February’s Reading Wrap! 📖🤍
My highest rated reads are:
1. Through Our Grief: criminally underrated, I’m in love with its diction.
2. Perempuan Patah Hati: a very diverse short stories.
3. Kumpulan Cerita Terbaik Miiko #6: Miiko has always been light and classic.
baru on dan BETE GW BEJIER pas tau my moots yang nerjemahin Katabasis pake Ai itu kena rujak lagi.. udah dinasehatin kirain udah bener ternyata malah berulah lagi YA ALLAH CAPEK MUTUALAN SAMA ELU!!!!! 😂😭😂😭😂😭
SORRY FOR BEING IAAAAA 😭😭😭 sibuk mengirim lamaran, marapthon (not literally) film, dan menyentuh rumput. apparently i got two interviews coming up next week jadi do’akan aku moots biar bisa beli buku apa aja yang aku gw mau! :3
similar thing also happened to me cuma karena aku pake baju ini yang jelas.. jelas.. motifnya.. tiger..? disiul siulin di jalan sambil diteriakin “haaai jimin bts!” yes, i got catcalled for looking like.. JIMIN..? well i sure hope i make it big just like him. ty, ig! 😭
And this is why patriarchy affects men too. It's a pretty shirt btw! Memang masyarakat entah kenapa memandang yang feminin, bunga-bunga, dan merah muda itu identiknya dengan perempuan. It is deep rooted stigma that we should erase.
🔎 57% out of 100%. Read for 35 mins and 33 secs.
Aku kira awalnya ini short stories, because Storygraph said so 😭 It’s still a very light read, regardless! Tipis banget dan baru 30 menit aku udah 57%. Wesel Pos mirip sama Bandung Menjelang Pagi, karena berpusat di urban life!
[#CurrentRIFeading!]
📚 Wesel Pos.
✍🏻 Ratih Kumala.
🤍 Slice of life. Contemporary.
I’m sorry for being away these past few days! I got too caught up with Eid Mubarak and.. apparently.. Wesel Pos! Title’s so eye-catching I’m starting to wonder if wesel’s faster than Shopee COD?!
Lukanya bakal terus ada, tapi bagi aku bukan lukanya yang mau diangkat dari novel ini, tapi gimana Magi tetep bisa bangkit terlepas dari luka lukanya. After all, Magi dan Perempuan Yang Menangis Kepada Bulan Hitam, tetep punya kesempurnaan sendiri bagi aku, thus the 5 ⭐!
[#CurrentRIFeading!]
📚 Perempuan Yang Menangis Kepada Bulan Hitam.
✍🏻 Dian Purnomo.
👩🏻 Adult Fiction.
My second time reading Dian Purnomo’s, dan yang aku tau this gets a lot more buzz, jadi aku penasaran, what could possibly top Perempuan Yang Menunggu Di Lorong Menuju Laut? 😲
But, then again, I have to admit kalau novel ini, at the same time, juga page-turner. Aku banyak dibikin penasaran sama the way Magi’s coped, crawled back, and eventually healed walaupun aku yakin luka itu gak bakal sembuh sepenuhnya; just like the closure. It ended just right.