Here at Good Books & Good Wine, we are huge fans of Ruta Sepetys. When a book of hers drops, you can expect to see several reviews of that book here on this site. Upon receiving Salt To The Sea in the mail – which was one of my most anticipated reads of 2016, I put […]
Salt To The Sea by Ruta Sepetys | Book Review
January 5, 2016 4 Comments
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Out Of The Easy | Ruta Sepetys | Book Review
June 12, 2013 6 Comments

Ruta Sepetys is fast becoming one of my go to authors for a solid read. Her latest book, Out Of The Easy, is another historical fiction but set in 1950s New Orleans instead of 1941 Lithuania. Despite the different settings, I found Sepetys’ latest book to have the same emotional draw as Between Shades Of Gray. I […]
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Book Review: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
March 9, 2011 20 Comments

Human history contains a great number of tragedies. Often, these are given a footnote, if that in the high school history textbook. While I could go on and on and on about how horrible history textbooks are, I won’t. Instead I will say to you, read Lies My Teacher Told Me by James Loewen. I […]
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