book review: the kite runner

okay, needless to say, i have not been blogging every day. i have definitely still been taking daily photos (over five months now!), but i am not a good blogger. so i'm going to keep doing photos every day, but not stress about posting them. i will try to post more often, though.

i've tried to make more time for reading lately. i used to read a different book every week, but that slowed down with work, a baby, r.s. presidency, a house, etc. i'm getting better, though, and i've already read nine books so far this year.

the one i just finished tonight was the kite runner, by khaled hosseini. he was also the author of a thousand splendid suns.

i won't give an incredibly in depth review... however, i strongly recommend both books. they are incredibly sad, and tragic, which normally i hate. i like happy stories, with happy endings, and happy people. i cried my way through both of these books. but they are beautifully, beautifully written. i don't know of a better way to describe it. hosseini is an incredible storyteller and i was so immersed in the characters and their lives. and despite being sad, they both do end hopefully.

anyway, like i said, not an incredibly detailed book review. but they are both wonderfully written and you will be better for having read them.

and, thank goodness, they are stand-alone books. none of this every-story-must-be-written-in-a-three-book-series nonsense. or thirteen movies. or whatever.

has anyone else read these? what did you think? and has anyone seen the kite runner movie? i am planning on watching it within the next week or two, hopefully they did a good job with it.