The Book Theif - Markus Zusak

I am pretty excited to read this book! I hope I can finish it by the time the movie comes out! I think this will be an amazing and emotional story - and I love learning about the time of Hitler in history. I find it all so interesting (horrible, but interesting).
This book is uniquely written from the point of view of Death. I think I will enjoy reading all 584 pages of this novel! And I can't wait to see the movie also :)

'It is 1939, Nazi Germany. 

The country is holding its breath. 

Death has never been busier, 

and will become busier still. 

By her brother's graveside, Liesel's life is changed when she picks up an object, partially hidden by the snow. It is The Gravedigger's Handbook, and it is her first act of book thievery. 

So begins a love affair with books and words, as Liesel learns to read. Soon she is stealing books from Nazi book-burnings, the mayor's wife's library, wherever there are books to be found. 

But these are dangerous times. When Liesel's foster family hides a Jewish fist-fighter in their basement, Liesel's world is both opened up, and closed down.' 

I obviously love books as well - and I couldn't imagine living in a time where books were not allowed to be read. Books were dangerous. I can't picture what it would be like if I were not allowed to pick up a book and read the words on the page. It would be terrible. I am looking forward to reading this book. I've heard good things :)