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Slow progress – because of my time, not because of the book. I'd love to just read it all day.

I put off reading the Book Thief for a long time. It's blurb put me off. “Oh great,” I thought, “another miserable World War II story. How original.” I can see now that this was a mistake. Even if the story was generic (and it's not) the writing is easily beautiful enough to keep me going. Although it is early days yet.

Loving it so far, but God is this book huge.