Review: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

     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. 

Rating: ★★★★★

I've had this on my shelf for years now but never really got around to reading it. I'm glad I didn't read this sooner. Not because I didn't like it, but because I don't think I would have appreciated it as much if I had read it when I was younger.

Gastronomic

Some of the good food I've had recently:

 From Nonki

From Irie Gastropubliko

 From La Vie Parisienne

 From Q-Bay

From La Marea

 

From Frontgate

I've been craving and eating good food for the past few days whenever I'm out with friends and feeling really good to be able to catch up with them in the midst of all our separate lives (hello, real world). Sitting here and looking at these reminds me that I probably need to eat better and include more greens, but I love unhealthy food too much to deny myself. I'm waiting for the treadmill to be fixed, so I can at least have some form of exercise apart from the constant "work" my hands have from being on the computer all day.