02 - City of Thieves, by David Benioff, Penguin, 258 pages, 2009
WHY I PICKED IT: Saw it at the airport bookstore
ELAPSED TIME: 2 days
RATING: REQUIRED READING
Oh what a fantastic story! A gripping tale of one week of a boy's life in St. Petersburg during WWII.
He is caught looting the corpse of a German Paratrooper, and instead of being killed for the crime, gets drafted into a crazy challenge - to find a dozen eggs for a Soviet Colonel's daughter's wedding cake. Along with a deserter named Kolya, Lev Beniov seeks to accomplish this task.
Whether or not this truly is the story of the author's grandfather, it's a beautiful story of a terrible time. A tremendous coming of age story with an amazing adventure thrown in.
This blog is a simple review of every book that I read... For all books I’ll tell you why I picked it, how long it took me to read it, and give it a rating (burn it, not good, meh, good, very good, and required reading). I ask (encourage?) all readers of my blog to post their thoughts of any of the books in my comments :). Thanks!
Maybe I will borrow it from you...I need a good read badly :)
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