quotes of the day

“ how jealous I am

of the rain

that gets to touch your skin

how jealous I am

of the air

that gets to fill your lungs

how jealous I am

of the sun

that wakes up next to you ”

—  all the things I used to do by shelby leigh

“I want to be alone…with someone else who wants to be alone.”

—  Dimitri Zaik

“He may be on your mind, but that doesn’t necessarily mean you’re on his.”

-Great Minds Don’t Always Think Alike

“It’s bullshit to think of friendship and romance as being different. They’re not. They’re just variations of the same love. Variations of the same desire to be close.”

—  Rachel Cohn

“Never expect things to happen,

it’s better to feel surprised

than to feel disappointed.”

—  Alyssa

"I hope you fall in love with someone whose words and actions always match, who makes you smile like no one else ever has, who brings out the best in you and makes you want to be a better person. Do not settle for less. Know your worth." –N

”You were the puzzle and I was the fool who thought she could finally fit all the pieces together.”

—  I wasn’t your missing piece

if a flower bloomed in a dark room, would you trust it?

-kendrick lamar

“My words became simple,

but my feelings seemed

much more complicated

than— they have been before.”

—  ma.c.a // Shallow Ends

“You fell in love with my flowers but not with my roots, so when autumn arrived you didn’t know what to do” - anonymous

“if you are broken

and they have left you

do not question

whether you were

enough

the problem was

you were so enough

they were not able to carry it”

please please please please please,

don’t break me.

this is the only thing

i’ll ever ask you.

please.

“In a perfect world, you would love me the way I love you.”

- D.N. // excerpt from a book i’ll never write #188

My heart broke the day

I saw you looked at her

the way I look at you.

“and i loved you. maybe even a little too much.”

—  This is for you. // Deeply Feeling Series

“wasn’t what you wanted,

Now you say I’m what you need.

Maybe you should have

Asked me to stay before

You let me leave.”

—  K.N.B.

“little do you know i pray at night

hoping that i’ll see you

in my dreams”

- M.

  

Stories for rainy days (vol 1)

It was a rainy day,
with a hot darjeeling tea,
warm striped blanket
and polka dot socks.
One perfect moment
to read stories
for cats.

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Judul buku: Stories for Rainy Days
Penulis: Naela Ali
Penerbit: POP (Kepustakaan Populer Gramedia)
Tahun terbit: 2016
ISBN: 978-602-424-059-2
Jumlah halaman: 198

Review buku Stories for Rainy Days

Hai...

Saya pengen cerita tentang sebuah buku berjudul "Stories for Rainy Days". Sounds like a mellow book..



Sebelum ke isi buku ini, saya mau kasih tau dulu, mengapa saya tertarik baca buku ini. Well, awalnya saya liat temen posting salah satu halaman buku ini di instagramnya... Saya lupa sih bagian yang mana, tapi saya pikir kata-katanya yaa.. sweet gitu deh,bikin baper hati hihi.. Itu alasan pertama. Alasan kedua, bukunya ada gambarnya.Juga cocok buat capt di Instagram hehe..


Daaan.. akhirnya, kemarin ketemu temenku yang punya dan aku pinjem buku ini. Waktu pertama pegang buku ini, impresiku adalah: "Waah ternyata bukunya mungil". Jadi buku ini nggak seukuran novel-novel biasanya itu.. ukurannya sekitar 11 x 15.5 cm. Dengan hard cover, buku ini pajangable banget. Wkwk. Ya cantik imut gitu deeh.. Saya suka bangettt !



Kelebihan lain dari buku ini adalah: ILUSTRASI . Yups.. hampir di setiap halaman ada gambar yang mengilustrasikan cerita yang disampaikan penulis. Sederhana tapi... ilustrasinya baguuus... asli bikin bukunya tambah cute ❤


Bagian yang paling menonjol dan bernilai plus-plus dari buku ini saya rasa memang pada gambar ilustrasinya. Karena... menurut saya, isinya sih sebetulnya biasa...

Cerita keseharian yang mungkin banyak dialami seseorang, terutama yang cewe-cewe.

Jadi, buku ini berpeluang besar bikin baper..

Mungkin juga, yang membuatnya agak sedikit berbeda dari buku harian biasa adalah karena ditulis dengan Bahasa Inggris... jadi berasa lebih keren aja gitu.. yaa, waalaupun bahasanya simpel.. gampang banget dipahami.


Dan, isinya random.


Tentang kisah cinta. Tentang ayah. Tentang kucing. Tentang musik.

Mungkin, ada beberapa bagian yang menjadi sebuah alur cerita, tapi di bagian lain keluar dari alur cerita. Yaa... nggak masalah sih, namanya juga buku diary. Kan suka-suka yang bikin :D

Ini cuplikan salah satu halaman yang saya suka:

Cute, isn't it?


Seperti yang bisa dilihat, kata-kata dalam buku itu tidak banyak. Mungkin tiap bab hanya berisi beberapa paragraf, atau bahkan kalimat.

Jadi, meskipun 198 halaman, buku ini ringan banget buat bacaan sambil menikmati rintik hujan, and a cup of coffee? Hmm....

Nggak akan terasa, hanya duduk sebentar buku ini habis dibaca..

Yah, kecuali kalau bacanya pake diresapi satu per satu kalimatnya. Hehe.


Dari beberapa bab dalam buku ini (mm.. berapa ya.. nggak ngitung), saya paling suka bagian berjudul "Lucky". Bagaimana penulis mendefinisikan "lucky" dalam berbagai bentuk yang sederhana.

Sesederhana "Lucky is to have you" - hal 60.

Yah, walaupun, to be having you is not as simple as that ;D


Nah, bagi yang suka hal-hal cute, suka kucing, suka kaktus, suka kata-kata mellow penerbit baper :p I think that you'll like this cute book ;)