NINTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS

ISTANBUL, TURKEY

Last year to commemorate the holiday season I made a string of special posts inspired by the Twelve Days of Christmas and this year it is back but the topic is new and I hope just as exciting as the last. This years the countdown will be on Novel Destinations. Stories where the setting was not just a mere back drop but an extra character in the story as well. So enjoy and let the fun begin:)

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12 Out of Africa by Karen Blixen

11 Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

10 Quentins by Maeve Binchy

9 The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova

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I have spoken about this book several times on the blog (if you haven't read it you REALLY should). One of the most memorable things (among many) was the detailed AMAZING descriptions Kostova goes through to make the setting in the novel real. Turkey was one of the places the Heroine travels to and I was left with a yearning to visit it because of the way that she wrote about Turkey and it's history. Brilliant book and the descriptive and vivid way in which Kostova wrote about Turkey is one among the many praises I have for this book.