The Kite Runner

This month, our book club is reading The Kite Runner. We've talked about reading this one for nearly a year, but we avoided it. One of our member's husbands was possibly headed to Afghanistan for his job, and we had heard this was not an uplifting story.

Now I wish we hadn't waited so long. This book was a true page-turner. The first half was interesting, but when I reached the second half, I couldn't put down the book. The author writes so beautifully, and even his depressing tales are written with grace. I don't know how much of this story is based on fact, but I doubt it's a stretch of the imagination. The tales from the Middle East are often unreal, and this book portrays the same.

So whether you have a love for the written word or you're interested in learning more about Afghanistan, I'd highly recommend this book.