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Bu kitabı beğendim. Benim için, Alacakaranlık kadar iyi değildi. Bella'nın Edward'ın artık onu sevmediğini düşünerek her şeyden rahatsız oldum. Lisede olduđunu biliyorum ama lütfen .... tüm ţeyden sonra bile, onu sevdiđini elde etmek sonsuza kadar sürdü. Ayrıca, Jacob benim en sevdiğim karakter değil ve ben kurtadamla büyülenmiş değilim. Vampirler kadar büyüleyici değiller. Benim için biraz bayat. Bir sonraki kitabı okumak istiyorum. Zaten Twilight'ın efsanenin en iyisi olacağını düşünüyorum. Yere koyamadım.

Gerçekten iyi bilgi. Ama gerçekten yollarını değiştirmek için şok olmak istiyorsanız, "Fast Food Nation" öneririz. Büyüleyici oldu!

The White Tiger is the life story of Balram Halwai living in modern day India and gives the reader an account of his life on how he became a successful entrepreneur by lying, cheating and even killing his way to the top. While this sounds like this would be drama driven book, which it is to some extent, The White Tiger keeps you reading even though you know from the back cover that Balram eventually kills his employer, he is a driver for a wealthy family. Personally, I consider this book to be a dramady as even though there is a tragedy around the corner, Aravind Adiga still has you laughing at little wittisms and descriptions of everyday life in India told through the eyes of a working class citizen.

Genghis. Birth of an Empire by Conn Iggulden I am khan of the sea of grass, and they will know me by that name, as Genghis. Genghis Kahn was born Temujin, second son to Yesugei, the khan (or leader) of the Wolves, one of the many tribes of Mongols that at the time populated the wind-swept steppes of inland Asia. He was raised in the safety of his father’s tribe until Yesugei was killed by Tartar raiders. Upon Yesugei’s death, his first bondman declared himself khan and moved the tribe, leaving Temujin, then twelve, with his mother and five other siblings, unprotected in the unforgiving plains. They were expected to die that winter, but somehow Temujin and his family endured in a frozen land that gave nothing. Out of that fierce struggle for survival Temujin emerged, ruthless and unstoppable with a vision: to become the khan of all the tribes of the plains. As Temujin tells one of his brothers at the end of this, the first book in the series: “We are the silver people, the Mongols. When they ask, tell them there are no tribes. Tell them I am khan of the sea of grass, and they will know me by that name, as Genghis. Yes, tell them that. Tell them that I am Genghis and I will ride.” Genghis. Birth of an Empire tells an impressive, epic story, even if the writing itself is just serviceable, and only in a couple of occasions, like the one quoted above, stands on its own. Overall the story was compelling enough to keep me reading, and the characters, especially Temujin, come alive, as does the time and the harshness of a way of life hard to imagine.

This book was OK. The author is obviously very intelligent and a great writer, though quite self-indulgent. I wish all of us had the means to go off on a round-the-world voyage of self-discovery. Books like this are great, but I find myself wondering who would get all the work of the world done if everyone went off to find themselves. I liked the book a lot right after I finished it, but having had a few months to think about it, it's just kind of annoying. How many miserable people had to perform some menial task along the way so this whiny asshole who already leads a life of extraordinary privilege could experience personal growth?