From the Bookshelf of You Are Not Prepared…

The Book Thief

Markus Zusak

Start date: March 11, 2011

Finish date: May 9, 2011

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Oct 29, 2008 Sophie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

Shelves: fiction, read-in-2011, young-adult, historical-fiction, hannah-list, read-in-2008, own, favorites, s-o-b-b-i-n-g

So... this is the best book ever, right? I mean, is there anyone who's read this book who hasn't cried their eyes out? Just read it, if you haven't already. Or even if you have!

A couple of things struck me on this, my third reading. First is the fact that Liesel only steals books on a "need-to-have" basis. Even though she only has a few books, she gets as much mileage out of them as possible before acquiring another. I like that, and it made me look at my own bloated book collection differently. ...more

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Mar 09, 2011 Sophie rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

I already knew this book was the most amazing book in the world because I first read it two years ago, all in one day. I must have gotten the ending confused with another book or something, because I can't have just forgotten... but I did, and I have been sobbing for the last half an hour, and I can't stop. It's the most beautiful, haunting, heartbreaking story in the world. ...more

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Nov 08, 2010 Laura rated it it was amazing

Shelves: holocaust, war, paperback, favorites, historical, new, ww2, romance, family, 1940s

This book was amazing! Sooo beautiful and moving. I haven't read any World War II era books in a long time because I used to have to read so many back in school. That's probably why I waited a few years to read this. ...more

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