Halo!

Tidak terasa akhirnya tahun 2016 berlalu juga. Apa saja yang sudah terlewat ya? Hani akan berbagi tentang bacaan yang sudah Hani habiskan selama tahun 2016. Sebetulnya bacaan ini terangkum di Goodreads (kunjungi link-nya di sini), tapi Hani juga akan berbagi di sini! Yeay!

Tahun 2016 Hani memasang target bacaan 35 buku. Sedikit kalau dibandingkan dengan teman-teman Hani yang betul-betul kuat baca banyak buku. Tapi Hani bersyukur bisa membaca buku segitu selama setahun. Lebih bersyukur lagi kalau hampir semua buku yang Hani baca tahun 2016 sudah di-review. Hehehe...

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child - Parts One and Two by John Tiffany, Jack Thorne & J.K. Rowling
Published: 2016
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
E-book, English Edition, 343 pages

Blurb:
It was always difficult being Harry Potter and it isn’t much easier now that he is an overworked employee of the Ministry of Magic, a husband and father of three school-age children.

While Harry grapples with a past that refuses to stay where it belongs, his youngest son Albus must struggle with the weight of a family legacy he never wanted. As past and present fuse ominously, both father and son learn the uncomfortable truth: sometimes, darkness comes from unexpected places.

Based on an original new story by J.K. Rowling, Jack Thorne and John Tiffany, a new play by Jack Thorne, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth story in the Harry Potter series and the first official Harry Potter story to be presented on stage. The play will receive its world premiere in London’s West End on July 30, 2016.

Review:
A really great holiday read.

Sebetulnya aku mau membaca ulang seri Harry Potter berurutan dan akan diakhiri dengan buku ini. Tapi baru sampai buku ketiga, aku sudah nggak sabar untuk membaca buku ini. Kapan-kapan akan kubaca ulang lagi urut dari awal. Hahahaa... Baca Harry Potter nggak akan pernah membosankan.

Glass Sword by Victoria Aveyard
Published: 2016
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
E-book, English Edition, 444 pages

Blurb:

If there’s one thing Mare Barrow knows, it’s that she’s different.

Mare Barrow’s blood is red—the color of common folk—but her Silver ability, the power to control lightning, has turned her into a weapon that the royal court tries to control.

The crown calls her an impossibility, a fake, but as she makes her escape from Maven, the prince—the friend—who betrayed her, Mare uncovers something startling: she is not the only one of her kind.

Pursued by Maven, now a vindictive king, Mare sets out to find and recruit other Red-and-Silver fighters to join in the struggle against her oppressors.

But Mare finds herself on a deadly path, at risk of becoming exactly the kind of monster she is trying to defeat.

Will she shatter under the weight of the lives that are the cost of rebellion? Or have treachery and betrayal hardened her forever?

The electrifying next installment in the Red Queen series escalates the struggle between the growing rebel army and the blood-segregated world they’ve always known—and pits Mare against the darkness that has grown in her soul.

Review:
Setelah twist sadis di buku sebelumnya, sekarang penulis memberikan cliffhanger tanpa ampun di buku ini.

Red Queen by Victoria Aveyard
Published: 2015
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
E-book, English Edition, 383 pages

Blurb:

This is a world divided by blood – red or silver.

The Reds are commoners, ruled by a Silver elite in possession of god-like superpowers. And to Mare Barrow, a seventeen-year-old Red girl from the poverty-stricken Stilts, it seems like nothing will ever change.

That is, until she finds herself working in the Silver Palace. Here, surrounded by the people she hates the most, Mare discovers that, despite her red blood, she possesses a deadly power of her own. One that threatens to destroy the balance of power.

Fearful of Mare’s potential, the Silvers hide her in plain view, declaring her a long-lost Silver princess, now engaged to a Silver prince. Despite knowing that one misstep would mean her death, Mare works silently to help the Red Guard, a militant resistance group, and bring down the Silver regime.

But this is a world of betrayal and lies, and Mare has entered a dangerous dance – Reds against Silvers, prince against prince, and Mare against her own heart.

Review:

Aaarrrggghhhh!!! Brutal. Twist-nya amat sangat brutal.

On the Way to the Wedding (Bridgerton #8) by Julia Quinn
Published: 2006
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
E-book, English Edition, 371 pages

Blurb:

A funny thing happened...

Unlike most men of his acquaintance, Gregory Bridgerton believes in true love. And he is convinced that when he finds the woman of his dreams, he will know in an instant that she is the one. And that is exactly what happened. Except...

She wasn't the one. In fact, the ravishing Miss Hermione Watson is in love with another. But her best friend, the ever-practical Lady Lucinda Abernathy, wants to save Hermione from a disastrous alliance, so she offers to help Gregory win her over. But in the process, Lucy falls in love. With Gregory! Except...

Lucy is engaged. And her uncle is not inclined to let her back out of the betrothal, even once Gregory comes to his senses and realizes that it is Lucy, with her sharp wit and sunny smile, who makes his heart sing. And now, on the way to the wedding, Gregory must risk everything to ensure that when it comes time to kiss the bride, he is the only man standing at the altar...

Review:

Aku selalu membayangkan Gregory Bridgerton sebagai anak-anak, karena di banyak buku sebelumnya, Gregory memang masih anak-anak. Saudaranya yang paling dekat dengannya adalah si bungsu Hyacinth, dan mereka saling mendukung satu sama lain. Hyacinth telah menikah. Tinggal Gregory yang masih single. Dan seperti laki-laki Bridgerton yang lain, Gregory dewasa juga tampan dan kaya walaupun tanpa gelar. Ia juga nggak seperti laki-laki pada umumnya. Ia percaya kalau ia akan jatuh cinta suatu hari nanti.

It's in His Kiss (Bridgerton #7) by Julia Quinn
Published: 2005
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
E-book, English Edition, 384 pages

Blurb:

IF IT'S IN HIS HEART ... IT'S IN HIS KISS

MEET OUR HERO...

Gareth St. Clair is in a bind. His father, who detests him, is determined to beggar the St. Clair estates and ruin his inheritance. Gareth's sole bequest is an old family diary, which may or may not contain the secrets of his past... and the key to his future. The problem is—it's written in Italian, of which Gareth speaks not a word.

MEET OUR HEROINE ...

All the ton agreed: there was no one quite like Hyacinth Bridgerton. She's fiendishly smart, devilishly outspoken, and according to Gareth, probably best in small doses. But there's something about her—something charming and vexing—that grabs him and won't quite let go...

MEET POOR MR. MOZART...

Or don't. But rest assured, he's spinning in his grave when Gareth and Hyacinth cross paths at the annual—and annually discordant—Smythe-Smith musicale. To Hyacinth, Gareth's every word seems a dare, and she offers to translate his diary, even though her Italian is slightly less than perfect. But as they delve into the mysterious text, they discover that the answers they seek lie not in the diary, but in each other ... and that there is nothing as simple—or as complicated—as a single, perfect kiss.

Review:

Hyacinth Bridgerton adalah yang paling cerewet dan ceplas-ceplos di antara ketujuh saudaranya. Walaupun dia anak bungsu, semua kakaknya nggak ada yang berani padanya karena dia sangat kepo dan paling tahu kalau ada rahasia. Aku sudah membayangkan kalau cerita Hyacinth akan sangat menarik dan lucu, dan ternyata memang benar.