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McClatchy-Tribune News Service (MCT)

Here are the best-sellers for the week that ended Saturday, Jan. 20, compiled from data from independent and chain bookstores, book wholesalers and independent distributors nationwide.
(Reprinted from Publishers Weekly, published by Cahners Publishing Co., a division of Reed Elsevier, USA. (c) 2007 by Reed Elsevier, USA)

HARDCOVER FICTION
1. Plum Lovin'. Janet Evanovich. St. Martin's, $16.95
Last Week: 1; Weeks on List: 2
2. For One More Day. Mitch Albom. Hyperion, $21.95
Last Week: 2; Weeks on List: 16
3. Cross. James Patterson. Little, Brown, $27.99
Last Week: 3; Weeks on List: 9
4. You Suck. Christopher Moore. Morrow, $21.95
Last Week: -; Weeks on List: 1
5. Next. Michael Crichton. HarperCollins, $27.95
Last Week: 5; Weeks on List: 7

Note: Each week, The Courier spotlights books recently arrived, or soon to arrive, in the James Logan Media Center's collection.

At First Sight by Nicholas Sparks
Hardcover: 288 pages
Publisher: Warner Books (October 18, 2005)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0446532428
ISBN-13: 978-0446532426

From NicholasSparks.com:
There are a few things Jeremy Marsh was sure he’d never do: he’d never leave New York City; never give his heart away after barely surviving one failed marriage; and never become a parent. Now Jeremy is living in the tiny town of Boone Creek, North Carolina, engaged to Lexie Darnell, the love of his life, and anticipating the start of their family. But just as his life seems to be settling into a blissful pattern, a mysterious and disturbing e-mail sets off a chain of events that will change the course of this young couple’s relationship.

Reviewed by Hassina Obaidy, Courier Staff Writer

The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Publisher: River Head Books (June 2003), 371 pages
Language: English
ISBN (first eidition and hardcover): 1-57322-245-3
ISBN (paperback edition): 1-59448-000-1


Many people can relate to this book, especially those who have started to adapt to a new country or have been betrayed by loved ones. When I first heard about this book, I knew it would be one of my favorite books because it's about someone's life and it's written by an Afghan author, Khaled Hosseini.

A young boy named Amir Khan lives in Kabul, Afghanistan with his father and his best friend Hassan. Amir is the son of a wealthy businessmen who is Sunni Muslim and a Pashtun. Hassan's father, however, is a servant to Amir's father, who is Shi'a Muslim and Hazara.