Just finished reading

I recently finished reading this book. Now I'm not about to dive into some Oprah Book Club schpeel about it, but suffice if to say, wow. I was hooked from page one.

This writer has the most amazing way of drawing his reader in. Of giving an incredible description of surroundings. I have never been to Pakistan or Afghanistan but from the picture he paints through his words, I was able to visualize the cities, the hill-sides, the streets. I cannot recommend this book enough. And to think I picked it up in Wal-Mart because I knew I was going to be bored.

The only other book that has had such a profound effect on me was Carol Shields' "The Stone Diaries". Another tear-jerking biography. This time about a very unspectacular woman who leads a very uneventful life. Go on, pick either up at your local book store, curl up on a chair with a cup of coffee and prepare to be moved.

Okay, so this posting turned out to be more an Oprah Book Club recommendation than I wanted, but hey. They're great books, what can I say?!