An open book

I just finished reading The Kite Runner. I don’t recall the last time I shed actual tears after finishing a novel. I held it to my chest like a dear friend and cried like one does when moved by the good in people, at feeling so lucky to have glimpsed into a world so descriptive, so hopeful. I highly recommend it. Thank you, NYS, for recommending it to me.

I’ll probably read a non-fiction book next, one I got from the library and is due back in a week — Why Love Matters: How Affection Shapes a Baby’s Brain by Sue Gerhardt. It seems a bit scientific in its approach, which I’m not normally a huge fan of as my attention is better held with books of a personable style with real stories of real people. Not that I can’t comprehend scientific texts, just that I prefer them to be written in such a way that the jargon and factoids don’t get in the way of the message, written in plain, bold terms. But it looks interesting, nonetheless.

Also on my upcoming reading list:

Saving Fish From Drowning by Amy Tan (a gift from Jen — thanks J!)

My Life (Bill Clinton’s autobiography). A mammoth book that I am about 2/3 through but haven’t picked up in months

Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zaron

The Sheltering Sky by Paul Bowles