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What a great book from a young, HOT author (who has a sexy Austrian accent...). Be warned: I may be biased since I groped his shoulder at ALA.
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Read in November, 2007
With all the Holocaust-themed stories out there, it can be hard to find one that stands out above all the others for portraying not just the horrors, but the humanity, and from the perspective of a German instead of a Jew. The Book Thief manages this spectacularly, as we follow Liesel Meminger from her trip to her new foster parents’ home and through her adolescence, with her story told by the one person who has seen it all: Death. It could be gimmicky, but it works very well; Death has affe...more
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Read in November, 2009
Heartbreaking/warming. I really enjoyed the unique storytelling in this book. Death as a sympathetic narrator really worked and the characters were beautifully full and real. I'm tempted to give this five stars, but think that may be a little too strong (a 4 1/2 star book for me).
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Read in March, 2009
Historical Fiction, Biography, Nonfiction reading list. In the end I liked it more than I thought I would. It takes a couple hundred pages to really pull in you. Then for the last couple hundred of pages you can't put the book down. It was definitely interesting. Can't say I've ever read a book like it before. Should make for an interesting book discussion.
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Read in July, 2008
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Jackie Marquardt
A nearly perfect book. I couldn't bear for it to end.
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