Sorry for the delay...

I'm sorry it took me so long to post anything. I finished the book forever ago I have just been procrastinating a bit...so unlike me, I know. :)

Anyway, I want to start by saying I really liked this book. Greg Mortenson is amazing and it puts such a positive light on Pakistan and Muslim communities, which is something America could definitely use more of.

One thing I loved about the book was how Mortenson really submerged himself in the culture and became a member of the community in each village he went to. I think that is awesome. It would have been very easy to go to these places and see simple people and think that you need to completely run the show and he didn't. Instead he really worked with them and in the end takes just as much out of each place as he put into it.

I also like that the book addresses the fact that people aren't born terrorists but are taught to be so. Amy, I'm with you...this book was the first I read about the madrassas and the type of education they are providing. It's a scary thought knowing that those groups are herding young, impressionable kids into schools like that.

Also Amy, laughed SO hard at "Where's Osama." Seriously??? Just like that?? Like Mortenson was hiding him in one of the schools. WTF?

Amanda, I like the question about the title. It's really interesting. I definitely liked the revised version better. I agree that the rise in sales probably came from the following the book was getting but also think that you are right about the new title promoting hope instead of violence. Positive title would totally sell better than a negative one, especially as people grow more tired of the war.

Well, I hope everyone else enjoyed the book!

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao

Is anyone reading The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao?

It's 2 a.m and I just finished!

So I'm working the overnight shift at the hospital and I finally finished this book after 90 days or so. Not that this book wasn't interesting, it definitely was, just didn't capture my attention like Harry Potter does...oh how I love Harry Potter.

I don't know that I have much to say this early in the a.m but I can say that I admire and respect Greg Mortenson for the work he did in Pakistan. If only there were more people like him.

Okay, I better get back to my patients, Greg Mortenson would want me to ;-)