tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post4871386392940857058..comments2023-10-18T03:20:28.362-06:00Comments on Bookshop Talk: BETWEEN SHADES OF GRAY by Ruta Sepetys, 2011Amy Finnegan {BookshopTalk.com}http://www.blogger.com/profile/10467356529486477863noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-79138520628015190952013-09-02T00:46:54.682-06:002013-09-02T00:46:54.682-06:00I really want to read it. So many reviews I've...I really want to read it. So many reviews I've read mentioned how beautiful the writing is! And I adore beautiful writing :)Search Engine Optimization San Antoniohttp://www.sanantoniolocalseo.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-14578949345375322722012-03-01T20:46:48.570-07:002012-03-01T20:46:48.570-07:00I picked up this book because I'd heard good t...I picked up this book because I'd heard good things about it, but I wasn't expecting to like it as much as I did. And it made me aware of events in history I hadn't known much about.piehttp://mymidnightlibrary.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-21880949118480911162012-03-01T00:49:19.038-07:002012-03-01T00:49:19.038-07:00What a great review. I had heard of this book but...What a great review. I had heard of this book but didn't know anything about it. I didn't learn anything about Lenin or Stalin in high school (for shame!) and was very powerfully moved by an amazing play I saw at BYU called Archipelago about the Stalin work camps. I will have to pick this up, for sometime when I am feeling like I can handle the weight of this.Rosebriarshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00492170931139535736noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-77202558502409876782012-02-28T09:10:16.245-07:002012-02-28T09:10:16.245-07:00Oh, WOW, Melissa. Thank you so much for telling u...Oh, WOW, Melissa. Thank you so much for telling us about your experience. How heartbreaking that most of those who survived this deportation are now elderly people. But how wonderful and special that you got to shake the hand of the president of Latvia! And thank you for the book recommendation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4754456360798018533.post-9461415421617934172012-02-28T07:04:08.129-07:002012-02-28T07:04:08.129-07:00Thank you for this review. I am looking forward t...Thank you for this review. I am looking forward to reading this. I went to Lithuania, Latvia, and Estonia this past summer. I was in Riga, Latvia for a ceremony on the anniversary of the day they took the people to Siberia. I saw a train car they were transported in. I will never forget the survivors of Siberia walking down the road with flowers to place at the base of the freedom monument. I also met the most wonderful old woman in full dress who lost her family. The sad thing was that 98% of people watching were old. After I was done bawling after the ceremony, I walked right up to the Latvia presdient to shake his hand. I didn't think they would let me and guess what the only thing I could think of to say was? Hello. <br />Thank you for this review. I am looking online to get this book. I will recommend it to my parents. They lived there for 2 years. Another great book on this topic is With Dance Shoes in Siberian Snows. ThanksMelissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03690739977572655617noreply@blogger.com