The Kite Runner

I’ve just finished reading Khaled Hosseini’s The Kite Runner. I can hardly contain the opinions I have on it. I read Hosseini’s second novel, A Thousand Splendid Suns about four months ago, before I read The Kite Runner. The two books have some important similarities. One is their setting, in and around Afghanistan in recent [...]

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This post was written by Patty Ayers on June 7, 2008 Comments Off

Three Cups of Tea

Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin: I’m right in the midst of this amazing book, and if I didn’t have to work this morning, I’d be reading it. Greg Mortenson was a mountain climber of the type who climbs the Himalayan peaks. In 1993 he attempted to climb “K2″ (we [...]

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This post was written by Patty Ayers on May 30, 2008 Comments Off