December62011

The Book Thief

youjustjelly:

I finished ‘The Book Thief’ by Mark Zusak last night, oh my goodness it is incredible. It’s something like 550 pages long and i thought it would take me ages to read what with actually having a bit of a life now but i ended up staying up late every single night, captivated by it, not putting it down until i physically could not stay awake any longer. It is about a girl in nazi-germany during WW2 and is narrated by death, i can’t exactly describe how this makes it so good but it really does. The story isn’t old-fashioned at all, it all flows so well and you become so attached to all of the characters. I think any book a World War will always be emotional but the attachment you feel towards these characters is on another level. My heart literally ached at the end. The thing is, because death is the narrator and he knows so much about this girls life, you know he will be cropping up quite often to take those close to her. And although you know this from the very start, i couldn’t help but try and trick myself that it wasn’t true. It was true though and it was dealt with so beautifully. I cried at the end, of course i did. I wasn’t as bad as i was when i finished reading ‘Sleepers’ (i cried hysterically for like an hour after that) but it really pulled at my heartstrings and i had a lump in my throat and the book on my mind for hours after i finished that i couldn’t go to sleep for a while. It is just so good, you should all read it. It still sickens me that any war occured but Hitler in World War 2 is so disgusting, so evil, so callous that i can hardly accept the fact that it ever happened. The World can be so ugly at times and as death says - you shouldn’t fear him. He is merely a result of the World, never the cause. Read it. That’s an order.
Now i’m onto ‘The Kite Runner’ 

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mark zusak the book thief review 

December52011
mostly-dandy: The Book Thief - Markus Zusak ‘His hair is like feathers’ ‘What?’ The fire had choked the words. ‘I said’ She whispered again, leaning closer, ‘his hair is like feathers…’ 

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The Book Thief - Markus Zusak

‘His hair is like feathers’

‘What?’ The fire had choked the words.

‘I said’ She whispered again, leaning closer, ‘his hair is like feathers…’ 

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the book thief Markus Zusak 

December42011
“

‘Hair the color of lemons,’ Rudy read. His fingers touched the words. “You told him about me?”

At first, Liesel could not talk. Perhaps it was the sudden bumpiness of love she felt for him. Or had she always loved him? It’s likely. Restricted as she was from speaking, she wanted him to kiss her. She wanted him to drag her hand across and pull her over. It didn’t matter where. Her mouth, her neck, her cheek. Her skin was empty for it, waiting.

Years ago, when they’d raced on a muddy field, Rudy was a hastily assembled set of bones, with a jagged, rocky smile. In the trees this afternoon, he was a giver of bread and teddy bears. He was a triple Hitler Youth athletics champion. He was her best friend. And he was a month from his death.

“Of course I told him about you,” Liesel said. She was saying goodbye and she didn’t even know it.

” Markus Zuzak, The Book Thief (via thoughtsofalonelysomeone)

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December32011

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December22011
freshlybrewedbookreviews: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak All novels about the Holocaust tend to sadden me to my core. This novel is no different, despite the fact that the story focuses on a young German girl named Liesel. Death narrates her tale, filled with sadness at the number of lives he must take during WWII; he sees Liesel multiple times in the course of his work, unfortunately, and from a book he finds belonging to Liesel many years later, he tells of her experiences. Liesel’s life is full of heartbreak and hardship, but she can find glimpses of happiness in the rebellion of stealing books, listening to her foster father play the accordion, and bonding with the Jewish man they are hiding in her basement, with whom she shares a love of words, and who gives her a new sense of appreciation for the small pleasures of the world.A wonderful read, it is a valuable addition to Holocaust and YA literature.

freshlybrewedbookreviews:

The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

All novels about the Holocaust tend to sadden me to my core. This novel is no different, despite the fact that the story focuses on a young German girl named Liesel. Death narrates her tale, filled with sadness at the number of lives he must take during WWII; he sees Liesel multiple times in the course of his work, unfortunately, and from a book he finds belonging to Liesel many years later, he tells of her experiences.


Liesel’s life is full of heartbreak and hardship, but she can find glimpses of happiness in the rebellion of stealing books, listening to her foster father play the accordion, and bonding with the Jewish man they are hiding in her basement, with whom she shares a love of words, and who gives her a new sense of appreciation for the small pleasures of the world.

A wonderful read, it is a valuable addition to Holocaust and YA literature.

Markus Zusak The Book Thief book review 

December12011

bicycleboy:

As they walked back to Himmel Street, Rudy forewarned her. “One day, Liesel,” he said, “you’ll be dying to kiss me.”
But Liesel knew. 
She vowed. 
As long as both she and Rudy Steiner lived, she would never kiss that miserable, filthy Saukerl…
pg. 55 

“God, Rudy…”
She leaned down and looked at his lifeless face and Liesel kissed her best friend, Rudy Steiner, soft and true on his lips.”
pg. 536 

The Book Thief markus zusak 

November302011
thebookloverscorner: The Book Thief 

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The Book Thief 

Markus Zusak the book thief 

November292011

The moment when Liesel Meminger kissed Rudy Steiner…

wickedlyawesomeme:

 

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November272011
As the word ‘communist’ seized her, the remainder of the Nazi recital swept by, either side, lost somewhere in the German feet around her. Waterfalls of words. A girl treading water.She thought it again. Kommunisten. - The Book Thief (2006)

As the word ‘communist’ seized her, the remainder of the Nazi recital swept by, either side, lost somewhere in the German feet around her. Waterfalls of words. A girl treading water.She thought it again. Kommunisten.

- The Book Thief (2006)

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markus zusak the book thief 

November262011

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the book thief markus zusak 

November252011
galilei: her brother was dead. (by Lily Livingston)

galilei:

her brother was dead. (by Lily Livingston)

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art collage the book thief markus zusak 

November242011
galilei: Liesel (by Lily Livingston)

galilei:

Liesel (by Lily Livingston)

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November232011
nicolegaskarth: You told him about me? by =joni-lynne

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You told him about me? by =joni-lynne

The book thief Rudy steiner Liesel meminger 

November202011

Sometimes I think we should make a support group for Book Thief readers

abbyleaf101:

Rudy Steiner, Max Vandenburg, Hans Hubermann, Rosa Hubermann… all the people who broke our hearts and we’re still quietly mourning. 

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The Book Thief 

November192011

And so I’m at that part of the book where I don’t want to read any more in fear that I might lose everything my life has become. I will miss Rudy and Liesel as if they were my very own best friends (how I wish). I’m going to miss Rosa and her potty mouth and Hans and his subtle acts of kindness. I’m going to miss the colors and the words and the secrets. Why do books have to end?

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