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Between Shades of Gray - Restarting May 23rd 2020
If you need the date pushed back that's fine. I'm open for most dates
Lindsey wrote: "When were you thinking?"I might have to wait tell next week, but I can always catch up if I need to.
I might have to wait tell next week, but I can always catch up if I need to.
@Courtney what day do you want to read this? I'm good for either.
At the moment we will stay with Feb. 2 unless Courtney wants the 10th....
Then we will stick with the second!!
Same here. I'm trying to catch up for January and some of the challenges for some groups. So many books to read and not enough time.
Same here. I'm trying to catch up for January and some of the challenges for some groups. So many books to read and not enough time.
I hear you. School always gets in the way of reading.
Great, we will start on February 2nd, right? I read so many great review about this one. Can't wait to read it :)
Hey guys Im pretty new to the site so i haven't done anything like this before but it sounds really cool. Can i join?
I love that so many are joining!!!!
Whoa...there are so many who are going to join. I never experience it. The closest was only three people :D So excited!
I'll be joining in discussing it. :)This one broke my heart, so i'm here to give you all virtual hugs! Haha.
Ah...it's a sad story, then? I'm not an easy crier reader. So let's see what this book can bring to me, hehehe.
I know today is still Feb 1st but I can't stop reading it when I think I just wanted to read it a chapter :) So I'm going to start early. Hope you guys don't mind about it.
@Rachmi Don't worry if you want to start today (Feb 1). I will be starting either later today or Feb 2.
Thanks Lindsey, it's 01:01 am here so it's officially Feb 2nd in my country :D I think I'm not going to read much since I need to sleep soon, though I can't stop reading it!Chapter 7, (view spoiler)
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Synopsis from Goodreads
Lina is just like any other fifteen-year-old Lithuanian girl in 1941. She paints, she draws, she gets crushes on boys. Until one night when Soviet officers barge into her home, tearing her family from the comfortable life they've known. Separated from her father, forced onto a crowded and dirty train car, Lina, her mother, and her young brother slowly make their way north, crossing the Arctic Circle, to a work camp in the coldest reaches of Siberia. Here they are forced, under Stalin's orders, to dig for beets and fight for their lives under the cruelest of conditions.
Lina finds solace in her art, meticulously--and at great risk--documenting events by drawing, hoping these messages will make their way to her father's prison camp to let him know they are still alive. It is a long and harrowing journey, spanning years and covering 6,500 miles, but it is through incredible strength, love, and hope that Lina ultimately survives. Between Shades of Gray is a novel that will steal your breath and capture your heart.