English Lit and Lang Work: Books

What books do I enjoy reading and Why?

I enjoy reading anything from Romance and Comedy to Action and Fantasy. I like the way reading envelops me and encourages me to walk through another persons imagination and, with autobiographies, walking in the authors shoes. The books I am most interested in are fantasy books like the Game of Thrones series, The hunger games series, The maze runner series and single books like The book thief. I enjoy these books the most because I get lost in another world and I get to explore places that are are different form the real world and it makes me feel like an adventurer of lost and hidden places.
I like Romance novels and even popular fiction like We are all made of stars by Rowan Coleman and The fault in our stars by John Green.
These books spark my interest as I am a naturally nosy person. Aren't we all? Books like these really touch me and I think help me and others grow as people and help us understand other peoples situations and feelings in more depth than a magazine article or a news report.
I even enjoy horror and thriller because I love the burst of adrenaline I get when I'm frightened or shocked.

Book Review:

The book thief: 

http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/books/review/14greenj.html?_r=0

The reviewer starts by criticizing the narration by death calling him "not very absorbing" and saying that his "periodic soliloquies aren't the most effective moments of the novel. This suggests the reviewer has a negative view of the book. 

It seems his attitude to the book changes when talking about the main character calling her "a well drawn character", however then counteracts that by saying that the book is "slow" until the Jewish 24 year old character Max Vandenburg is introduced. The reviewer see the running theme that "Winners often lose" Suggesting that the reviewer see's a sadness within the novel. 

Overall the reviewer has a very optimistic attitude to the book as he talks about the hope that he sees reflected in the novel. However the reviewer suggest that this could be more interesting to young adults and adults than to teenagers as it has a slow start.