Indonesians Who Love English Books discussion

Femmy wrote: "Meriana wrote: "There is kungfu boy legend now! "

Is that series still ongoing? I thought the story had already ended."
Kungfu boy legends is still ongoing until now. The 20th volume has been released a couple months ago. And its getting more and more thrilling & exciting. U should buy and read it

While for Erased,, i remember i watched it once,, but didnt finish the 1st ep. Maybe i'll try to watch it again someday. The last anime that i watched and found it really interesting is just Natsume Yuujinchou :D

Meriana wrote: "Kungfu boy legends is still ongoing until now. The 20th volume has been released a couple months ago. And its getting more and more thrilling & exciting. U should buy and read it"

My nephew used to buy them, but I haven't seen him with a new volume for a while. That's why I thought the series has been concluded. I'll try reading the ones he already bought. Thanks for the rec!

I just finished Farewell Waltz & now in the middle of reading The Book of Laughter and Forgetting. Both by Milan Kundera.

Silvana wrote: Good for you! If you live in Jakarta, there is an ASOIAF book club that conducts regular discussions/reread.


I live in Bandung, by the way. But I would like to know if this discussion is available online? :D



Yup, I listened to musical and I'm hooked, love it so much. And now I'm trying to read the book. They say it's worth a shot :D

"Between The World and Me", Ta-Nehisi Coates. Anybody read this?

I'm currently hooked on psychological thriller books. I finished The Perfect Girl by Gilly Macmillan today and thinking about reading Ruth Ware, The Woman in Cabin 10 next.

I’m reading The House of Mirth by Edith Warton. I love the Age of Innocence, hope I like this one as much.

I'm reading Senlin Ascends, the first volume of a fantasy series. It's unique and quite a page-turner. I'm at 20% and I hope the rest of the book is as good as the beginning!

Femmy wrote: "Currently reading A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. I have a hard time reading it. I always get sleepy after reading a couple of pages."

Hey, I'm reading that too! Well, I didn't get sleepy until the black hole chapters, which was partly because I didn't understand most of it. It really is rather confusing.

Ada yang gabung sama reading groupnya Emma Watson nggak? Seru loh. janjian baca 1 buku trus dibahas gitu. Aku baru pesen Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race by Eddo-Lodge. can't wait to read wkwk

Just finished reading "A Case of Exploding Mangoes" by Mohammed Hanif, a Pakistani author (was a BBC journalist). Had fun reading the book.

Currently reading a non fiction Elon Musk: Inventing the Future. But I will soon start Paladin of Souls too.

Winda wrote: "Ada yang gabung sama reading groupnya Emma Watson nggak? Seru loh. janjian baca 1 buku trus dibahas gitu. Aku baru pesen Why I'm no longer talking to white people about race by Eddo-Lodge. can't wa..."

Pernah join tapi keluar lagi. Buku2nya terlalu berat buat gue ;p


Ardita wrote: "Just finished reading "A Case of Exploding Mangoes" by Mohammed Hanif, a Pakistani author (was a BBC journalist). Had fun reading the book."

Hmm. I saw this somewhere. Probably one of those best of 2017 lists.

Amanda Sastri wrote: "Silvana wrote: Good for you! If you live in Jakarta, there is an ASOIAF book club that conducts regular discussions/reread.


I live in Bandung, by the way. But I would like to know if this discus..."

Sorry, just saw your post. Discussion rarely happens online, except in Whatsapp group.

Tracy wrote: "Hey, I'm reading that too! Well, I didn't get sleepy until the black hole chapters, which was partly because I didn't understand most of it. It really is rather confusing."

Yes, it takes a lot of (my) brain powers to process all the information. I think that's why I get sleepy. My brain is tired from all the processing, haha.

I just finished Stephen King's 'Salem's Lot, and now I'm about to start Octavia Butler's Kindred. I love time-travel stories, especially if the main character's knowledge of history plays a large part in her experience in the past.

I just start read Emma - Jane Austen. My first time reading Jane Austen so kinda fascinate by her words.

Just started reading 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson. This guy is a Professor of Psychologist whose thinking really resonated with me. I'm curious with what else he has to say

I read "After You" by Jojo Moyes and still waiting more time to finish it. I can face the reality of the sad story. It make me depressing so much

I'm 1/4-way through reading One Hundred Years of Solitude & I'm loving it so far. It's really cute (obviously I have a twisted sense on what I categorize as "cute" BUT the book is fun to read despite how dire the circumstances it describes).

I am reading Hans Christian Andersen Tales (Hans Christian Andersen), Resume 101 (Quentin J Schultz) and Biological Oceanography (Charles Miller). I just started schultz and miller, but almost finish andersen.

Columbine ; Begin from 2017's Halloween but unfortunately I have to pause it to finish Good Omens first. I read Columbine really slow because it's my first true crime and it talks about school shooting.

I read The Nightingale by Kristin Hannah. have enjoyed it so much

I've done reading a few title...not quite sure whether I've share it here, but here it goes :

Drug gang Vengeance (#2) by Neil Walker


This is a part of author invite.
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Spectacle

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Diary of a Femen

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I'm not your sweet Babboo!

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Battle Angel Alita vol 1

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If you like Young Adult genre with a crime and mystery background story, this is the book for you.

I just finished Proof of Lies.


Ratings : 4/5

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I've done reading a few title :

Lies that bind (Anastasia Phoenix #2)


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Briguella


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Herding Cats (Sarah's Scribbles #3)


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Sick Girl


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Currently reading no1 Ladies Detective Series #16. Love this series!

Currently reading Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind. Not sure how I feel about this book; it's so uneven. I loved the first part, but got bored in the middle, and then it got interesting again, and now it's boring again.

Finally, finished reading some books. Well, couple of them are quick read.

Big Nate: Silent but Deadly


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Tainted Lies - something about the spy world but a different kind actually


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The Czech Coup


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Currently reading :
Gallery of the dead by Chris Carter

I finished reading Gallery of the Dead by Chris Carter


If you love crime and mystery, this sure is an interesting read.

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Another graphic novel
Night's Dominion vol. 2


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I just finished reading Cargo by J.C.Macek III


Ratings : 5/5
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Stalag-x by Kevin J Anderson


Ratings : 3/5
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I just finished The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue by Mackenzi Lee. Currently, I'm reading They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera.

I just finished some books I would like to share. Some of it from the crime & mystery genre, and some are graphic novels

Atar Gull


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James Bond : Kill Chain


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The Crucifix Killer by Chris Carter


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Cut the Threads by Robin Roughley


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Challenging myself to read book out from my taste, I chose a self-help self-love book: Mastering Your Mean Girl: The No-BS Guide to Silencing Your Inner Critic and Becoming Wildly Wealthy, Fabulously Healthy, and Bursting with Love by Melissa Ambrosini

I'm currently reading The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Bronte. I am in love with Anne Bronte and her writing, and this book is no exception. It is such a beautiful social commentary, and highlights really well the plight of single, divorced women in 19th century Britain.
This book is an un-apologetically feminist book, illustrating the real injustices that women go through, yet at the same time having a heroine that is so brave and so resourceful despite all the challenges she has encountered.
However, I think one of the reasons why I like this book so much is because Helen Graham is, by all standards and measures, an outcast. Unlike the heroines you'd find in most novels, she is not beautiful, she is not sociable, and she is not wealthy. She is a social outcast, a hermit, and the sworn enemy of most of the conniving women around her. However, Anne makes this 'weird' woman her heroine, and blesses her with such kindness, strength, and intelligence, that readers love her anyway. Helen is so relatable, so real, that you can't help but fall a little bit in love with her. She is, I suppose, a great middle finger to the female protagonists in other novels which seem to have no other assets other than their beauty, and who convey the message that there is no other path to happiness for women other than through beauty.

Anyway, I love this book :) The only thing I regret is that Anne only wrote two novels in her lifetime.
P.S. this book was so controversial in its time, that after Anne's death, Charlotte Bronte, her sister, actually prevented the book's publication!

Just finished :

The caterpillar that learned to fly



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Dark Game by Rachel Lynch



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I just finished these books :

Cold heart by Stephen Edger


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Crossed Out by Malcolm Hollingdrake



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White is the coldest colour by John Nicholl


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Uh-Oh Plato!


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Now, I'm reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. It's such a pageturner, and it really gave me a different perspective of the world.

I've finished reading and reviewed some book :

Bullied to death by Judith A Yates.

A true crime genre about a case of bullying gone bad

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A Cold Cold Heart by John Nicholl


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Jar of Hearts by Jennifer Hillier


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Just finished reading and review ;

The Girl with no name by Lisa Regan


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Malicious by Jacob Stone


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Tracy wrote: "Now, I'm reading Blink by Malcolm Gladwell. It's such a pageturner, and it really gave me a different perspective of the world."
but, that book has too many results of researchs rather than his idea

I'm currently reading Richard Thaller's Nudge

I've been into sci-fi and fantasy lately. Now I'm reading

I love Robin Hobb! She's amazing. You're in for a wonderful ride.

Femmy wrote: "I love Robin Hobb! She's amazing. You're in for a wonderful ride."

Great! I'm planning to start reading the liveship series too. It's been an enjoyable read so far :)

Anny wrote: "Femmy wrote: "I love Robin Hobb! She's amazing. You're in for a wonderful ride."

Great! I'm planning to start reading the liveship series too. It's been an enjoyable read so far :)"

Prepare for lots of heartbreak though ;)

Silvana wrote: "Anny wrote: "Femmy wrote: "I love Robin Hobb! She's amazing. You're in for a wonderful ride."

Great! I'm planning to start reading the liveship series too. It's been an enjoyable read so far :)"

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Ooh, just my cup of tea. The more heart-breaking the better!

I've read everything from her "Realm of the Elderlings", except the final one. I didn't like the first book from the Soldier's Son trilogy so I didn't continue. I've read the Reindeer People duology that she wrote as Megan Lindholm, which were pretty good, but not as good as her Robin Hobb novels.

Femmy wrote: "I've read everything from her "Realm of the Elderlings", except the final one. I didn't like the first book from the Soldier's Son trilogy so I didn't continue. I've read the Reindeer People duolog..."

For fantasy, have you ever heard of Empire in Black and Gold by Adrian Tchaikovsky? I've read the first two books and I think it was really good. I'm not sure why it was not more popular or talked about.

I've only read a sample and wasn't really impressed so I didn't buy the book. I rarely like stories where whole groups of people have the same characteristics, such as the beetle people are all one way and the wasp people are all another way. I guess it's just a pet peeve of mine.

What do you like about it?

Femmy wrote: "I've only read a sample and wasn't really impressed so I didn't buy the book. I rarely like stories where whole groups of people have the same characteristics, such as the beetle people are all one..."

Ah I see. In this case I think it instead added more diversity/specialty to each group. Think of it like the different races in common fantasy tropes.

The beetle are stout, industrious and loves tinkering with tools, much like the dwarf. The mantis and spider are tall, beautiful, deadly and hopeless with tools, well, just like the elf. The fly is small and fast, I think of them like the fairy. The ant is more interesting though, as they share one mind and owe absolute obedience to their queen.

Like in any fantasy novel, these races/groups can be a way to enrich the storytelling, or stifling it as you said before (all beetle are like that, mantis like this, etc). In this case, I think it would be the former. This book's strength lies in its characters and the growth of them. The author, wrote the characters in a way that made the reader sympathize with them and care about them. At least, compared to Hobb's novels (specifically the first two of Farseer trilogy novels), I sympathized with more characters from Tschaikovsky's novels, even with the antagonists. This, I think, is what made this novel stand out for me, the author wrote the antagonists really well, to the point that sometimes I couldn't help but feel for them also.

Sorry for the long ramblings. In our BR group there are only two other persons who are reading this series and they both also wonder why not more people are reading this series. So, I guess, I'm just trying to spread the love here ;)

Thanks for sharing that, Anny. I do love books with strong characters. Maybe I'll try reading this again some day.