Hey fellas! Long time no see:) How's life? I was 'baking' some ideas into a pure novel (yes, I'm making it) when that sucks writer's block came all of sudden.
(Spoiler: I dunno how that comes but WB appears more often since. It kinda freaks me out).
Well....
First, I wanna congrats you a happy new year. May the Odds be ever in your Favor. And talking about 2013, I have no resolution bout it, and even if I have got it, who are you to tell?
Now sit back and relax, dude. These people would calm you down. They will hypnotize you with their enchanting idea, shut you up with their fascinating words spreading in beautiful, marvellous sentences. I think read them two days before school (HELL YEAH!) will be a great idea.
So here are my favourite authors of 2012:
1. J. K. Rowling
I know it's certainly unfair since she has become my favourite author for seven years (I read my first HP when I was 8), but she always fill my world with her books. And she's been always a great inspiration, too.
But to be honest, I'm not feeling boom-shakalaka with her new coming book, which titled The Casual Vacancy. Doesn't mean it's not fascinating, but I wasn't as satisfied as when I read HP. But every single Rowling's works are bundled flawlessly, so is TCV. Keep inspiring, Auntie! ;)
2. Roald Dahl
No one could beat him from this place. Roald Dahl such is my hero. I remember my first copy of his works was Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and it simply became my favourite book all along.
3. Rick Riordan
Call me a liar. I used to be the one who yelled his works as 'hard to understand ones,' but it turned out... I like them. Riordan not only wrote... he poured actions and fantasy, wild movements that could make you awake to read his novel. Percy Jackson series and The Kane Chronicles series and The Heroes of Olympus series are such addictive books. Buy one of them and I guarantee you can't put it down before you read until very last page.
4. Suzanne Collins
She opened my eyes how astonishing dystopian literatures are. I got my THG from Gramedia as a present for I won a quiz (yes, call me lucky). I found myself nibbled my nails as I read Katniss' adventure in a brutal game, I clutched my blanket when she stumbled in a danger and I unleashed a satisfied breath as the trilogy was finished. But I found it kinda obnoxious that Collins didn't put Cato in Catching Fire and Mockingjay, and how Finnick gotta die. But still, it twirled fastastically, though.
5. Veronica Roth
Another author of dystopian literature! I fell in love with Divergent (which I bought in bahasa Indonesia) and she blinded me that I had to read Insurgent, the sequel, right after I finished the first book. And thank God I read Insurgent in English, which improve my English and increased my vocabulary table. The two are full of unstoppable actions; you will hold your breath often. She easily became my favourite author and I can't waittt for the final trilogy (which Roth jokingly called Detergent) that scheduled to published in fall this year.
6. Cassandra Clare
You gotta read her novels, I swear. Hers are not dystopian, but fantasy that mixed up with that-tricky-lovey-dovey-things. I don't know if The Mortal Instruments have traslated in bahasa Indonesia or not, because I bought them in Periplus. But they are not disappointing, I promise.
7. Brandon Mulls
Maybe you don't feel very familiar with his name but he is great, too. His works are kinda about fairy and other magic creatures, but they are not childish. Sadly, it's not that easy to find his novels, though in English. Now his fans in Indonesia are dangled with the final series, that hasn't realeased until now.
8. Nicholas Sparks
If you enjoy watching romantic movies, I'm sure you guys know who is he. He's the brain of the brilliant The Last Song and A Walk to Remember and Dear John and The Notebook. All he created are masterpieces, he knows how to tease his fans. I really enjoy all his works, but make it sure that you bring your tissues because his are teary, heart-pounding books. And I warned you, Sparks kindly likes tragic endings (sorry, Uncle).
9. Lauren Oliver
Aha! She writes dystopian books, too, and really get into it. When you read her books, all looked real. She brought us to a world where your hope are gone and all look worst to the fullest. I love her Delirium trilogy (which the final will come in February this year), they flow beautifully. But I'm not really keen on her triangle love idea, but yeah, it somehow doesn't disturb the lovely of these books, though.
10. John Green
Who doesn't know him, really? He blurted out and showed who is he with his lastest-yet-most-wonderstruck-book, The Fault in Our Stars. After I read that book, I noted that Green is tragic-endings-lover too, but soon after I Googled him, I found not so. I've read Looking for Alaska, Paper Towns, and An Abundance of Katherines too, and Green is really clever to cover the morals with humorous yet flowing sentences.
11. Aprilynne Pike
I love her series, Wings, and sadly it just came until the 2nd book, Spells, and it's uneasy to find her books in Periplus too (don't tell me about Kinokuniya. I was to be a snob who visited it last month and I ended up buying nothing because it's all the way more expensive than Peri+). But I enjoy reading her novels, ya know. They remind me that no matter how old you are, magic is always here, as Rowling taught me that magic never ends.
12. Paulo Coelho
I read his novel, The Alchemist lately. My first thought was that the novel is heavy to read, not that kind of book you bring to your bed before you sleep. But it turned out flowed lightly, extremely fascinating. He taught me about how wonderful this life. Maybe I'm coming off little wiser last year because of his book.
13. Sarah Dessen
We call her 'teenlit author' if she was an Indonesian. I just read her book, This Lullaby, and really loved it. She changed her characters in every novels, the main character could be a superstar, or a bookworm, or an author. But she really made her novels feel alive and I felt like parachuted to the depth of her work.
14. Ally Condie
She inspired me to make a good name for my characters HAHA. Well Ally Condie is the author of Matched trilogy (thanks to Refal who introduced me to these stunning works, though I misunderstood its title as 'Matjet'). They are dystopian books, too, and I felt awful and curious at the same time when I read them. Just imagine a world where everything is controlled by government, what will you work as and who will you marry. It's simply inconvenient, but Condie made it coming off alive.
15. Gayle Forman
She writes If I Stay and its sequel, Where She Went, which received generally good praises. I think they deserved a standing ovation. Forman is really cool, her novels are well-written, and the plot often unthinkable, hard to guess.
So, those are my favourites. Hbu?
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