“The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn‘t be any of this.”
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“The words. Why did they have to exist? Without them, there wouldn‘t be any of this.”
pickHistorical Fiction
Published in 2005
The Book Thief is a powerful and emotional story set in World War II. Through Liesel‘s experiences, readers see the importance of kindness, courage, and words. The writing is engaging, the characters feel real, and the story leaves a lasting impact.
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak is a powerful historical fiction novel for classroom use because it brings World War II to life through a unique narrator and a child‘s perspective. It blends accurate historical detail with themes of courage, empathy, and the power of words, helping students build understanding, compassion, and critical thinking.
The next big reads. Finally got a chance to raid the library. I need some suggestions for next books? I‘m trying to come out of this weird reading slump.
pickThe Book Thief follows Liesel, a young girl who‘s sent to live with a foster family that teaches her to read. She steals books not just for the thrill, but for the love of words. The story shows how some people quietly resisted fascism and offers a different perspective on everyday German life during WWII. What makes The Book Thief unique is that its narrator is Death—a sorrowful observer who witnesses humanity and the stories we leave behind.
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I hadn‘t been aware of this book until a physical therapist recommended it to me, and it was wonderful! Story of a girl and her foster parents outside of Munich during WWII, narrated by death. Fantastic characters, writing, and narration for the audiobook.
Folio Society did an edition of my all-time favorite book, The Book Thief.
I HAD to have it. It's gorgeous 😍
Death, but make it cozy.
pickWhat a great read! I can‘t believe I haven‘t read it until now.
#bookspinbingo
#LitsyAtoZ #LetterZ
#pop25 - book I want to read based on the last sentence
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“The Book Thief”
The Book Thief is a tragic war time story narrated by a compassionate death telling his 3 encounters of Liesel, a young girl living in Germany during the Second World War. Liesel steals books and learns to read and enjoys it as a sense of safety. Her and a Jewish boy hidden in her families basement befriend and Liesel is the only one to make it out of a grizzly carpet bombing of her town, kissing the boy in his dying moments.
pickDeath introduces himself as the narrator of this story. Death spotted “the book thief” a total of three times, on a train, coming for a pilot who had crashed their vessel, and after a bombing. The author tied three colours to each sighting, red white and black, the nazi flag.
pickEngaging story
From the perspective of Death
And rebellion
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#haikureview #historicalfiction #eyeopener
If I had a dollar for every time I read, "Jesus, Mary and Joseph" as an expletive, I would finally be able to buy that keyboard piano I've been saving up for ?
But seriously, this book is good. Eye opening. Introspective. Humanizing. (Is that a word?)
Took me long enough, but I'm glad I picked this up. I'm on track to finish today.
#currentlyreading #historicalfiction
1. I never take the item on top. If there are a stack of books at a store I never take the first copy.
2. If I have a pen with no top I will not use it. Clicker pens are not my first choice, but I can get around the missing top thing with clicker pen.
3. I have a visceral reaction to someone popping their knuckles.
#TLT #threelistthursday @dabbe
“People observe the colors of a day only at its beginnings and ends, but to me, it's quite clear that a day merges through a multitude of shades and intonations, with each passing moment."
Zusak's unique narrative style and well-drawn characters make it a poignant exploration of love, loss, and resilience. The book has such an amazing emotional depth and thought-provoking themes that captivate young audiences.
pickThis book is powerful and moving novel set in Nazi Germany. It's narrated by Death and follows the life of Liesel Meminger, a young girl living with foster parents. The story revolves around the impact of words, literature, and the human spirit during a tumultuous time.
The book is about a girl coming of age in Germany during World War II, with Death serving as the narrator. In coping with the harrowing events of the time, Liesel and her Jewish friend Max resort to stealing books to distract themselves. the book balances reality and imagination by anchoring itself in historical events but having an unexpected narrator.
pickWhile death is busy collecting the souls of so many death in Nazi Germany,he can't help looking at Liesel's life,a little girl who was adopted after her parents were sent to a concentration camp and that becomes a book thief.I loved to see the day to day in Nazi Germany from a kids perspective,still room for lot of a lot of heartwarming occasions, lots of lovable characters. The whole book is great, but the first chapter was probably my favourite.
pickGlad I gave Zusak another try after I Am the Messenger, but this solidifies my impression that his stories carry an emotional impact that I have to brace myself for. I appreciate that it shows how Germany had both fanatical bigots AND those who stood against Nazi hate, prejudice and violence, to varying degrees of ability and courage, all the while knowing the danger of facing such an oppressive force even as a citizen. 1/?
Gender neutral! ? I like the "It simply is." Feel like when it comes to discussions of gender identity, that could come in handy....
The observation just struck me. I often end up surveying the sky to rest my eyes when walking downtown, take them off the crowd by the crosswalk, but I do end up more captivated at sunrise and sunset. What if I catalogued all the shades of light and sky in the times in between?
pickI just cried onto the pages finishing this tonight. It is a beautiful sad story. Loved it, loved the characters and wanted them all to live, love and be happy. Most don‘t get that chance. Death tells the story with care and compassion, gently lifting away the souls lost and collecting colors.
This has been on my TBR forever! Finally reading it… what took me so long?
#RoyalReadingRoom
pick#TheBookThief is one of my absolute favourite books 📖, and I‘m happy I own the English version now too! Although, I have to admit that this book is actually better in the German translation?! It works so much better without random German phrases sprinkled in.
I‘m spending the long weekend at my parents and today, we used our small boat 🚤 for the 1st time this year and enjoyed the sun ☀️.
pickThis book was a cool read it shows so much emotion. I would recommend if you like history novels.
“I was foolish.“
“No,“ Papa said. “You were a boy.“
so-soI enjoyed the plot of the book thief. It was interesting how death was the narrator, but it was very sad as well. I did however get a little more insight about the holocaust through this book.
pickThis book is a great depiction of the struggle of the people who‘s lives were changed because of World War II. It shows it from the perspective of the people in Germany who did not conform to the Nazi regime. It filled a young girl who‘s life is torn apart by the war but finds her way of getting through by reading books.
so-sothe book was interesting, but too slow for my liking. there was a plot, but it was extremely slow paced. the end is really sad.
so-soI like the storyline but I didn‘t like how slow it was. The ending was sad
so-soI liked the book. It showed a lot on what was happening with the war to the people that weren‘t a part of that actually war part. Young and old and how it affected them.
