A Thousand Splendid Suns (2007) is Khaled Hosseini’s follow-up to his best-selling debut novel, The Kite Runner (2004). I read The Kite Runner a few weeks before Christmas and thoroughly enjoyed it. A gripping plot set against the backdrop of Afghanistan sees a young man trying to make up for an act of cowardice in his youth. So, when the holidays rolled around, A Thousand Splendid Suns made it onto my Christmas list. A Thousand [...]

Lisa and I went to see Blue Rodeo with friends last night. Blue Rodeo was great but we were also impressed with the opening band, Cuff the Duke. Cuff the Duke is an alt-country band based out of Oshawa, Ontario. They have released three (3) albums since their formation in 2002; Life Stories for Minimum Wage (2002), Cuff the Duke (2005), and Sidelines Of The City (2007). After the show, we picked up Sidelines of [...]