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Fiction

Mira

(22,510 posts)

4. The Book Thief

Reply to hermetic (Original post)

Sun Jul 21, 2024, 11:48 AM

Jul 2024

by Markus Zusak----I can't put it down. The story is harrowing, and the language is like poetry. I am listening to the Audible narration. The narrator does a perfect job. He has to pronounce many German words and does it without any wrong inflection. I know because German is my first language.

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What Fiction are you reading this week, July 21, 2024? [View all] hermetic Jul 2024 OP

The New York Times Blue Cape Jul 2024 #1

The Two Towers by JRR Tolkien The Blue Flower Jul 2024 #2

I sort of feel the opposite. LisaM Jul 2024 #13

Thanks for asking! mentalsolstice Jul 2024 #3

The Book Thief Mira Jul 2024 #4

That is a great book hermetic Jul 2024 #5

James Lee Burke/Every Cloak Rolled in Blood cbabe Jul 2024 #6

I love the secret room in your OP. There are also a lot of nice hidey-holes for the kitties in japple Jul 2024 #7

Sunny Sunday here with rain coming this week. Now for reading pleasure, the next in Chet & Bernie txwhitedove Jul 2024 #8

I'm reading The Jefferson Key by Steve Berry. rsdsharp Jul 2024 #9

That sounds hermetic Jul 2024 #11

"Book of Souls" 2nd Inspector McLean by James Oswald TexLaProgressive Jul 2024 #10

Aw, sorry to hear that hermetic Jul 2024 #12

I love that series. It is the most humorous of Alexander McCall-Smith's series. yellowdogintexas Jul 2024 #14

The Secret, Book and Scone Society by Ellery Adams yellowdogintexas Jul 2024 #15