Historical Novel Society

Ruu si playboy kelas kakap takluk pada seorang Ry yang sama sekali bukan tipe-nya. Manja dan kekanakkan adalah dua sifat yang paling dijauhi Ruu. Celakanya keduanya justru melekat erat pada sosok Ry yang mungil. Sosok mungil yang dapat menjungkirbalikkan dunia Ruu yang semua serba palsu.

"Sini lo!" tantang Elsa. "Siapa takut!" Elsa Carlista Wiguna, 17 tahun, remaja yang baru beranjak dewasa tiba-tiba saja dijodohkan dengan seorang pemuda tampan tapi tengil bernama Elvano Erlangga yang merupakan musuhnya di sekolah. Mereka dijodohkan karena perjanjian dua keluarga di masa lalu. Keduanya terpaksa menyetujui perjodohan itu karena malas berdebat dengan orangtua mereka. Maka, disepakati pernikahan mereka dilakukan sebelum ujian sekolah secara diam-diam. Di tengah perjalanan cinta mereka, ada saja gangguan dari pihak ketiga yang hampir membuat nyawa Elsa melayang. Mampukah mereka melaluinya? Dapatkah mereka saling membuktikan cinta walau pernikahan mereka dipaksakan?

When Tamashi sees a girl about to get run over by a truck, he does what any selfless person would do before thinking: he tries to push her out of the way. He closes his eyes and reopens them: to find himself in a vast void, stuck there with a being that’s nearly his own reflection. The only difference? That being’s hair was completely white. Side note: he’s also kind of an arrogant jerk. Tamashi wakes up to find that he successfully saved the girl: except, someone shows up and accuses him of murder. What the hell? This is the story of Tamashi, and his journey to redeem himself and to to find out the truth of the world he lives in. As it turns out, there’s more to society and the world than the eye can see.

The novel is mainly about the forgotten British poet/writer named C. J Richards who lived in Burma/Myanmar in colonial times and he believed himself as a Burmophile. He served as I.C.S (Indian Civil Servant) and when he retired from I.C.S service, he was a D.C (District Commissioner) and he left for England a year before Burma gained its independence in 1948. He came to Burma in 1920 to work in civil service after passing the hardest I.C.S examination. He wrote several books on Burma and contributed many monthly articles to Guardian Magazine published in Burma from 1953 to 1974 or 1975. Though he wrote several books which had much literary merit to both communities, Britain and Burma (Myanmar), people failed to recognize him. The story has two parts: one part is set in the contemporary Yangon (then called Rangoon) in 2016 context and a young literary enthusiast named “Lin” found out unexpectedly the forgotten writer’s poetry book and there is surely a good deal of time gap that led him into a quest to know more about the author’s life. The setting is quite different comparing to colonial Burma and independence Myanmar (Burma), early twentieth century and 2016 which is a transitional period in Myanmar. The writer’s life is fictionalized in the novel and most of the facts are taken from his personal stories and other reference books. It is a kind of historical novel with a twist and it has comparatively constructed the two different periods in Myanmar history to convince readers, locally and abroad more about history, authorship, humanity, colonialism, and transitional development in Myanmar today.

Maganda ang mundo, ngunit malupit din ito. Sa mundo ng Gaia, mayroong apat na rehiyon. Iyon ay ang Normous, Defracia, Bandalia Cifalia, at Isla ng Anino. Sa bawat rehiyon ay mayroong Death Judge, ang pag-asa ng bayan, ngunit ang Rehiyon ng Normous lamang ang walang Death Judge at ang umako sa posisyon nito ay ang emperor mismo. *~* Si Maximaze Lativitus Park ay isang mamamayan ng Normous at nasa pinakamababang-antas lamang ng sibilisasyon sa rehiyon. Sa ibang salita, siya ay isang alipin ng nakatataas. Nang siya ay hindi pa ipinapanganak ay nawalan na ito ng ama dahil sa kabayanihang ginawa. Nang dumating ang kaibigan ng kaniyang magulang, nagbago ang kaniyang buhay. Siyaʼy binigyan ng pagkakataon na makapag-aral at makalaya sa pagkakaalipin, ngunit sa isang kondisyon. Kailangan niyang maging isang kandidato sa paglalakbay at maging Death Judge ng Normous sapagkat ang emperor ay nanghihina na. Ang tahimik niyang buhay kasama ang kaniyang ina ay naging magulo—mas malala sa pagkakaalipin. Marami siyang inaasahan sa mundo ngunit nang kaniyang malaman ang katotohanan, ang kaniyang pangarap ay nawasak sa pira-piraso. Sa araw na iyon, nakatanggap siya ng isang masamang paalala.

My bones felt as if they were on fire, my body was burning, my throat hurts and my eyes felt as if it was about to be pulled out of my skull. I've never been this sick before in my life. Something was happening to me, I was sure of that. My teeth were clenched together and I was scared that I might not made it to the morning. *********************************************It all started in the year 1104, when Tiana Sargon betrayed our race. We were all cursed and we've been ruled by the wicked vampire king, Amara Conrad, who sees us as nothing but animals. Eight princesses had came and fought but they all losed to him. Now it's my turn, I am the last princess

“I Become A Concubine” follows the story of two sisters, Ramielle and Roxanne, who love to read historical novels. One day, when they finished a particular book about an empress who met an unfortunate fate, they started thinking of the possibilities that could happen if they were inside the book. Suddenly, they heard a voice asking if they wanted to give it a try; to live inside the book. Before they could even answer, Ramielle’s surroundings turned black as she realized that she was falling into the void. Ramielle woke up, confused, in a room strange to her. She then realized that she was actually inside the book. What surprised her more is that she is Shen Sheng Ling, the antagonist of the novel and the favorite woman of the emperor who caused the unfortunate fate of the empress in the story. Meanwhile, her sister, Roxanne, became Baturu Ilha, the confidant of the empress. Now that they are inside the story, they will try everything to change the outcome of the story and save the empress from her unfortunate fate.

"Aku nggak ngarep ya. Aku optimis." "Optimis apaan? Optimis bisa jadi pacar gue?" "Bukan. Aku optimis kalau kamu sebenarnya ada rasa sama aku, tapi nggak mau ngakuin." *** Berawal dari tersandung, ada hati yang terjatuh dalam indahnya cinta. Aseeek! Bermula dari penasaran, berlanjut dengan pendekatan, dan berakhir pada ..... Ah, mending baca dan buktikan langsung keseruan kisah Arina dan Andre, ketimbang menerka-nerka dan jadi penasaran. Bukan hanya baper-baperan yang dibahas, ada cerita tentang persahabatan, hangatnya kasih dalam keluarga, kesetiaan, dan kepercayaan, yang dikemas dengan manis dalam cerita segar nan lucu.

Teresia Syeilendri adalah wanita dewasa yang secara tidak masuk akal berpindah ke dunia novel, novel terakhir yang dibaca di malam sebelum kematiannya. Bukan menjadi karakter utama, ataupun antagonis, melainkan karakter yang tidak pernah muncul di novel, yaitu saudari kembar pemeran utama wanita. Walaupun karakter tidak terlihat, tapi tetap pernah muncul satu dalam sekian banyak paragraf demi pengembangan cerita. Kemunculan karakter ini adalah saat kematiannya! Muncul untuk mati di dalam cerita. Teresia tidak terima, nasib nahas itu ingin dibelokkan dengan cara apapun, termasuk menjauhkan pemeran utama pria di novel dari pemeran utama wanita.

Area rumah tangga! Bagaimana jika keuangan rumah tangga dihandle oleh mertua? Dan bagaimana pula apabila seorang suami selalu bertumpu kepada ibu dan saudara-saudarinya, tanpa peduli akan perasaan istri? Akankah seorang istri mampu untuk bertahan? Atau karma tragis akan menimpa para pecundang? Yuk, baca dan ikuti terus novel ini ya. Terimakasih ...