The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears, 2007, Dinaw Mengestu ****

An Ethiopian refugee flees his home country to the United States of America after his father is brutally assassinated. He lives with his uncle, who also is a refugee, and later on moves into a lowly neighbourhood where he opens a store and meets a woman and her daughter. The Beautiful Things That Heaven Bears might seem like another simple typical immigration story, far from, it narrates on the fate of a

A Thousand Splendid Suns, 2007, by Khaled Hosseini ****

I read this book on the July of 2009. I ordered it because I loved Kite Runner, 2003, by Khaled Hosseini ***** by the same author. It was a nice read, I really liked it and I was entertained, nevertheless (from my own point of view) Khaled repeated his work here, he just changed the sex of the characters. In his first book the main characters were men and in his second book the main characters were women. I prefer The Kite Runner.

This Novel tells the story of two Afghan women before, during and after the war in Afghanistan.

I will recommend this book if after reading The Kite Runner you liked it and want to try something more from the same author, please read this book

Kite Runner, 2003, by Khaled Hosseini *****

I read this book in 2008, I really can't remember how I lay my hands on it, I actually did buy a copy. Most probably I read a review somewhere, I am so satisfied with this book. It is my favourite. Below is my review when I just read it.

"I enjoyed every bit of this novel.. lot of drama so if you like Drama .. here you go.. I bought the movie as well... but it was nothing compared to the book.. please it is a must read book!!!"

Drama upon Drama. The main story took place in Afghanistan, it tells about the life of 2 little boys of different tribe growing up in an Afghanistan of the Taliban (before and during the Taliban, mostly during), how their lives were affected. It also tells about the Afghanistan culture and their way of living before and during the reign of the Taliban.

The story touched my heart, it drew me a step closer to the Afghanistan people. Khaled did an admiring job here. I highly recommend this book.