tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017303008680686537.post8918487586235713090..comments2023-07-06T11:06:53.714-04:00Comments on Fiction is so overrated: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta SepetysChad Hullhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17774092046594256969noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017303008680686537.post-84194293790542010162016-05-15T04:45:13.699-04:002016-05-15T04:45:13.699-04:00I LOVED this book. It was great from start to fini...I LOVED this book. It was great from start to finish and I am grateful to have the opportunity to have read it.<br /><br />There is a love story in here but it is very quiet which makes it even more powerful.<br /><br />Jasmine<br /><a href="http://www.garibaldihouse.com/_startup.php" rel="nofollow">Great data for 3 Star Rockaway Beach Oregon Hotels</a>Penelope Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03732383763497653346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017303008680686537.post-74924053200134151582015-04-27T23:35:19.111-04:002015-04-27T23:35:19.111-04:00"The NKVD, which I learned was a precursor to..."The NKVD, which I learned was a precursor to the KGB, is deporting Lina's family along with hundred of thousands of other people from Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Finland."<br /><br />Finland was never occupied so no people were deported from Finland. In 1941-44 (after already fighting one war alone against the Soviet Union) there were half a million Finnish and about 200,000 German soldiers at the Soviet border protecting the country, and the Red Army was stopped, again (the first time being the Winter War in 1939-40). Not bad for a country of only about 3.6 million people.<br /><br />Stalin had of course already executed thousands of ethnic Finns in the Soviet Union especially during the Great Terror in 1937-38, the deportations of Ingrian and Karelian Finns had started almost a decade earlier. So Finns, Jews and gentiles alike, knew what they were fighting against.Tytyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02337186070833213172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7017303008680686537.post-82636095830155663962013-09-02T02:17:40.877-04:002013-09-02T02:17:40.877-04:00I keep hearing how good this one is--I am looking ...I keep hearing how good this one is--I am looking forward to it lots! Apart from the crying part...which will probably happen to me too! <br /><br />Marlene Detierro (<a href="http://www.sanantoniolocalseo.org" rel="nofollow">San Antonio SEO</a>)Marlene Detierrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09035816972520443608noreply@blogger.com