All We Know of Love

Title: All We Know of Love
Author: Nora Raleigh Baskin
Publisher: Candlewick Press
Year Published: 2008/2013
Pages: 201
Price: USD 6.64 at The Book Depository

The story of this book evolves around Natalie during her 24 hours trip to find her mother. Four years before, her mother left Natalie and her father without any explanation. Just later she found out that her mother currently was living in Florida. Natalie then took a 24 hours trip by bus to Florida to seek for explanation.

Being alone, Natalie thought about what actually had happened to her life during her mother's absent. Her relationship with her dad, her friendhip with her friend, Sarah, and also her on-and-off relationship with a guy named Adam.

But Natalie actually never really alone in the bus. She met many people who interacted with her during such a little time of their encounter. People who also had their own problems and experiences.

Will Natalie succeed in finding her mother?

Sometimes It Happens

Title: Sometimes It Happens
Author: Lauren Barnholdt
Year Published: 2011
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Price: Rp. 120.000 (Aksara)

"Yes," he says, looking me right in the eye. "We're friends. Right?"

"Right," I say, hoping my voice sounds stronger than I feel. Because the truth is, Noah and I aren't friends. You can't be friends with someone who makes you feel the way Noah makes me feel, you can't be friends with someone who makes your head all cloudy when he gives you his sweatshirt, you can't be friends with someone who shows up at your house at one a.m. for a mysterious reason, and you can't be friends with someone who tells you about their screenplay which nobody else knows about. But you also can't be more than friends with your best friend's boyfriend.

After breaking up with her boyfriend, Sebastian, Hannah spent her summer mostly with her best friend's boyfriend, Noah, while her best friend, Ava, went away for a summer camp. And that was when she fell in love with him. Nothing really bad actually happened during that summer until the last day of the holiday, right before the first day of Hannah's, Noah's and Ava's Senior Year. And now, on her first day being a Senior, Hannah was so scared to face the future of her relationship with Ava and Noah. She loved Ava. She loved Noah. But she couldn't choose both, and losing one of them surely would break Hannah's heart to pieces.

Who would Hannah choose? Her best friend? Or her best friend's boyfriend?

Menaklukkan Maut (Beat The Reaper)

Judul: Menaklukkan Maut (Beat The Reaper)
Pengarang: Josh Bazell
Penerjemah: Putri Dewi MR
Jumlah Halaman: 341
Penerbit: Esensi
Harga: Rp. 87.000

Tidak ada yang menyangka bahwa dr. Peter Brown, seorang dokter intern di rumah sakit Manhattan, sebenarnya adalah seorang ex-anggota mafia. Dulu, ia dikenal dengan julukan Bearclaw. Nama aslinya Pietro Brnwa. Ia jago berkelahi sekaligus pintar berstrategi.  Ia adalah pembunuh bayaran mafia. Ditengah hiruk pikuk kesibukan rumah sakit, suatu hari ia bertemu dengan Squillante, kenalannya di mafia dulu, yang langsung mengenalinya dan menginformasikan keberadaan Peter kepada Skingraft. Skingraft, dulu dipanggil Skinflick namun berubah karena alasan tertentu, adalah teman dekat Peter di masa lalu. Malah keluarga Skinflick, yang juga mafia, telah menganggap Peter sebagai anggota keluarga sendiri. Masalahnya, kemudian terjadi suatu insiden yang justru mengubah Skinflick dari sahabat menjadi musuh bebuyutan Peter. Dan bertemu kembali dengan Skinflick adalah hal yang paling dihindari Peter saat ini.

Apakah Peter akhirnya akan berhadapan lagi dengan Skinflick? Masalah apa sebenarnya yang terjadi antara Peter dan Skinflick di masa lalu?