The extraordinary #1 New York Times bestseller that will be in movie theaters on November 15, 2013. And I can’t believe I just found this out!?

I received Markus Zusak’s unforgettable story for my birthday when I turned 21 and it is still my favourite and most recommended book. It’s about the magic of words; about the ability of books to feed the soul.

Narrated by Death, it tells of a young girl taken in by the Hubermanns in Nazi-Germany and her discovery of the power of books and words and the stories hidden within them. According to the people behind the production it’s a small story really, about, among other things:

* A girl
* Some words
* An accordionist
* Some fanatical Germans
* A Jewish fist fighter
* And quite a lot of thievery”
― Death, The Book Thief

 A still from the movie. Geoffrey Rush portraying Hans Hubermann and Sophie Nélisse the book thief herself, Liesl.

I know the movie is never as good as the book, but I sure hope they get this one right…

For this assignment we had to invent a game using two common household objects. Here was my submission:

The Big Wheel

On Friday I went on the Big Wheel in the Waterfront in Cape Town. We’d been planning the spin in the giant ferris wheel for the past week. So when Friday morning poked its rain-drenched head into the Mother City, we were rather miffed.

We dressed up, and not wanting to waste a good outfit on an insignificant day, we headed off to Cape Town to ride it anyway.

Boy, was it wet. Luckily the wheel has enclosed carriages, but the rain obscured most of the view. A big grey navy ship was also docked in the harbour, but we couldn’t really see it that well.

The view form the top.

But all-in-all, it was rather fun (despite my mini panic-attack during the first revolution). Thanks Mom, Dad and Linda for a great afternoon!!