Buku Thinking Fast And Slow

Liqa harus menahan kekecewaan yang mendalam ketika orang tuanya bercerai karena perselingkuhan sang ayah. Ternyata selingkuhan ayahnya adalah saudara sepupu ibunya yang pernah ditolong dan tinggal di rumah orang tua Liqa. Ibu Liqa menjadi TKW untuk menghidupi Liqa dan adiknya. Pertengkaran sering terjadi antara Liqa dengan ayah dan ibu tirinya. "Nggak usah ikut-ikutan Bu Rosita! Andai anda tidak datang ke rumah kami, tentu hidup kami sekarang bahagia. Inikah balasan anda terhadap Ibu? Ibu rela menolong anda saat anda tidak ada tempat untuk berteduh. Ternyata malah Ibu terusir dari rumahnya sendiri. Ini namanya menolong a****g terjepit!" "Aku berjanji akan melakukan pembalasan terindah pada orang-orang yang selalu menghina Ibu!" tekad Liqa. Apa yang akan dilakukan Liqa? Ikuti kisahnya!

Aku sudah terbaring tanpa sehelai benang di lemari pendingin selama empat puluh hari. Foto-foto yang tidak disensor beredar heboh di internet. Di tengah derasnya fitnah yang menyebar, ibuku malah ikut membagikan fotonya, sambil dengan lembut menasihati adikku, “Dunia hiburan itu kotor, kamu jangan masuk ke sana. Lebih baik kamu warisi harta peninggalan kakakmu saja.” “Kamu berbeda dengan dia. Kamu adalah anak kesayanganku, jangan sampai dikotori dunia seperti itu.” Ternyata, dia sudah lupa. Lupa bahwa aku masuk ke dunia yang ‘kotor’ ini demi mencari uang untuk mengobati kanker yang dideritanya.

Demi melindungi Ayah, aku disiksa oleh penculik selama sejam. Namun, Ayah malah sibuk merayakan ulang tahun putri adopsinya yang ke-18. Sebelum meninggal, aku menelepon Ayah. "Tapi, Ayah, hari ini juga ulang tahunku. Ini terakhir kalinya, Ayah. Bisa nggak Ayah mengucapkan selamat ulang tahun untukku?" "Kamu benar-benar nggak punya hati! Karena ulang tahun, kamu membunuh ibumu! Kamu masih mau merayakan ulang tahun? Kenapa kamu nggak mati saja?" Usai berbicara, dia langsung mematikan panggilan. Keesokan hari, jenazahku ditempatkan di pot bunga depan kantor polisi. Ayah bertanggung jawab atas otopsi. Dia bisa melihat bahwa pembunuhnya sangat kejam dan tidak takut pada polisi. Namun, dia sama sekali tidak tahu bahwa korban adalah putri yang paling dibencinya.

I just closed a deal worth 50 million. The room did its job, so I went to the reception to check out, and I got myself a bottle of water worth 2 dollars. That very same day, I got an email from the company accusing me of misusing company funds. They canceled three months' worth of KPI from my records and fined me 5,000 dollars. I ignored that, thinking that it was a mistake some new guy in finance made. When I went to work the next day, my access card was denied. It was canceled. I couldn't even get into the building. Furious, I called my CEO fiance, but his secretary took the call instead. "How many times do I have to tell you to follow the rules when it comes to money? Did you tell finance about that bottle of water? No? Then that's against the rules! Everyone else follows the rules, so why can't you? You're a veteran!" The CEO chimed in, "Christina, you're a veteran of the company. You must be an example. You're not allowed back to work until you finish your 8000-word reflection and read it out loud at the all-employee meeting!" They tossed the phone aside, and a moment later, moans of delight and passion traveled through the air. Stone-faced, I hung up and called our competitor's CEO. "I've got a 50-million-dollar deal and a sales manager who just got fired for you. Are you taking that deal?"

Setelah dibunuh oleh orang yang dicintai, Lunara Windmare malah menemukan dirinya menjadi karakter sampingan sekaligus antagonis yang hanya muncul sekali itupun untuk kematiannya di sebuah novel fantasi berat yang pernah dia baca. Dia telah membaca buku itu sampai habis jadi dia akan menggunakan seluruh informasi untuk menghindari kematiannya. Akankah dia berhasil?

Elliete adalah seorang bibliofil sejati. Baginya, ribuan buku yang ia lahap sejak kecil adalah dunia yang jauh lebih aman daripada kenyataan. Namun, sebuah anomali menariknya masuk ke dalam lembaran cerita—ia terbangun di tubuh orang lain. Panik melanda saat Elliete menyadari dirinya bertransmigrasi ke dunia antah-berantah. Tanpa petunjuk judul buku, tanpa Raja Iblis, dan tanpa peperangan. Sebagai seorang penyendiri yang mengincar peran NPC (karakter pendamping), dunia damai ini awalnya terasa seperti berkah. Namun, ketenangan itu hancur saat ia menyadari genre asli dunia tersebut: Romance 21+. Di dunia di mana nafsu menjadi penggerak utama alur cerita, setiap gerak-gerik polos Elliete justru menjadi magnet bagi para 'predator' yang lapar akan mangsa baru. Di tengah kepungan pria-pria berbahaya, mampukah Elliete menjaga martabatnya, atau ia justru akan tenggelam dalam narasi yang tak pernah ia bayangkan sebelumnya?

At the ceremony where my mother, Helena Marlow, received the Best Homeroom Teacher award, the parents wept with gratitude. They praised her for nurturing the students successfully without ever resorting to harsh discipline, and for helping them all to excellent results. But no one knew that the path to their children’s success had been paved by Mom, using me as a warning to others. When someone in the class stole money, cheated on an exam, or got into a romantic relationship, I was the one punished. During the ceremony, the principal, Ms. Wanda Ambrose, stepped onto the stage to present her award. She asked, “Ms. Marlow, you have so many outstanding students in your class. Which student are you most proud of?” Mom smiled with quiet pride. “They are all like my own children. I love every one of them.” Then she let out a small sigh. “Except for my daughter. She alone fails to live up to expectations and disappoints me every time.” Laughter and applause rose from the audience below the stage. They nodded in understanding and praised her for being so modest. I drifted to her side and looked at the satisfied curve of her lips before speaking softly. “Don’t worry, Mom. From now on, I won’t disappoint you anymore.”

Mike is a free man. He leaves his hometown to 'tour' the world. He comes back to atone for his past deeds. He tries to make up to Susanna. It became more difficult for him when he finds out his love for her. He left her life without a thought and comes back suddenly into her life, without permission. Was the love she had for him still there, waiting to be rekindled?

Jake Norman, a free life teenager is a very handsome guy who always attracts girls wherever he is or goes even if it is in school or outside school. He goes to parties and does whatever he likes, not even minding his own future. When he comes back from a party and suddenly found a very beautiful girl lying close to the city's christmas tree being that it was the season of Christmas. He was so struck by her beauty that he carried her to his home and took care of her till she had nursed back to health. She disappeared as soon as she awakes and Jake thought she had run away. But each night she visits, keeping him company every night and never leaving his side till it is morning. He suddenly falls in love with her without knowing and his life to him seems a lot beautiful with her. But on the night before Christmas she never came but instead, a floating box comes to his room. He opens it and this brings him to another world. And there he learns the truth about her, who she was and why she felt so mysterious to him, but she needed to be saved from her uncle who imprisoned her. Will he save her? Will he change his mind of saving her after learning the truth about her? Will he leave her to die? Will he ever see her again?

Hujan selalu menjadi saksi dari segala yang hilang — juga dari kata-kata yang tak sempat diucapkan. Nara, seorang penulis yang kehilangan semangat hidup setelah patah hati dan kegagalan karier, kini menjalani hari-harinya tanpa arah. Di sebuah klinik pemulihan jiwa di kota kecil yang selalu diguyur gerimis, ia bertemu Ravindra — terapis pendiam yang menyembunyikan rahasia kelam di balik tatapan tenangnya. Diam-diam, Ravindra mengumpulkan setiap tulisan yang Nara buang dan merangkainya menjadi satu buku berjudul “Fragmen di Bawah Hujan.” Antara terapi dan perasaan yang tumbuh tanpa mereka sadari, keduanya saling menyembuhkan — tapi juga perlahan menyadari bahwa cinta tak selalu berarti memiliki. Sebuah kisah tentang kehilangan, penyembuhan, dan cinta yang datang seperti hujan — tenang, tapi meninggalkan jejak yang tak mudah hilang.