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A Thousand Splendid Suns
A Thousand Splendid Suns | Khaled Hosseini
After 103 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and with four million copies of The Kite Runner shipped, Khaled Hosseini returns with a beautiful, riveting, and haunting novel that confirms his place as one of the most important literary writers today. Propelled by the same superb instinct for storytelling that made The Kite Runner a beloved classic, A Thousand Splendid Suns is at once an incredible chronicle of thirty years of Afghan history and a deeply moving story of family, friendship, faith, and the salvation to be found in love. Born a generation apart and with very different ideas about love and family, Mariam and Laila are two women brought jarringly together by war, by loss and by fate. As they endure the ever escalating dangers around them-in their home as well as in the streets of Kabul--they come to form a bond that makes them both sisters and mother-daughter to each other, and that will ultimately alter the course not just of their own lives but of the next generation. With heart-wrenching power and suspense, Hosseini shows how a woman's love for her family can move her to shocking and heroic acts of self-sacrifice, and that in the end it is love, or even the memory of love, that is often the key to survival. A stunning accomplishment, A Thousand Splendid Suns is a haunting, heartbreaking, compelling story of an unforgiving time, an unlikely friendship, and an indestructible love.
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ju.ca.no
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What a grest book! It was heartbreaking and made me so so thankful for being able to grow up and live in a safe country with basic human (female) rights 🙏🏼 the story follows two woman through their hardships, forced marriages, brutality, loss of rights and wars. 5/5⭐️

Gissy I thought the same when I read this book. So much to do though. Heartbreaking novel 💔 3w
tpixie A wonderful heart wrenching book 📕💜 3w
ju.ca.no @Gissy @tpixie oh yes🩷🩷 2w
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BarkingMadRead
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#bookspinbingo books for February. The white spine at bottom left is Evalina

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Gissy
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#12Booksof2023 May Month @Andrew65

Another month where I didn‘t read much. The tagged was my favorite one.

I also enjoyed Clothes-Pegs and Foul Lady Fortune

Andrew65 A wonderful book. 3mo
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Helenubed
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"Learn this now and learn it well, my daughter: Like a compass needle that points north, a man's accusing finger always finds a woman.“

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Helenubed
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"A face of grievances unspoken, burdens gone unprotested, a destiny submitted to and endured."

#khaledhosseini#athousandsplendidsuns

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Helenubed
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She remembered Nana saying once that each snowflake was a sigh heaved by an aggrieved woman somewhere in the world. That all the sighs drifted up the sky, gathered into clouds, then broke into tiny pieces that fell silently on the people below. As a reminder of how people like us suffer, she'd said. How quietly we endure all that falls upon us.
#khaledhosseini#athousandsplendidsuns

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Helenubed
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Though there had been moments of beauty in it, Mariam knew that life for the most part had been unkind to her.
:(
#khaledhosseine#athousandsplendidsuns

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GinaKButler
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Starting my November #doublespin a wee bit late.

This is also from my #unreadbookshelf list and one of my #23in23 picks.

GinaKButler Outstanding book! I can‘t believe it languished on my bookshelves as long as it did. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 3mo
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Hirschea
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Very complete look into a very different world. So very interesting and moving

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Monica5
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Panpan

Unpopular opinion, but I didn't care for this book. Maybe because I listened to it, it lost something 🤷
All I know is it didn't keep my interest. But, I did stick with it, bc everyone else raved about it.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
Second book for #JoysofJune Readathon @Andrew65

Andrew65 Well done 👏👏👏 We all have different reaction to books and audiobooks can make a big difference too. 9mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 9mo
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Gissy
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Read in May- another oldie in my tbr. I loved this book. I know it has been criticized about the polarized characters development, others say they are not realistic but still. The story is about all these wars and political conflicts in Afghanistan. The author will explain some history events, specifically the role of women, through the eyes of Mariam and Laila😢It is a heartbreaking story. I loved it and I‘m glad I read it. ❤️ ⬇️

Gissy Another novel that motivates to read more about these sad events in history. Even today, there is so much to do in many countries to be treated with respect and with equal rights.

#AsianReadathon YouTuber @WithCindy prompt- friendship In this novel there are various friendships relations. (Afghanistan)
Second and last book completed during #20in4 #Readathon @Andrew65
May 2023 #BookSpinBingo (#23 free space) @TheAromaOfBooks
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Gissy Another novel that motivates to read more about these sad events in history. Even today, there is so much to do in many countries to be treated with respect and with equal rights.

#AsianReadathon YouTuber @WithCindy prompt- friendship In this novel there are various friendships relations. (Afghanistan)
Second and last book completed during #20in4 #Readathon @Andrew65
May 2023 #BookSpinBingo (#23 free space) @TheAromaOfBooks
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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 9mo
Andrew65 Love this book. Well done 👏👏👏 9mo
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Annakiesey
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It was a really good book! I strongly recommend reading it. It‘s a little boring at the beginning but the end was sooooo good.

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”

#Shimmer
#InQuotes

💛📚💫

Cathythoughts I loved this movie 💔 13mo
Cathythoughts Oh I mean I loved The Kite Runner movie 🙂 13mo
Eggs 😭😭 13mo
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Andrew65
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Eggs So sad 😭 13mo
Cathythoughts ♥️💔 13mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks We chose the same one! 13mo
Andrew65 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 😂 Not surprised that you chose one from this book. 13mo
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FantasyChick
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This has been on my shelf for a thousand years and I'm happy to have finally gotten to it. Beautifully written story of hardship, abuse and heartbreak. I'm not sure why it took me so long

#Jumpstart2023 #BookspinBingo #ISpyBingo #TrappedOnAnIsland #Pantone2023 #BookChain
@TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick @Lizpixie @aperfectmjk

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 13mo
Clwojick Fantastic! You‘re crushing it 13mo
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Andrew65
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A powerful message given what is once again happening in Afghanistan whilst the world just stands by and watches. 😢 Education for all girls and women should be a fundamental right across every country in the world.

#Marriage #InQuotes

@Eggs @AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

Eggs Agree😔 13mo
Blerdgal_Fenix Loved this book 13mo
Andrew65 @Blerdgal_Fenix Me too, although not always comfortable reading. 13mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love this book!! 13mo
Andrew65 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks It was your comments on the book that led to me reading it. 13mo
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Another_bibliophile
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Worth all the hype
Truly opened my eyes to the past and present of Afganistan
I wish everybody to be safe and healthy
🙂🙃🙂🙃

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WorldsOkayestStepMom
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I loved this book so much that I hated putting it down to cook dinner. The writing is magnificent and the characters are loveable (mostly)!

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LizaComberg
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Although not as good as The Kite Runner, it's still a great read

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TheRiehlDeal
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#LittensWantToKnow
Thanks for the tag @EadieB 😊

The tagged book
The Last House on Needless Street (Catriona Ward)
The Lost City of the Monkey God (Douglas Preston)
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Nighttime (Mark Haddon)

EadieB You‘re welcome! Nice choices! 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks The tagged broke my heart 💔💔 2y
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Bklover
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#alphabetgame #lettert #letteru #letterv
Three very different books! But loved them all!

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Suns!! 😭😭😭 2y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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“A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated.”

I cried and cried 😭😭

#AlphabetGame
#LetterT

Everyone is tagged!!

vonnie862 I still need to read this but I am not ready to cry. 2y
Blackink_WhitePaper Wonderful choice 😭 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vonnie862 yes!! Have tissues! 2y
jlhammar I can't believe I still haven't read this one! It is on my shelves, just waiting. 2y
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Minervasbutler
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Hosseini rises to the daunting challenge of following The Kite Runner with a grim but ultimately hopeful story of two women's lives in a patriarchal society.

KathyWheeler This is my favorite book of his. 2y
TrishB @KathyWheeler mine too ❤️ 2y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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“One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roofs,
Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls.”

#BookMoods
#Madeyoucry 😭😭😭

Eggs 😭💔😱 2y
mrp27 I‘ve loved all of his books, so good and such great story telling! I think I‘ve cried while reading all of them. 2y
SilversReviews Definitely made me cry. 2y
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Bookworm54
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Covering a tumultuous time in Afghanistan, the lives of two women become intertwined in Kabul.
It was a tough read, especially with everything happening with women‘s rights around the world as well as in Afghanistan currently.
I feel like ultimately the story ended on a hopeful note though.

#FoodAndLit #Afghanistan

Texreader Excellent review 2y
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DLQBOOKNERD
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Mehso-so

I liked it... was not as spectacular as I anticipated. I think I liked The Kite Runner better. For me...⭐️⭐️⭐️

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marss
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“Kiss Aziza for me," she said. "Tell her she is the noor of my eyes and the sultan of my heart. Will you do that for me?”

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Bookworm54
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I met my #MarvellousMay goals by finishing Beyond the Tower, and starting the tagged book

I have just reached part 3 so I am nearly halfway through.
It‘s a tough read and I have a feeling it‘s going to get worse, but at the same time I am enjoying the story ☺️

#FoodAndLit #Afghanistan

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I was ugly crying when I finished this one!! 😭😭😭 2y
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britt_brooke
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Grabbed this photo at #bookclub today. 🤩 Want to make lovely new friends as an adult? Start a book club! A friend and I started this group only knowing a couple of members, but we posted in local fb groups, and ladies showed up to the first meeting not knowing anyone. That takes courage! We‘ve now had 3 meetings, and I‘m digging our core group of 10-12. Bookish people are the BEST. 💚

slategreyskies That does take courage! This post makes me happy!! :) 2y
LeahBergen Love this! 💙💙 2y
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britt_brooke @LeahBergen 🥰 It makes my heart so happy! 2y
sarahbarnes Love this!! 2y
Cathythoughts We‘ll done ! That‘s brilliant ❤️👍🏻 2y
Megabooks Fantastic! I‘m so happy it‘s worked out so well!! I‘d love to start one here. (edited) 2y
britt_brooke @Megabooks You should!! 2y
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britt_brooke
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⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I never picked this up during its first few years of incredible success, then the window of my caring shut tight. Now, here we are many years later, and it‘s my new IRL book club‘s selection. I acquiesced. Hosseini focuses on the lives of Mariam and Laila, two women, two generations, ravaged by unrest and oppression in their native Afghanistan. It‘s a beautifully written, brutal story. I‘m happy to have finally read it. #bookclub

KathyWheeler This is my favorite Hosseini book. 2y
Cinfhen I recently re-read this but as an audio & WOW did my heart break 1000 x over. I forgot had powerful this story is!!! So glad your bookclub chose it. 2y
zezeki I'm reading Hosseini for my book club as well, but we're reading 2y
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LeeRHarry Mine too @KathyWheeler 😊 2y
britt_brooke @KathyWheeler @LeeRHarry I can see why! I‘ve not read any of his others, but this definitely exceeded my expectations. 2y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen Me, too! ❤️‍🩹 2y
britt_brooke @zezeki I‘ll have to finally get to that one at some point as well. Hope you all enjoy! 2y
Zoes_Human The audio is particularly well-done as well 2y
britt_brooke @Zoes_Human Agree - it‘s fantastic! 2y
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janeycanuck
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An interesting - and somewhat difficult - read in 2021 with all that's happening again in Afghanistan. There was such depth and richness in this with a beautiful story of two women who come together in an unexpected way.

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Andrew65
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A wonderful book.

#FamilyLove #ItHadToBeYou

Eggs I agree-earth shaking and unforgettable 😓 2y
KellyK One of my all-time favorites. ❤️❤️ 2y
AllDebooks He's an exceptional author 2y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I love this one 💔 2y
Andrew65 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks You we‘re the reason I read it 💕 2y
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OriginalCyn620
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Oh, this book! Beautifully done and so heartbreaking. 💔

#bookspinbingo
#booked2022 - weather term in title

Cinfhen Agreed!!!! 2y
TheRiehlDeal I need to reread this. It‘s been awhile. 2y
BookDadGirlDad This and Kite Runner are on my never-ending TBR 2y
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2y
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Andrew65
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#2ndBookof2021 #12Booksof2021 #February

A difficult choice for February, but chose this one as story stayed in my head most. Also notable mentions for Three Marys by Glenn Cooper, Deadly Cry by Angela Marsons and The Night Hawks by Ellie Griffiths. A good reading month.

PageShifter I have also read this and liked! That ending 💔 2y
Andrew65 @PageShifter 😢😢😢 2y
Readergrrl One of my favorite novels to teach. I “ugly cry” every single time I get to “that” scene and the letter. 😭😭😭 2y
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Andrew65 @Readergrrl Is it possible not to? 🤷‍♂️ 2y
Amiable Fabulous book. 2y
jlhammar I've been meaning to read this for ages! 2y
Andrew65 @jlhammar Strongly recommended. 2y
andrew61 Great book, and I thought about it a lot earlier thus year due to events in Afghanistan. I should reread it. 2y
Andrew65 @andrew61 Yes it did make you think about it all over again. 2y
Cinfhen Really heartbreaking 2y
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mackelie
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It‘s a heartbreaking story of friendship, war and life in Afghanistan. Mariam and Laila are brought together by circumstances and soon become very close. Taliban has taken over Kabul and they need to survive its regime.

It‘s a really captivating story seeing Afghanistan through Mariam‘s & Laila‘s eyes.

Aryan04 is it slow paced ? 2y
mackelie @Aryan04 I wouldn‘t say so. The story moves quite quickly. 2y
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mackelie
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Such similar covers and coincidence of having two picks for upcoming bookclub selections! I have just finished the ‘The Space Between Us‘ and looking forward to reading ‘A Thousand Splendid Suns‘.

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451Degrees
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I am constantly astounded by this book every time I get a chance to listen to it. We were on the topic of horror tonight in my book club and I was brought back to this book constantly within our discussion. This novel is not by any means the definition of a horror story. But I feel that sense of shock and unbelief as Mariam‘s story goes on. It‘s truly heart wrenching and raw. Glad to be reading it even if it‘s difficult.

Soubhiville I have loved all of his novels. 2y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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“A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated.”

#Society
#ConflictedWorlds

This book… 😭😭

Eggs At the sight of that book, I feel it all over again 😳😭 3y
TrishB @Eggs exactly! 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs I know… I was glad I was alone when I finished it!! 😭😭😭😭😭 3y
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perfectsinner
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Picked out my next read 😐
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini

Now, I've had this in my pile for a few years. However, I absolutely *hated* The Kite Runner [what?! Shocking, I know.] So I've been putting this off due to my abhorrence of TKR.
Sooooo here's hoping this one isn't as bad lol
I've heard good things, but... everyone generally raves about TKR, too ... and since I'm the minority who hated it, I'm not sure about this one.

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“But mostly, Mariam is in Laila‘s own heart, where she shines with the bursting radiance of a thousand suns.”

And I will read this book, again and again until our only sun goes out or I cease to breathe.

Love ❤️ to all silent women.
#women

TrishB An amazing book. 3y
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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“A society has no chance of success if its women are uneducated...”
Khaled Hosseini, A Thousand Splendid Suns

This book!!! Omg I was glad I was alone when I finished it 🥲😭😢💔

#MayCharacters
#Mourns 😭😢🥺😩💔

Eggs Truth ❤️📚💔😭😞🙏🏻📚❤️ @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks (edited) 3y
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs I want to read it again, but I have soooo many others!! 3y
TrishB Ugly, ugly cry at this one. 3y
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mavey One could not count the moons that shimmer on her roof, Or the thousand splendid suns that hide behind her walls. 😭Khaled Hosseini's best! 3y
Bookwormjillk Haha I finished this one when I was on the train to work. I looked up and there was my boss looking at me like I was deeply disturbed. 3y
LeeRHarry This is my fave of his and yes lots of ugly crying 3y
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MoniqueReads305
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This book has been on my Goodreads TBR for over 10 years. I've been avoiding it because Khaled Hosseini broke my heart in The Kite Runner. But it's time to tackle it.

This also fits for #BookSpinBingo pick.

Reggie Omg same. 3y
TrishB It will break your heart again. 3y
MoniqueReads305 @TrishB 🥺 At least this time I'm prepared. Maybe I won't cry this time. 3y
MoniqueReads305 @Reggie Not even 50 pages in and I was tearing up. 3y
TrishB I will be very surprised if you don‘t. I ugly cried with this one 😢 3y
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suha_afshan
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This one will surely make you cry.
The story is set in Afghanistan which revolves around two woman Mariam and Laila.
The pain and sacrifices they go through due to the male dominant society is what pictured here basically which makes it a tough read at times.
It's thrilling how an author has a series of climaxes which makes it one of the best reads.

#athousandsplendidsuns
#khaleidhosseini

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This book ripped out my heart and stomped on it. I think he did an amazing job telling the tale of all the fighting in Afghanistan, and then the Taliban regime, and how it affected people's lives. And of course always the suffering of women. I wish he would write a book about life there today, 14 years after this book was written. Highly recommended. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

TrishB A wonderful read 💔 3y
Trashcanman Hugs to you, you beautiful soul. 🤗🤗 3y
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Shamzi
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Tagging one of my favorite book with this perfect bookmark.
The bookmark can be used for so many others.

What are some of your picks for which you would use this bookmark?

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bookaholic1
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Mehso-so

#28
I found this one hard to get into...I loved THE KITE RUNNER 💯% better

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S_Lynn_Smith
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This story takes you on an emotional roller coaster that pulls at your heart strings. I appreciate Khaled‘s ability to portray the hardships of everyday life for Muslim women in a culture that is dominated by males. He so eloquently tells the story of two brave women who once were adversaries, overcome loss, pain, and betrayal, and demonstrate their loyalty and love for one another in the ultimate act of selflessness.

Shamzi Yes, I agree. One of my all time favorite!!! 3y
mavey Gosh this is such a beautiful tearjerker!😭💕 3y
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