The Book thread

[stone_monkey]

Wow, very impressive getting all that reading done. At most I'm getting a textbook from my OU course and maybe another book read in a month. After seeing 'The Book Thief' I do fancy reading that. Has anyone read it yet?

[weliveandbreathewords]

I have it and made it about 3 chapters in, it is a very difficult read! I will be going back to it at some point!

[stone_monkey]

Cool, I do fancy reading it but after I finish my current book - a biography of Alan Turing 'The Enigma' - I'm finding that slow reading but will persevere...

[benji111]

Hi. Has anyone read Arnies autobiography? Been thinking about getting it and wondered if its worth a read.

[andrews]

I've just finished The Shock of the Fall, by Nathan Filer (Costa Awards overall winner). What a fantastic read - so different from anything I've read before. It tells of how a family deals with grief, told by the schizophrenic son. A very moving book.

[canadian_turtle]

I finished that yesterday too! It was very good indeed, but I read it straight after Wonder by R.J. Palacio (which I finished in a day) and that wasn't a wise choice. Wonder is one of the best books I've ever read, so whatever I was going to read after would pale in comparison.

[tilly]

Free book

Pick up your free copy of The Book Thief, with the newspaper this Sunday, February 23, from more than 1,200 stores nationwide.


To celebrate the release of The Book Thief, in cinemas Wednesday, February 26, the Telegraph has teamed up with Black Swan, a Penguin Random House company and Twentieth Century Fox to offer readers a free copy of the book, by Markus Zusak.


The Book Thief tells the story of Liesel, an extraordinary and courageous young girl sent to live with a foster family in World War II Germany. She learns to read with encouragement from her new family and Max, a Jewish refugee who they are hiding under the stairs. For Liesel and Max, the power of words and imagination become the only escape from the tumultuous events happening around them.


The Book Thief, a major film, directed by Brian Percival and starring Sophie Nelisse, Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson, is released in cinemas Wednesday, February 26, 2014.


How to claim
See the newspaper on Sunday, February 23, 2014 for details of how to pick up the book from Martin's, McColl's and RS McColl stores nationwide

[John Milton]

Hi. Has anyone read Arnies autobiography? Been thinking about getting it and wondered if its worth a read.

Hi Benji,

I read 'Total Recall' a while ago now and although I enjoyed it, Arnie really doesn't give too much away and the section about his political career is pretty dry. However, worth a read if you're a fan (like me!)

Here's my review on Amazon:

[Beate]

Free book

Pick up your free copy of The Book Thief, with the newspaper this Sunday, February 23, from more than 1,200 stores nationwide.


To celebrate the release of The Book Thief, in cinemas Wednesday, February 26, the Telegraph has teamed up with Black Swan, a Penguin Random House company and Twentieth Century Fox to offer readers a free copy of the book, by Markus Zusak.


The Book Thief tells the story of Liesel, an extraordinary and courageous young girl sent to live with a foster family in World War II Germany. She learns to read with encouragement from her new family and Max, a Jewish refugee who they are hiding under the stairs. For Liesel and Max, the power of words and imagination become the only escape from the tumultuous events happening around them.


The Book Thief, a major film, directed by Brian Percival and starring Sophie Nelisse, Geoffrey Rush and Emily Watson, is released in cinemas Wednesday, February 26, 2014.


How to claim
See the newspaper on Sunday, February 23, 2014 for details of how to pick up the book from Martin's, McColl's and RS McColl stores nationwide

Darn. I would really like to read this but these stores are nowhere near me. Is anyone near these?

[tilly]

Simply take the voucher from The Telegraph into any Tesco Express store to collect your copy of today's book. Click here to see a list of participating stores. The books being given away are listed below.


Subscribers can also exclusively claim 3 titles for the price of 2 on the rest of the collection. Simply visit telegraph.co.uk/subscriber for more details and how to claim.


Monday - Mrs Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

Tuesday - Cold Comfort Farm by Stella Gibbons

Wednesday - The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie by Muriel Spark

Thursday - Three Men in a Boat by Jerome K Jerome

Friday - Lady Chatterley's Lover by D. H. Lawrence