Whatca Reading?

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Wed, 06-06-2007 - 5:18pm
I'm reading, "19 minutes, by Jodie Picoult" I like her writing style. It's a great read.
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Wed, 06-06-2007 - 5:44pm

I'm reading "The Kingdom Keepers" by Ridley Pearson (it's a YA book). I'm finally almost finished. Next on my list is "The Naked Mole Rat Letters" then some other YA books.

I also just re-read "Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret" and now Aly & I are listening to it on tape (yes, cassette...lol) in my car.

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Wed, 06-06-2007 - 5:46pm
cute siggie :)
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Wed, 06-06-2007 - 5:52pm

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini.

Afghan-American novelist Hosseini follows up his bestselling The Kite Runner with another searing epic of Afghanistan in turmoil. The story covers three decades of anti-Soviet jihad, civil war and Taliban tyranny through the lives of two women. Mariam is the scorned illegitimate daughter of a wealthy businessman, forced at age 15 into marrying the 40-year-old Rasheed, who grows increasingly brutal as she fails to produce a child. Eighteen later, Rasheed takes another wife, 14-year-old Laila, a smart and spirited girl whose only other options, after her parents are killed by rocket fire, are prostitution or starvation. Against a backdrop of unending war, Mariam and Laila become allies in an asymmetrical battle with Rasheed, whose violent misogyny—"There was no cursing, no screaming, no pleading, no surprised yelps, only the systematic business of beating and being beaten"—is endorsed by custom and law. Hosseini gives a forceful but nuanced portrait of a patriarchal despotism where women are agonizingly dependent on fathers, husbands and especially sons, the bearing of male children being their sole path to social status. His tale is a powerful, harrowing depiction of Afghanistan, but also a lyrical evocation of the lives and enduring hopes of its resilient characters. (May)
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Wed, 06-06-2007 - 5:58pm
my dh read, "The kite runner." I just ordered, "A thousand splendid suns" from the library.
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Wed, 06-06-2007 - 7:37pm
I read the Kite Runner about a year ago, and liked it. It was very dark, but I found the ending to be hopeful. I am hoping A Thousand Splendid Suns will also find some ray of hope and light at the end.
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Wed, 06-06-2007 - 8:33pm

I'm re-reading the entire Outlander series by Diana Gabaldon.

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Wed, 06-06-2007 - 8:33pm

I've got two on the go, Good Morning, Midnight by Reginald Hill and Walking on Water by Gemma O'Connor. They are both British detective fiction that I got from the library. The first one is a Dalziel and Pasco mystery and there is a serial on PBS based on the series. They are okay, I'm not that far in.


I just finished reading Too Safe for their Own Good by Michael Ungar which is about overprotecting our kids and letting them take risks that help them grow. I really enjoyed it although alot of it was geared at old teens.

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Wed, 06-06-2007 - 9:07pm

I just read 19 minutes.

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Wed, 06-06-2007 - 9:23pm
I have read My sister's keeper by the same author. I really enjoyed it, please let me know if the one you are reading is a worthwhile read.
I am reading "Left to tell." It is told from the perspective of a real woman that survived the Rwandan genocide by hiding in a very small bathroom for 7 months. I have just started it but so far so good.
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Wed, 06-06-2007 - 9:24pm
I love are you there god it's me margaret. Has your DD read blubber?
Kelly

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