eBook Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

Synopsis:

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

By her brother's graveside, Liesel Meminger's life is changed when she picks up a single object, partially hidden in the snow. It is The Grave Digger's Handbook, left there by accident, and it is her first act of book thievery. 

So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel, with the help of her accordion-playing foster father, learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found.

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jew in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up and closed down.

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eBook Review: My Name is Rapunzel by K.C. Hilton

Synopsis:  My tale has been told again and again, and I’ve heard each one. Except for my hair, I barely recognize the pitiful renditions. Muddled versions, crafted to entertain laughing children…but the children wouldn’t have laughed if they’d known the real story. It wasn't their fault. They didn't know the truth. Nobody did. My name is Rapunzel. I will tell you my story. I will tell you the truth.

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It is another story about Rapunzel. Rapunzel in this book is described as a teenager, she was 16 years old, and she was fall in love with a guy named Henry. At first, she expected that Henry will be her only love of her life. She wanted to marry him, and he wanted to propose her to be his wife. Their charming love story was not that easy to be true. The day when Henry proposed Rapunzel, something horrible happened. There was a weird storm approaching then Henry was gone. And something left behind after the storm was only the Witch with a suspicious Dragon standing in front of Rapunzel.

eBook Review: Entwined by Heather Dixon

Sinopsis:

Azalea is trapped. Just when she should feel that everything is before her . . . beautiful gowns, dashing suitors, balls filled with dancing . . . it's taken away. All of it.

The Keeper understands. He's trapped, too, held for centuries within the walls of the palace. And so he extends an invitation.

Every night, Azalea and her eleven sisters may step through the enchanted passage in their room to dance in his silver forest.

But there is a cost.

The Keeper likes to keep things.

Azalea may not realize how tangled she is in his web until it is too late.

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Aplikasi Pembaca eBook untuk Platform Java

Hi readers!

How was your life?

I'm so excited to tell you something through this post. Well, may be it is not really fresh news to share, but I think I should share it to you, just in case you haven't got the similar information. Pada intinya, beberapa hari yang lalu aku keranjingan banget untuk nyari-nyari ebook yang free download. Tapi sayangnya, aku agak malas rasanya membaca ebook lewat laptop atau PC. Pertama karena nggak nyaman dan kedua karena ribet. That's why dulu-dulu aku lebih suka baca cerita langsung lewat buku, karena lebih fleksibel dan portabel. Beberapa hari yang lalu aku gandrung alias suka lagi membaca ebook karena sempat menemukan beberapa novel fiksi (terutama sekuel) berbahasa Inggris yang belum terbit di Indonesia.

Masalahnya, sewaktu pertama download aku nggak nyadar kalau yang aku download adalah file dengan fornal EPUB. File ini jelas-jelas tidak bisa dibaca, bahkan di PC/laptop, tanpa bantuan aplikasi khusus. Akhirnya, aku memilih merepotkan diri untuk meng-convert file EPUB tersebut ke PDF. You know lah, hasilnya agak berantakan, terutama spasi dan hurufnya. Jadi makin nggak nyaman deh membacanya. Apalagi aku bener-bener pengen membaca novel itu-The Cuckoo's Calling-dengan nyaman.

Akhirnya, dengan bermodal niat yang sangat besar, aku coba-coba browsing di Google aplikasi untuk membaca ebook dengan format epub, ternyata ada banyak. Tapi aku pengennya yang bisa diinstal dan applicable untuk handphone. For your information, handphoneku bukan smart phone ya, agak jadul dan berplatform Java, bukan Android, iOS, atau Symbian. Semakin curious lagi untuk mencari aplikasi yang tepat, aku coba tanya sepupuku. Dia menyarankan untuk browse di Google dengan kata kunci, "free ebook reader for Java mobile". Setelah lama mencari, voila!!! Aku nemu aplikasi yang bernama Albite Reader 2.2 karya Svetlin Ankov.