Yes, but I don't eat fast food.

Anyways, I doubt I'd get $.49 (or any amount, for that matter) as a refund. I'm fairly certain this is a spend-it-all-at-once kinda thing.

MouseWife: I already have Kite Runner (never finished reading it), I do plan to pick up L&TT at some point, not a big Pearl Jam fan, already have a lot of Louis Armstrong, and haven't seen Jarhead.

MickeyLumbo: Should I know what you're talking about?

Was 'Kite Runner' not your style? I mean, the people who recommended it to me are quite political. I am not really so I hope the book isn't.

I want all of my Disney movies on DVD. I only have a couple. I need to update.

What to do with all of the VHS?

The Kite Runner . . .

Well, for starters, it wasn't my idea to read it. It definitely wasn't forced upon me, but it's not something I would have picked up on my own.

Since I haven't read the whole thing, I can't really say how political it is. But there's a decent storyline to it--I guess that the political stuff is more a backdrop than anything else, though it figures pretty prominantly (at least at the beginning).

Surely someone else on this board has read it and can give you a better idea of whether you might like it, MouseWife.


€, those books look interesting. If I were to buy just one of them, which one would you recommend?

Both are good, but I think for you I'd lean slightly toward Kafka on the Shore

I, also, can't wait to read this. I heard the author talking about it on book TV. It sounds really really interesting.

E took my recommendation. (One poster at a time, Chris. Mwahahahaha!) I'll have to get back to you.

tracilicious~I will read this. I have to. I have a friend who lived through quite an ordeal in Iran and I she said that this really hit home for her. I would like to get a feel for what she went through. A little afraid, too, that it may be harsh.

That would have been cool to see the author to make that connection.

Those other books, they sound quite deep. :cool:

Good to hear--that's what I was thinking from the descriptions, but the reviews seemed to lean the other way.

Not that I put much stock in Amazon reviews. :rolleyes:


You guys are making me think maybe I should bring Kite Runner home from the office.

Well, WInd-up Bird is THE classic Murikami, while Kafka is the newest of the bunch and not had the time to become classic yet. I think that's where the discrepancy comes in on Amazon. I've read them both and love them both, but somehow Kafka nudged Wind-Up just a bit.

Now you're just making the book sound like a bully.