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NPWfever

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posted on 5-1-2008 at 07:29 PM

Kite Runner!!

Sound less like a book and more like me on a windless day! :lol:

I think that should be the new cover
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posted on 6-1-2008 at 09:38 AM

GREAT BOOK !!!!

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posted on 6-1-2008 at 11:49 AM

My mom is reading it, has almost nothing to do with kites tho

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posted on 7-1-2008 at 04:36 AM

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Originally posted by NPWfever
My mom is reading it, has almost nothing to do with kites tho

Never read it, but I think the kites are a metaphor for terrorism.

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posted on 7-1-2008 at 06:59 AM

So should it be called the bomb runner?
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Originally posted by NPWfever
My mom is reading it, has almost nothing to do with kites tho

Never read it, but I think the kites are a metaphor for terrorism.

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posted on 7-1-2008 at 07:17 AM

Or the Bum runner :evil:

Actually I think the kite fights of Afganastan and the kite runner represent the loyalty among 2 boys ? The kite runner catches the kite after it is cut loose. I think we call them kite #@%$#!es here :smug:

It's out in Movie form soon.

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posted on 7-1-2008 at 02:56 PM

Saw it last night and it is actually a great story, really didn't want to go but my parents dragged me along and I liked it! :o

\"Once you have flown you will walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward; for there you have been, there you long to return\" Leonardo Da Vinci