Gold Dust

I am so glad Amy picked this book, it is way better then the ones I have been reading. To be honest I don't become involved in a book very often, but this one was pretty good. The pace of the book kept me from getting distracted which is kind of a problem sometimes. It was easy to understand, you didn't get lost like in some books where the vocabulary can just throw you off. Books that are translated into another language usually have that obstacle and thus, some people don't enjoy reading translated novels. I would also like to bring up the point that the religious message of the story is to hold Allah above everything else. Ukhayyad from the first page cares only for his camel. Some of the passages in the first few chapters read like a crazy person who is in love with an animal. He was ready to sacrifice his sanity for his CAMEL. That kind of devotion is usually reserved for religious worship or at least another human being. Allah is not someone who will betray you or die. So many Middle Eastern cultures were built on that belief even if they don't share all of the same values.