Showing posts with label book haul. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book haul. Show all posts

16 November 2015

Petualangan Seru di Gudang Gramedia (Ronde II)

Sebelumnya:

Ronde I | 26 September


Sekarang:


Ronde II | 30 September


Dalam melakukan sesuatu, kalau belum puas, rasanya pengin melakukan lagi dan lagi. Begitu pula dengan "belanja buku". Menimbun buku agak mirip kecanduan, sebenarnya. Apalagi di Ronde I nafsu beli buku saya cuma disokong dengan empat lembar sepuluh ribuan. ITU. SANGAT. KURANG. Apalagi, untuk standar belanja di gudang. Hahaha. Empat hari kemudian, di siang hari yang terik, saya berangkat lagi ke Gudang Gramedia, kali ini nggak sendirian, ditemani teman kosan. Namun, masih tetep nggak punya banyak uang (masih tanggal tua). Meski begitu, saya bawa banyak uang hasil ngutang. (Tidak patut diteladan.)

Sebagai hasil dari pamer-pamer buku hasil borongan di Ronde I ke grup WA Kampus Fiksi 12 (sebut merk), teman-teman di luar kota (yang, sayang sekali, nggak ada Gudang Gramedia), nitip buku ke saya. Dan minta ditalangi *sigh, mengurangi jatah saya*. Salah saya sendiri, sih, pamer-pamer. Eh, tapi saya seneng-seneng aja lho dititipin, lumayan, bisa nebeng baca dulu sebelum dikasih ke orang yang nitip. Haha. Ada dua orang yang nitip buku-bukunya Roald Dahl, karena sebelumnya saya pamer The Witches. Akhirnya, saya memborong buku cerita anak-anak tersebut.


Sejauh ini, saya sudah baca The Witches dan The Enormous Crocodile.

Bertolak-belakang dengan cerita anak, ada juga yang nitip novel romance dewasa (termasuk saya sendiri). Motivasinya, sih, sebagai referensi mau ikut lomba novel Twigora. Kalau untuk genre ini, saya nemu cukup banyak novel dari beberapa penulis yang ada di daftar referensi. Lisa Kleypas, Charly Phillips, Susan Mallery, dan Julie James. Nah, sembari mondar-mandir (saya bolak-balik ke rak yang sama berulang kali) dari rak buku ke Mas-mas pencari harga, saya juga mengintip rating dan sinopsisnya di Goodreads. Rating novel-novel Lisa Kleypas memang terbilang tinggi, tapi saya sedang nggak berminat baca historical romance. Jadilah saya membeli tiga judul novel Julie James ini, yang setelah saya kepoin di Goodreads, selain ratingnya bagus, pola ceritanya mirip novel contemporary romance-nya Chrismor (yah, se-subgenre juga, sih, jadi wajar).

Sejauh ini, saya sudah baca Practice Makes Perfect dan Just the Sexiest Man Alive.


Selanjutnya, karena saya sedang menggiatkan diri membaca karya sastra klasik, saya menyempatkan menengok rak khusus buku klasik terjemahan. Ada banyak sebenarnya, termasuk yang saya inginkan adalah Jane Eyre, yang sangat tebal itu, tapi saya nggak jadi beli karena harganya 30 ribu. Ya, ya, saya memang kontradiktif. Pengin beli banyak buku, tapi pelit juga ngeluarin duit. Haha. Selain itu, 30 ribu adalah harga termahal di sale tersebut (kalau nggak salah). Akhirnya, saya memilih satu buku klasik berikut, Nobody's Perfect, yang ratingnya di Goodreads juga bagus. Saya memang terlalu percaya pada rating Goodreads :').


Di akhir petualangan menyusuri rak-rak besi, tanpa sengaja, di bagian bawah, saya menemukan kumpulan dongeng Rudyard Kipling, Just So Stories, yang langsung saya ambil karena ilustrasinya lucu.


Selain buku klasik, saya juga sedang punya misi untuk membaca karya-karya Mitch Albom, apa pun judulnya. Haha. Jadi, setelah membeli satu judul karyanya di Ronde I, saya beli lagi dua judul ini.


Demikianlah, akhirnya saya nggak cuma beli empat buku doang :'). Setelah masa sale ini berakhir, di awal November, Gramedia juga membuka sale di gudangnya lagi. Saya nggak ke sana lagi, soalnya timbunan buku sudah terlalu tinggi dan belum berkurang :")

10 November 2015

Petualangan Seru di Gudang Gramedia (Ronde I)

Ronde I | 26 September


Bukan perjalanan mudah menemukan letak gudang Gramedia ini. Meski alamatnya telah cukup lengkap tertera di poster yang eye-catching-meski-agak-ruwet-itu, ternyata optimisme saya untuk menemukannya tak bersambut lekas. Di poster tertera bahwa gudang akan tutup pukul 16.00, dan hari Sabtu sore itu saya berangkat sekitar pukul 14.00. Maguwoharjo cukup jauh dari kos saya, belum lagi saya muter-muter nggak jelas, sehingga waktu saya habis di jalan. Saat menyusuri Ring Road Utara, dengan polosnya (pedenya) saya menganggap bahwa gudang Gramedia itu terletak di pinggir jalan Ring Road :'). Sampai di ujung Ring Road yang tembus Jl. Laksda Adisucipto, saya tidak menemukan sama sekali penampakan bangunan "gudang" itu. Saya putar balik, jauh sekali, sampai menemukan pertigaan, yang ke kiri menuju Stadion Maguwoharjo. Kenapa tadi saya tidak kepikiran masuk ke jalan itu, ya?! Nah, di putaran kedua itu saya masuk ke jalan itu. Berhenti sejenak di pinggir jalan untuk membuka aplikasi Maps, saya menemukan bahwa itu jalan yang benar: Jl. Raya Tajem. Nah, sekarang tinggal mencari "gudang"-nya, yang dalam benak saya pasti ada tulisan Gudang Gramedia besar-besar di depannya.

Wuuussss....!
*suara Bang Karis membelah udara dengan kecepatan 60 km/jam*
*tengok kanan, tengok kiri sepanjang jalan*
*sampai perempatan Stadion*
*masih nggak nemu, di manakah wahai gerangan, si Gudang?*

Dengan pedenya, saya terus melaju hingga ke jalanan sepi yang kiri-kanannya diapit pepohonan dan sawah. Lah, ini saya malah nyasar ke mana?! Akhirnya saya memutuskan putar balik, lalu berhenti sebentar untuk mengecek tablet. Ada seorang teman memberitahukan bahwa letak si Gudang tak terlalu jauh dari perempatan Stadion. Lah, tapi tadi saya nggak nemu! Saya teruskan perjalanan. Melewati perempatan Stadion, saya melaju pelan-pelan sambil mepet ke kiri jalan.

Jeng, jeng, jeng!

Itu dia, ada poster outdoor yang teramat kecil dibandingkan dengan ekspektasi saya T_T. Posternya seperti ini:


Bangunan gudangnya menjorok lumayan jauh dari gerbang bercat putih. Pantas saja, tidak terlihat, soalnya gerbangnya pun seperti gerbang rumah biasa. Saya memarkirkan motor di area parkir di lahan terpisah dari Gudang. Sampai di dekat pintu gerbang, ada satpam yang bertugas menyegel tas pengunjung. *seolah mau kabur nyolong buku setumpuk* Ternyata ada spanduk besar, tapi ditempel di dinding luar Gudang, yang mana tak terlihat dari jalan T_T.

Di halaman ada bagian khusus penerbit Kompas. Saya melihat-lihat sebentar, tapi tak terlalu tertarik, lantaran diskonnya sedikit. Huehehe. Langsung saya masuk ke Gudang, dan agak kaget ketika mendapati bahwa itu benar-benar Gudang! Secara harfiah! Isinya rak-rak besi besar dan tinggi. Untuk mencapainya, pengunjung harus naik tangga dulu. Tangganya seperti tangga kilang minyak, btw, dari besi, kecil, dan agak sempit. Wow, di depan mata saya terpampang deretan komik. Dengan bergairah, saya raih tas dari pinggir tangga, dan langsung mencari rak novel. Bertamengkan masker, saya siap menyerang rak-rak penuh buku berdebu!

Ironisnya, saat itu saya tidak membawa banyak uang (tanggal tua), jadi saya hanya bisa membeli empat buku, yang masing-masing harganya 10.000 rupiah.


Saya nyesek ketika sampai di kasir, dan melihat pengunjung lain membawa setumpuk, bahkan sekardus buku :'). Oh, ya, bagian ketika mengecek harga sangat tidak praktis. Pengunjung menyerahkan buku yang ingin dicekkan harganya (cos harga yang tertera di punggung buku bukan harga sebenarnya) ke mas-mas yang jaga seperangkat laptop berisi daftar harga.

Bersambung ke Ronde II...

6 November 2015

The First & Last Bookish Gift in October

Pict source: here, edited by me.

Maybe I can't be called as a kind of giveaway hunter, and to be exact, "book-giveaway hunter", but I always try not to miss the chance to get a (seemed-to-be-)good book. Above all, who can avoid enter a giveaway which offer a book included in your wishlist? Well, I have enter many giveaway this October, and the wheel of Fortune finally stops at my name. Once. Haha. And lucky me, I won this book (in a series of blogtour) at Atria's blog. (Thank you, Atria, for you have chose me among all the participants, hehe.)


Daeho's Delivery Service is the first winner of #PSA3 (Publisher Searching for Authors), held by Grasindo publisher. Maybe you wanna know why I'm interested in reading this book.... It's because:

1. I did send my own manuscript to #PSA3, and the manuscript didn't win (sigh). So, it comes to me naturally that I wanna read the winning book of competition that I can't win. Haha.
2. The reviews of this book that I have read, averagely give positive comments, and the synopsis is pretty intriguing for me.
3. The book's cover is cute!

That is the first and last bookish gift I got from giveaway in October, and the author, Pretty Angelia, sent it right away to me. Oh, she also sign this book for me. Can't wait to read it soon!

8 August 2015

August Book Haul



You can find this on Goodreads.
The first book I started to read early this month was Sputnik Sweetheart, a book by Haruki Murakami, which first published in 1999. I am reading the e-book version (still isn't finished yet), and I can't read this as fast as when I read a physical book. This is the second work of Murakami I read, the first one was Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman. Though, this is the first of his novels that I read. Using his specific characteristic of writing style, Murakami told about Sumire, a girl who fell in love with a girl too, Miu. He used the first person point of view, but the narrator wasn't the main characters. Previously, I also found his tendency to use this kind of point of views in several short stories in Blind Willow, Sleeping Woman.

You can find this on Goodreads.
The second book I read concurrently with Sputnik Sweetheart is The Hundred-year-old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared by Jonas Jonasson. I borrowed this book from my friend's book shelf, Halimah (she's the one who's a die-hard fan of Ika Natassa). She got this book from a blended package from Litbox. It was a long time since I saw the Indonesian-translated version of this book at several book stores, despite of the fact that I was attracted by its long title about a long-lived old man, I never decided to buy it. Actually, I have had the e-book version, but as you've known it before, I prefer to read a physical book than a digital one. (Although I have read e-book version of some books). I hope I can finished those two books soon, since I have another three books I need to review, from Divapress.


Beside those two (which I haven't finished yet), I have finished reading Seperti Dendam, Rindu Harus Dibayar Tuntas by Eka Kurniawan, one of the Indonesian influential writers. He was given a nickname as "the next Pramoedya Ananta Toer".


Then, I've got these three new-released books from Divapress.

You can find this on Goodreads.

You can find this on Goodreads.


I like the cover of Kafe Serabi and Caraphernelia. The latter has a title that make me wonder what it is about. While, the The Architect is one of a book series called Novel Profesi (a genre published by Divapress which tells story about the main character's profession.) Previously, I have read another books of this genre, included The Violinist, The Dancer, and The Doctor.

That's my August Book Haul. How about yours? Let me know by submitting your comment below! ^^

18 June 2015

June's Book Haul


This June, I received many book packages for free *laugh happily*. First, as usual, I received three books from Divapress to be reviewed. The two of them were a bit dark, if I can say, i.e. Konstantinopel and Kahve: Shamrock and Raven. While, the last one is Menggali Sumur dengan Ujung Jarum, a collection of some short stories and speeches from world's famous maestro of literatures. Let's check them out one by one!


Konstantinopel was the first one that I read among them. I chose it because I found myself attracted by its cover and simply I wanted to read mysterious or detective story. This book was special, rarely Indonesian writers published such detective novel, right? And among those "rare" ones, much rarer are the good ones. Actually I have finished this book, but I haven't write the review yet. What I can say this far was, this detective novel wasn't kitsch; on the contrary it was pretty worth-read. All arguments which were provided by either the writer or the detective character were logical. But, I have been wondering, why the writer chose "Konstantinopel" or "Turki" and why it must be a "the mystery behind the lost little fingers". The writer didn't show the murderer's motive of cutting his victims' little fingers, other than just in order to it be intented as a mark, so that they seemed to be a serial killing.


I haven't read Kahve yet, of course, but its blurb is pretty gripping. It is also a myterious one, about Kencana who was uncovering the murderer case of her sister, Saras. This book was about coffee and psychology as well.


Hey, it's time to read classical stories, also speeches as well, from Borges, Pamuk, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Naguib Mahfouz, Seamus Heaney, and William Saroyan, through this Indonesian-translated version, titled Menggali Sumur dengan Lubang Jarum.

And what is more, I got the other package from Bentang Pustaka, as an award since I was the runner-up of #KompetisiBerceritaCAK2 . This package contained of three new-release books, i.e. Perfect Mistakes, Jatuh Cinta Diam-diam #2, and a comic book titled Tomo & Tama.


The last package was from Kaurama Publisher, as an award for my review of 4 Musim Cinta becoming one of the winner of a book review competition held by it. And, you know what? Titik Balik was in my Goodreads wish list! Aaaaa, how lucky I am!


Ouch, I also got this book, from the blog tour held by Twigora. FYI, I joined all the tours, and finally I've got chosen as the winner at Stefanie's blog.


Ah, this month will be cozy! ^^



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