Comments on: Book Club Night - July 16th - 6 PM to ? http://herebebooks.com/eventsBlog/2008/06/book-club-night-july-16th-6-pm-to/ Events past and future at Here Be Books Tue, 02 Dec 2008 12:28:15 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: tina http://herebebooks.com/eventsBlog/2008/06/book-club-night-july-16th-6-pm-to/#comment-20 tina Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:42:50 +0000 http://herebebooks.com/eventsBlog/?p=33#comment-20 The Book Thief was an excellent read. The author's unusual use of descriptive language creates vivid pictures in your mind and heart, both beautiful and terrible. The story was, of course, quite sad - how could any relation of memories of that time not be? While the author only alluded to the atrocities taking place, the allusions were enough to remind me of the vivid accounts written by survivors of the holocaust I had read in the past, "By Bread Alone" by Mel Mermelstein comes immediately to mind. On a more positive note, the book club's discussion was interesting and visiting is always enjoyable. The Book Thief was an excellent read. The author’s unusual use of descriptive language creates vivid pictures in your mind and heart, both beautiful and terrible. The story was, of course, quite sad - how could any relation of memories of that time not be? While the author only alluded to the atrocities taking place, the allusions were enough to remind me of the vivid accounts written by survivors of the holocaust I had read in the past, “By Bread Alone” by Mel Mermelstein comes immediately to mind.

On a more positive note, the book club’s discussion was interesting and visiting is always enjoyable.

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