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I realize that this is a forum for books, many of which are Marine Corps related. This summer, I read two different books by the same author, Khalid Housseni. Both of these novels give a pretty good account of what life is like in Afghanistan. The second book, A Thousand Splendid Suns really is a chronology of life there before the Soviets, during the Soviets, and then life with the Taliban. It is an eye opener of what those bastards were really like, how women were treated and so forth. It also chronicles day to day life for many people in that culture. If Nancy Pelosi, Hillary, Cindy Sheehan and others would read these, maybe they would see what we are attempting to defeat.  

Jim, I've seen both these books featured on book club websites I belong to but never read what they were about. Might have to check them out now that you've given them a thumbs up. Thanks.
   Semper Fidelis,
     Chris

He is an amazing writer Chris. Kept me turning.

Jean picked up "Kite Runner" for me around Christmas last year. I thought it was a geat book and that alone would be reeson enough to get A Thousand Splendid Suns. In addition it has been on the top of everybody's best seller list for some time now. You guys comments will have me putting it on the top of my list.

I think with our involvement in Afganistan and the historical content of the book makes it very appropreiate for this forum. 

Semper Fi
Roy

Jim and Roy, if yall want to save a lot of money on the price of books, you need to join the Zooba book club.They have both of these books and they will cost me only $9.95 each, and that is hardcover.They do sometimes sell books in paperback but that is usually only if they are no longer availible in hardback. And it will show on the book's webpage whether it is paperback or hardback,so you'll know before ordering it or adding it to your reading list.

The way the book club works, you pay a $9.95 fee each month, but that fee is also used to pay for your first book of each month. You can build up a reading list on their website and on the anniversary date each month of the day you joined,they automatically mail you the first book on your reading list.But you don't have to wait on them to mail that one book.

You can buy as many books as you want each month and they all cost only $9.95 each and that is the total price, no extra for shipping and handling.Shipping is a tad slow, takes a week to 10 days sometimes,but that's no problem for me, not for that price.

One new thing they started just recently is when they will no longer be carrying a certain book, they will email members who have that particular book on their reading list and give them the chance to buy it before it is no longer availible from them.

I've been a member of it for over a year now and have no complaints with them. You can expect to pay from $15-$30 for most hardcover books these days at bookstores and to get one for $9.95 is quite a bargain.

Here is the link to their website and there is a "How It Works" tab on the upper right that will explain it all better than I can.

http://www.zooba.com/doc/signup/homepage.jhtml;jsessionid=RAY1RES4S3P4SCTI4EKCFFY?_requestid=40170

I think I posted on here about Zooba back when I first joined but not sure.

  Semper Fidelis,
     Chris

Ditto on the endorsment of both. I read Kite Runner this summer and the wife read One Thousand Splendid Suns. My wife said she was glad when she finally finished Suns, because she was going to bed angry every night after reading it.

Toka, I can see why a woman would especially feel that way. Hell, I pi$$ standing up, and I felt that way.

Chris, thanks for the heads up on the club. I'll check it out. Roy, check it out if you liked Kite Runner.

Just finished A Thousand Spledid Suns.  This book is as appropreiate and timely for this forum as any, since the events and mind set of Islam shown here are the reasons we are over there today.

The brutility shown by those who control people through this "religon" knows no bounds. The right to subvert, maim and murder women by those in power is extended, and encouraged,  to the individual male..

 Is there any company in Hollywood that would make a movie of this book? Exactly as it is written?  I know the answer to that question! Not no, but hell no!

Semper Fi

Roy

Jim, thanks for the tips on those books, the Bride just picked them up for my birthday, and now for some serious page turning.

Erin Go Braugh

 I never read Kite Runner, just seen the movie. The father was great. Very insightful man. The movie was just excellen, however, I think I need to read the book.  The Taliban were/are a different  kind of extreme from the Iranian  or Saudi governments. 

Well I stopped procrastinating and finally read  "The Kite Runner," all I can say is those people were going through some serious do do. The book was very riveting, and now I'm starting "A Thousand Splendid Suns," getting an insight on the plights of those unfortunate souls, makes us, no matter what the hardships we have to endure here, seem somewhat trivial, just my 2 cents. 

Thanks again Jim for the heads-up.

I just noticed that this thread was started a year ago, almost to the day. I'm glad many of you had the opportunity to read Khalid's materpieces of literature. They do certainly add insight to why we are killing these bastards.