused murder her own children. Fortunately, the only witness has been disappeared when she is on judicature, so she can avoid to be punished in a gas chamber.
Seven years later, she has a happy family again with two little children and a husband that really loves her. She tries to begin a new life and happy family in a new place, so that nobody else know about her past.
But she never knows about one person that follows her to that town. He wait until her birthday to do his big plan. He wants to repeat seven year's ago case, kidnap her children then kill them.
It happened again, her children have been disappeared and she's gonna be accused again as the murderer. But, she never do the same thing as before. She try to find her children, she has many person that truly want to help her.
Who is the real kidnapper and murderer?
Nancy herself, the missing witness, or other person that want to take a revenge to Nancy?
Want to know how this story ends? I recommend you to read this thriller novel. Really interesting and genius novel. A pedophilia villain, that makes me feel so thrilled. Great novel.
Thursday, March 27, 2008
The Mirror Bride
By Robyn Donald
Five years ago, Olivia takes her step brother to run away from her cruel step father. She tries to live independently and tries in so many ways to fulfill their everyday needs.
Five years later, she's surrender, when she knows that her brother, Simon, needs a surgery to cure his incapability to hear (if not, he might be deaf forever).
She encourage herself to write a letter to Drake, Simon's real father and ask him to finance Simon's life (including surgical cost). Drake agree to finance Simon's life with one condition, Olivia and Simon must stay at drake's house.
One day, her step father come and threaten to take over Simon as a guardian. Olivia is so afraid and she offers Drake a marriage to make their position stronger in front of court. Then they do a fake marriage in order to make Simon safer.
What happened then, because both of them ever involved each other five years ago.
Is it true that Drake is Simon's biological father?
If he's not Simon's biological father, then why Drake agree to take all of responsibility about Simon and marry Olivia?
Is Drake has other motivation in that marriage?
Can they win in the court against Olivia's step father?
Find out the answers by reading this romantic novel.
Five years ago, Olivia takes her step brother to run away from her cruel step father. She tries to live independently and tries in so many ways to fulfill their everyday needs.
Five years later, she's surrender, when she knows that her brother, Simon, needs a surgery to cure his incapability to hear (if not, he might be deaf forever).
She encourage herself to write a letter to Drake, Simon's real father and ask him to finance Simon's life (including surgical cost). Drake agree to finance Simon's life with one condition, Olivia and Simon must stay at drake's house.
One day, her step father come and threaten to take over Simon as a guardian. Olivia is so afraid and she offers Drake a marriage to make their position stronger in front of court. Then they do a fake marriage in order to make Simon safer.
What happened then, because both of them ever involved each other five years ago.
Is it true that Drake is Simon's biological father?
If he's not Simon's biological father, then why Drake agree to take all of responsibility about Simon and marry Olivia?
Is Drake has other motivation in that marriage?
Can they win in the court against Olivia's step father?
Find out the answers by reading this romantic novel.
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
All Through The Night
By Mary Higgins Clark
Seven years ago, she laid her new born baby girl in front of the church and she called the church to tell about it (she hopes that girl daughter can be adopted by a good family that can love her, something that she can't do), but when she hears that the police come to the church, she thinks that her baby has been found.
But, she absolutely wrong, the Bishop Santorini's cup has been stolen. And her baby is took by the thieve.
Seven years later, she wants to meet her missing daughter. She went back to this town, but she is so disappointed when she knows that her daughter never found in front of the church.
The other case is about the deceiver (husband and wife) that forge Bess's last will and testament. Before it's been happened, she inherit all of her wealth to her sister Kate, but those husband and wife show a newer version of testament that inherit Bess's house to them.
Alvirah and Willy (Mary Higgins Clark's two favorite character)-two amateur detective that loves Hercule Poirot- wants to reveal all truth about the missing little girl, missing Bishop Santorini's cup, and the forge of Bess's last will and testament.
Will they find the truth there?
Can their grey cells help out to find all the truth?
Find out the answers of this mystery, a little mystery at Mary Higgins Clark novel (because she usually tells us very big mystery in her novel, so I can call this novel a little mystery).
Seven years ago, she laid her new born baby girl in front of the church and she called the church to tell about it (she hopes that girl daughter can be adopted by a good family that can love her, something that she can't do), but when she hears that the police come to the church, she thinks that her baby has been found.
But, she absolutely wrong, the Bishop Santorini's cup has been stolen. And her baby is took by the thieve.
Seven years later, she wants to meet her missing daughter. She went back to this town, but she is so disappointed when she knows that her daughter never found in front of the church.
The other case is about the deceiver (husband and wife) that forge Bess's last will and testament. Before it's been happened, she inherit all of her wealth to her sister Kate, but those husband and wife show a newer version of testament that inherit Bess's house to them.
Alvirah and Willy (Mary Higgins Clark's two favorite character)-two amateur detective that loves Hercule Poirot- wants to reveal all truth about the missing little girl, missing Bishop Santorini's cup, and the forge of Bess's last will and testament.
Will they find the truth there?
Can their grey cells help out to find all the truth?
Find out the answers of this mystery, a little mystery at Mary Higgins Clark novel (because she usually tells us very big mystery in her novel, so I can call this novel a little mystery).
Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Prime Time
By Sandra Brown
Andrea Malone (Andy), a journalist of Telex Television wants to get an exclusive interview with General Rattclif. A soldier retirement that decide to retire just after he got a big name in some wars (retired in a young age for a soldier). He never want to be interviewed for a long time and Andy struggles to get this exclusive interview.
His only son, Lyon, feels so disagree about this interview plan, but Andy never surrender. She sneaks to General's house and succeeded in meeting him personally. She never expected that he accept her proposal and he feels delighted to be interviewed, because he thinks that Andy's motivation is genuine. He offers Andy to stay in his ranch, also all of her crews.
Andy's trapped between her duty (as an interviewer to get all the real facts about General Rattclif) and her real love to his son, Lyon. That conflict reach the crest after she knows the real reason, why General Rattclif take the pension in a young age.
Will she reveals the real story to the public or she can keep silent forever?
One romantic novel that uses journalism as a background, quite successful romantic novel. Very Sandra Brown's novel, that can create high sexual tension between Andy and Lyon.
Andrea Malone (Andy), a journalist of Telex Television wants to get an exclusive interview with General Rattclif. A soldier retirement that decide to retire just after he got a big name in some wars (retired in a young age for a soldier). He never want to be interviewed for a long time and Andy struggles to get this exclusive interview.
His only son, Lyon, feels so disagree about this interview plan, but Andy never surrender. She sneaks to General's house and succeeded in meeting him personally. She never expected that he accept her proposal and he feels delighted to be interviewed, because he thinks that Andy's motivation is genuine. He offers Andy to stay in his ranch, also all of her crews.
Andy's trapped between her duty (as an interviewer to get all the real facts about General Rattclif) and her real love to his son, Lyon. That conflict reach the crest after she knows the real reason, why General Rattclif take the pension in a young age.
Will she reveals the real story to the public or she can keep silent forever?
One romantic novel that uses journalism as a background, quite successful romantic novel. Very Sandra Brown's novel, that can create high sexual tension between Andy and Lyon.
Friday, March 21, 2008
Scarlett Lady
By Sara Wood
Ginny and Leo are a couple that really love each others. But after many gossip (that said Ginny often cheats him with many other men) that attack Ginny (as a successful supermodel), Leo starts not to believe her anymore. Until one day, after losing in a court against the gossip tabloid, Leo throws the other dynamite that destructs Ginny, he wants to get divorce.
After two years of separation, Ginny read an advertisement in the newspaper, about a man (Vicente St Honore) that searches her missing daughter that has many similarities to her. So, she tries to answer the advertisement and goes to St Lucia to meet her father. She decides to search her real father in order to get someone to love her (because she still love Leo very much and need other person to love her unconditionally).
At St Lucia, she meets again with Leo. He tells Ginny about Vicente St Honore (the man that maybe her real father), he is a cruel man that neglect her wife and child, a pervert man that still search a beautiful woman to be his mistress. Leo insist to accompany Ginny and pretend to be a very jealous husband for protecting her from Vicente.
What Leo's motivation?
He only wants to be a good ex-husband to Ginny and try to protects her.
He wants to make a revenge to Vicente (his enemy), because Ginny have a great possibilities to becomes her daughter.
Or he wants to be her real husband again, because Ginny still his real love of his life.
Read this romantic novel to know, how this story ends. It makes me swept away on their love story, and imagine myself as Ginny that has Leo as my lovely hubby. So romantic.
Ginny and Leo are a couple that really love each others. But after many gossip (that said Ginny often cheats him with many other men) that attack Ginny (as a successful supermodel), Leo starts not to believe her anymore. Until one day, after losing in a court against the gossip tabloid, Leo throws the other dynamite that destructs Ginny, he wants to get divorce.
After two years of separation, Ginny read an advertisement in the newspaper, about a man (Vicente St Honore) that searches her missing daughter that has many similarities to her. So, she tries to answer the advertisement and goes to St Lucia to meet her father. She decides to search her real father in order to get someone to love her (because she still love Leo very much and need other person to love her unconditionally).
At St Lucia, she meets again with Leo. He tells Ginny about Vicente St Honore (the man that maybe her real father), he is a cruel man that neglect her wife and child, a pervert man that still search a beautiful woman to be his mistress. Leo insist to accompany Ginny and pretend to be a very jealous husband for protecting her from Vicente.
What Leo's motivation?
He only wants to be a good ex-husband to Ginny and try to protects her.
He wants to make a revenge to Vicente (his enemy), because Ginny have a great possibilities to becomes her daughter.
Or he wants to be her real husband again, because Ginny still his real love of his life.
Read this romantic novel to know, how this story ends. It makes me swept away on their love story, and imagine myself as Ginny that has Leo as my lovely hubby. So romantic.
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Skipping Christmas
By John Grisham
After her only daughter goes to Peru, to join some kind of charity program, Luther and his wife feel their life will never be the same again. So, Luther decide that this year's Christmas gonna be different from last year's or even the previous years. He decide to skip this Christmas. Every year he always suffer every Christmas comes, mostly because of much money that their family have to spent for celebrating Christmas. Imagine $6,100 every Christmas, what a waste?
Then this husband and wife decide to skip this Christmas. There is no party, no Christmas accessories (included no Christmas tree and that horrible Frosty Frost at the roof), no Christmas gift, and no other craziness for Christmas. They plan to take a wonderful trip to Bahamas on a cruise ship on Christmas. They try to enjoy their money better than waste it for Christmas celebration.
But what happens then? There is more mess happened than before when they try to skip this year's Christmas, mostly from their own neighbourhood. Why trying to skip this Christmas becomes so hard? Just read this book to know how it ends. A light book to read to enjoy your spare time.
After her only daughter goes to Peru, to join some kind of charity program, Luther and his wife feel their life will never be the same again. So, Luther decide that this year's Christmas gonna be different from last year's or even the previous years. He decide to skip this Christmas. Every year he always suffer every Christmas comes, mostly because of much money that their family have to spent for celebrating Christmas. Imagine $6,100 every Christmas, what a waste?
Then this husband and wife decide to skip this Christmas. There is no party, no Christmas accessories (included no Christmas tree and that horrible Frosty Frost at the roof), no Christmas gift, and no other craziness for Christmas. They plan to take a wonderful trip to Bahamas on a cruise ship on Christmas. They try to enjoy their money better than waste it for Christmas celebration.
But what happens then? There is more mess happened than before when they try to skip this year's Christmas, mostly from their own neighbourhood. Why trying to skip this Christmas becomes so hard? Just read this book to know how it ends. A light book to read to enjoy your spare time.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
While My Pretty Ones Sleeps
By Mary Higgins Clark
When a successful writer, Ethel Lambsford not comes to Neeve's boutique to take her orders, Neeve begins to feel suspicious, there is something happened to Ethel. Then Ethel has been found died in the park with her neck being stabbed.
Neeve begins to feel suspicious, because Ethel never wear clothes in a wrong combination, just like when she was found murdered. Her investigation makes the real murdered think that she is endangered. She has to be eliminated. A plan of Neeve's murder has been prepared.
Who is the real killer?
Ethel's ex-husband, that will be very happy for her death, because he will be released from the obligation to pay the divorce subsidy.
Ethel's nephew that often steals her money and will be very rich because of her death (she inherits all of her wealth to him).
Or the killer is the same as Renata's (Neeve's mother) killer?
This is the latest novel I have read, and I think Mary Higgins Clark has done a great job that makes me feel curious until the end. It is so exciting when I read it, it pushes my adrenalin. I am really surprised with the end of the story. It is out of my expectation.
When a successful writer, Ethel Lambsford not comes to Neeve's boutique to take her orders, Neeve begins to feel suspicious, there is something happened to Ethel. Then Ethel has been found died in the park with her neck being stabbed.
Neeve begins to feel suspicious, because Ethel never wear clothes in a wrong combination, just like when she was found murdered. Her investigation makes the real murdered think that she is endangered. She has to be eliminated. A plan of Neeve's murder has been prepared.
Who is the real killer?
Ethel's ex-husband, that will be very happy for her death, because he will be released from the obligation to pay the divorce subsidy.
Ethel's nephew that often steals her money and will be very rich because of her death (she inherits all of her wealth to him).
Or the killer is the same as Renata's (Neeve's mother) killer?
This is the latest novel I have read, and I think Mary Higgins Clark has done a great job that makes me feel curious until the end. It is so exciting when I read it, it pushes my adrenalin. I am really surprised with the end of the story. It is out of my expectation.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
And Then They Were None
By Agatha Christie
This is one of my favorite novel by Agatha Christie. It tells a story about a serial murder that have been done perfectly. He invites 10 person (included himself and 2 servants) to an isolated island (all of them have done a crime but they never been punished for it). After they arrived there, the murder starts. It begins from the person with a little crime until the last one with the heaviest sin. It is a smart murder plan, even the police never knew who is the real murder and about the order of the murder. The murderer has been known after the real murderer admit this serial killer by using a letter that has been sent to the police.
It is very bright crime novel by Agatha Christie, I've even can't guess who is the real killer. Many other detective novels have been inspired by this novel, especially Japanese detective comic (just like detective Kindaichi and detective Conan).
I think, this crime novel is worth to be collected in your library. Especially if you love crime novel or you are one of Agatha Christie's novel lover. This is truly one of the best Agatha Christie's novel beside her primary character like Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, or Tommy and Tuppence.
This is one of my favorite novel by Agatha Christie. It tells a story about a serial murder that have been done perfectly. He invites 10 person (included himself and 2 servants) to an isolated island (all of them have done a crime but they never been punished for it). After they arrived there, the murder starts. It begins from the person with a little crime until the last one with the heaviest sin. It is a smart murder plan, even the police never knew who is the real murder and about the order of the murder. The murderer has been known after the real murderer admit this serial killer by using a letter that has been sent to the police.
It is very bright crime novel by Agatha Christie, I've even can't guess who is the real killer. Many other detective novels have been inspired by this novel, especially Japanese detective comic (just like detective Kindaichi and detective Conan).
I think, this crime novel is worth to be collected in your library. Especially if you love crime novel or you are one of Agatha Christie's novel lover. This is truly one of the best Agatha Christie's novel beside her primary character like Hercule Poirot, Miss Marple, or Tommy and Tuppence.
Monday, March 17, 2008
The Final Proposal
by Robyn Donald
This romantic novel tells a story about Jan Caruthers, a fashion consultant that receive legacy from her unknown grandfather. But, to claim the farm land, she has to live there for at least one month. The main problem is the land has only one hut that really in a very poor condition and facilities (there is no electricity).
Fortunately she has a handsome neighbour, Kear Lannion, that always ready to help her. From helping her to light the fire, calm her down when she hears strange noise outside the hut, clean out the mess when the flood comes, and ask her to stay at his house when the hut been broken by the flood.
What is Kear's motivation?
Just want to be a good neighbour and helping each other, or he want to buy Jan's farm in order to expand his farm, or he falls in love with her?
If you want to know the answers, just read this novel.
This romantic novel tells a story about Jan Caruthers, a fashion consultant that receive legacy from her unknown grandfather. But, to claim the farm land, she has to live there for at least one month. The main problem is the land has only one hut that really in a very poor condition and facilities (there is no electricity).
Fortunately she has a handsome neighbour, Kear Lannion, that always ready to help her. From helping her to light the fire, calm her down when she hears strange noise outside the hut, clean out the mess when the flood comes, and ask her to stay at his house when the hut been broken by the flood.
What is Kear's motivation?
Just want to be a good neighbour and helping each other, or he want to buy Jan's farm in order to expand his farm, or he falls in love with her?
If you want to know the answers, just read this novel.
Friday, March 14, 2008
Sybill
By Flora Rheta Schreiber
This is a psychological book, about Sybill Isabel Dorsett that suffer double personality (actually not double personality, but the personality splits to 24 unique character that each has a name and it's own character). It tells us about Sybill's struggle to be cured from this psychological problems.This book tells us about Sybill's problem, from her childhood until her middle age (when she has been declared 100% cured from her personality disorder). Any kind of abuse from physical abuse until sexual abuse that has been done by her mother have caused the split of personality (every time she has problem that can't be faced, her personality splits to face the traumatic events). It becomes more serious because she has an apathy father, he seems so far from her (although he knows about his wife's habit, he keeps silent and let it happen).All of this thing has caused Sybill's personality split and split until become 24 personality that independent. Sybill very often lost herself (a blank period) almost in the entire of her life.This book is very unique and it is so interesting, especially for the psychology lover or the psychology student (they can learn the methods that have been used there, although you are not the Freudian).
This is a psychological book, about Sybill Isabel Dorsett that suffer double personality (actually not double personality, but the personality splits to 24 unique character that each has a name and it's own character). It tells us about Sybill's struggle to be cured from this psychological problems.This book tells us about Sybill's problem, from her childhood until her middle age (when she has been declared 100% cured from her personality disorder). Any kind of abuse from physical abuse until sexual abuse that has been done by her mother have caused the split of personality (every time she has problem that can't be faced, her personality splits to face the traumatic events). It becomes more serious because she has an apathy father, he seems so far from her (although he knows about his wife's habit, he keeps silent and let it happen).All of this thing has caused Sybill's personality split and split until become 24 personality that independent. Sybill very often lost herself (a blank period) almost in the entire of her life.This book is very unique and it is so interesting, especially for the psychology lover or the psychology student (they can learn the methods that have been used there, although you are not the Freudian).
Thursday, March 13, 2008
Send Me No Flower
by Kristin Gabriel
This is one of the funniest romantic novel I've ever read. I will guarantee that all of you will laugh a lot.
This novel tell a story of a therapist named Rachel Grant that has been disappointed by his fiancee. He left her only one month before their marriage and it's more tragic because he left her on the Valentine's day.
One year later, she and her group have a commitment to boycott the Valentine's day event on their town Love at Michigan. Of course it makes the town board feel so disturbed, then they use their new, young, and handsome mayor to convince her to stop their boycott.
He think that Rachel is a middle aged scientist that is insane, but when he meet Rachel and see that she is a gorgeous girl, his mission has been changed.
What happened then? Are the boycott still running or they will forget all of the boycott and live happily ever after? This question can be answered when you read the novel.
This is one of the funniest romantic novel I've ever read. I will guarantee that all of you will laugh a lot.
This novel tell a story of a therapist named Rachel Grant that has been disappointed by his fiancee. He left her only one month before their marriage and it's more tragic because he left her on the Valentine's day.
One year later, she and her group have a commitment to boycott the Valentine's day event on their town Love at Michigan. Of course it makes the town board feel so disturbed, then they use their new, young, and handsome mayor to convince her to stop their boycott.
He think that Rachel is a middle aged scientist that is insane, but when he meet Rachel and see that she is a gorgeous girl, his mission has been changed.
What happened then? Are the boycott still running or they will forget all of the boycott and live happily ever after? This question can be answered when you read the novel.
The Most Powerful Prayer On Earth
By Peter Horrobin
After you read this book, you can start to review your entire life. Why we suffer some illness, lost, pain, and everything bad in our lives? It is because you can't forget other's fault (that maybe ever happened in long time ago, sometimes you can't remember it). It makes some kind of barrier that hamper God's bless. You can release all of this barrier just by forgiving other's fault to you. Maybe it's a hard thing to do, especially to forget other's fault that responsible to a traumatic event in you life (just like childhood abuse, sexual harassment, or other traumatic events).
But, this step can make a big thing in your life. It can cure all of your illness, because God can give His bless to you, there is no more barrier that hamper His love.
This book is suitable to all of Christian that still confusing our God's love. Read this book and try to do it in our everyday lives. I believe that more and more good thing will be happened in you life.
After you read this book, you can start to review your entire life. Why we suffer some illness, lost, pain, and everything bad in our lives? It is because you can't forget other's fault (that maybe ever happened in long time ago, sometimes you can't remember it). It makes some kind of barrier that hamper God's bless. You can release all of this barrier just by forgiving other's fault to you. Maybe it's a hard thing to do, especially to forget other's fault that responsible to a traumatic event in you life (just like childhood abuse, sexual harassment, or other traumatic events).
But, this step can make a big thing in your life. It can cure all of your illness, because God can give His bless to you, there is no more barrier that hamper His love.
This book is suitable to all of Christian that still confusing our God's love. Read this book and try to do it in our everyday lives. I believe that more and more good thing will be happened in you life.
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