İçinde Aşk Saklı ♥ Whitney, My Love
By Tarihçi at 14:40
Clayton Westmoreland, Düşler Krallığı, İçinde Aşk Saklı, Jennifer, Judith Mcnaught, Kitap, My Love, Royce, Royce Westmoreland, Sen Gelmeden Önce, Whitney
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Dirseğini çimenlere yaslayarak Whitney'in yanına uzandı Clayton. Başparmağıyla Whitney'in yanağına dokundu ve genç kadının elmacık kemiğinin nazik kıvrımını parmak ucunda hissetti. Clayton bu kadının ruhuna, tazeliğine tapıyordu adeta; Whitney'in tutkusu iç yakıcı ve tahrik ediciydi. Bunu düşündüğünde bile Clayton iliklerine yayılan keskin bir acı hissediyordu. Bu kadın tıpkı onun umduğu gibi, hatta umduğundan da öte bir yaratıktı; inatçıydı, tatlıydı, şehvetliydi, küstahtı ve zekiydi. Heyecan verici bütün zıtlıkları içinde barındıran bir hazineydi. Clayton'ın hazinesiydi!Okumaya başladığımda:
Kitabı geçtiğimiz c.tesi tekrar okudum. Gayet kalın olmakla beraber sayfaların arasına kendinizi kaybettiğiniz için kalınlığı pekte önemli olmuyor. İnanılmaz güzellikle yazılmış. Her an kendinizi kitabın geçtiği 1820 yıllarında bulabilirsiniz.
Yazar her kitabında olduğu gibi o zamanları adeta yaşatır gibi anlatıyor. Kitabı okurken balo salonlarının anlatım atmosferi beni o kadar büyüledi ki bir an kendimi Whitney ile Clayton'u balo salonunun gölgelerle gizlenmiş köşesinden sessizce ama heyecanla izliyormuşum gibi hissettim. Neredeyse oradaydım.
Okuduktan sonra:
Judith McNaught'un bu kitabını tekrar okuyup arşivimin tozlu rafına kaldırmaktan inanılmaz mutluyum. Nihayetinde Epsilon yayınevi Whitney, My Love kitabını çevirirken İçinde Aşk Saklı demekle iyi yapmış. Clayton'un davranışlarının haksızlığı, Whitney'in vurdum duymazlığı ve hoşumuza gitmeyen detaylar arasında aşkı görmek gerçekten çaba gerektiriyor. Sonuçta kitap AŞK ı anlatmıyor, AŞK a giden yoldaki çetinlikleri anlatıyor. Bize de kitabın İÇİNDEKİ AŞK ı bulmak kalıyor.
Kitapta herşeyden çok hoşuma giden Düşler Krallığı kahramanlarımızdan bahsetmesi oldu. Ve daha çok hoşuma giden ise;
Spoiler:
- Düşler Krallığı kahramanımız Royce'un Claymore'a ilk geldiklerinde Jenny'i taktim etme şekli ve bu taktim şeklinin nesilden nesile aktarılışına bayıldım. Ayrıca Jenny'in gelecek nesillerde Westmoreland Düşesleri için hazırladığı kutuda çok değişik bir detay oldu benim için. Kutunun içinden çıkan Royce'un Jenny'in portresi için söyledikleri ve arkasında R&J harflerinin bir kalp içine çakılması bu büyük aşkı adeta özlememe neden oldu. Düşler Krallığı kitabı sonunda doğan erkek bebeklerinin adının William olduğunu öğrenmekte küçük bir detay olarak hafızama yazıldı. Nihayetinde bu güzel bir kitabı bitirip yoluma arşivimden çıkardığım Düşler Krallığı'nı tekrar okuyarak devam ediyorum. Selam size Royce & Jennifer :)
Spoiler Bitti.
Tavsiyem:
Bu kitapta aşkı nefreti ve daha birçok duyguyu hissedebiliyorsunuz Bu kitap ayrıca Judith Mcnaught'ın ilk yazdığı ödüllü romanlarından biridir.Daha sonra bu kitabın etkisiyle Westmoreland karakterlerine hayat bulacak olan
Düşler Krallığı
Sen Gelmeden Önce
romanlarını yazdı benim tavsiyem ilk önce eğer okumadıysanız Düşler Krallığını ve daha sonra İçinde Aşk Saklı’yı ve en son olarakda yine okumadıysanız Sen Gelmeden Önce‘yi okuyun bu romanlarda hayat bulan karakterler inanın kendi öyküleriyle sizi başka bir zamana ve başka hikayelere taşıyacaklar.
Veee gitmeden kitaptan Clayton'un ağzından şiir gibi bir diyalog ile veda ediyorum:
Veee gitmeden kitaptan Clayton'un ağzından şiir gibi bir diyalog ile veda ediyorum:
“Bırak da sana karşı işlediğim tüm suçları sayayım, Whitney. Öyle taş kalpli bir adamım ki babanın borçlarını temizleyip onu hapishaneye gitmekten kurtardım. Öyle bencilim ki orada öylece dikildim ve Sevarin’le birbirinize kur yapmanızı izledim. O kadar küstahım ki dudaklarının tadı hala dilimdeyken o lanet olasıca piknikte o adamın yanına oturup bana nispet yapmana katlandım. Ve bunları neden mi yaptım? Çünkü vahşi ve iblis ruhumla dilediğim tek şey sana adımı vermek, sana toplumda erişilemeyecek kadar üst düzeyde bir konum kazandırmak ve sana gücümün erişebildiği bütün güzelliklerle donatılmış zengin bir hayat sunmaktı.”
— Clayton Westmoreland, İçinde Aşk Saklı.
Supercalafragalistic-what?
Courtesy of Jon Gustafsson/AP (taken from NPR website)
This is from CNN: If the airspace closures continue for as long as three days, some 6 million passengers will be affected, the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation estimated Friday. Those passengers may also not be able to make claims on travel insurance because the volcano's impact may be classified as an act of God, the center said.
Bummer.
What do you think? Will I be able to get out of the US in a month? How long with this last? Wouldn't you like to be a vulcanologist (if you were one, would you live long and prosper)?
10 Things To Take
And...10 things you can't live without when traveling the world:
1. Head lamp -- great for reading, playing cards or finding the bathroom in the dark. A must!
2. That tiny sleeping bag I mentioned earlier....OR a sleep sac. Puts a layer between you and god knows what in hostels and you can use it to keep warm on over air-condidtioned busses. And MAN they over-aircondidtion them, especially when its hot outside.
3. Malaria Pills - I went to the "infectious diseases" Dr today and got an Rx.
4. Sarong -- can be used as a head scarf, blanket, pillow, towel or coverup. In Muslum countries or the Vatican, can be tranformed into a beautiful skirt which you can promptly remove as soon as you leave.
5. Speaking of towels, a travel towel (drys in seconds, wicks moisture like no other) is another great thing to have. Unless you are my friend S, and you accidentally buy the wash cloth size which barely covers your XX and definitely does not dry more than your baby finger.
6. Books. Here is the connundrum. I read. A lot! But books are HEAVY. See, all of a sudden things are put in order of importance by weight. And book are important to me, but whewwwie! So, after doing the inverse relationship calculation, I usually decide to take 2 or sometimes 3 books, and trade them any time I get the chance. But --- sometimes you carry around already read books but never find a place to swap them. They are like gold, like currency, so you CAN'T just dump them somewhere or you won't be able to "pay" for another one.
7. Power bars. You never know when you are going to be stuck on a bus, on a plane, in the desert or in a place where the food looks like innards mixed with blood. OR the food IS innards mixed with blood.
8. Those straps I mentioned below in #6. You can lash all kinds of things to the outside of your pack.
9. My pack. If you look at this and think WHY would you spend that much money on a BACKPACK, rest assured. You wouldn't. I got the 4 years ago version of this pack for about $150. And it's worth it. REI has a lifetime garantee.
10. A travel partner. I often travel alone, but this time I have a buddy. Yay! I wonder how long it will take before we kill each other and leave the bloody carcass in the Sahara. I give it...24 days. (wink, wink -- he doesn't read this blog, but I will make fun of him anyway and send links for it to his family so they can join in the fun).
More later. Excitement reigns supreme.
Oh and PS: I am NOT taking the big camera....too heavy, too precious!! My "little camera" ( the P&S) will be my travel buddy!
1. Head lamp -- great for reading, playing cards or finding the bathroom in the dark. A must!
2. That tiny sleeping bag I mentioned earlier....OR a sleep sac. Puts a layer between you and god knows what in hostels and you can use it to keep warm on over air-condidtioned busses. And MAN they over-aircondidtion them, especially when its hot outside.
3. Malaria Pills - I went to the "infectious diseases" Dr today and got an Rx.
4. Sarong -- can be used as a head scarf, blanket, pillow, towel or coverup. In Muslum countries or the Vatican, can be tranformed into a beautiful skirt which you can promptly remove as soon as you leave.
5. Speaking of towels, a travel towel (drys in seconds, wicks moisture like no other) is another great thing to have. Unless you are my friend S, and you accidentally buy the wash cloth size which barely covers your XX and definitely does not dry more than your baby finger.
6. Books. Here is the connundrum. I read. A lot! But books are HEAVY. See, all of a sudden things are put in order of importance by weight. And book are important to me, but whewwwie! So, after doing the inverse relationship calculation, I usually decide to take 2 or sometimes 3 books, and trade them any time I get the chance. But --- sometimes you carry around already read books but never find a place to swap them. They are like gold, like currency, so you CAN'T just dump them somewhere or you won't be able to "pay" for another one.
7. Power bars. You never know when you are going to be stuck on a bus, on a plane, in the desert or in a place where the food looks like innards mixed with blood. OR the food IS innards mixed with blood.
8. Those straps I mentioned below in #6. You can lash all kinds of things to the outside of your pack.
9. My pack. If you look at this and think WHY would you spend that much money on a BACKPACK, rest assured. You wouldn't. I got the 4 years ago version of this pack for about $150. And it's worth it. REI has a lifetime garantee.
10. A travel partner. I often travel alone, but this time I have a buddy. Yay! I wonder how long it will take before we kill each other and leave the bloody carcass in the Sahara. I give it...24 days. (wink, wink -- he doesn't read this blog, but I will make fun of him anyway and send links for it to his family so they can join in the fun).
More later. Excitement reigns supreme.
Oh and PS: I am NOT taking the big camera....too heavy, too precious!! My "little camera" ( the P&S) will be my travel buddy!
Travel to Ladakh – Land of passes
By Rohat Fatih at 13:16
ladakh, Ladakh journey, Ladakh travel, Ladakh travel information, leh ladakh, travel to Ladakh
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Ladakh is considered to beone of the top 10 adventure tourism spot and is also known as land of passes. Ladakh is surrounded by two famous mountains ranges of India i.e. the Himalayas and the Karakorams. Visiting Ladakh is every mountaineers dream.
How to reach Ladakh:
You can reach Ladakh from Manali or Srinagar by road. Srinagar to Leh Ladakh is 434 km and can be covered by car. Another option is air travel form Delhi, Jammu and Srinagar. During tourist season Indian Airlines and Jet Airways are two airlines to carry daily flights to Leh. Hotels are easily available. Apart from the adventure tourism you can also have the advantage of closely observing the Budhist culture.
Things to Do: 10 at a Time
Okay, so I am NOT complaining, but I have so much to do! I am very excited to announce that I am quitting my job and traveling the world...The "Travel Spot" blog WILL talk about it's intended subject once again.
Here are 10 of the items on my neverending, alwasys getting longer, "to do list".
1. Get visas -- countries requiring visas BEFORE leaving the US: India, China, Vietnam (this one can actually be acquired abroad, but it takes a few days. Better to do it now) -- countries requiring visas upon entry: Indonesia, Egypt
2. Buy a new sleeping bag. Seems silly, but my existing one weight about 8 pounds, which is a lot when you are carrying it on your back. Did I mention I was going to carry around a 40-50 lb pack. Well I am. And the old sleeping bag is bulky, so I don't know if anyone has seen the new ones...but they are tiny. And light. Sweet. Something like this would be great. But CRAP, they are EXPENSIVE. Maybe I will carry the 8 lbs afterall.
3. Make packing list. (check)
4. Revise packing list (check)
5. Take everything out of camping/hiking box. Try to fit it into backpack. Take it all out again. Put half of the stuff back. Try to fit it again. Decide to strap 8 lb sleeping bag and half of clothes to outside of bag.
6. Go to REI. Buy more straps for outside of bag.
7. Buy flights within Europe
8. Make budget (ouch)
9. Quit my job (check! last day May 12)
10. Study Lonely Planet like there is no tomorrow.