tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009417175818512962.post2954527092980349268..comments2024-03-27T22:54:47.270+01:00Comments on Let's read: Zusak, Markus "The Book Thief"Marianne http://www.blogger.com/profile/11810275740213848634noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009417175818512962.post-63228973132594669972020-09-29T14:16:15.047+02:002020-09-29T14:16:15.047+02:00Oh, believe me, there were many who supported hitl...Oh, believe me, there were many who supported hitler but there were also many who didn't, like in most societies.<br /><br />I have lived in Belgium, the UK and the Netherlands besides from my native country Germany. And that's also my mother tongue, German.<br /><br />I speak English and French which I learned at school and I do pretty well with those two languages (even if I say so myself, LOL), then I learned <a href="http://momobookblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Esperanto" rel="nofollow">Esperanto</a> which is a very easy language to learn and through travelling to international meetings, I got quite fluent there, as well. I had Spanish in school for a year, tried to carry it on but I just have a basic knowlege, can make myself understood. The same goes for Swedish which I started learning when my son went to study there. And then there is Dutch, of course. We lived there for a long time and I am pretty fluent there, as well, though not as grammatically correct as with my other fluent languages.<br /><br />So that makes seven in which I can make myself understood.Marianne https://www.blogger.com/profile/11810275740213848634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009417175818512962.post-21854448683943869062020-09-27T23:03:24.194+02:002020-09-27T23:03:24.194+02:00Yeah i liked learning in this novel about the non-...Yeah i liked learning in this novel about the non-Nazi viewpoint in Germany. Liesel was a good character. You seem to have lived many places ... how many languages do you speak? and what is your native language? thecuecardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08870323589682197091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009417175818512962.post-81839633853930465762020-09-26T12:33:09.280+02:002020-09-26T12:33:09.280+02:00And - I almost forgot, there will be a new book by...And - I almost forgot, there will be a new book by Markus Zusak: <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/7767276-bridge-of-clay" rel="nofollow">Bridge of Clay</a> but I have already missed another one (how could I miss that!?!): <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/19057.I_Am_the_Messenger" rel="nofollow">I am the Messenger</a>.Marianne https://www.blogger.com/profile/11810275740213848634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009417175818512962.post-9493323802732943112020-09-26T12:31:41.598+02:002020-09-26T12:31:41.598+02:00Very true. And after all, it's not death's...Very true. And after all, it's not death's fault if we human beings can't live in peace.<br /><br />As I mentioned on your <a href="https://keepthewisdom.blogspot.com/2020/09/the-book-thief.html" rel="nofollow">review</a>, I think books like this are important so that we can learn from them. So that history does not repeat itself. And we have to learn from this kind of books because in films, even today, you only ever get shown black and white. <br />And as one of your friends, there are new nationalists on the rise everywhere, especially in your own country. We need to stop them. We need to make people aware. And teenagers are a lot smarter than we think, they get their information everywhere. Books like this might help.<br /><br />I always enjoy your book recommendations and have found a lot of great books on your page but I enjoy reading your reviews about books I read even more because it's almost as if we're talking to each other, discussing the book, sharing our thoughts. Always such a great pleasure. Thank you.Marianne https://www.blogger.com/profile/11810275740213848634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1009417175818512962.post-59106796471978207162020-09-25T23:10:47.611+02:002020-09-25T23:10:47.611+02:00I really like your review as well! Actually the au...I really like your review as well! Actually the author turned quite a few stereotypes around, maybe the most with Death. He comes across as a hardworking but compassionate being. Judy Kruegerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11632346091869688862noreply@blogger.com