Monday, October 8, 2007

A Thousand Splendid Evenings of Reading Pleasure

Yesterday, for the first time in almost five months, I trotted off to a bookstore. I knew precisely what I wanted to get.

If you read a few posts back, I wrote about Khaled Hosseini's first novel, "The Kite Runner". Well, it was a runaway success. And I enjoyed it so much that I have been intending to read his second effort. Neatly and firmly tucked under my arm, I made my way to the cash register.

"Good afternoon. No, I do not have a Barnes & Noble book club member's card, yes I found everything just fine thank you and now I would like to purchase this exquisite piece of cultural literature from your fine establishment."

And off I trotted.

Tonight I shall bury myself in the pages of "A Thousand Splendid Suns" and get lost in time-forgotten Afganistan.

2 comments:

WRM said...

This is your knight. Get me off that pedestal immediately. I am dizzy.I am getting pedestal anxiety and vertigo.

But thank you. I accept the nomination.

And why didn't I know about this blog ????

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