Comments on: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

By: Anna

Anna — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 02:02:11 +0000

This is one of my all-time favorite books! We've posted your review on War Through the Generations.

By: Mel u

Mel u — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:29:41 +0000

I loved The Book Thief as well as I Am the Messenger-I also read Fighting Ruben Wolfe which is well written but might be mostly a Y A reader book-When Dogs Cry is not in print-is it an actual novel or something else?

By: Sandra

Sandra — Sun, 12 Jul 2009 23:06:06 +0000

I loved this story too. I’ve been looking around your blog and I like your taste in reading. I’ve read several of your posts and bookmarked you. (my reader is full so I can’t “follow” you).

By: Nymeth

Nymeth — Fri, 10 Jul 2009 22:08:24 +0000

I love how you included a list of recommendations at the end! I’ll have to check some of those out. Anyway, I agree. Beautiful book.

By: Sheila DeChantal

Sheila DeChantal — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 13:34:33 +0000

We read this for our book club and loved it. I was surprised to see it was marketed as a YA read but can see where older teens may find this an enjoyable read.

By: Jenners

Jenners — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 02:18:49 +0000

I’ve heard such good things about this book that I’ve added it to my “must read” list. And I’m curious about the whole YA label …. what exactly is a young adult? Someone in their 20s? Teens? I don’t think of people in their teens as adults yet. I know Twilight was marketed as a YA book too. The whole label is kind of new to me.

And I wanted to answer the question you left on my post about “Clockers” by Richard Price: Yes..it was made into a movie by Spike Lee so you are NOT thinking of Rounders! I know Richard Price wrote some other screenplays though.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:26:31 +0000

Natasha: but does a young protagonist necessarily mean a young audience? The Lovely Bones, for instance, probably wouldn’t be kid-friendly.

By: admin

admin — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 05:25:19 +0000

Elena: love your smiley face after “I cried like a baby”

By: Elena

Elena — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 04:51:32 +0000

It definitely made a name for itself in Australia as a YA novel, but has the respect and love from adults and teenagers. Zusak is a great writer and I love this book because cousins of mine and their friends who aren’t big on books read this and loved it.

I cried like a baby.

By: Natasha @ Maw Books

Natasha @ Maw Books — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 03:58:06 +0000

In this case, I think it’s YA because of the age of the main character. I really liked this book and I do like to see books targeted to teens that adults would enjoy just as much.