night, earth, dragon and diamond

just finished reading elie wiesel's night abt the attempted annihilation of the jewish race in worldwar2. really sad to read abt all the senseless killing that has happened and how they had totally no control abt what was going to happen to them. reminded me abt the oscar award winning movie called life is beautiful by Roberto Benigni about how a father struggled to protect and keep his son alive in a concentration camp.

currently on the last few pages of pearl buck's the good earth abt a chinese farmers struggle and rise from poverty. its also quite a good read and there is a moment in the book i found to be funny, where an older "wanglung", the main character in the book, is reflecting abt his past and abt how simple his life was when he was poor and how it has become more complicated as he got richer. from a poor farmer living in a hut to a master of a household living in a huge mansion.

thewife is reading a jeffrey archer book, false impressions, i believe.

just saw blood diamond as well and again abt senseless civil war in africa because of diamonds and abt child rebel soldiers. good movie with excellent acting from leonardoDC, djimonH and jenniferC.
Eragon on the other hand sucked big-time with really crappy diaogue. i think i'll stick to the books. neither arya nor brom really looked impressive at all.