Re-read the Kite Runner for the umpteenth time this holiday, as I’m teaching it again. It’s still really good. @teamenglish1.bsky.social #booksky #UKEd #edusky 📚🍎🎓🪁 - ThreadSky

mxfb.bsky.social • 65 days ago

Re-read the Kite Runner for the umpteenth time this holiday, as I’m teaching it again.
It’s still really good.
@teamenglish1.bsky.social #booksky #UKEd #edusky
📚🍎🎓🪁

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thehensei.bsky.social•65 days ago

It does a great job taking you into a very different world. One of my favorites.

marinadbrown.bsky.social•65 days ago

One of my fav books of all time

modwoman.bsky.social•65 days ago

One of my all time favorite books!

longboxguymike.bsky.social•65 days ago

I read this book last year while my kid was reading it for English class. I enjoyed the book almost as much as I enjoyed talking to her about the book.

hoylerosemary.bsky.social•65 days ago

I love his writing - this is z great novel. I think all women should read A Thousand Splendid Suns !

cattyliberal.bsky.social•65 days ago

I enjoyed The Kite Runner. I LOVED A Thousand Splendid Suns. It’s my #1 recommended book to women.

bookworm17.bsky.social•65 days ago

I can never decide which one I like best!

lc-chris-choh.bsky.social•65 days ago

I also really do think all men, especially misogynists, should read A Thousand Splendid Suns.

ehamil38.bsky.social•65 days ago

I love that book

simplycici.bsky.social•65 days ago

Oh, I’m so glad you are teaching this! What grade?

kristinajensen.bsky.social•64 days ago

An important work, albeit a difficult read for me.

mommahoneypie.bsky.social•63 days ago

My kid fell in love w this book! Still a favorite, keeps pestering me to give it a shot lol..maybe this year lol

mainlystories.bsky.social•65 days ago

I imagine how much can be lost in translation. I romanticize that all his works are even more beautiful in Persian.

mxfb.bsky.social•65 days ago

He wrote in English

mainlystories.bsky.social•65 days ago

Very astute.

philwr.bsky.social•65 days ago

I’ve heard of this. I haven’t read it yet.

mxfb.bsky.social•44 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/mxfb.bsky.social/post/3lgodlg5ibs2m

mxfb.bsky.social•65 days ago

Worth also reading this, for balance…
#BookSky #KiteRunner #Orientalism

https://medium.com/@sarasthoughts/why-afghans-dislike-the-kite-runner-by-khaled-hosseini-24d2eedb74fb

gretat.bsky.social•65 days ago

This piece identifies exactly why I had problems with the book. And I am not a muslim or an Afghan, just a critical reader. Reading this book with a class would need to include different voices.

rachcunneen.bsky.social•61 days ago

Thank you. I know this book is on many curricula and it's very popular, but I would never teach it by choice. The personal narrative thread is brutal & the overarching message is about the US as saviours. At least, it can't be read in a sociopolitical vacuum.

kcdavis.bsky.social•65 days ago

Saying that understanding the author's audience is important is an understatement.

ryanct.bsky.social•65 days ago

Was just covered by English/Literature teachers at the school I work at! Mostly for classes of full of 17 year olds.

waternymph38.bsky.social•64 days ago

LOVE that book. I could reread it a million times over. The movie was great too!

bookhoarder53.bsky.social•65 days ago

Fantastic book.

lc-chris-choh.bsky.social•65 days ago

I love this book. Really wish to be part of the class discussions and really interested to know what questions your students will raise after reading this amazing book.

vickmickunas.bsky.social•65 days ago

redgp.bsky.social•65 days ago

Unfortunately, some schools in US have banned it. Great book that I did get to teach at a private school.

drjuliette.bsky.social•65 days ago

Great book.

angrygiantrobot.bsky.social•64 days ago

Love the Kite Runner but A Thousand Splendid Suns is on another level imo.

bingbong4eva.bsky.social•65 days ago

I still cry thinking bc about it, such a wonderful book

typhaneyb.bsky.social•65 days ago

This is such an incredible book.

apj813.bsky.social•65 days ago

Best book ever 💕

darlenenonumber.bsky.social•65 days ago

It is. 🥺👏

jamielm.bsky.social•65 days ago

Have read it a few times and will read it again when I need a good book.

spoonsy.bsky.social•65 days ago

And it will always be really good. Have a wonderful and productive term inspiring people!

tank62.bsky.social•65 days ago

I’ve heard it is a Very Good Book.

ehamil38.bsky.social•65 days ago

He's one of my favorite authors

jeanettedemain.bsky.social•65 days ago

Unfortunately, this book seems to be getting pulled from many school libraries in the United States.

norwegiangooner.bsky.social•65 days ago

Why in the world is this taken out of school libraries?

jeanettedemain.bsky.social•64 days ago

You would have to ask the bigoted, narrow-minded people who scream loudly to have this book, and many others, removed. They want to enforce their small world on everyone else's children.

matt-schaefer.bsky.social•65 days ago

It’s a travesty. The book expertly handles and presents some very serious and sensitive topics. It’s a modern classic.

zfab.bsky.social•65 days ago

Loved this book, too

markiedoyle.bsky.social•65 days ago

Unrivalled.

rebba.bsky.social•65 days ago

I read this! 💙

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