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Egois oleh Norhayati Berahim

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Egois Oleh Norhayati Berahim 310 halaman Diterbitkan oleh Alaf 21 Sdn. Bhd. (2001) Secara ringkasnya, Egois adalah kisah manusia-manusia yang “tak ada penyakit, tapi sendiri mencari penyakit”. Atia dan Fikri sahabat baik semenjak zaman persekolahan lagi, malah ibu bapa Fikri juga bersahabat dengan bapa Atia, Haji Idris. Ibu Atia, Ramlah, sudah lama meninggal dunia. Jauh di sudut hati Atia dan Fikri sama-sama menyimpan perasaan cinta sayang terhadap satu sama lain. Malah orang tua kedua mereka juga mempunyai ekspektasi bahawa anak-anak mereka akan menjadi pasangan suami isteri suatu hari nanti. Dalam hal ini Fikri telah pun terlebih dahulu berlaku jujur dengan meluahkan isi hatinya terhadap Atia ketika mereka menuntut di universiti. Namun Atia hanya mentertawakan Fikri kerana beranggapan kata-kata Fikri hanyalah hangat-hangat tahi ayam atau cinta monyet sahaja. Apatah lagi ketika itu Atia masih tidak bersedia menggalas tanggungjawab sebagai isteri. Namun Fikri masih tidak berputus asa.

Texas! Lucky by Sandra Brown

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Texas! Lucky By Sandra Brown 280 pages Published by Bantam Books (1991) Texas! Lucky was the first novel in a series that features the Tyler siblings – Chase, Lucky and Sage – who lived in Milton Point, Texas. As the title suggested, Texas! Lucky was about how Lucky, the middle sibling, eventually found the love of his life. Lucky Tyler was having a drink at the local bar when a lone woman – who apparently hailed from outside town – was harassed by local thugs Little Alvin and Jack Ed. Lucky did not wish to seek trouble with Little Alvin and Jack Ed, but he was conditioned from a very young age that women should be respected. When Little Alvin and Jack Ed did not cease their advances despite the woman’s protests, Lucky had no choice but to confront the two bullies so they would leave the woman alone. Lucky had to engage in fistfights with both Little Alvin and Jack Ed in order to save the woman, and he himself sustained some injuries following the fight. Lucky won nevertheless, and h

Johorror (tulisan Kamarul Ariffin)

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Johorror Tulisan Kamarul Ariffin 350 halaman Diterbitkan oleh WhiteCoat Enterprise (2019) Buku ini mengandungi 31 buah kisah seram yang terdiri daripada pengalaman penulis sendiri selain kisah-kisah 'urban legend' dan cerita seram yang popular dalam kalangan masyarakat. Apa yang pasti, kesemua kisah ini dilaporkan berlaku di negeri Johor. Selain itu, ada juga dua buah cerita pengalaman individu lain yang diceritakan kepada penulis dan kemudian turut dimuatkan di dalam Johorror . Melihat himpunan kisah-kisah seram sebanyak ini, aku tidak dapat mengelakkan diri daripada memikirkan tentang betapa banyaknya peristiwa angker yang pernah dilalui oleh penulis ini! Sebanyak 15 buah coretan – hampir separuh daripada jumlah keseluruhan kisah dalam buku ini – merupakan pengalaman peribadi penulis semenjak bergelar pelajar sekolah sehinggalah dikenali sebagai Dr. Kamarul. Banyaknya!!! Kisah-kisah paling meremang dalam buku ini (pada pandangan aku) adalah Apollo River View Hotel , Gunung Le

The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King

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The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon By Stephen King 264 pages Published by Pocket Books (2000) I used to love horror when I was younger. Now at 36 years of age, I was afraid I would injure my heart if I scared it too much. But I had never read a Stephen King novel before, and as a book lover I felt sorely lacking if I did not read at least one of King’s novels. And so I decided to give The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon a try. The book was less than 300 pages after all: if it became unbearably terrifying, the journey to finish the book would be at least shorter compared to, say, a 700-page novel. Nine-year-old Patricia “Trisha” McFarland was tired of her older brother Pete’s constant bickering with their mother Quilla. Her parents divorced about a year ago, and Quilla was given custody of Trisha and her teenaged brother. Pete’s resentment began when they had to move to another town and consequently, started at a new school. The pressure of settling down and making new friends at school had taken

Hidangan Terakhir ('Saigo no Bansan') oleh Nao Maita

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Hidangan Terakhir (tajuk bahasa Jepun Saigo no Bansan ) Karya Nao Maita 191 halaman Edisi Bahasa Malaysia diterbitkan oleh Kadokawa Gempak Starz Sdn. Bhd. (2020) Sebelum ini nama Nao Maita biasanya dikaitkan dengan karya genre shoujo. Jadi aku betul-betul tak sangka beliau mampu hasilkan komik seram yang memang seram habis! Dengan pengecualian komik bertajuk ‘ Tangga Matahari Terbenam ’ (yang agak cenderung ke arah genre shoujo), karya lain yang dimuatkan dalam naskhah ini memang menampilkan kisah hantu atau kisah kegelapan dalam hati manusia. Dua cerita yang paling menakutkan aku ialah ‘ Sacchan di Landasan ’ dan ‘ Haibe-san ’. ‘ Sacchan ’ memaparkan empat sekawan – Ibuki, Mana, Masaki dan Yuu – yang cuba mencari ‘thrill’ dengan melakukan ritual yang dikatakan boleh membangkitkan roh yang mati. Alkisahnya mereka memutuskan untuk membangkitkan roh budak yang bernama Sacchan yang mati dilanggar kereta api. Dalam ritual itu mereka perlu melukis figura manusia di atas kertas, menulis nama

Widow In Scarlet by Nicole Byrd

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Widow In Scarlet By Nicole Byrd 326 pages Published by The Berkley Publishing Group (2003) Mystery stories revolving around deceased persons who brought their secrets along to the grave never failed to intrigue me. Widow In Scarlet was one of them. Although this novel was supposed to be a romance, I was more interested with the mystery surrounding the death of Stanley Contrain rather than the love developing between his widow and the Viscount of Richmond! Lucy and Stanley were married to each other but there was certainly no love nor romance between them. Stanley had been kind and courteous to Lucy, but his demeanour felt somewhat impersonal rather than affectionate. Lucy did not know many things about her eccentric husband, for he had always been secretive about his activities. Lucy had initially thought his behaviour to be normal – some wives in the society also had husbands with strange habits, after all. Although Stanley was not very wealthy – and had always reminded Lucy to be fr

Aku Mahu Seoul Sister oleh Ain Maisarah dan Rashiela Nurain

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Aku Mahu Seoul Sister Oleh Ain Maisarah dan Rashiela Nurain 208 halaman Diterbitkan oleh Blink Book Sdn. Bhd. (2017) Aku Mahu Seoul Sister bermula dengan pengenalan watak Farah dan Ina yang merupakan sahabat baik yang masih menunggu keputusan peperiksaan SPM. Watak Farah dan Ina pernah membuat kemunculan awal dalam novel Aku Mahu Popular . Farah pernah melakukan kesalahan yang menimbulkan amarah kedua ibu-bapanya ketika bercuti di Paris sendirian (kisah lanjut mengenai hal ini diceritakan dalam siri novel lain). Ibu Farah menegaskan bahawa hatinya akan terpujuk hanya sekiranya Farah berjaya merangkul Anugerah Bintang Sri Bangsar, iaitu anugerah untuk pelajar terbaik SPM di sekolahnya. Pada hari keputusan SPM diumumkan, Farah mendapati hanya dirinya dan Ina sahaja yang telah beroleh pencapaian paling cemerlang dalam SPM lalu, iaitu 10A+. Tetapi desas-desus para guru menyebut bahawa walaupun keputusan SPM mereka sama cemerlang, kemungkinan besar Ina yang akan terpilih untuk menjadi peme