Top Ten Matching Couples 2009

Teenlit or chicklit (and fantasy) have their place in the readers’ heart. It’s has romantic sequences. That’s the main reason. If the main characters have something (strong chemistry, good personality, good appearance, power), readers will always remember them. I like it when the main characters are together, no matter what conditions they were on. Below is my ten matching couples 2009.

Here is the list:

1. Maximum Ride - Fang in Maximum Ride: The Angel Experiment

2. Sadira - Hassya in Aerial

3. Ishida Keiko - Nishimura Kazuto in Winter in Tokyo

4. Emma Corrigan - Jack Harper in Can You Kee a Secret?

5. Sophy Metcalfe - Josh Carmichael in Asking for Trouble

6. Rahmania Utoyo - Takeo Fujita in to Tokyo to Love

7. Susanna Wilding - Lloyd Rockwell in Perfect Stranger

8. Percy Jackson - Annabeth Chase in Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief

9. Wanda - Ian O'Shea in The Host

10.Nicko Heap - Snorri Snorrelssn in Septimus Heap: Physik

Top Ten Stuck-in-My-Head Annoying Characters 2009

Story won’t be interesting if there are no bad people. No matter how happy ending they are, it’s useless if all the characters are on "white" area. Readers wanna know the conflicts between them. Readers need to feel their fights to reach the goal. To get that, antagonists are needed. But sometimes, even the protagonists look like the bad guy. They can be so charming or on the average, too. They’’re stepping on the "gray zone" so that s/he can trick my mind. Below is my ten stuck-in-my-head annoying characters of 2009.

Here is the list:
1. Queen Etheldredda in Septimus Heap: Physik
2. Luke Castellan in Percy Jackson and The Olympians: The Lightning Thief
3. Simon Heap in Septimus Heap: Flyte
4. Sheri Crystal in Perfect Strangers
5. Roland in Nocturnal
6. Rebecca Greenhall in Love Trainer
7. Nick Bianco in Perfect Strangers
8. Prince Nicolo Thierry Ferdinand Ignazio Alfonso Roberto Paolo Tadero Giovanni Bourbon-Parma in Reality TV Bites
9. Byron in The Wish List
10. Karina Latulo in to Tokyo to Love

The Subtle Knife, a novel by Philip Pullman

Will is 12 years old and he's just killed a man. Determined to discover the truth about his father's disappearance, he steps through a window into another world. There, he meets a girl called Lyra who, like himself, is on a mission.

It’s a very, very difficult book to understand. Though, has difficult theme. Religion, physics, archaeology, politics and global warming. All aspects in one book and make me fuzzy. It has deep meaning and phew, I have to read it slowly to get it done. A child holds the connection of all worlds and she has task to save those. I can feel the burden myself.

The book has sensitive theme here and no wonder the first book is banned. I understand why they do that. I think this is not good for children eventhough the main character is a child. She is 12 years old with consciousness and thought of an adult. Inapropriate for children reading it.

Top Five Compromising Sequels 2009

Reading series of a book is exciting. I can explore the story and the characters deeper than one-stand novel. But not all sequels better than their origins. Usually, the first one is a homerun. Below is my five compromising sequels 2009.

Here is the list:
1. Brisingr, sequel to 2 books of The Inheritance Cycle
2. The Last Battle, sequel to 6 books of Chronicles of Narnia
3. Breaking Dawn, sequel to 2 book of Twilight Sagas
4. Sons of Destiny, sequel to 11 books of The Saga of Darren Shan
5. D’Angel: princess, sequel to 2 books of D’Angel Series

Top Ten Most Devastating Books 2009

This year, I read a lot more than last year. That’s a surely thing—I don’t wanna stuck in the same level as last year. Readers don’t have the same opinions to a book. One said book X is awesome and book Y is confusing. Other said book X is average and book Y is astonishing. I can’t judge how they rate books they read because I have my own opinions, too. Below is my ten most unbearable books of 2009.

Here is the list:
1. Percy Jackson and the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, written by Rick Riordan
2. Can You Keep a Secret?, written by Sophie Kinsella
3. Winter in Tokyo, written by Ilana Tan
4. Chronicles of Narnia: The Last Battle, written by C.S. Lewis
5. Nocturnal, written by Poppy D. Chusfani
6. Aerial, written by Sitta Karina
7. Asking for Trouble, written by Elizabeth Young
8. Brisingr, written by Christopher Paolini
9. The (Un)reality Show, written by Clara Ng
10. to Tokyo to Love, written by Mariskova