Optimist

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.

Keanehan terjadi pada pasangan Rudiansyah dan Mayasari ketika wanita itu melahirkan bayinya. Meski hanya dari desa dan tidak berpendidikan tinggi, Mayasari dan Rudiansyah bukanlah orang-orang yang berpikiran sempit. Bahkan, selama masa kehamilan Mayasari mereka lebih memilih memeriksakan kandungannya ke bidan atau dokter di kota. Untuk USG dia memang memilih ke dokter di kota karena bidan dan puskesmas di desanya belum memiliki alat USG. Mayasari sendiri termasuk wanita yang rajin memeriksakan kandungannya. Dan kala itu, dokter juga sudah melakukan pemeriksaan Ultrasonografi atau USG. Dari hasil pemeriksaan USG diketahui jika Mayasari mengandung seorang bayi perempuan. Hanya satu orang bayi. Namun, betapa terkejutnya mereka saat tiba waktunya Mayasari melahirkan, wanita itu melahirkan bayi kembar perempuan. Bayi tersebut lahir setelah beberapa menit setelah Mayasari melahirkan bayinya yang lain. Hal yang membuat mereka heran adalah setelah Mayasari melahirkan bayinya yang pertama, perut Mayasari langsung kempes dan dokter sudah memeriksa jika memang tak ada bayi lain setelah Mayasari melahirkan. Mereka bertanya-tanya, darimana datangnya bayi kedua Mayasari? Selain itu ada keanehan lain saat bayi kedua itu lahir. Kelahiran bayi itu, diiringi gemuruh suara angin dan petir yang menggelegar bersahutan juga hujan yang sangat deras. Bahkan suasana pun berubah mencekam dan mampu membuat bulu kuduk berdiri. Ada misteri apakah sebenarnya di balik kelahiran kembaran bayi Mayasari?

Musim Semi adalah musim yang disukai orang-orang. Musim yang seharusnya memberikan kebahagiaan, karena Musim Semi adalah musim yang mengawali sebuah kehidupan. Di mata orang-orang, hidup Jolanka tampaknya tak pernah bisa menyentuh Musim Semi. Tapi, Jolanka positif, bahwa ia bisa merasakan Musim Semi-nya meski hal itu datang di hari kematiannya.

Imagine being kidnapped; being held hostage; being threatened with hunger and violence; surviving with unknown people. Imagine finding a connection, finding love in that oh so terrible prison. Imagine being loved by that love. Imagine being lost, torn away from that love; slapped back to the reality of your fate. Imagine being tortured; the pain not mostly from your own torture, but from the knowledge that the love was somewhere else, somewhere close but far; also being tortured. Imagine your whole life being questioned, threatened to be a lie. Imagine that love being questioned. Imagine being alone. Imagine Love In Bondage.

Si Sunshine Bernardo, naging broken hearted dahil iniwan siya ng kanyang boyfriend at pinagpalit ito sa pangarap. Makikilala niya si Patrick Raveno, guwapo, pero kagaya niya ay iniwan rin ito ng kanyang girlfriend at ipinagpalit sa ibang lalaki. Pero isang pagkakamali ang nangyari. Nagising na lang sila isang umaga na magkatabi na pala sa kama at tanging kumot lang ang suot na meron sila. Dalawang taong sawi sa pag-ibig, pinagtagpo sa di inaasahang pagkakataon. Ano nang gagawin nila? Dito na ba kaya magsisimulang mabuong muli ang dating nabasag na mga puso? O mas dudurugin pa nito ang kanilang mga damdamin dahil sa katotohanang may namagitan na sa kanilang dalawa kahit hindi pa nila kilala ang isa't isa? Posible nga kayang magka-gusto ka sa isang taong di mo pa naman lubos na nakikilala?

Kiersey had her life going great for her, in fact, it was supposed to have been getting better. After two unsuccessful artificial inseminations, she and her high-handed husband were finally going to have a baby. But then a mix-up at the clinic pulls the plug out of her marital life, sending everything spiralling down the drain when they discover she had been given the wrong sperm. Her husband's rejection and consequent divorce were the first out of Pandora's box, fearing for her baby's life and amidst the series of heartbreaks, she has to find an anonymous sperm donor and have him tested for Triple-A Syndrome, of which she was a non-affected carrier. When she runs into Aithan Reeves, one of Springfield's rising young millionaires, on one of her clue huntings and then starts to fall for him, she discovers there's always a second chance at love. But she wouldn't stop looking for her baby daddy, she had to be emotionally prepared. Will Kiersey let go of her second chance for her continued search, or will she embrace it and hope for the best? And just what else did Aithan have to offer her apart from his love?

Since knowing the story, Ian's family has been hunted and killed by the enemy. He did not die, but also discovered a shocking secret that his father had tried so hard to hide. He is the son of a werewolf, and powerful wolf blood is flowing in him. He learned how to control that power, as well as the werewolf's other special abilities. Ian now carries a lot of missions, revenge, finding his brothers, building a powerful werewolf army, building an impregnable space base ... But the truth is not always easy when Ian's brother is brainwashed by the enemy who turns him into the most outstanding fighter in the universe. Will Ian with his intelligence, intelligence, and deep family affection bring his brother back? Revenge old vengeance? Is it possible to fulfill the dreams that the father has yet to achieve? Invite you to watch.

Cursed on his wedding day which led to the of his bride, Ichabod must fight with his inner demon to get a cure by all means or lose his mortality forever. His cure was Harmony, a successful actress who needed a bodyguard.Harmony has always dreamt of the man with the shimmering red eyes. Little did she know that her dreams were more realistic than she thought. Things got worse when she was rescued by an unknown man. Soon she felt like someone was after her life, someone who she knew from her dreams....Then she hired a bodyguard who turned out to be the man of her dreams. The one she was running from...How would Ichabris protect Harmony from his demon...and at the same time get his cure? Would he get her to fall for him...or would he give in to his demon and lose his humanity forever?

She is one who loves fiercely, but it always ends bad for her lovers. One boy upsets her pattern of love crisis, and she would rather leave him, than destroy him. However, there's more to this than she realizes

After running away from home seven years ago to escape a loveless arranged marriage, Kyra Wilder has finally mastered up the courage to be back in her small town of Ruthwell in Washington DC. She’s ready for a second chance with her parents and the people who used to be her friends back in high school and most of all, she’s ready to tell her parents that she’s about to become a bride. But the small town she lived in hasn’t changed all that much in the past seven years and no one seems to have forgotten her betrayal, or seems anywhere near ready to forgive her for her past mistakes. Everywhere she goes, she’s met with hostility and anger and it’s thinning out her chances of redemption ever second. Now, how does she tell her parents and her friends that not only has she moved on in her life, further than anyone had ever anticipated, but she’s happy and successful in what she does? And amid all the truths and revelations, how does she tell everyone that she isn’t marrying a man, but the woman of her dreams?