Re-discovering an old love.

I recently started reading again after a long and unnecessary hiatus. Life has been so crazy over the last couple of years that I haven't had much time to stop what I'm doing and pick up a book. So when a co-worker lent me a few books recently, I took it as the opportunity to start reading religiously again. And boy, I'm glad I did.

Last week, I finished reading Funny in Farsi: A Memoir of Growing up Iranian in America by Firoozeh Dumas. What a wonderful book that was. So funny and warm, and so enlightening, too. I highly recommend this book to anyone who's interested in learning more about the Iranian culture.

As soon as I finished that book, I picked up A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (he's the author of The Kite Runner, which was recently made into a movie). I'm only 60 pages into it thus far, and all I can say is: wow. This book will probably make it on to my list of all time favorites. Last week during my break, I came across one part that was so moving that I actually cried a little. It's been a long time since a book has done that to me, and all I wanted to do was keep reading. I've been taking it with me everywhere I go - while I was waiting for my Weight Watchers meeting to start yesterday, I read a few pages and hated to put it down. I'm excited to see where the book is going.

I'm not sure yet what I'll be reading next. It always makes me a little sad when I've finished reading a book - I grow somewhat attached to the story and the characters. And that's part of why I love to read so much.

I'm so glad I decided to pick up a book a couple of weeks ago. I don't think I'll ever go that long again without reading.

And if anyone has any good books to recommend, please let me know!