b.

Add friend
Sign in to Goodreads to learn more about b..

https://twitter.com/bdahiska
https://www.goodreads.com/dahiska

Journal of an Ord...
b. is currently reading
bookshelves: currently-reading
Rate this book
Clear rating

 
Book cover for Gingko Season: A Novel
“You should quit,” I said, “and become a human rights lawyer.” Apple snorted. “And do what? Work for the UN?” “What’s wrong with the UN?” “It’s impotent. I want to wield power.”
Loading...
Helen Oyeyemi
“He kissed me like ice cream, like a jazz waltz, the rough, gentle way the sea washed sand off my skin on the hottest day of the year.”
Helen Oyeyemi, Mr. Fox

Helen Oyeyemi
“It occurred to me that I was unhappy. And it didn’t feel so very terrible. No urgency, nothing. I could slip out of my life on a slow wave like this—it didn’t matter. I don’t have to be happy. All I have to do is hold on to something and wait.”
Helen Oyeyemi, Mr. Fox

Kazuo Ishiguro
“All I know is that I've wasted all these years looking for something, a sort of trophy I'd get only if I really, really did enough to deserve it. But I don't want it anymore, I want something else now, something warm and sheltering, something I can turn to, regardless of what I do, regardless of who I become. Something that will just be there, always, like tomorrow's sky.”
Kazuo Ishiguro, When We Were Orphans

İlhami Algör
“Böyle olmasını istemezdim ama hep olurdu. Dünyanın bütün kızılderilileri yenilir, Spartakus kaybeder, gün batarken sararır, kuşlar döner, Sadri Alışık denilen hergele, her filminde ağlardı. O ağladıkça ben de ağlardım. Nedenimi bilmez ağlardım. Ağladıkça Sadri’ye kıl kapar gıcık olurdum. Üçüncü şahıs olarak kalışına, hep gidici kadınları sevişine, bu gidiciliklerin bir mecburiyet gibi duruşuna, Sadri’nin bu mecburiyetlere, giden kişinin özgürlüğü olarak bakıp, ona ihanet etmemek için kendine ihanet edişine...”
İlhami Algör, Fakat Müzeyyen Bu Derin Bir Tutku

Thomas Hardy
“It is difficult for a woman to define her feelings in language which is chiefly made by men to express theirs.”
Thomas Hardy, Far From the Madding Crowd

year in books
Vanessa
73 books | 9 friends

Tutku
802 books | 44 friends

mehmet
736 books | 103 friends

Mustafa...
168 books | 94 friends

Elif Ta...
132 books | 68 friends

Ozan Önen
44 books | 1,095 friends

Özlem B...
291 books | 35 friends

Esra Ka...
296 books | 66 friends

More friends…
American Gods by Neil GaimanHowl's Moving Castle by Diana Wynne JonesThe Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret AtwoodFragile Things by Neil GaimanJane Eyre by Charlotte Brontë
Best Books Ever
78,329 books — 292,071 voters




Polls voted on by b.

Lists liked by b.