I'm Back!! && The Book Thief

Hello peoples!! It's been quite a while, but after my last post, I got somewhat busy...my cousin came over, I had tennis tryouts and practices, and of course, school started which has just swamped me with all sorts of work and stuff. I'm trying to start reading again though, and hopefully posting more reviews for you guys!!

By the way, just saying, I read The Book Thief over the summer as my "pre-course reading assignment"...after that I don't remember reading much that wasn't for school.

(Summary from Good Reads)

It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery....

Narrated by Death, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a young foster girl living outside of Munich in Nazi Germany. Liesel scratches out a meager existence for herself by stealing when she encounters something she can’t resist – books. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever they are to be found.

With the help of her accordion-playing foster father, Liesel 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.

This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul.

10/10 Okay...this book was downright amazing. I didn't even mind that I had to annotate and write a paper on it. It was really nice and refreshing to have a break from the typical dystopian young adult romance novels. This book was like nothing I had ever read before. How it was written, the story, everything was just...I can't even think of the right word. It was very, very sad though. Just a warning. Also, I found this book to be quite...heavy, if that makes any sense. It's not a fast read by any means. But it was so worth it. 

And hey, I got 100% on my paper too. :-)

Coming Soon:
-To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee (possibly)
-Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck (possibly)
-Great Expectations by Charles Dickens (possibly)
(those three I read for school fyi)
-Reached by Ally Condie
-The Fault in Our Stars by John Green
-Every Day by David Leviathan

♥Skittlez