Allow me to apologize for taking such a long time in making this post after being
1. Find a book of each your initial
I have a short name, started with the pretty letter "K", and I just love the shape and curve of the letter. Isn't it gorgeous. Sorry, got sidetracked a bit there. Here we go, the book with my initial:
It is a book by an Indonesian author about an eighteen-years-old girl who was found after being the only witness to a tragic robbery at her uncle's house in Bandung. I haven't had the chance to read this book yet even though I've already had this book sitting quietly on my bookshelves *oops*
2. Count your age along your book shelf: What book is it?
If you think this question will reveal my age, well, think again. On second thought, don't think about my age at all because I am forever frozen in my seventeen-years-old body. It happened quite a long time ago. I was a princess in a far-far-away kingdom. We had a long-standing war with the trolls and we were defenseless against them as mere mortals. And in order to save my beloved people in my precious kingdom, I sacrificed my humanity to gain immortality and....
Okay...okay...I'm rambling, hahahaa..... Anyway, I often rearrange my books based on my mood (read to to-be-read or even thick to thin). But this is the book that happened to be there when I counted my age:
This is a companion book from one of my favorite series all the time Percy Jackson. And I think you should read the series first before attempting to read this book.
3. Pick a book set in your city/state/country
I live in Purwokerto, Banyumas, Indonesia. Actually, it is kind of hard to find a book with Purwokerto as the setting since it is only a small town and all that... so, I think Ronggeng Dukuh Paruk by Ahmad Tohari is the best choice for this list, since the author is from Banyumas (same with me, yeay.... *dance*), and of course its setting is my beloved island and country. I also have this book somewhere in my bookshelves and
4. Pick a book that represents a destination you would like to travel to
If you ask me about my fantasy-world-destination, the answer is of course the Magical World and Hogwarts to be more specific. But if you ask me about my real-world-destination, then the answer it England and Scotland. And someday....I'll be there to take my Ph.D (*lifting a fist into the air with tears streaming down my cheeks and dramatic music ascending in the background*). You can blame Harry Potter series for those destinations since it is my favorite series of all time, heheheee....
5. Pick a book that is your favorite color
I don't know why I like books that look old, especially the kinds with leather-bindings and look like a classic and with simple lettering. And this book happens to be the one that I like most (judging from the cover design) that is sitting on my bookshelves. I know it is paperback and it has nothing compared to the beautiful leather-bindings that I adore very much, but it looks like a leather-binding, hahahaaaa.... I know I'm weird that way ;p
Oh....and I don't have favorite color. My favorite color changes depends on my mood, so...yeah... *hides behind a pillow*
6. Which book do you have the fondest memory of?
I was in elementary school, and I just moved into a new house. My mother borrowed this book along with many other books from the school library where she was teaching. She did it all the the time for me. I remembered a very nice afternoon sitting in my new bedroom by this giant window and flipping through the pages, immersed and enchanted by the story. So yeah, I have a very fond memory of this book...even though I don't remember the story anymore, hahahaaa.....
But I don't want to re-read it, because as I remember from my last experience of reading one of my childhood books, it kinds of ruined the memory of the book. So let the memory be just a memory, eh? The past is in the past...let it goooo.....*singing Frozen OST*
7. Which book did you have the most difficulty reading?
This book gave me a headache. This is one of the legendary classics and many people love it. I tried soooo hard to like this book. I read the e-book version and also listened to the audiobook version, and.... I managed to fall asleep everytime. And you know it is really really difficult to read a book when that particular book always lulls you to sleep, right? Oh, and you can read my review here .
8. Which in your TBR pile will give you the biggest sense of achievement?
I say it was a miracle when I got this book in a local bookstore with a reasonable price. I didn't even think twice when I brought this baby to the cashier. Of course I've already browsed the book, and I read one or two famous play. But I haven't had the chance to really sit and read the full content of this book. And I definitely will....someday..... *crossing my fingers*
This is the end of the book tag, and once again, I am soooo sorry it took me several months to finally post it, hahahahaa.... don't hate me, please, mbak Lila ;p
And lastly, in order to continue the sacred line of tag, hereby I solemnly swear to tag these people:
- Sany from the blog Jar of Inspirations
- Lia from the blog Magentaurora
- Opan from the blog Kandang Baca
- Dion from the blog Baca Biar Beken
- Everyone who reads this post and has a book-blog, congratulations, you are automatically tagged!!!!!! mwahahahahahaaaaaa *evil laugh*