My tab died on me the other night and I buried it deep among my present journal, some utility bills and blank 3″ x 5″ index cards that I use as scratch pads, you know those little everyday reminders that you don’t want to miss. I am reading a real book now for a change, those trade paperbacks that my niece gave me back home in the province.
We have a group at FB called Flip Flipping Pages and one of the topics they lately posted was your favorite books and authors. Then I thought of Khaled Hosseini, an Afghan author I discovered close to ten years ago. I wrote a review of his book, A Thousand Splendid Suns. Reblogging it here for those who haven’t read it yet.
“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs, or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls”.
If Khaled Hosseini shines in The Kite Runner, he was even more brilliant as a writer in A Thousand Splendid Suns. And if I shed a tear or two reading the former, I cried buckets reading the latter. I like the simple prose that touches the heart. Once again, the setting was in Afghanistan, this time, Hosseini takes us to the last thirty three years of the country’s history of war and oppression through the eyes of two women with minute details that jump into you and seem so real. You also feel the pain and anguish as you read along and begins to hate the oppressors as much as the other characters in the book. Women in the old Afghanistan were forced into marriage at an early…
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I have read The Kite Runner, but not this one.
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I think it is better than The Kite Runner Derrick.
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As you said
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🙂
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That sounds like a good book, Arlene. Excellent review too!
(I can’t find your dragonfly post, thought it was notified)
Best wishes, Pete.
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Thanks Pete. Here’s the link. It is an earlier post. https://arlene1956.wordpress.com/2012/07/04/my-elusive-dragonfly/
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I left a comment but the link to your reblog still didn’t work. 🙂
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That’s okay Pete, thanks just the same.
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I’ve never read this before I’ll have to get a copy and read it.
Do you know any good mystery books I’m searching for something new to read these days.
By the way how are you doing?
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I’m good More, thanks. Why not try Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zapon?
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Oh that sounds good I’ll try that one. Thank you
Have a good day
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It is. I gave it five stars on Goodreads. I have a short review about it here. https://arlene1956.wordpress.com/2017/06/09/the-shadow-of-the-wind/
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Arlene, I read both books and loved them. A Thousand Splendid Suns was my favorite of the two!
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I like the second book better. Have you read And The Mountains Echoed? The third book?
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I’m not sure if I read it. I’ll have to check my shelf! Arlene, I did pick up a box of the sweet tamarind at the store today. It’s from Thailand and needs to stay refrigerated. Very yummy! 😋
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Wow, so glad you like it too. I could consume a box in one sitting. Really yummy, isn’t it?
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I was surprised how tasty it is! It’s healthy too with all the vitamins and minerals it contains! I didn’t know about the sweet version until you mentioned it. Is it expensive where you are? My box holds 500 grams and cost $6.99. It’s imported from Thailand.
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It costs more there. Here a box from Thailand is P165 pesos. Also 500 grams. I guess we have the same supplier. It comes in a red box.
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Mine is burgundy! 🙂
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BTW, I also wrote a review of And The Mountains Echoed here. You might want to browse it. https://arlene1956.wordpress.com/2013/05/30/and-the-mountains-echoed/
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I will do that! Thanks!
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