*A Thousand Splendid Suns
9 journalers for this copy...
One of the many added to my Mount TBR in 2007!
While it was a brutal story, Hosseini writes beautifully and the book was as easy to read as the Kite Runner. This story is set in Afghanistan and it tells the story of two women who become unlikely friends and the life they endure. Worth while reading.
Just a little bookring for this one!
Thanks for being able to mail the book internationally imuzak12 and welcome to your first bookring to you and to becky1979! Here is the order:
1. collegelady (US - US shipping)
2. imuzak12 (US - Intl shipping ok)
3. vampirequeen (Wales - UK shipping pref.)
4. becky1979 (UK - Intl shipping ok)
5. elpis (Greece - Europe shipping pref.)
6. RuthyToothy (Scotland - UK shipping pref.)
7. verolyon (France - Europe shipping pref.)
8. isabelopes (Portugal - Intl shipping ok)
9. bananabrianna (Canada)- it's here!
10. back to me!
Please make a journal entry when you get the book, read it within a month, journal it again and send it along. If you can't get a hold of the next person or you need it a little longer, just let me know!
Happy reading!
ETA - new members! Welcome!
Thanks for being able to mail the book internationally imuzak12 and welcome to your first bookring to you and to becky1979! Here is the order:
1. collegelady (US - US shipping)
2. imuzak12 (US - Intl shipping ok)
3. vampirequeen (Wales - UK shipping pref.)
4. becky1979 (UK - Intl shipping ok)
5. elpis (Greece - Europe shipping pref.)
6. RuthyToothy (Scotland - UK shipping pref.)
7. verolyon (France - Europe shipping pref.)
8. isabelopes (Portugal - Intl shipping ok)
9. bananabrianna (Canada)- it's here!
10. back to me!
Please make a journal entry when you get the book, read it within a month, journal it again and send it along. If you can't get a hold of the next person or you need it a little longer, just let me know!
Happy reading!
ETA - new members! Welcome!
This is finally packaged up and ready to go. It will be in the mail tomorrow on my way home from work. I'm not heading out now; we've got a blizzard raging outside!!
Thanks to everyone who is participating. I'm looking forward to reading what you think of the story.
Thanks to everyone who is participating. I'm looking forward to reading what you think of the story.
Thank you, Kimmi! I received the book today@Key West, Florida, USA.
I will start reading this as soon as I finish the book I am currently reading.
I will start reading this as soon as I finish the book I am currently reading.
I finish reading this book two nights ago, but I couldn't write journal till now because my PC was down.
I liked this book very much and cried at the last 10 pages. Although I understand that this book is fictional, I believe some (or many) Afghan women have been going through similar experiences. It was so disturbing how these women suffered and endured so many pains without giving basic human rights. It was so sad and painful to read, and at the same time, it was amazing how strong these women were! Mr. Hosseini wrote these women’s emotion very well, and the relationship of these two women was so beautiful. Also, like “Kite Runner,” the weakness of man was written well in Jalil’s character, and it was a good contrast with the strong women in this tough environment.
I liked this book very much and cried at the last 10 pages. Although I understand that this book is fictional, I believe some (or many) Afghan women have been going through similar experiences. It was so disturbing how these women suffered and endured so many pains without giving basic human rights. It was so sad and painful to read, and at the same time, it was amazing how strong these women were! Mr. Hosseini wrote these women’s emotion very well, and the relationship of these two women was so beautiful. Also, like “Kite Runner,” the weakness of man was written well in Jalil’s character, and it was a good contrast with the strong women in this tough environment.
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I mail this book to vampirequeen for Bookring. According to Post Office, it will take 6-10 days to be delivered.
I mail this book to vampirequeen for Bookring. According to Post Office, it will take 6-10 days to be delivered.
Journal Entry 8 by vampirequeen from Coventry, West Midlands United Kingdom on Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Recived in the mailbox today. Am reading another book atm, so will start this once I've finish that one. Shouldn't take me too long.
Also, what a gorgeous book, v. nice hardback copy this, I want it for my own! XD I'll send it on, promise!
Also, what a gorgeous book, v. nice hardback copy this, I want it for my own! XD I'll send it on, promise!
Journal Entry 9 by Becky1979 from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Wednesday, June 4, 2008
Just got this in the post, it's my next book to read! Cant wait - loved 'The kite runner'!
Journal Entry 10 by Becky1979 from Birmingham, West Midlands United Kingdom on Thursday, June 12, 2008
Wow, I really enjoyed this book, though harrowing in places. I did shed a few tears in places! Very moving, well worth a read.
Sent today via airmail to Greece!
Sent today via airmail to Greece!
Journal Entry 11 by elpis from Thessaloniki - Θεσσαλονίκη, Thessaloniki Greece on Sunday, June 29, 2008
arrived on Friday! i'll start reading it soon!thanks becky 1979
Journal Entry 12 by elpis from Thessaloniki - Θεσσαλονίκη, Thessaloniki Greece on Saturday, July 26, 2008
i loved it as much as "the kite runner". i started reading it and i could not stop reading however sleepy or tired i was.
what's different from the kite runner is that the kite runner was a more optimistic book .but this is very brutal and the heroines suffering has no ending.
i likes mariam most.
i've already send a pm to RuthyToothy and i'm waiting for her reply. from 28july to 3 august i'll be on holidays, so when i come back i'll post the book asap.
what's different from the kite runner is that the kite runner was a more optimistic book .but this is very brutal and the heroines suffering has no ending.
i likes mariam most.
i've already send a pm to RuthyToothy and i'm waiting for her reply. from 28july to 3 august i'll be on holidays, so when i come back i'll post the book asap.
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send today
send today
I very much enjoyed this book, although I did find it harrowing at times. As with Kite Runner, Hosseini has drawn his characters very well, so that the reader really empathises with what they are going through. I think the most depressing aspect of the book had to be the realisation that Afghanistan has just gone from one war to another for so long that it's people really don't have any first hand experience of being at peace :-(
Journal Entry 16 by RuthyToothy at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom on Thursday, October 16, 2008
Released 15 yrs ago (10/17/2008 UTC) at -- Controlled Release, -- By post or by hand/ in person -- United Kingdom
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Sending this one on it's way to verolyon in France :-)
Sending this one on it's way to verolyon in France :-)
Received this book a few days ago. Thank you RuthyToothy and Kimmi !
I have a lot of work as well as a huge mtTBR at the moment so it may take me a little while to read it (plus it seems thick!) However, if it takes too long to your taste, please ring the bell !
I have a lot of work as well as a huge mtTBR at the moment so it may take me a little while to read it (plus it seems thick!) However, if it takes too long to your taste, please ring the bell !
I read this book 2-3 weeks ago, and it's now off to Portugal. I apologize for keeping it for so long !
It was such a good book ! Also, I read it during a one week holiday, and it was so nice to be have time to read a novel at last, and to read in English at last, and to read more than a dozen pages each time - at last !
Thanks Kimmi for sharing, thanks to all for your patience. I hope it will arrive safely to isabelopes, and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.
It was such a good book ! Also, I read it during a one week holiday, and it was so nice to be have time to read a novel at last, and to read in English at last, and to read more than a dozen pages each time - at last !
Thanks Kimmi for sharing, thanks to all for your patience. I hope it will arrive safely to isabelopes, and I hope you will enjoy it as much as I did.
Got it last Friday. I really loved Kite Runner and I'm looking forward to reading this one. As far as I know it has the same ingredients so I do have high expectations... Thanks for sharing.
Great book. I love everything this author writes and I'm really into this type of stories based on true facts. We learn about a country and about different ways of life. It's strange how these things are really happening. Thank you for sharing
Just received today! I have 2 rings ahead of this one so I'll try not to take too long! Thanks!
This book was amazing. I read it today in one sitting, I could NOT put it down, by far one of the best books I have ever read.
Journal Entry 23 by Vapermom at -- wild released somewhere in Province, Ontario Canada on Monday, February 22, 2010
Released 14 yrs ago (2/22/2010 UTC) at -- wild released somewhere in Province, Ontario Canada
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Mailed back to Ms. Kimmi!
Mailed back to Ms. Kimmi!
Home! I don't know how I missed journaling this but it has returned safely and is now awaiting its next adventure. Maybe a RABCK? Thanks to everyone who participated and kept the book moving over the past 2 years (almost to the day!).
