The Kite Runner

I usually don't read books. Everyone wonders why, because the rest of my family LOVES to read. Our house is littered with books. When they were younger, my parents both got in trouble for reading too much, and the same goes for my two siblings. But I always got in trouble for not reading enough. Even those required books for class... sparknotes was my best friend in middle school and high school. Anyway, this is just an attempt to explain myself:

In sixth grade, my English class had this chart with all the names of the kids in my class written on it. Every time we finished reading a book, we got a little sticker beside our names. I know. Seems like something they would do in elementary school. But this chart was my pride... because according to the chart, I was the fastest reader in my class. The BEST, if you will. I was about five books ahead of everyone else in my class. I miss my days as a sixth grader... I was still considered one of the top students in most of my classes... I even got the math award for my math class that year. But anyway, one day, a boy transferred into our English class from one of my teachers other periods, and he was ahead of me... I was so mad, I DESPERATELY tried to at least catch up, but in the end, he won. After that, I hated reading... it's pretty pathetic; I basically stopped reading because I was bitter I lost... but that is the true story of why I stopped reading books for pure enjoyment.

Some times I would try to restore my love for books by picking up a book my friends recommend. Most of the time I never finish them. That's why I was pleasantly surprised this break when I managed to finish reading two books without losing interest in either of them. The first I talked about earlier in my blog. The second book I read this winter break was "The Kite Runner". What initially sparked my interest in this book was an episode of The Office where Ryan gives a kite to Toby for Christmas because Toby was reading "The Kite Runner". I talked to a few friends, and they all said they either thought it was a good book, or heard it was a good book, so I decided to buy it.

Those of you who recommended the book to me, you were right. It was, simply put, amazing. I will not write about the book because I don't want to give anything in the book away... but if you haven't read it, you should!