Friday, February 1, 2013

[Posting Bareng BBI Januari 2013 - Secret Santa’s Present!] Jika Aku Tetap Di Sini (If I Stay)

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  • Judul : Jika Aku Tetap Di Sini (If I Stay)
  • Pengarang : Gayle Forman
  • Penerjemah : Poppy D. Chusfani
  • Penyunting : Dini Pandia
  • Penerbit : Gramedia Pustaka Utama
  • Cetakan : V, Februari 2011
  • Ukuran : 200 hlm; 20 cm
  • Rating : 3,5 dari 5 bintang

Dear Santa, maaf ya reviewnya baru dibikin, bukunya baru selesai dibaca m(_ _)m.

Sesuai yang udah kuceritakan di sini, Secret Santa BBI-ku ngasih dobel kado buku terjemahan If I stay dan Where She Went karya Gayle Forman. Aku penasaran pingin baca serial ini setelah melihat banyak review (termasuk dari BBI-ers sendiri) yang merekomendasikan buku ini. Bagus dan menyentuh, katanya.

Kisahnya sendiri tentang gadis berusia tujuh belas tahun bernama Mia Hall. Menurutku Mia adalah gadis yang amat beruntung karena memiliki kehidupan yang lengkap dan bahagia. Ayah dan ibunya, meskipun agak nyentrik, menyayanginya dengan tulus, begitu pula dengan Teddy, adik laki-laki Mia yang berusia sepuluh tahun dan sudah Mia anggap separuh adik, separuh anak. Belum lagi ada Adam, pacarnya, yang meskipun memiliki kepribadian bertolak belakang dengan Mia, mereka tetap saling mencintai. Ditambah lagi, Mia memiliki potensi masa depan cemerlang karena bakatnya bermain cello. Hampir dipastikan ia akan melanjutkan pendidikan ke Juilliard, sekolah musik yang amat ternama—meskipun resikonya ia harus meninggalkan Oregon dan pergike New York, terpisah dari Adam.

Tetapi bahkan sebelum mimpinya ke Juilliard menjadi nyata, sesuatu mengubah kehidupan Mia selamanya. Ketika Mia sekeluarga tengah bermobil di suatu hari bersalju, sebuah truk menabrak mobil mereka. Orangtua Mia tewas seketika dan Mia ditemukan dalam kondisi mengenaskan; koma, paru-parunya bocor dan otaknya memar, sementara kondisi Teddy tidak segera diketahui. Tetapi ternyata ‘jiwa’ Mia melayang keluar dari tubuhya. Mia bisa melihat ketika tubuhnya dibawa ke rumah sakit, dioperasi, dimasukkan ke ICU, dia bisa melihat kakek, nenek, paman-bibi dan sepupu-sepupunya datang menunggui di rumah sakit, juga sahabatnya Kim bahkan, pada akhirnya, Adam. Pada mulanya Mia kebingungan apakah artinya ia sudah mati? Tapi sepertinya belum. Lalu apa tujuannya ia berada dalam kondisinya saat ini, bisa melihat, mendengar dan merasakan situasi dan orang-orang di sekiatrnya tetapi mereka tidak bisa balas melihat, mendengar maupun merasakan balik keberadaannya?

Mulanya Mia bingung. Tetapi lama-lama ia akhirnya mengerti, kondisinya sekarang adalah tahap dimana ia sendiri yang harus memilih: apakah ia ingin tetap bertahan hidup atau benar-benar ‘pergi’?

Pada akhirnya, ternyata buku ini nggak sampai membuatku nangis, sih. Tetapi tetap membuatku banyak merenung. Mia disayangi banyak orang; banyak yang ingin ia tetap tinggal, sehingga pada mulanya aku kurang bisa paham kenapa butuh waktu lama baginya untuk memutuskan? Tapi andaikan aku jadi dia, mungkin aku sendiri pun nggak akan segampang itu memutuskan mati atau tetap hidup. Apalagi karakter Mia yang lembut, serius, dan ada kalanya merasa kurang percaya pada diriya sendiri. Apakah ia mampu hidup sendirian tanpa ayah, ibu, dan bahkan Teddy-nya? Mereka keluarga intinya, yang selama ini selalu bersama-sama dengannya dan selalu ada untuknya kapanpun Mia membutuhkan. Pasti mengerikan dan sakit banget rasanya kalau hidup sendirian tanpa mereka.

Justru dalam kondisi komanya inilah Mia punya waktu untuk benar-benar melakukan kilas balik—sedalam dan sejauh apa ia memaknai kehadiran orang-orang dalam kehidupannya. Dan lebih lagi, sedalam dan sejauh apa Mia memaknai dirinya sendiri. Mungkin andaikan Mia nggak mengalami kecelakaan, ia akan tetap bahagia, tapi nggak benar-benar menyadari betapa ia mencintai dan mensyukuri hidupnya sendiri maupun orang-orang di sekitarnya.

Omong-omong, anggota BBI kayaknya banyak yang naksir Adam nih. Dan dia memang karakter cowok yang bikin meleleh banget sih. Tapi entah kenapa aku ngelihat dia biasa aja di buku ini, aku lebih suka memaknai hubungan Mia dengan keluarganya sih, ahaha.

Oh ya, dan musik! Musik juga adalah bagian tak terpisahkan dari kehidupan Mia. Meskipun selera musik Mia yang menggemari musik klasik dianggap ‘melenceng’ dari orangtua bahkan pacarnya yang penggemar musik ‘keras’, tetap saja musik menambah warna dalam hari-hari Mia, bahkan yang membuat Adam jatuh cinta pada Mia adalah karena Mia seseorang yang bisa begitu terhanyut dalam musik. Musik itu sendiri juga membuat buku ini terasa lebih ‘hidup’. Meski sendirinya baca not balok aja nggak bisa, aku senang membayangkan alunan nada berat tapi lembut cello yang dilatih Mia hampir tiap hari, ingar bingar musik rock yang dimainkan Adam dan band-nya, juga musik heavy metal yang malah didengerin ibunya Mia waktu mau melahirkan Teddy, kocak banget. =)

Beberapa quotes favoritku dari buku ini:

(waktu Mia bertanya ke ayahnya gimana cara mengatasi demam panggung) “Kau tidak mengatasinya. Kau hanya perlu melaluinya. Kau bertahan.” (hlm. 27)

“Aku memikirkan apa yang kadang-kadang dikatakan Mom ketika aku merasa rendah diri: ‘Berpura-puralah sampai bisa.’” (hlm. 81)

“Semua hubungan itu sulit. Persis seperti musik, kadang-kadang kau mendapatkan harmoni dan di lain waktu kau mendapatkan suara sumbang.” (hlm. 175)

Dan quote paling mengharukan waktu kakek Mia bilang, ke tubuh Mia yang koma,

“‘Tidak apa-apa,’ katanya. ‘Kalau kau mau pergi. Semua orang ingin kau tinggal. Aku ingin kau tinggal lebih daripada apa pun yang kuinginkan di dunia ini … Tapi itu kemauanku dan aku bisa mengerti mungkin itu bukan kemauanmu. Maka aku hanya ingin memberitahumu bahwa aku mengerti jika kau ingin pergi. Tidak apa-apa kau harus meninggalkan kami. Tidak apa-apa jika kau ingin berhenti berjuang.’” (hlm. 151-152)

Bagian tersusah dari event Secret Santa adalah aku juga harus menebak siapa santaku. Huhuhuhu. Udah sebulan lebih sejak menerima kadonya, sejujurnya aku masih belum berhasil memecahkan teka-teki dari santaku T___T. ‘Rumah’ apakah yang dimaksud santaku dalam teka-tekinya? Kode sial apa yang katanya ada di rumahnya? Ditambah resi yang dihilangkan tukang antar paketnya jadi aku nggak tahu dimana dirimu berada, Santa :”).

Berhubungan denga kode sial itu… aku kepikirannya cuma angka 13, atau angka setan, 666. Jadi apakah santaku yang alamat twitternya @alvina13 alias mbak Alvina Kusuma Ayuningtyas?

….kayaknya sih salah. Tapi itulah tebakan ngasalku, huehehehehe *brb ngumpet di kolong tempat tidur*.

Sunday, January 27, 2013
aseaofquotes:

Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides
Submitted by narabi.

aseaofquotes:

Pat Conroy, The Prince of Tides

Submitted by narabi.

Friday, January 11, 2013
amandaonwriting:

What is a denouement?
The word is from French and means ‘untying’. 
It is the final part of a work of fiction where strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved. The denouement occurs after the climax of the plot. Secrets are revealed and loose ends tied up.
Only use a denouement if it adds to your story, or if your plot requires one.
Three Examples of Effective Denouements
Romeo and Juliet: The climax is the death of Romeo and Juliet. The denouement comes when the families find their bodies and they are told their deaths are a result of the family feud. 
To Kill a Mockingbird: The climax of the story is the attack on Scout. The denouement includes the Sheriff and Atticus trying to cover up Boo Radley’s stabbing of Bob Ewell, and Jem coming to terms with the injustice of the trial. 
The Silence of the Lambs: The climax is the capture of Buffalo Bill. The denouement is Hannibal’s phone call to Clarice Starling telling her he’s having a friend for dinner. 
Source for Image
by Amanda Patterson from Writers Write

amandaonwriting:

What is a denouement?

The word is from French and means ‘untying’. 

It is the final part of a work of fiction where strands of the plot are drawn together and matters are explained or resolved. The denouement occurs after the climax of the plot. Secrets are revealed and loose ends tied up.

Only use a denouement if it adds to your story, or if your plot requires one.

Three Examples of Effective Denouements

  1. Romeo and Juliet: The climax is the death of Romeo and Juliet. The denouement comes when the families find their bodies and they are told their deaths are a result of the family feud. 
  2. To Kill a Mockingbird: The climax of the story is the attack on Scout. The denouement includes the Sheriff and Atticus trying to cover up Boo Radley’s stabbing of Bob Ewell, and Jem coming to terms with the injustice of the trial. 
  3. The Silence of the Lambs: The climax is the capture of Buffalo Bill. The denouement is Hannibal’s phone call to Clarice Starling telling her he’s having a friend for dinner. 

Source for Image

by Amanda Patterson from Writers Write

Tuesday, January 8, 2013
the-final-sentence:

January 1 - J.D. Salinger
Bio: Born on January 1, 1919, in New York City, J.D. Salinger was a literary giant despite his slim body of work and reclusive lifestyle. His landmark novel, The Catcher in the Rye, set a new course for literature in post-WWII America and vaulted Salinger to the heights of literary fame. In 1953, Salinger moved from NYC and led a secluded life, only publishing one new story before his death.
Anecdotes:
Salinger’s father wanted him to follow in his footsteps as a meat importer, sending his son to Austria to learn the trade. Salinger left Austria just one month before the country fell to Hitler.
Salinger has been at various times a Zen Buddhist, a Christian Scientist, and a Scientologist.
The Catcher in the Rye was one of the most banned books and paradoxically one of the most taught books of the twentieth century.
In 1953, two years after the publication of Catcher, Salinger pulled up stakes in New York City and retreated to a secluded, 90-acre place in Cornish, New Hampshire. There, Salinger did his best to cut-off contact with the public.
In contrast with the reclusive lifestyle he chose for his adult years, J.D. Salinger was a bit of a ham as a kid. When he was eleven years old, the boys at Camp Wigwam in Maine voted him “the most popular actor of 1930.”
He was so incensed by Hollywood’s treatment of his story “Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut” that he has refused to sell the movie rights to any of his stories to Hollywood. It is reported that his last will and testament has a stipulation blocking any Hollywood adaptations of his works after his death.
Final sentences:





For some minutes, before she fell into a deep, dreamless sleep, she just lay quiet, smiling at the ceiling.
from Franny and Zooey










[He released the magazine, looked at it, then reinserted it. He cocked the piece.] Then he went over and sat down on the unoccupied twin bed, looked at the girl, aimed the pistol, and fired a bullet through his right temple.
from A Perfect Day for Bananafish










[Don’t ever tell anybody anything.] If you do, you start missing everybody.
from The Catcher in the Rye










[Eloise shook Mary Jane’s arm.] “I was a nice girl,” she pleaded, “wasn’t I?
from Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut





Sources: 1-2-3-4-5

the-final-sentence:

January 1 - J.D. Salinger

Bio: Born on January 1, 1919, in New York City, J.D. Salinger was a literary giant despite his slim body of work and reclusive lifestyle. His landmark novel, The Catcher in the Rye, set a new course for literature in post-WWII America and vaulted Salinger to the heights of literary fame. In 1953, Salinger moved from NYC and led a secluded life, only publishing one new story before his death.

Anecdotes:

  • Salinger’s father wanted him to follow in his footsteps as a meat importer, sending his son to Austria to learn the trade. Salinger left Austria just one month before the country fell to Hitler.
  • Salinger has been at various times a Zen Buddhist, a Christian Scientist, and a Scientologist.
  • The Catcher in the Rye was one of the most banned books and paradoxically one of the most taught books of the twentieth century.
  • In 1953, two years after the publication of Catcher, Salinger pulled up stakes in New York City and retreated to a secluded, 90-acre place in Cornish, New Hampshire. There, Salinger did his best to cut-off contact with the public.
  • In contrast with the reclusive lifestyle he chose for his adult years, J.D. Salinger was a bit of a ham as a kid. When he was eleven years old, the boys at Camp Wigwam in Maine voted him “the most popular actor of 1930.”
  • He was so incensed by Hollywood’s treatment of his story “Uncle Wiggly in Connecticut” that he has refused to sell the movie rights to any of his stories to Hollywood. It is reported that his last will and testament has a stipulation blocking any Hollywood adaptations of his works after his death.

Final sentences:

For some minutes, before she fell into a deep, dreamless sleep, she just lay quiet, smiling at the ceiling.

from Franny and Zooey

[He released the magazine, looked at it, then reinserted it. He cocked the piece.] Then he went over and sat down on the unoccupied twin bed, looked at the girl, aimed the pistol, and fired a bullet through his right temple.

from A Perfect Day for Bananafish

[Don’t ever tell anybody anything.] If you do, you start missing everybody.

from The Catcher in the Rye

[Eloise shook Mary Jane’s arm.] “I was a nice girl,” she pleaded, “wasn’t I?

from Uncle Wiggily in Connecticut


Sources: 1-2-3-4-5

Monday, December 31, 2012
amandaonwriting:

Literary Birthday - 31 December 
Happy Birthday, Nicholas Sparks, born 31 December 1965
Nicholas Sparks: On Writing - 10 Quotes
By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it’s possible to learn how things are done—the mechanics of writing, so to speak—and which genres and authors excel in various areas.
Read a variety of books on the craft of writing. On Writing by Stephen King, The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E.B. White, Creating Fiction edited by Julie Checkoway, and A Dangerous Profession by Frederick Busch, are but a few that I would recommend.  
You can’t be a writer if you don’t write, it’s just that simple. I wrote two complete novels and another book before I even attempted to write The Notebook. Those two novels are unpublished, but they taught me that I not only liked to write, but that I had it in me to finish a novel once I’d started it. 
I write five or six days a week, usually a minimum of 2000 words, sometimes more. 2000 words can take anywhere from three to eight hours.
All people who regard writing as a profession write consistently. Those who regard it as a hobby usually don’t.
I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church. 
Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.
Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It’s the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It’s that important, so don’t mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write. 
I’m always trying to improve, to try new things, to write a new story that is better than anything else I’ve written.
Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It’s one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period. 
Nicholas Sparks is a best-selling American novelist and screenwriter. He has 17 published novels. Seven have been adapted to films, including Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John, The Last Song, and most recently The Lucky One. All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with nearly 80 million copies in print worldwide, in over 45 languages.
By Amanda Patterson From Writers Write

amandaonwriting:

Literary Birthday - 31 December 

Happy Birthday, Nicholas Sparks, born 31 December 1965

Nicholas Sparks: On Writing - 10 Quotes

  1. By reading a lot of novels in a variety of genres, and asking questions, it’s possible to learn how things are done—the mechanics of writing, so to speak—and which genres and authors excel in various areas.
  2. Read a variety of books on the craft of writing. On Writing by Stephen King, The Elements of Style by William Strunk and E.B. White, Creating Fiction edited by Julie Checkoway, and A Dangerous Profession by Frederick Busch, are but a few that I would recommend.  
  3. You can’t be a writer if you don’t write, it’s just that simple. I wrote two complete novels and another book before I even attempted to write The Notebook. Those two novels are unpublished, but they taught me that I not only liked to write, but that I had it in me to finish a novel once I’d started it. 
  4. I write five or six days a week, usually a minimum of 2000 words, sometimes more. 2000 words can take anywhere from three to eight hours.
  5. All people who regard writing as a profession write consistently. Those who regard it as a hobby usually don’t.
  6. I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church. 
  7. Publishing is a business. Writing may be art, but publishing, when all is said and done, comes down to dollars.
  8. Above all, a query letter is a sales pitch and it is the single most important page an unpublished writer will ever write. It’s the first impression and will either open the door or close it. It’s that important, so don’t mess it up. Mine took 17 drafts and two weeks to write. 
  9. I’m always trying to improve, to try new things, to write a new story that is better than anything else I’ve written.
  10. Writing the last page of the first draft is the most enjoyable moment in writing. It’s one of the most enjoyable moments in life, period. 

Nicholas Sparks is a best-selling American novelist and screenwriter. He has 17 published novels. Seven have been adapted to films, including Message in a Bottle, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, Nights in Rodanthe, Dear John, The Last Song, and most recently The Lucky One. All of his books have been New York Times bestsellers, with nearly 80 million copies in print worldwide, in over 45 languages.

By Amanda Patterson From Writers Write

You cannot fully read a book without being alone. But through this very solitude you become intimately involved with people whom you might never have met otherwise, either because they have been dead for centuries or because they spoke languages you cannot understand. And nonetheless, they have become your closest friend, your wisest advisors, the wizards that hypnotize you, the lovers you have always dreamed of.  Antonio Muñoz Molinas (via teachingliteracy)
Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can it be said that death hath no dominion over them; they live, and their influence lives forever. J. Swartz (via lifeofliterature)

Secret Santa 2012: The Riddle!

Bukan, aku bukan lagi ngomongin Tom Riddle, by the way :)).

Secret Santa ini adalah sebuah event dari komunitas Blogger Buku Indonesia (BBI), dimana tiap partisipan menjadi Santa yang memberi kado (tentunya berbentuk buku, namanya juga pecinta buku :p) bagi partisipan lain yang menjadi target—atau isitilahnya “X”-nya. Uniknya, tiap Santa nggak boleh membocorkan identitasnya dulu kepada si X, tapi harus membikin si X penasaran dengan menyertakan riddle/teka-teki yang memberi petunjuk siapa dirinya di dalam kado. Alhasil tiap X harus bersabar dulu sambil garuk-garuk kepala berusaha memecahkan teka-teki dari Santanya sampai tanggal 31 Januari 2013 nanti, tanggal dimana barulah sang Santa boleh menampakkan wujud aslinya kepada si X, hehe.

‘Peraturan’ lainnya adalah antara tanggal 25-31 Desember para X yang sudah menerima kado dari Santanya harus mengeposkan kado dan riddle yang diterimanya di blog. Nanti akan dilombakan siapa Santa yang berhasil membuat riddle paling kreatif.

Ini pertama kalinya aku ikut event ini dan jujur aja, it’s fun! Aku sengaja baru mengeposkan riddle sekarang di tanggal 31 Desember, biar Santaku juga penasaran, “kok si X-ku nggak kunjung mengeposkan riddle-ku di blognya ya?” Padahal sih sebenernya kadoku ini udah kuterima sejak dua minggu yang lalu. Maksudnya biar kita sama-sama penasaran gitu, Santaku. Maaf ya, hehe :p *iyainialesanapabanget**ditabok*

Dan… kado yang kuterima adalah…. *drumroll*

If I stay dan Where She Went oleh Gayle Forman. Aku memang penasaran sama dua buku yang sering dapat respons bagus di goodreads, BBI, dll sejak lama. Agak nggak nyangka juga dapat kedua bukunya sekaligus. Makasih ya Santa :”)

(maaf kalau gambarnya kurang terang dan kurang jelas .__.)

Lalu seperti apakah teka-teki yang disiapkan Santa untukku?

dear Priska!

Semoga kamu senang dengan kado kecil ini. Enjoy yaa :)

~Siapa aku?~

Selama ini kita belum pernah saling sapa lho.. Tapi krn aku SS-mu, tentu aku mengunjungi rumahmu duluan, krn aku harus tahu kado terbaik yang bisa kupersembahkan :)

Mau mengunjungi balik rumahku? Hati-hati, alamat rumahku mengandung kode sial!

With Love, 

SS

Clue terakhir: di daerahku, bisa jadi nama kita sama ;) Enjoy the book!

Humm, dan sejauh ini tebakanku soal siapa Santaku ini adalah:

  1. Dari bentuk tulisan tangannya yang rapi, hampir pasti cewek :p
  2. Belum pernah saling sapa sama aku… artinya belum pernah ketemu ya? Tapi aku pertama kali ketemu anggota BBI yang lain juga baru di IRF 2012 tanggal 9 Desember kemarin, jadi masih banyaak anggota BBI lainnya yang belum pernah kutemui >.<
  3. Santaku pernah mengunjungi rumahku… rumah disini kurasa belum tentu maksudnya dalam arti harfiah rumah tempat tinggalku. Mungkin maksudnya blog-ku, atau Facebook, atau twitter, atau profile goodreads….?
  4. Alamat rumah Santaku mengandung kode sial… maksudnya ada angka 13-nya?
  5. Di daerah Santaku, nama kami bisa sama… sejujurnya aku masih nggak mudeng sama clue yang ini :))
  6. Kalau nge-stalk rumpian #SSBBI anggota BBI yang lain, resi pengiriman bisa jadi petunjuk yang lebih jelas tentang siapa Santanya. Tapi sedihnya, resi-ku dihilangkan sama tukan posnya, jadi aku bener-bener clueless dari daerah mana Santaku berasal :(

Kesimpulannya adalah… sampai sekarang aku masih bingung siapa Santaku ini, hehe. Semoga dapat pencerahan sebelum akhir Januari nanti deh ya xD.

Selamat tahun baru, dearest Santa, sekali lagi makasih banyak kadonya! :* :*

Sunday, December 30, 2012
&#8230;&#8230;Mr Darcy&#8217;s version of Call Me Maybe =)) =)) =))

……Mr Darcy’s version of Call Me Maybe =)) =)) =))

(Source: amandaonwriting)