I have started the Book Thief and am currently very unsure of what is happening! The beginning is full of riddles and interesting statements. It is in first person from the point of veiw of a man I can't explain. It seems as though this man is death itself. "It suffices to say, that at some point in time, I will be standing over you, as genially as possible. Your soul will be in my arms. A color will be perched on my shoulder. I will carry you gently away." I believe this is death stating that all people will eventually die, and he will come carry them away. He goes on to explain how it might happen, and wonders what color will everything be when he comes.

The man then explains how he knows the book thief, and that he has seen her three times. The third of which was during a bombing of a town where she was. "Yes, the sky was now a devastating, home-cooked red. The small German town had been flung apart one more time. Snowflakes of ash fell so lovlily you were tempted to stretch out your tounge to catch them, taste them." During this chaos, the book thief got stuck in her basement, surrounded by concrete and falling structure. The man says he wanted to kneel down, and say he's sorry, but that was not allowed. Her book was thrown out during the cleanup, even though orders were to clean rubble only. Her valued things were disposed of. That is when the man took the book from the garbage truck, and he has kept that book in one of his many pockets to this day.

This book looks interesting, after reading the prolouge, and I look forward to enjoying it's contents when I get the chance.