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His novels read like poetry. He has a great way with words.

The family story of Abdullah and Pari was the best part of this book.

#Regrets #InQuotes

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

#ABookADay2023

Hosseini is a masterful storyteller, and I enjoyed this generation-spanning family saga. However, this did not have the emotional impact on me that his first two novels did. I found myself really invested in a particular story only to be forced to set it aside and move on to the next vignette and a new cast of characters. It made for a bit of reading whiplash. Still, fans of Hosseini will be happy to have their heartstrings tugged once more. 3⭐️

I loved the tagged book so much! I remember I didn‘t want it to end. ❤️

#alphabetgame
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📚In this tale revolving around not just parents and children but brothers and sisters, cousins and caretakers, Hosseini explores the many ways in which families nurture, wound, betray, honor, and sacrifice for one another; and how often we are surprised by the actions of those closest to us, at the times that matter most.

“The moment is brief, barely enough for a flutter of the pulse but long enough for her illusory self to catch up with the reality of the woman gazing back from the shopwindow. It is a little devastating. This is what aging is, she thinks as she follows Isabelle into the store, these random unking moments that catch you when you least expect them“ (231).

My #bookspin list for March! I am a little behind on my #bookspin and #doublespin reading, but hoping the longer month gives me a chance to catch up. 😀

Ebook on sale today. Works for #readingasia2021 or #foodandlit2022 for #afghanistan

A bittersweet story filled with so many little gems of wisdom and perspective. Hosseini brings these stories and emotions to life in the intricately woven lives of all of the characters. dec2021

This book was quite sad the entire time, so it was hard to read because of that. Besides that, I did enjoy it, and I'm a big fan of Hosseini's writing.

This was a good book but it took me longer than I expected to finish it. It didn't draw me in and I'm not sure why.
The story is beautifully written - he is a fantastic storyteller. It takes you all over the world, from Afghanistan to France, USA to Greece. It explores so much - so many aspects of human nature and the history.
It was a good read and it had an unsettling but satisfying ending.

Glad to have read this book, And The Mountains Echoed by Khaled Hosseini, that had been on my radar for quite some time after reading his two remarkable and succesful novels, The Kite Runner and A Thousand Splendid Suns. Although, I loved those two books, And The Mountains Echoed was my least favorite. It was a little disorienting and there was a feeling of inadequacy right towards the end. 👇

For some reason, Hosseini‘s books have never appealed to me. But I ended up with a copy of one at some point, so I thought I‘d give it a try for my #Afghanistan book. It‘s not for me. I find I‘m not at all invested, so I‘m moving on. I have other options on my shelves!

#ReadingAsia2021

#mountains #curiouscovers @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Have had this book for a while and finally got a chance to read it.
Over all,I gave it 4 stars out of 5.
I like all of this book except for the last two chapters which I felt a bit dragging.

When you match your purple gin spritz (damson and blackberry) to your book!

This was a lovely book, set partly in #afghanistan. Whilst there were difficult parts it was a much easier read than either A Thousand Splendid Suns or The Kite Runner. It is a sweeping tale of families across more than 60 years - I couldn‘t put it down as I really wanted to find out what happened and who was linked to whom.

#readingasia2021

Lovely!!
Hosseini is such a good storyteller. I enjoyed following all of the different, intersecting storylines in this book.
What‘s so good about his writing is the way he is able to mirror life and people in all of their imperfection, messiness and beauty. He manages to find the poetry within the everyday.
The way things in life turn out or the way sometimes they don‘t, and how we find and make our peace with that.

This was my first Khaled Hosseini and I loved it. I loved the different story strands and though I wish I could have followed them all to their conclusions, incompleteness and messiness in storytelling have always appealed to me as true to life. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

“I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.”

#Mountains ⛰
#LitsySpringBreak 📚

I‘ve enjoyed all of Khaled Hosseini‘s books and his ability to story tell. I enjoy the way he demonstrates the realness of Afghan culture through his stories, depicting the struggles, the loss, the change, and the silver lining. This book in particular, is like reading 7 stories all in one. He so eloquently tells the story of multiple characters and ties them together into a beautiful story of hope.

I love him him as a storyteller! I know I won‘t be able to put down his book when I start it. The characters each have their own storyline and they come together at different stages of life. You have compassion and even anger for some of them. Too much to unfold in one post, just read his work!

Here‘s my ‘off-the-shelf‘ pile for #readingasia2021. There‘s not as many as it seems, as there are two for Sri Lanka and I‘ll only choose one. (And two for Japan too)

The top one is Reading Lolita in Tehran. I also have a few on Kindle, including Ocean Vuong, Kim IlYoung Born 1982 and The Girl with 7 Names.

#mummysquirrel also has 5 or 6 for me and my library has *the best* travel writing section that I‘ll visit once they re-open.

Khaled Hosseini did a book event at the college where I work when the tagged book came out. Our photographer took this picture.

I‘ve gotten to see lots of great authors at these book events, including Louise Penny, whose books I‘d never read until then, Erik Larsen, Pat Conroy, and Ann Patchett, to name just a few. I always volunteer to help with these and I hope we‘re able to hold events again sometime in the future! #AugustAuthors

This book is sitting on my tbr pile since forever. 😬
I am so guilty of not reading this book after I bought it on sale last year. Maybe before this quarantine ends, I get to say READ!

Working at home is really eating my reading time. Extended working hours 😔. Who else is having the same dillema? 😬

This is a bail for me. There doesn't seem to be anything going on 30 pages in. Plus, the dialogue is kind of meh. I don't find myself invested in the characters. Although I really liked A Thousand Splendid Suns, I can't say the same for this, unfortunately. Hopefully, if he writes another book, it'll be better than this.

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#UnpopularOpinion #HistoricalFiction #KhaledHosseini

Going to start this. I've decided that I'm going to read other books alongside the GOT books just so that I'm not spending all my time on one book.
I really liked A Thousand Splendid Suns, so I have high hopes for this.

On sale $1.99 !!! If you haven‘t read Hosseini —so good

Next book!

“They say, Find a purpose in your life and live it. But, sometimes, it is only after you have lived that you recognize your life had a purpose, and likely one you never had in mind.“

#Mountains
#MagicalMay

#ISpy book with mountains on the cover. Thanks for the tag, @Eggs

I challenge @mrozzz @swishandflick and @MrBook to find a book with a silhouette on the cover.

#ISpy #MountainOnCover

These are books with mountains ⛰ on the cover that I have read and enjoyed.

@Andrew65 Thanks for the tag!

@Cupcake12 @Kati15 @MrBook @Crewgurl Hope you can play and post a book with a mountain on the cover.

“I suspect the truth is that we are waiting, all of us, against insurmountable odds, for something extraordinary to happen to us.”
― Khaled Hosseini, And the Mountains Echoed

More like a series of short stories. Well written and captivating, but I personally found it to be dark. Made it hard to listen to in these times of stress.

#momreviews @Doll8455

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️I love the stories within a story, the narratives from different perspectives, how a single narrative thread runs the course of the novel, yet does not drown the voices of the other characters but uplifts them. And amidst the cacophony of voices, a single verse from a Rumi poem lingers quietly in the background, “Out beyond ideas of wrongdoing and rightdoing, there is a field. I‘ll meet you there.”

I wanted to know more about Abdullah, Pari (sister), and Pari (daughter), but I kind of felt like there were ramblings on about other characters like Markos. I love Khaled Hosseini's writing style, but the plot fell flat for me.

This will be my second time trying this book, this time was in audio form, and I just can't see no rhyme or reason to this book, so bail it is

A must read. I love everything Khaled Hosseini.

I really liked this book but couldn‘t help compare it to the other Hosseini novel I‘ve read (thousand splendid suns) which I preferred. This was definitely a pick, but I found it hard to understand how the overall plot hung together so I thought of it more as a series of loosely connected different scenes. Maybe in print I‘d have kept the characters straighter in my head.

#wintergames #merryreaders #tbrread @Clwojick @StayCurious

2019 #2 -- not my favorite Hosseini novel. The structure failed to consistently reveal and move the story and felt unfocused too often. There were moments that engaged me, then moments where I was disconnected from the story. I don't feel I wasted time on it, but the book left me untouched.

Hosseini stole my heart with his first two books, so I had high expectations for this one. It did not disappoint. From the very first pages, my heart was in it. Fully engaged in this web of characters from beginning to end, I read this book cover to cover in three days. Beautiful language, deep levels of imagery, the darkest and most beautiful parts of the human experience - all wrapped up into this amazing novel.

Such a sad story! A man makes the choice to try and save his family and it has consequences for generations. Told from many different perspectives. Definitely a tear jerker!

#SoaringScores #MistyMountains It‘s been a long time since I read this book, I honestly don‘t remember much😬but I‘m sure tears were shed, it‘s a Hosseini novel so that seems like a given😜 I wish he‘d write a new adult novel already!!!!

This was wonderful. Epic, beautiful but very accessible. Storytelling that hooked me in from the beginning.

I‘ve read all three of Hosseini‘s novels and reckon he might just be a #mustreadauthor for me.

I am loving this book so much. Just what I needed to get lost in. 🙏😍

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