Author: sarapci

  • One of the perks of being a Turkish speaker is (roughly every four years) a new Orhan Pamuk book is published and we get to read it immediately revelling in his unique style with a feeling of nostalgia.

    Reading Orhan Pamuk, Nights of Plague
  • Teknede tanıştığımız Rus gençlerden esmer olan genç kız, “Sizi buraya ne attı?” diye sordu. “Kovid” dedim, onlar da aynı sebepten gelmişler. Virginia’da oturuyorlarmış ama aslen Sibiryalılarmış.

    Karadağ (Montenegro)
  • I love to read all sorts of reviews, blog posts, book club notes; watch films and TV series on books that get me thinking. But most fulfilling are well written fan fiction novels. Circe is a very successful representative of this sub-genre.

    Circe, Madeline Miller
  • For an obsessive compulsive reader like myself, every year begins – among others – with a goal to read certain amount of books of certain genres. However during the year, this goal gets derailed by my impulsive reading of a flashy new novel or a non-fiction topic that I find attractive as I find myself…

    Books I Read in 2018
  • Kalimnos süngercilik ve dağcılık sayesinde alelade bir ada değil ama yine de günümüz seyyahları Yunan adalarına daha ziyade deniz için gidiyorlar. Biz de deniz, esinti, sükunet, güzel yemek ve içecek sunan sevimli insanlar için gittik.

    Kalimnos (Kalymnos, Kilimli) Adası