Recently, I saw a commercial promoting the new movie called, The Book Thief.  Since they said it was based on the New York Times bestseller I wanted to check it out!  Currently Amazon is selling this book for only $2.90 and it has excellent reviews.  I just downloaded it and can’t wait to dive in!

Have you read this book?  What did you think?

The Book Thief

It is 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier, and will become busier still.

Liesel Meminger is a foster girl living outside of Munich, who scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist–books. With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, she learns to read and shares her stolen books with her neighbors during bombing raids as well as with the Jewish man hidden in her basement.

In superbly crafted writing that burns with intensity, award-winning author Markus Zusak, author of I Am the Messenger, has given us one of the most enduring stories of our time