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The name is Anita Pravitasari. People call me "anita". Likes to prefer her self as "nyt". 20 years old (There. I've changed it). Live in Jakarta-Bandung, Indonesia. In a relationship. Currently taking major in Chemical Engineering ITB. Love to write even more to read. Movie geek. Music lover. Often tired and loves sleep. Cries very easily. Is very friendly. Her ultimate fangirl crush would be with Johnny Deep *dies*. Is a spoiler whore. She hardly use a censoring system when she babbles so read at your own risks.

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The Shack - William P. Young
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Elsewhere - Gabrielle Zevin
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He smiles and I give in. This could be an enchantment.
The Subtle Knife (Book Two of the His Dark Materials trilogy) by Philip Pullman
Saturday 22 December 2007 7:00 pm
Tje Subtle KnifeThe English might not be the best cooks in the world, but they sure produce the best writers. Dickens. Tolkien. Austen. Rowling. Lewis. And now another: Philip Pullman. I've just finished reading to Pullman's The Subtle Knife, Book Two of the His Dark Materials trilogy. The first book of the series, The Golden Compass, is made into a film by New Line Cinema, those guys who gave us a little trio of obscure films entitled The Lord of the Rings. The idea, I'm hoping, is that New Line will adapt the whole Dark Materials trilogy into three seperate films.

Incidentally, it was the announcement of the films that attracted me back to the books; I read the books when I was little. Those books really made my days.

Of course, I wouldn't call these children's books for the same reason I don't call the Harry Potter books children's books. As far as I can tell, the only distinction between young-adult fiction and adult fiction is the age of the hero. If the hero is a child, then the publishing world considers it young adult. If the hero is an adult, it's adult fiction. Orson Scott Card's novel Ender's Game is sometimes wrongfully categorized as young-adult fiction for this reason. I think it silly.

But that's neither here nor there. The point is: These books are fascinating. Pullman has an imagination as rich as Rowling's and is a master of prose to boot. The man can write. And I mean beautifully. But not for beauty's sake. This is knuckle-down, teeth bared action and suspense. No whimsical literary bouts of simile or metaphor for academic's sake. This is a full-out page turner, both enchanting and gut-wrenching at the same time.

The story revolves around a young girl (twelve, I think) named Lyra Belacqua, whose world is starkly different to and yet in other ways very similar to our own. In Lyra's world, all humans have a demon, which is a talking animal that is part of the human it belongs to, just as much as our hands are part of our bodies. Except the demon is not attached to humans. It moves and thinks independently of its master. And yet they are one. When the human dies, the demon dies. And vice versa. Children's demons change form at will —from a bobcat to a moth to a German Shepherd — always to assist the human it belongs to. If Lyra is in danger, her demon, Pantalaimon, will become a leopard to protect her. Or a wolf hound. Or a fox. And if the demon needs to conceal itself, it will become a grasshopper and stay hidden in Lyra's pocket.

But demons are only one of the magical creatures found in the trilogy. It's full of a world . . . well, actually multiple worlds, so intriguing and full of fantasy that one begins to hope such places exist.

A word of caution: His Dark Materials isn't for everyone. Pullman has been called the opponent of C.S. Lewis, having spoken out against the former author's trumpeting of Christian ideals. In fact, some even call His Dark Materials a rebuttal to The Chronicles of Narnia. You see, in Pullman's trilogy, the villain — the most dishonest, cruel, horrific organization in all the worlds that exist — is "The Church." It's not the most fair of labels, but it doesn't bother me. This is fiction. Pullman is no advocate for evil, although some Christian groups may label him so. In truth, Pullman isn't attacking Christianity, he's attacking all religions that oppress. Some apparently don't see the distinction. I, for one, love the series and find that my faith has not diminished as a result of reading it.

Wanna read another review by me? Visit my review journal here.


P.S.: 3 entries in a row. See how much I miss being online??

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December always makes me feel this way
5:22 pm
Does anyone feel sad that December is almost over? It's 22th already - and I can't believe that in 9 days, 2007 will be over as well. I always think that December passes faster that any other month. Maybe because I love this month and maybe because the end of December meaning that another year is waiting. Another year meaning another number will be add to my age. That is not always a good thought *sigh*

I still have no idea what to do during not-so-relax holiday. Finals are coming so, studying is a must. I don't really have much free time, obviously. My schedule is pretty tight - but I am sure I can still steal time here and there.

So I downloaded many, many, many. E-books (Anne Rice, Philip Pullman, Robert Ludlum, John Grisham, Anita Blake series. Now that's about 30 books). Dash games (Burger Island, Beauty Factory, Nanny Mania, Abra Academy, Dress Shop Hop). Mangas (Naruto, One Piece, TRC, XXXholic).

I think it's enough for one week.


Perantauan
4:33 pm
So here is the case.

Orang tua pergi menunaikan ibadah haji (semoga mereka sehat-sehat saja dan dilindungi oleh Allah disana. Semoga mereka kembali. Amin).
gw dibandung tuk menunaikan kewajiban gw sebagai manusia belum berpenghasilan, yaitu kuliah.
Adek gw cowo, Adit, tinggal di asram sekolahnya di serpong.
Jadi tinggallah ade gw yg cewe, yg paling kecil, yang masih kelas satu sma, yang namanya Ami, sendiri dirumah.

(Anita, Aditya, Amelia. 3 nama paling pasaran yang bisa ditemukan di Indonesia. Berkumpul dalam satu keluarga. Dengan Asep sebagai ayah, dan Suharti sebagai ibu. Kurang pasaran apalagi? Kami memang keluarga yang sederhana...ck.ck.ck)

Jadi agar si adek tidak kesepian, dan agar ibu yakin kita semua nanti keurus di sini, jadilah kita bertiga tinggal di rumah nenek.

Bukannya rumah nenek tuh ga enak ato apa. Gw deket kok ama nenek. Rumahnya juga enak. Yah, technically, tu rumah punya ortu gw juga. Cuma ditinggalin ama nenek dan tante gw, anak nenek yg plg muda dr 11 bersaudara. Makanan melimpah ruah, sumbangan dari om dan tante (sekeluarga besar tinggal dalam satu komplek). Hanya satu kelemahannya.

Internet.
Internetnya masih pake dial-up. make telkomnet. Masih bunyi toet-toet-toet tiap connect. lemot.

Untung jarak rmh nenek ama rumah cuma bbrp blok. Jadi tinggal naik ojek nyampe deh. Skrg aja gw internetan di rumah. Brsan naik ojek. Tapi ditengah jalan ujan. Sial.

Jadi gitu deh. Walau liburan, tapi ttp ga bisa sering2 posting.

Walau libur, ttp ga bisa leha-leha. UAS bo...

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