With all the turmoil occuring in Russia and surrounding areas, I thought it might be a good idea to read “Between Shades of Gray.” I was absolutely floored to realize Stalin created the same atrocious acts Hilter committed. I’m glad I know now though and will be sure to share my knowledge with other...
Oh man, this novel is so depressing yet filled with hope at the same time. It is much like One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich except that it does not cover just one day, and the narrator is a teenage Lithuanian girl who is deported with her family. The hardships she recounts are increasingly d...
I'm not the biggest fan of wartime history. In fact, I don't like wartime history at all. Why? Because it's usually all the same to me. I've been bored of British soldiers, American GIs, and Nazis for a long time now (thanks for that, dad). So when I came across Between Shades of Gray and found that...
This is a moving and vivid depiction of Stalin's genocidal treatment of the Baltic peoples. It's a story too little known in the United States. At least partly I believe because we give the thugs of the left far too much forgiveness compared to the thugs of the right. And we're talking tiny nations ...
Lina Vilkas lived quite happily with her father, mother and 10 year old brother, Jonas, in the city of Kaunas, Lithuania. It was June 1941 and Lina was looking forward to attending a summer art program where she would study with some of the greatest artists in Europe. Then on the evening of June ...
Between Shades of Gray was an incredibly powerful book. It focuses on the horrors that took place in Lithuania under Stalin. Though the book was deep and emotional I flew through it not wanting to put it down. The horrors and hope portrayed through this book were amazing. Ruta Sepetys has written a ...
"Twenty minutes," the officer barked. He threw his burning cigarette onto our clean living room floor and ground it into the wood with his boot.We were about to become cigarettes. I read this on paperback and that was on page 5.You kinda get the sense that your patronus will be getting a workout wit...
“Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.” Where do I even begin? Maybe I should start this off by saying how much I am fascinated by WWII and yet I hate that it even happened. Everyone would remember Hitler, but no one I knew would ever...
Wow... !!!! That's all I can say for now about this book. I don't seem to get words to describe the beauty of this book. Maybe I will come up with a review, maybe not, I am not sure for the moment. It is quite a similar experience to what I had when I read [b:The Kite Runner|77203|The Kite Runner|Kh...
Check out Scott Reads It! for giveaways, reviews & more! “Have you ever wondered what a human life is worth? That morning, my brother's was worth a pocket watch.” Between Shades Of Gray is a book that had been on my "To-Read" list for ages, yet I never felt an urge to pick it up. I know this...
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