Summer Assignment #4-The Book Thief

After reading this book, I didn’t really like it that much. It was too boring for me. I chose this book because it sounded fun to read about Nazi Germany and Hitler but I wish there was more tense moments for the reader to focus on.

I saw personal connections with me and the book because everyone has their secrets. Whether or not they are big or small. I have mine and Leisel and her family had theirs. Hiding a Jew in that time was a bit bigger and dangerous than any that I have but you get the idea. During the beginning of the book I thought that because death was narrating the book that it would somehow kill her because of her reading books and hiding Max but it didn’t until later in life I guess. I feel bad for Rudy only because he liked Leisel and always brought up that she should kiss him but she didn’t.

I would recommend this book to someone who likes reading a lot. I don’t so I need an action packed book to keep me interested and this one didn’t do that. It would be different with someone who likes reading because they wouldn’t mind getting through the boring parts unlike me. Overall it wasn’t bad but I wish I would have picked a different book.

Summer Assignment #3- The Book Thief

The passage I picked for my book that hooked me as a reader is, “On the way home, they stopped at the bridge and inspected the heavy black book. As Rudy flipped through the pages, he arrived at a letter. He picked it up and looked at it slowly toward the book thief. ‘It’s got your name on it.’ The river ran. Leisel took ahold of the paper.”pg. 368

This hooked me because Rudy was now finding about how Leisel was interested in books and liked to read them because he found this one with her name in it.  I stopped reading after this to think about it for a little and make predictions and type this before continuing reading. I think that she will lie to him and deny it but Rudy will try to figure more about what is going on with her.

I have no idea where the book could go from here. Leisel could tell him and be honest with him or she could try to lie and ruin everything but im looking forward to see what happens with them. Hopefully she makes the right decision and trusts Rudy with what she is doing. If not then I don’t know.