Our group met on Thursday night to discuss our selection for June - The Killing Floor by Lee Child. Wow, was it bloody! People didn't just die, they were horribly murdered. We lost track of the body count. None of us could understand such devotion to the hero Jack Reacher that there are several books in this series. I guess we're just not a murder and mayhem group.
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Our selection for July is The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. Mr. Zusak grew up hearing stories about Nazi Germany, about the bombing of Munich and the Jews being marched through his mother’s small German town. He always knew it was a story he wanted to tell.
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It’s just a small story really, about among other things: a girl, some words, an accordionist, some fanatical Germans, a Jewish fist-fighter, and quite a lot of thievery. . . . Set during World War II in Germany, Markus Zusak’s groundbreaking new novel is the story of Liesel Meminger, a foster girl living outside of Munich. Liesel 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 before he is marched to Dachau. This is an unforgettable story about the ability of books to feed the soul.
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We hope that you will pick up a copy of this book and join us on July 9th at 7:00 p.m. in the Cafe for an enjoyable discussion of this BN Discover New Writers selection.
Jane
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