I normally wouldn't like spoilers but for this book I liked it because I think it was unique. Also it goes along with who Death is. He is omniscient and I think it makes sense. I love this book though. It's my favorite.
Such an amazing book. Glad ya'll finally read it! I once read an interview with the author about the relationship between Max and Liesel. He said that in his own mind they never got together, but because the book leaves it kind of open-ended the readers can kind of fill in the blanks as they choose. Are you planning to read I am the Messenger as well?
Are they considered spoilers if it's presented in the beginning of the book? Does it not just mean that this story is not about it's ending, but it's journey to there? Also: I think the purpose of Death revealing their deaths was to both show his being desensitized to death, but also, like previously stated, it isn't the death of the characters that matters, but their lives. He isn't haunted by the death of humans; he's haunted by the living.
This is my favorite book of all time. When I finished this book, it was the first time for me that I actually held it to my chest crying my eyes out not wanting it to end. I've reread it like 3 times since then.
You all might really like "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas." The movie adaptation was lovely as well. It's about a little boy whose father is a Nazi officer, and the backyard of his new home is adjacent to an internment camp. He's ignorant to why a little boy his age is kept behind the fence with all of the other Jewish people and what the camp means, but he and the boy become friends anyway. It's beautiful!
+Kayla Cummings Right? The year it was nominated for an Oscar, my history teacher made it extra credit to compare/contrast the book and movie. I ripped my heart out for that assignment lol!
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin is an incredible alternative history set during and after WW2. It was an amazing read with such an interesting timeline and prose. I would highly recommend reading it, especially after reading the Book Thief, which is one of my all time favorites.
Some of the recent historic fiction books that I have read about WWII are All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, Atonement by Ian McEwan, and Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. The first two are set in Europe during WWII, and Memoirs of a Geisha gives the perspective of the Japanese during WWII. They are all more of the adult genre rather than young adult though. I definitely recommend them!
Has anyone read the last two books in Elie Wiesel's Night trilogy? My favorite part of the book was when Liesel decided to read aloud to the townspeople in the basement while a bombing was taking place. I think a lot of people forget that part.
One of my favorite books! I first read the book and then I listened to it. When I listened to the book, it took on a whole new meaning to me. I really think this is one of those books which is meant to me told/read to you. If you get a chance, I think you'll love each the book even more.
Actually in the movie Liesel does have an edginess but it's more visible after the half of the story when she becomes more comfortable with her new home and all. Like you can see the excitement that thievery brings her ( when she steals from the mayor's house ) and it's amusing cause you see how after everything she's been through ( being separated from her mom and losing her brother ) she can still act as a child who enjoys breaking the rules and who is quite sassy too. I think the movie is really really good...You really see what these people went through and you feel their despair and the injustice of it all.
All the light we cannot see is beautiful and the night circus is historical even though it's also magical and so incredible. Also, is Michael Morpurgo just a British thing because we all grew up on his books (most of which were historical.)
The Book Thief is by far one of my favorites! The Boy on the Wooden Box is a great true story about a boy on Schindler's List. Short, sweet, sad and inspirational!
I think that the spoilers fit pretty well with Death's character, because he is so up front and straight forward, he doesn't bother with keeping the details until the end. I quite enjoyed the spoilers, because it built up the suspense for me and kept me intrigued, and it helped build the tone and mood of the book for me.
The Bronze Horseman, The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas, All the Light We Cannot See, Between Shades of Grey, Atonement, Suite Francaise, Testament of Youth, All Quiet on the Western Front, Code Name Verity - many of them are also movies :) and I highly recommend The Bronze Horseman!
Watching this video brought back the whole book for me. I remembered the brothers death on the train and when the door spitters son hung himself. An amazing and emotional book.
I've read The Railway Man and Unbroken as world war books other than The Book Thief and they were great! I was expecting someone to mention one of those
I loved The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult. It has two povs. One is from a woman in our present time who is from a family of Jews and is trying to apprehend a ex-Nazi soldier. The other is from her grandmother in her teens living through WWII in concentration camps. It was an amazing and heartbreaking story. Between the Lines and Off the Page were the only books I read from her, but the writing style in The Storyteller is COMPLETELY different.
I was probably a bit too excited when I saw this in my subscription box because I read The Book Thief a year ago for school and to this day it is still my favourite book of all time.
Liesel and Max were tied for my favorite and then Papa was my second favorite. Any scene towards the end with Max I got teary and I love Max, he is definitely one of my favorite characters along with Liesel. ❤️ I actually started saying some of the German words like Saukerl and Saumensch now lol.
Nooo!!! I'm so mad, I stayed up for so long for this, waiting and waiting and waiting, and totally excited, because I love to see you all live! Yet ONE HOUR, only ONE HOUR I was away from this awesome channel, after having waited in several hours, and I go back, and the live show has JUST finished. Agh. So annoying :c Have to wait a month for the next D:
As for WWII historical fiction I really loved The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and then The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult. Also E. M Remarque's works are excellent if you like classics with this topic :)
Just to try and clarify, I studied The Book Thief for literature in yr 12 and we agreed that Death spoils character deaths as a way to manipulate the readers into becoming that much more attached to the characters - kind of like appreciating the them while they last, enjoying what little time we have with them, which is kind of how Death looked at the people he grew attached to as well. Also Frau and Hans are not characters, they just mean Mr and Mrs in a way, like Hans Huberman's a character but Hans is not an actual name, more of a title for German's.
Hi, totally agree with you on the death spoiling things part, however Hans is actually a german name for a man, whereas Frau, as you said, means Mrs. Mr would mean Herr though and Hans is just his first name :)
I'm having some trouble so I was on amazon and I found this awesome sounding YA book and when I tried to download it it said it wasn't working but would put it in my library when it could but it didn't! I wandered if anyone knows the name it's about a girl and basically she lives on this big island place in the sky and her mum years ago jumped off meaning wherever she goes whispers follow as jumping off the edge is a big scandal and she feels that maybe she's drawn to doing the same thing and wants to know why her mum left her and it's a trilogy any ideas?
+Rita Azevedo , It makes more sense if you do read the TMI series before reading Lady Midnight because you get introduced to the characters in the sixth book of the TMI
please please read and do a review on the new twilight book -life after death, I finished reading it a while ago and I'd love to know what you thought :))
I LOVE that all of you liked this. And yes ABOUT TIME you read this. I've been commenting on every one of your channels at one point, that you needed to read it :P
You may say that german people swear a lot in general, especially in english. It's just really normal for us, so when I read the book it didn't even disturb me for a second. It was just normal. Though we don't say things like "Saumensch".😅
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I don't know how anyone can finish this book without bawling their eyes out.
I read this and I started the last few chapters at like 11pm and at 3am I was hysterically sobbing my eyes out.
But it was sooooo good
WHEN YOUR FAVORITE BOOKTUBERS READ YOUR FAVORITE BOOK THIS IS SO SURREAL
+Emma Robison I KNOW I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THEM TO READ THIS SINCE I READ IT
I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN I SAW THAT SHE READ IT
+Emma Robison I KNOW RIGHT?!?!? OMG AJDFLJDLKSFJ
If you liked the Book Thief, read All the Light We Cannot See by Another Doerr! It's also a beautifully written World War II book and it's amazing.
i love both but the book thief is the best novel ever written in my opinion
Rudy's death really got me
I normally wouldn't like spoilers but for this book I liked it because I think it was unique. Also it goes along with who Death is. He is omniscient and I think it makes sense. I love this book though. It's my favorite.
I like the part where Rudy saves her book from the lake
Such an amazing book. Glad ya'll finally read it! I once read an interview with the author about the relationship between Max and Liesel. He said that in his own mind they never got together, but because the book leaves it kind of open-ended the readers can kind of fill in the blanks as they choose. Are you planning to read I am the Messenger as well?
Are they considered spoilers if it's presented in the beginning of the book? Does it not just mean that this story is not about it's ending, but it's journey to there?
Also: I think the purpose of Death revealing their deaths was to both show his being desensitized to death, but also, like previously stated, it isn't the death of the characters that matters, but their lives. He isn't haunted by the death of humans; he's haunted by the living.
This is my favourite standalone of all time. I loved this. It killed me. It destroyed my so deeply.
This is my favorite book of all time. When I finished this book, it was the first time for me that I actually held it to my chest crying my eyes out not wanting it to end. I've reread it like 3 times since then.
You all might really like "The Boy in the Striped Pajamas." The movie adaptation was lovely as well. It's about a little boy whose father is a Nazi officer, and the backyard of his new home is adjacent to an internment camp. He's ignorant to why a little boy his age is kept behind the fence with all of the other Jewish people and what the camp means, but he and the boy become friends anyway. It's beautiful!
I watched the movie in english class in 8th grade, and i swear the whole class cried at the end
+Kayla Cummings I watched it with my parents and sister and I was sobbing, but they were all just sitting there with blank expressions
+Kayla Cummings Right? The year it was nominated for an Oscar, my history teacher made it extra credit to compare/contrast the book and movie. I ripped my heart out for that assignment lol!
holy shit, yes. we watched that in philosophy class and there were several people crying by the end
+AtomicBlonde I loved that book and the movie actually did justice for it
THEY CHANGED LIESEL'S BROWN EYES TO BLUE IN THE MOVIE AND IM SO PISSED (I havent watched it but i have watched the trailer)
Wolf by Wolf by Ryan Graudin is an incredible alternative history set during and after WW2. It was an amazing read with such an interesting timeline and prose. I would highly recommend reading it, especially after reading the Book Thief, which is one of my all time favorites.
I read the book thief in sixth grade and I really loved it
Some of the recent historic fiction books that I have read about WWII are All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr, Atonement by Ian McEwan, and Memoirs of a Geisha by Arthur Golden. The first two are set in Europe during WWII, and Memoirs of a Geisha gives the perspective of the Japanese during WWII. They are all more of the adult genre rather than young adult though. I definitely recommend them!
Now I want to re-read it. Amazing book. Love that you loved it.
Has anyone read the last two books in Elie Wiesel's Night trilogy? My favorite part of the book was when Liesel decided to read aloud to the townspeople in the basement while a bombing was taking place. I think a lot of people forget that part.
One of my favorite books! I first read the book and then I listened to it. When I listened to the book, it took on a whole new meaning to me. I really think this is one of those books which is meant to me told/read to you. If you get a chance, I think you'll love each the book even more.
If you're looking for more WW2 novels "Codename Verity" and "The story about Leon, Schindler's youngest worker" are two of my faves
Codename Verity is sooo good!
Actually in the movie Liesel does have an edginess but it's more visible after the half of the story when she becomes more comfortable with her new home and all. Like you can see the excitement that thievery brings her ( when she steals from the mayor's house ) and it's amusing cause you see how after everything she's been through ( being separated from her mom and losing her brother ) she can still act as a child who enjoys breaking the rules and who is quite sassy too. I think the movie is really really good...You really see what these people went through and you feel their despair and the injustice of it all.
All the light we cannot see is beautiful and the night circus is historical even though it's also magical and so incredible. Also, is Michael Morpurgo just a British thing because we all grew up on his books (most of which were historical.)
The Book Thief is by far one of my favorites! The Boy on the Wooden Box is a great true story about a boy on Schindler's List. Short, sweet, sad and inspirational!
I think that the spoilers fit pretty well with Death's character, because he is so up front and straight forward, he doesn't bother with keeping the details until the end. I quite enjoyed the spoilers, because it built up the suspense for me and kept me intrigued, and it helped build the tone and mood of the book for me.
The Bronze Horseman, The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas, All the Light We Cannot See, Between Shades of Grey, Atonement, Suite Francaise, Testament of Youth, All Quiet on the Western Front, Code Name Verity - many of them are also movies :) and I highly recommend The Bronze Horseman!
Watching this video brought back the whole book for me. I remembered the brothers death on the train and when the door spitters son hung himself. An amazing and emotional book.
I actually read a book BEFORE Christine! My life is complete.
This starts at like one o'clock in the morning for me so I'll probs watch it all tomorrow cause The Book Thief is one my favourite books of all time
I've read The Railway Man and Unbroken as world war books other than The Book Thief and they were great! I was expecting someone to mention one of those
I loved The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult. It has two povs. One is from a woman in our present time who is from a family of Jews and is trying to apprehend a ex-Nazi soldier. The other is from her grandmother in her teens living through WWII in concentration camps. It was an amazing and heartbreaking story. Between the Lines and Off the Page were the only books I read from her, but the writing style in The Storyteller is COMPLETELY different.
one of my fav books of all time :)
I was probably a bit too excited when I saw this in my subscription box because I read The Book Thief a year ago for school and to this day it is still my favourite book of all time.
My favorite characters were Max,Liesel, and Papa
Liesel and Max were tied for my favorite and then Papa was my second favorite. Any scene towards the end with Max I got teary and I love Max, he is definitely one of my favorite characters along with Liesel. ❤️ I actually started saying some of the German words like Saukerl and Saumensch now lol.
Christine: I would recommend you read the other book by markus Zusak, "I AM THE MESSENGER" it is a contemporary, and very good!
Nooo!!! I'm so mad, I stayed up for so long for this, waiting and waiting and waiting, and totally excited, because I love to see you all live! Yet ONE HOUR, only ONE HOUR I was away from this awesome channel, after having waited in several hours, and I go back, and the live show has JUST finished. Agh. So annoying :c Have to wait a month for the next D:
+Luke Is Batman Go on Twitter and follow them. They will tweet when the liveshow starts.
Emerald Queen I do follow them on Twitter, but Christine first tweeted about it twenty minutes before it started :/
The March booksplosion book of the month is Lady Midnight by Cassandra Clare for those of you who don't want to get spoiled for The Book Thief.
the only other WWII book I've read was TICKET HOME by James Michael Pratt and it was so good, i cried at the end ;-;
THEY ARE FRIENDSHIP GOALS my bootiful booktubers ahhh
As for WWII historical fiction I really loved The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and then The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult. Also E. M Remarque's works are excellent if you like classics with this topic :)
I just finished this Book! Sooo amazing, loved it.
And Saumensch rlly isn't actually a common word in German, and I am German :D
this is my all time favorite book. I'm in a huge slump and may reread it!
read this book like 6 years ago, and I loved it.
"Night" was really a beautiful story.
I'm reading this right now and I'm loving it right now.
Just to try and clarify, I studied The Book Thief for literature in yr 12 and we agreed that Death spoils character deaths as a way to manipulate the readers into becoming that much more attached to the characters - kind of like appreciating the them while they last, enjoying what little time we have with them, which is kind of how Death looked at the people he grew attached to as well. Also Frau and Hans are not characters, they just mean Mr and Mrs in a way, like Hans Huberman's a character but Hans is not an actual name, more of a title for German's.
Hi, totally agree with you on the death spoiling things part, however Hans is actually a german name for a man, whereas Frau, as you said, means Mrs. Mr would mean Herr though and Hans is just his first name :)
Read between shade of gray is a really good WWII book. I was crying the whole time.
One of my favorites books of all the time!!!
What is the Booksplosion book for March?
YOU GUYS FINALLY READ IT YEYEYEYEYEYEYEYEY 😄
that chapter witb Rudy naked was so uncomfortable
SO EXCITE FOR LADY MIDNIGHT XD That book has been very long awaited!
I'm having some trouble so I was on amazon and I found this awesome sounding YA book and when I tried to download it it said it wasn't working but would put it in my library when it could but it didn't! I wandered if anyone knows the name it's about a girl and basically she lives on this big island place in the sky and her mum years ago jumped off meaning wherever she goes whispers follow as jumping off the edge is a big scandal and she feels that maybe she's drawn to doing the same thing and wants to know why her mum left her and it's a trilogy any ideas?
I have a question please answer! Do u need to read the mortal instruments or the clockwork books(forgot the series name) to read lady midnight?
Yes, Christine recommends reading the books in publication order or TMI will spoil TID eventually if you read them in series order.
THIS IS MY FAVORITE BOOK OF ALL TIME. Yes, I know those words are strong, but it is true.
The only other books taking place during WW2 I can think of that I've read would be the Narnia series, and those I read ages ago.
when is the next liveshow for lady midnight?
Has jesse finished TMI ? I didn't see him post the CoHF review...
Would you guys ever collab with the Perustopia book club? 'Cause Lady Midnight is their book in March, too!
Code Name Verity is amazing at least! (just finished a book which takes place in an au where germany wins the war, that was interesting too )
The book theif is one of my favorite books of all time!!:)
you would love goodnight mr tom its a book about an refugee in world war 2 its amazing its relatively small and fast paced and it is full of emotion
Oh nice! I actually just had to read this for class, great timing guys!
I really enjoyed the book "Friedrich" I'm not exactly sure of the author but it was amazing.
Where did you get that copy from. Whenever I look on amazon or Barnes and Nobles they have an ugly font for the hardcover title!!!
Oh wow I'm currently reading this book
I missed the live show by an hour :(
Could someone please tell me what the next booksplosion book is? I'd hate to watch the video because I haven't finished the book yet D:
You should read Sara's Key!! Its fantastic!!
Yes, A Monster Calls would be really interesting if it was told from the perspective of Death!
I love your buddy reads :) great video! I need to read this now!
Loved this live show!
I loved this! Plus you answered my question!😊💓😘
I live for this book
Kristine! Can you do a booksplosion of the Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card? It's really great
Wolf by Wolf is really cool fantasy book that takes place in WW2 :)
jesse's laugh though
Code name verity by Elizabeth Wein is a really great WW2 historical fiction.
For a film they did it really well. I was scared they'd hollywoodise it or something, but it was cute.
YESSSSSS MY FAVOURITE BOOK FINALLY
Do you have to have read the TMI series to read Lady Midnight? Or is it and independent series like TID?
+Rita Azevedo , It makes more sense if you do read the TMI series before reading Lady Midnight because you get introduced to the characters in the sixth book of the TMI
Ok, thanks :)
CHRISTINE ARE YOU GOING TO READ THE CROWN BY KIERA CASS
please please read and do a review on the new twilight book -life after death, I finished reading it a while ago and I'd love to know what you thought :))
So i really loved this book- I give it a 10/10 and I DEFINITELY cried at the end lol
the movie is so WOW ILY
Just finished this book I love it😍😂
Code name verity is historical fiction and it was okay and rose under fire is really good
You guys should read a monster calls
I LOVE that all of you liked this. And yes ABOUT TIME you read this. I've been commenting on every one of your channels at one point, that you needed to read it :P
You might really like Once which is also set in WW2 but told from the perspective of a Jewish person.
GOSH DARN IT I MISSED IT AGAIN!! Maybe next time....
Guys read The Boy in the straight pajamas!
I need a Hamilton related video from Kat and/or Christine
Wait are you going to do actual book reviews on your channel?!?!
About the book theif
I really like you guys
Finally!!! Love u guys
Darn! I'm not gonna be able to read Lady Midnight!
Guys please read ALL THE LIGHT WEE CANNOT SEE , it a great book
i literally JUST finished the book thief
You may say that german people swear a lot in general, especially in english. It's just really normal for us, so when I read the book it didn't even disturb me for a second. It was just normal. Though we don't say things like "Saumensch".😅
Slaughter-House Five (It won't be what you expect.)
Please have a live show discussion about Hamilton!!!