Have you read . . .

A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini, have you?

I've read lots of books. I love to read. I don't think I've ever internalized a book before, not like this. I have spent the past three days reading this book, and each night, I've had dreams about the characters. Last night, I dreamed about Tariq and Laila and their children as they left Pakistan. Before I put the book down to go to sleep last night, that's what the characters were about to do - leave Pakistan to return to Kabul, Afghanistan. I dreamed they had trouble finding a place to live once they got back to Kabul.

This book has been difficult to read (what I mean is, I have loved the book, but it is difficult to read because of the raw emotions due to the true-to-life suffering described in the book), but so brilliantly written, and such an intimately woven story, that I hated putting it down each time that I had to. I enjoy books, but this one has really left a mark on me.

Let me know if you read it, and if so, what you thought.