I begrudgingly admit that I had started and stopped this book at least three times before I finally buckled down and finished it this year. And I am so, so glad that I did. 
 As an avid reader, it's very rare that I come across a book that so enthralls me that I feel as though I have to tell everyone I meet, "hey, have you read this book...." But The Kite Runner was definitely one of those novels. It made me smile and cry; feel harsh, deep-seated anger that I didn't know was there, yet later on in the same chapter make me feel pure, untainted hope. A lovely novel that I am so incredibly happy to have read (or, perhaps a better term would be "devoured.") 
 "For you, a thousand times over."