Lost Stars by Claudia Gray Book Review (Journey to The Force Awakens)

It's still Star Wars' week and it is almost new year and I still haven't finished my reading goal and it is only like 6 books left. So in star wars book canon, sadly disney decided to 'throw' all the books that have been more than 30 years i guess and they decided that those EU (expanded universe) are no longer canon. They decided that because to clear everything before the new movie comes out (which has already out yeay). So this is my second star wars canon book after the force awakens novelization. I have seen this book a couple times but I'm not sure I should buy it or not because I am not really into sci-fi book no matter what the tittle is, I prefer sci-fi movies over sci-fi book because I thought it was just too hard to imagine it but I love fantasy book so much so I think why don't give it try and since I know the author, Claudia Gray from Firebird trilogy that makes me want to read it. 

Synopsis

"The reign of the Galactic Empire has reached the Outer Rim of Jelucan, where aristocratic Thane Kyrell and rural villager Ciena Ree bond over their love of flying. Enrolling at the Imperial Academy is nothing less than a dream come true for both of them. But Thane sours on the dream when he sees firsthand the horrific tactics the Empire uses to maintain its ironclad rule.

Bitter and disillusioned, he joins the fledging Rebellion--putting Ciena in an unbearable position between her loyalty to the Empire and her love for the man she's known since childhood.

Now on opposite sides of the war, will these friends turned foes ever find a way to be together, or will duty tear them--and the galaxy--apart?"

Stories

Okay so this book occur before, co-currently and just after the original trilogy from A New Hope - The Empire Strikes Back and then Return of The Jedi and the most important part is this contain a little spoiler about what happened in Episode VII movie. As you may see that in TFA trailer, in Jakku there is one huge super star destroyer and this book tells you how that ship ended up in Jakku. Such an interesting part. This book happened eight years after the fall of the Old Republic, The Galactic  Empire now reigns over the known galaxy. Resistance to the Empire has been all but silenced. Only a few courageous leaders such as Bail Organa of Alderaan still dare to openly oppose Emperor Palpatine. After years of defiance, the many worlds at the edge of the Outer Rim have surrendered. With each planet's conquest, the Empire's might grow even stronger. The latest to fall under the Emperor's control is the isolated mountain planet Jelucan, whose citizens hope for a more prosperous future even as the Imperial Starfleet gathers overhead...

The characters in here is the Jelucan people in Outer Rim, we meet them when they were 8 years old, Thane and Ciena. After the Empire has invade the planet Jelucan, these two friends met by accidentally, both Thane and Ciena know that they want to go to Imperial Academy when they are old enough and their dream is to become a pilot. Partner in piloting too. We got to meet a lot of cameos from originals for example Grand Moff Tarkin , yup that guy behind Death Star, Princess Leia, Lando Calrissian and other similar faces that we already knew from originals. As they grew up, become older and older and after the destruction of planet Aldeeran and death star, both of them was really shocked and suprised because that is the first time they having doubt about the Empire but not to Ciena who is an idealist person and appreciate the honor VERY MUCH. For her honor is very important also with the loyalty because she already took an oath to service the Empire no matter what the condition is. But not with Thane who is a cynical person and he started doubting the Empire. This is where the fun begins. Thane decided to desert his post in Kerev Doi because his doubting to Empire gets bigger and bigger after he witnessed a slavery in that area. He thoughts Empire is  keeping faith to the people in galaxy but in reality the Empire didn't care at all. So the book is actually like romeo-juliet but in galaxy far far away and eventhough this is about love story i personally think it's not just about that it also involves around friendship, family, and of course character itself. Sadly the have to be separated for a long time when Thane decided to deserted his post as an imperial officer and he just can't be one of them anymore while Ciena still doing her duty no matter what happened. They met for several time under complicated situation, like when Rebels Alliance (which Thane is one of them) trying to be an intel which leads to Ciena who got task from her commander that at least she has to free one X-Wing rebels ship and she did it, she met Thane and Thane knew that Ciena will always be there for him and save him and so did Thane. It's like they were separated just because of war, one side on Rebel Alliance and one side is on Empire and both of them have different opinion to their side and they did realize  they cannot force each other to join back or to join another so they let each other go. (It's so sad I know)

The ending scene in here tells you a bit what happened in Jakku, those super star destroyer you saw in trailer the force awakens remember? Okay here:

Remember those ship? So on this book that ship is actually Ciena's  Inflictor Stardestroyer. 

She was the captain and her mission is to go to Jakku (well not actually crash on Jakku but landed on Jakku) because there is a battle in Jakku just right one year after the Emperor and Darth Vader died and if I am not mistaken the Empire are going to do the election of the new emperor and this battle of Jakku is to show that Empire is still strong not like as what the New Republic thinks. But the rebels are trying to take the Inflictor and  the ship is actually going on self-destruct and Ciena as a captain choose to be on the ship alone to crash the ship while all the crews have been sent with the escape pod. In here, Ciena knew that Empire is corrupted and she knew that Empire is on the evil side but she still keep her oath to Empire so she decided to die with honour while knowing that she has finished her duty and this is the only way to being good while Empire is not good at all. Fortunately, yes Thane was one of the rebels who got the task to take this ship without knowing Ciena is still alive but when he realized she is still in the ship, he helped her with some fighting going on because Ciena did not want to leave the ship at all and Thane decided to shoot her (not kill shoot) but just to weakened her (thank goodness, I was so mad at her like 'why you still keep thinking an oath while you're going to die and here is your first love trying to save you and you don't want to?'

So that was it, the brief story and trust me this book is a hella adventure, it’s a star wars book and I love it so much! Now I opened my eyes to more sci-fi books.

Characters:

Thane

He is a cynical person who more like critical, doesn’t really trust that much on human nature. It’s weird how I can relate to Thane so much like he is more like me. The destruction of Alderaan had the opposite effect on Thane, who was already more cynical than Ciena, as he saw it for what it was – the murder of countless innocents by the Empire makes he doubts more about the Empire whether he is in the right place to work or is he on the wrong side. He eventually chooses to defect, which hinders his newly romantic relationship with his best friend, Ciena, who chooses to remain loyal and honor her commitment to the Empire. He decided to join the rebellion because he know what his fighting for and he knows it will be worth it to fighting for something not like the Empire, who just want to show off that ‘Hey I got power in here, I have death star so you all better be careful with the Empire’

Ciena

She is an idealist person. She loves by her family (while Thane, his family didn’t really care about him at all and even his father always beat him up back then), she holds loyalty, honor and oaths ABOVE EVERYTHING like everything. To be honest, I don’t really like Ciena maybe because her idealism, how she still keeps her oath and something like that and I realized the reason I don’t like her that much maybe because I am not like her and there is that moment when Ciena is too oblivious about what Empire have done or when she is in denial that Empire is evil I was just like “Hey make up your mind please open your eyes, forget oath okay see right there what Empire have done to the galaxies”. Anyway, the destruction of Alderaan was a key event in the story that began to shake Ciena’s loyalty to the Empire, despite her reservations about the tragedy. She rationalized that it was necessary to put an end to the war, and was further sure of her place in the Empire after the Rebel “terrorists” destroyed the Death Star (and many of her friends on board). She believed on that until it was too late when she realized she serves for Empire for nothing. Her acts on crashing the Inflictor was actually her way to keep her honor and at the same time to get rid of herself from the Empire; 

The thing is about this book you get a different point of view how the originals trilogy movie being told, and makes you wonder “Is everyone in the Empire evil or are they just following orders?”. The ending was kinda open-minded which leads to a big questions what will happened to Ciena after she is being captured by Republic (because Thane did save Ciena but the rebels are the one who found him so yeah she was in prison) and another question is so Empire is not died at all actually? I mean I know First Order were rose from the ashes of the Empire but who the hell is the one controlling them if Sidious and Vader are already dead? Snoke? Which leads to a question, who is Snoke? I guess it will be answer in next movie yes? Two years more waiting. I can wait. I can.

So what else? If you interested in Sci-fi novel and bonus if you love Star Wars this might be your perfect reading and guide book too to all new star wars cannon! Oh and bonus, here is the unofficial book soundtrack inspired by this book because when you read Star Wars book, it is just not enough without the great music by John Williams (and of course that only happened in movie but luckily a fan of the book and star wars made this score and it is so beautiful like I can feel this score tells stories about Thane and Ciena's journey. See you on the next post!

Star Wars Ep. VII: The Force Awakens - Characters

Hi okay so after I watched the force awakens couple of times, to be precise is 5 times (yes 5 times forgive me.) it gets better and better and after I have all the questions on first viewing, I read a lot of speculations, theories about Rey, Kylo, Luke and Supreme Leader Snoke.

Characters:

Rey

VERY STRONG CHARACTER. That's all I could say, she lives alone in Jakku (that junkyard, thank you) since she was a child. She's a scavenger and a force sensitive too. She lives day by day in hope that one day her parents or whomever she is waiting for will come back. She is a good pilot and she's good at mechanic too (good at fixing things) in the novelization they described how can Rey be this good and actually she sneaking out to learn about the mechanics, watch things and she's also very good at understand different languages, even Wookie. Daisy Ridley delivers Rey perfectly and I love her so much she's the new rising stars.

Finn 

The stormtrooper who realized that all what first order do is a bad thing. So he decided not to kill the villagers on the first scene. Finn is such an energetic characters and by looking at how John Boyega delivers the character I know that he's so grateful being part in star wars movie. Sadly Finn is not a force-sensitive but I kinda wished that too so I'm relieved.

Poe Dameron

POE DAMERON YOU STOLE MY EYES. Really. He really does look like Han Solo but a mix with Luke Skywalker. A really good pilot like REALLY good pilot, such a gifted pilot and he's just cool man. Like he knows he is cool so yeah no big deal.

Kylo Ren

He is such a complex character. He is one of my favorite villain of all movie in general after Darth Vader. He's more human not like Vader which is half man half robot. He's conflicted, he can still feel the pull to the light (as he speak to his grandfather mask) and he is a massive fanboy of Darth Vader, he idolized his grandfather (not Anakin) and he wants to be powerful as him. His real name is Ben Solo.. Yup as you may know he is Han Solo and Leia's son and he was also Luke's padawan and apparently he was also the one who killed all the padawans in Luke's new jedi training. What I really love from him is that he decided to kill his dad to show his allegiance to the dark side and to show Snoke that he is totally 100% to the dark side. Shh. 

I always heard that Kylo is a weak villain because he lose the lightsaber duel to Rey. They forgot about that he just killed his DAD. He is mentally unstable for sure and he just got chewbacca's bowcaster right in the gut which you can see in the movie many times they tried to tell you how strong is the bowcaster, it can even make the stormtrooper jump to few meters back and killed them while Ren takes it just like a man, and don't forget the fact that Kylo Ren hasn't finished his training with Snoke. My favorite scene with Kylo Ren is where he can stop a blaster MID AIR geeee what was that?!?! Overall, I really love how Adam Driver delivers this character so perfectly and he is such a good actor. I'm really looking forward to see how Kylo Ren becomes in next episode. He'll be more powerful that is all I can say.

See you on next post I will be talking about my favorite scene from the force awakens.

STAR WARS EP VII: THE FORCE AWAKENS REACTION AFTER MOVIE

So I just watched star wars like 30 minutes ago, in theater obviously. It was so amazing, it was really epic i mean the movie and there are so many things left unanswered. Okay so as you know from the spoilers (gee, spoiler is out literally the day before i watched it i hate it actually) the crawl text begin with Luke has vanished. So luke has vanished to somewhere for years, he left because years ago when he trained new generation of Jedi, Ben Solo which is Leia and Han's son killed everyone aka killed all the padawan and he turned to the dark side. He's the leader of Knights of Ren which their master is Supreme Leader Snoke (I believe he's darth plagueis yes? We still don't know about it). So yeah of course Luke's went away, he thinks it's his fault that Ben turned to the dark side. Anyway, so new character Finn, Rey and Poe Dameron.

The first scene is actually start with Poe Dameron and with an old guy (I don't know who he is) but he has a puzzle map that will lead to location of Luke Skywalker but then the First Order army or trooper came with Kylo Ren to get the map also so Poe give it to BB-8 because it will be safe. Poe got captured and he was tortured by Kylo (he's strong with force, of course he is. He is anakin's grandson.) and he spilled it out about the map so it was all about finding BB-8 because it has a key or a map to lead where is Luke. Then Rey who lives in Jakku she lives day by day to trade her stolen things then sell it just to get a food it's so sad but she has to stay there in Jakku because she's waiting day by day just for her parents to came back and we still don't know Rey parents are. Short stories, Rey met BB8 then she help him and finn helps poe to escape from kylo then Rey met Finn then they stole a millenium falcon. OH YEAH MILLENIUM FALCON IS BACK. and they met Han Solo and Chewie and they go to Maz Kanata's place for help and guess what Rey has found Luke's old lightsaber which is belong to Anakin before and when she touched it, she got a vision. Yup so it is confirmed that Rey is a force-sensitive. It's her vision about Kylo on killing all luke's padawan if I am not mistaken and she also saw the battle of him and her and a flashback where her parents left her and when Maz found out, she tells her that "The lightsaber is calling for you, it's luke's lightsaber, take it it belongs to you now". So rey was shocked about that she basically just covered that she has a force she has that power so the story goes and Rey is captured by Kylo because Rey has seen the map that BB8 shows to Han, Chewie, Finn and her. Rey then is tortured by Kylo Ren and geez they both playing their powers, when Kylo tried to force her to tell the map she used his force to resist everything and SHE DID IT. She said like this "You're afraid that you will never be as strong as Darth Vader". OMG. She definitely strong with the force.

Short stories, battle on the Starkiller base (it is like Death Star 2.0 but the size is A PLANET while death star only like a moon), the resistance are trying to shot down the starkiller base and this is where the battle begins. Kylo Ren finally meet his dad, Han Solo. Han was trying to take him back to bring him home. Kylo said something he is in pain and he wants to stop this suffering and he said "Can you help me?" "Of course son" and then BOOM kylo just killed han solo aka his DAD. This was like the "what the fkk?" moment to me. I know it from the spoiler han died but I can't watch it, I almost cried, it's too sad. Kylo Ren has no heart he is a demon totally. Back to the stories, so final battle is where Finn, Rey vs Kylo Ren. Finn with Luke's lightsaber and when Kylo saw that he was "It is mine, give it to me back" so lightsaber battle started ugh love it. But then Finn got scar in his back and everything and when Kylo Ren tried to take lightsaber back he can't do it because the light saber is now belong to Rey and it is now the battle of Rey and Kylo Ren. Woah it was nice like the lightsaber battle was not that heavy like in prequels, it's like in originals i guess? And guess what, while Rey just found out that she has a power or the force she literally use it to take Kylo Ren down. SHE USE THE FORCE AND KYLO REN IS BASICALLY DEFEATED BY HER. It is then proved that Rey is very very stong with the force. So yeah starkiller base is now vanished because it was shot down by the resistance so it is very similar to A New Hope then finally R2-D2 is awake and now completing the map to know where Luke is and then in then Rey is the one who go to finds Luke and yeah she met him FINALLY. Luke Skywalker is here, he is back only for ONE scene in the end without a dialogue AT ALL. It's my another "wtf" moment again but when they finally shows Luke's face, he is I believe still a jedi, with a long hair model like Anakin in Revenge of The Sith and a light color robe. His face is.....looks so devastated, looks so tired and sad at the same time and that is where I get to the point I assume that Luke's feeling so sad because Kylo which is his nephew who was trained by him then suddenly turned to the dark side. Anyway that's the plot and it will be all revealed by tomorrow I believe. 

Overall I love it so much it gives you that old feeling about originals but a new feeling too at the same time. I just can't wait for episode VIII, and I know that it will be a big battle of Rey and Kylo (Kylo is now completing his training with Snoke) and of course we will see more of Luke in next episode but have to wait two years from now. Suffering first.

Opinion and Questions:
There are so many questions left unanswered like MANY. Here are some questions like in my mind right now:
1. Who is Rey's parents? Is it Luke? Is it?
2. WHO IS SUPREME LEADER SNOKE I MEAN HIS MOTIVE AND WHERE HE CAME FROM, IS HE DARTH PLAGEUIS
3. What is Luke doing all this years when he's gone alone?

4. How can Rey has that power so fast and she can even beat Kylo who is already trained by Snoke? I believe Rey was amongst in the youngling and her memories got wiped out when she was a child to hide it from knights of ren. But who knows right?

Okay so here is a review from Chris Stuckmann which I can relate 99% to him, I have the EXACT kind of feeling after I watched the movie just like him, It is a cliffhanger but it gives you to wanting MORE. I promise I will update this more about characters after I watch the movie again second time on saturday okay!

July-August wrap up and new shelves!

I know that it's not really the end of August but I haven't write anything in here and haven't write a review or anything related about my July wrap up because all this summer break what I do was just reading and still reading until now, I have read over 20 books in the past two months which is a good achievement for myself as I haven't read this fast last year. I put up my reading challenge on goodreads from /20 to /40 and I hope I can reach forty by the end of the year or maybe fifty! That's even better. Now I have a proper, new and pretty bookshelves (I will put a picture in here post I promise?) I really love my new bedroom because when I enter all you can smell is a smell of books. No kidding, I love that so much.

So on this post I will mostly talk about Colleen Hoover's books as I read most of her books except Never never. And I came to conclusion that Colleen is so good at writing romance, like how her words can make my heart breaking too.I also read some fantasies too. So here we go:

1. Colleen Hoover's Books.

Confess -  [My rating: 4/5]
AH! Confess was actually my first Colleen's book I have ever read. The story was good and what I heard from everyone who loves Colleen's writing style and yes I love the way she write her story but on this book I didn't really feel that heart-wrenching on my chest, but what I love from this story is that all the confesses were real as in from real people and I think that's one of reasons why the stories in this book felt so real.

Ugly Love - [4.5/5]
In this book I did feel that heartache or like I were the main character on this book and it has a bit taste of fifty shades of grey but trust me it's really different stories. I think this is much better than fifty shades and guess what, Ugly Love is coming soon on cinema next year! Nick Bateman will play as Miles and he is so unbelievable I mean he's the perfect Miles like wow.

Maybe Someday -  [10/5 yes?]
Dang if there is 10/5 I would rate all of her book ten out of five because Colleen's wrote her stories so perfectly. This is my favorite book of Colleen's out of the others. This book is beautifully written, it has a soundtrack to accompanying this book. An official soundtrack. Can you believe that? The story is involving a girl, Sydney who just got cheated on by her boyfriend (and he cheated with her roommate, oh well). Her morning/evening routine was listening to the sound of someone who live across her apartment plays a guitar and apparently he is deaf and a song writer. What I really love from this book is not just the soundtrack, like the process when they wrote a song together, through the ups and downs and how they being honest to each other regarding their feeling to each other and somehow they still make it. It's like riding a roller coaster, like there is some part that really got me and all I can say that this book is really beautiful and so far is one of my favorite books, ever. Here is I put a video down here from the book soundtrack. It's really perfect, if you guys haven't read it, I think you really should start read it now. You won't be disappointed trust me.

Hopeless [4/5]
Oh well, this book has that perfect sweet lovely boyfriend and his name is Dean Holder. It's another heart wrenching stories and I also recommended this to you guys. I haven't read the second book (it's still on the way somehow or I guess)

Slammed series [4.5/5]
Another perfect story by Colleen. I read this series so fast because all I want to know is what happen next to these characters. At first the story was okay like they met because they are neighbor and the next thing happened is that they're teacher and students. That's where Colleen's starts playing with my or our heart. And again it's like roller coaster reading this ups and downs and ugh! If I can say many words about this book I would but these series is so good. If you like romance new adult novel then read this. P.s. this book involves a poetry so if you like poetry then read this series.

2. Daughter of Smoke & Bone series by Laini Taylor - [4.5/5]

This fantasy series is one of my favorite actually. I haven't really read fantasy last year, only The Mortal Instruments series and what I love when I read fantasy genre is that I can actually dive into another world, from angels-demons world to a colossal world and it's just amazing you know? It's like there are so many worlds you can go when you read a book especially a fantasy book. I have Percy Jackson set, Game of Thrones set (and I'm a fan of the tv series!) and also The Lord Of The Rings series but I haven't read it yet but I will as soon as possible. I really want to read GoT but those series, each book is so thick but I've managed to finish Daughter of Smoke and Bone series which has over 400pgs each book and get thicker in the last book so I think I can do it again. Yes.

DoSaB or Daughter of Smoke and Bone series is about an angels and demons world but the demons in this book was described or called "Chimera" (read: kaimera) and at first time I have no idea what Chimera is but thanks to wikipedia,

The Chimera (/kɨˈmɪərə/ or /kaɪˈmɪərə/, also Chimaera (Chimæra); Greek: Χίμαιρα, Chímaira) was, according to Greek mythology, a monstrous fire-breathing hybrid creature of Lycia in Asia Minor, composed of the parts of more than one animal. Usually depicted as alion, with the head of a goat arising from its back, and a tail that might end with a snake's head,^[1] the Chimera was one of the offspring ofTyphon and Echidna and a sibling of such monsters as Cerberus and the Lernaean Hydra.

for visual explanation it looks like this:

[from deviantart.com by wonkiki]

The synopsis: "Around the world, black handprints are appearing on doorways, scorched there by winged strangers who have crept through a slit in the sky. 

In a dark and dusty shop, a devil’s supply of human teeth grows dangerously low.And in the tangled lanes of Prague, a young art student is about to be caught up in a brutal otherwordly war. 

Meet Karou. She fills her sketchbooks with monsters that may or may not be real, she’s prone to disappearing on mysterious "errands", she speaks many languages - not all of them human - and her bright blue hairactually grows out of her head that color. Who is she? That is the question that haunts her, and she’s about to find out. 

When beautiful, haunted Akiva fixes fiery eyes on her in an alley in Marrakesh, the result is blood and starlight, secrets unveiled, and a star-crossed love whose roots drink deep of a violent past. But will Karou live to regret learning the truth about herself?" 

I think for this series the main focus is not just about that love or betrayal to their kinds (angels and chimera) stories but it's also focused on the friendship, family and the adventure. It was really good journey reading this book and thanks to Laini Taylor for introducing me to these worlds. It's just makes me want to read fantasy more and more like I can't get enough of it and currently my next read is The Heir and An Ember In The Ashes! Yay.

3. I'll Meet You There by Heather Demetrios [4.5/5]

Oh what can I say for this book. Just read it, you will love it trust me. Or if you are a fan of Colleen's Hoover book, read this book. I really recommend this book. Another heart-wrenching stories but it's really good.

So I think that's all? Actually I also have read Mara Dyer stories also and I give those series 3.5/5 it was good but i don't know sometimes I find the love interest is kind of annoying (maybe a little). I also have finished The Grisha series. I will make one post talking about this series. Soon coming up. See you on next post. Last but not least, I promise a picture of my new bookshelves so here it is and you guys can also check my bookstagram: @wondereader. Thank you, lots of love.x

WE THE FEST 2015 - #WTF15

Summer is not complete if you didn't come to a summer music festival. Am I right? I mean what's the point of having a summer holiday if you don't go to music festival? Btw, I just went to WE THE FEST 2015 last night, it's an annual summer music festival held by Ismaya and the line up was pretty big. Passion Pit was supposed to attend this event but the vocalist is sick and I pray him for getting well soon. So I went to see Panama (one of my fav band, all hail to the 80s new synth wave), Jessie Ware, Rufus, Sheppard, Flight Facilities, Kimbra and Madeon. It was such a good day and it was a lucky day for me because I met PANAMA! Unbelievable. I got a picture with them and the last thing I said to them was "Can't wait for your show" and they said "Alright see you soon". I think my fangirling mode was on. 

One thing that I really like from this festival is that everyone was dressed up and you just get that summer vibes - music festival feeling, everyone was dancing around and enjoying the music and I guess that's what a music festival means and of course someday I'll go to Glastonbury/Coachella. It's on my bucket list. So here it is some photos from yesterday and I'll put my video soon. See you on next post.

UPDATE ---

Here are two videos I have uploaded to youtube, one from Panama and one from Jessie Ware. Enjoy guys!

Peter Kavinsky x Lara Jean (TATBILB)

" To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before is the story of Lara Jean, who has never openly admitted her crushes, but instead wrote each boy a letter about how she felt, sealed it, and hid it in a box under her bed. But one day Lara Jean discovers that somehow her secret box of letters has been mailed, causing all her crushes from her past to confront her about the letters: her first kiss, the boy from summer camp, even her sister's ex-boyfriend, Josh. As she learns to deal with her past loves face to face, Lara Jean discovers that something good may come out of these letters after all. "

Hi again. So I just finished reading (for the second time) To All The Boys I've Loved Before & P.S. I Still Love You by Jenny Han. I know I'm not really good at writing a review because it will ended up me fangirling to this book which is gonna happen in a minute (I guess).

I finished those two books within just one day, yes it was really quick because when you're so into a book and you just can't help to knowing what's gonna happen to this characters etc. I enjoy reading this so much and oh crap I think I fall in love with this one fictional character from the book, his name is Peter Kavinsky. So Lara Jean is a sweet innocent girl, half korean and half western. She has two sisters, older sis who already went to college but you're gonna meet her in the first few chapters, Margot and her lil sis, Kitty. Her mom died because some accident in a house when they were all still little. 

As you can see the synopsis, all her letters has been mailed to all five boys she has ever loved or liked and it was like in middle  school and one of them got sent out to Josh (Margot's bf aka her sister's boyfriend aka her neighbor) and Peter Kavinsky which was her first kiss. Lara Jean realized that she may has still feelings with Josh but she know she shouldn't be because of her sister (duh) and when Josh got the letter, he was completely shocked and blindsided like he didn't know all this time and eventually he will said that he liked Lara Jean way long before he liked her sister. 

So to avoid meeting Josh she said to him that she already has a boyfriend (which was a completely lie because she has no boyfriend at all-ever.) Then she runs up to Kavinsky, yes Peter and kissed him suddenly. Then the story begin, Kavinsky and Lara Jean became a fake couple because it will benefit her and him because: A. Peter Kavinsky wants to make his long time ex-girlfriend jealous of him that she will regret her decision. B. To make Josh forget about the letter and then the situation will go back to normal again. 

Peter Kavinsky was described by Lara Jean as the super-handsome-dreamy kind of boy. 

He has the look of a Handsome Boy from a different time. He could be a dashing World War I soldier, handsome enough for a girl to wait years for him to come back from war, so handsome she could wait forever. He could be wearing a red letterman’s jacket, driving around in a Corvette with the top down, one arm on the steering wheel, on his way to pick up his girl for the sock hop. Peter’s kind of wholesome good looks feel more like yesterday than today. There’s just something about him girls like.

 Anyway they eventually ended up liked each other and oh crap Kavinsky is just really good sweet and hello who wouldn't like him?! So here I'm gonna put my fav moments from the book

When he said to her that he will save the real thing for the right guy. Oh sweet Kavinsky.

“The thing is . . . I’ve never had a boyfriend before. I’ve never been on a real date before, or held hands walking down the hallway. This is all new for me, so I’m sorry about the forehead thing this morning. I just . . . wish all of these firsts were happening for real and not with you.”
 Peter seems to be thinking this over. He says, “Huh. Okay. Let’s just save some stuff, then.”
 “Yeah?”
 “Sure. We’ll save some stuff for you to do when it’s the real thing and not for show.”
 I’m touched. Who knew Peter could be so thoughtful and generous?
“Like, I won’t pay for stuff. I’ll save that for a guy who really likes you."

 When he changed his car just so Kitty can have a ride to school with them, from Black Audi to Minivan. Imagine that.

We’ve got our eyes locked on her front door when a minivan drives down our street and slows in front of our house. I squint my eyes. It’s Peter Kavinsky. Driving a tan minivan. He ducks his head out the window. “Are you coming or not?”
 “Why are you driving that?” Kitty calls out.
 “Never mind that, Katherine,” Peter calls back. “Just get in.” Kitty and I look at each other.
 “Me too?” Kitty asks me

When he is on a strange mood.

Peter laughs. “Point taken.” He pushes away from the wall and puts his head in my lap, and I go completely still.
 I try to make my voice sound normal as I say, “You’re in a really strange mood today.”
 He raises an eyebrow at me.
 “What kind of mood am I in?” Peter sure loves to hear about himself.
 Normally, I don’t mind, but today I’m not in the mood to oblige him.
 He already has too many people in his life telling him how great he is.
 “The obnoxious kind,” I say, and he laughs.
 “I’m sleepy.” He closes  

 When they (accidentally) throwing flour and...

“You made me lose my count on the flour. I’m going to have to start over from scratch!”
 “Here, let me do it,” Peter says, coming up close behind me.
 I jerk away from him. “No no, I’ll do it,” I say, and he shakes his head and tries to take the measuring cup from me, but I won’t let go, and flour poufs out of the cup and into the air. It dusts us both. Peter starts cracking up and I let out an outraged shriek. “Peter!” He’s laughing too hard to speak.
 I cross my arms. “I’d better still have enough flour.”
 “You look like a grandma,” he says, still laughing.
 “Well, you look like a grandpa,” I counter. I dump the flour in my mixing bowl back into the flour canister.
“Actually, you’re really a lot like my granny,” Peter says. “You hate cussing. You like to bake. You stay at home on Friday nights. Wow, I’m dating my granny. Gross.

 When Peter said that if Lara Jean told in advance what is she gonna wear on halloween, he will be Harry Potter or at least from Hogwarts. Ah sweet again. There are so many moments to be honest and that was just a sneak peek for you guys. So I really hope you will read this duo series at least it will fill up your summer holiday feeling. Haha. So see you guys on next post. All the love as always. Oh and I made a playlist or more like a mix about Peter Kavinsky and Lara Jean. It's a compilation of songs when I read the book and just have that kind of feeling it's all based on Kavinsky and Lara Jean story. So I hope you enjoy this too. :D

Get the look: Kendall Jenner Outfit

 So I have been putting my eyes to Kendall because I finally found what kind of style and outfits I like and it's really similar like what Kendall's normally wears. Her style has been transforming real quick to model off-duty look and I just love her style and here it is, this post is special post about kendall jenner's outfits and how can you steal her look for your daily outfit. I have made the compilation so you can easily see it:

Kendall Jenner and. her black coat 

Kendall Jenner and her jacket(s). This is my fav outfits of her.

Kendall Jenner and her ripped jeans. 

Kendall Jenner and her white pants. I love these look also!

 Last but not least, Kendall Jenner and her black skinny jeans. 

 So basically to get a Kendall's look, what you need is a skinny jeans or leather legging and a jacket whether it's biker jacket or jean jacket. She likes wearing outerwear from coat to jacket so that's little note for you. She also likes wearing ripped jeans which we've all seen on my compilation picture with a crop top and slip on shoes might be a good outfit! Here it is some idea you might want to steal from her look, I definitely love Kendall's style!

Bali Trip

Hi guys so last week I went to Bali for ISES 2015 or for short is an international student energy summit and I stayed in Bali for six days, four days of summit and two days of exploring some part in Bali. I went to both the mountain areas and beach areas in Bali which was kinda awesome and I'm so glad that I got the time to visited Ulun Danu Temple and Mt Batur area because the view was so amazing more like breathtaking.  This is actually my third time came to Bali and I came with my friends so it was literally a vacation for me. I was enjoying Bali so much and miss it already. 

F.R.I.E.N.D.S

Who doesn't know F.R.I.E.N.D.S? A famous and legend sitcom in tv history and the first episode was aired in 1994. Although I wasn't born at that time, but I do remember watching this show around season 8 until the last season and I was 8 years old. A few weeks I bought a DVD complete pack of Friends on amazon. I was in doubt at first but then it is definitely worth the price, trust me. My favorite character from Friends is Chandler, of course, he's famous with his sarcastic jokes, 'sarcasm is my only defense' and also his commitment phobia to relationship. Rachel Green is the girl who left when she was about to get married and then she finally gets her dream job which work in fashion company. Monica who is a control freak, but I love her, she's special and also she's a chef. Monica and Chandler is my favorite couple in Friends, they are best friends before and then get married, perfect couple. Ross who is a palaeontologist (or dinosaurs) who loves Rachel so much since 9th grade, he really cares about Rach, also get teased by his friends because he's been divorced three times and also Ross' thing is that he doesn't know when to shut up lol. Phoebe who is a masseuse, with her quirky character, her guitar and 'Smelly Cat'. Joey who is a playboy, loves food so much, an actor and his favorite line for flirting is just, "How you doin'?"

While I watched the first season until fourth season I looked to the fashion back in 90s and wow from crop top, high waist, dungaree, mini skirt, Rachel Green is one of my inspiration when I want to look back what fashion back in 90s like. This post I'll dedicate to Friends from funny moments (it's so hard to choose funny moments so I'll share videos from youtube with most view. I mean all of episodes from Friends is so freaking funny) and also I'll discuss the fashion of Rachel Green back then from early season. Friends is one of my childhood memories, although now I understand all of their jokes (haha.) it is also one of my favorite tv show ever, it's so funny and hell yeah no matter how many times you watch Friends, it will still make you laugh, that's the best thing about Friends.

The opening scene:

The famous coffeehouse, Central Perk.

 The famous couch at Central Perk:

And now the funny moments:

And now the fashion of Rachel Green from earlier season:

From crop top, turtle neck, dungaree, denim vest, rachel's cute apron, mini skirt with tights, plaids. 

All pictures and videos are from youtube.com and google.com (property of WB Studio)

Last but not least:

The Last Bow, after 10 years of show, thank you so much for making us laugh each episode. <3 p="">

p.s. If I'm not mistaken, there are  Friends studio tour in Warner Bros Studio (and yes I put this to one of my

bucket list.). See you on next post!