I just finished The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, it was heartbreaking. I thought the first half of the book was much stronger than the second, where it started getting a little predictable, but I still liked the book. Now I'm reading A Thousand Splendid Suns by the same author, also liking that one. Sadly I'm realizing how little I actually know about Afghanistan and the people and the culture despite it being on the news so much.