The weather did not permit

So, no Boston, at least not for now. Instead, an unprecedented second snow day with lots of shoveling, a fair amount of working online, and - yes - readinginsideallcozy. And what a wonderful book I had to read. The Book Thief (Fiction Z89b), by Markus Zuzak, is a 2007 Printz Honor Book. Set in Nazi Germany, the book is narrated by Death, who tells the story of young book thief Liesel Meminger. Death speaks with irony, sadness, even humor, and eloquently describes Liesel's life with her idiosyncratic foster parents, neighbors, friends, and with the Jew the family hides in the basement. I'd planned to insert a couple of excerpts here, but Annie heard me talking about the book and checked it out!