Why Did I Listen To I Must Betray You by Ruta Sepetys? Ruta Sepetys is one of my MUST READ authors. I love historical fiction and her books are just top tier in the YA historical fiction genre. I Must Betray You is another book from Sepetys set during a historical era that I really don’t […]
3 Young Adult Graphic Novels To Have On Your Radar
November 3, 2021
If you hand me a stack of young adult graphic novels, chances are, I am going to read them. The storytelling format has always appealed to me. I find young adult graphic novels to be fast reads – well paced, visually interesting, and usually with great stories. Below are three upcoming graphic novels that should […]
Salt To The Sea by Ruta Sepetys | Book Review
January 5, 2016
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 […]
Out Of The Easy | Ruta Sepetys | Book Review
June 12, 2013
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 […]
Allison reviews Out of the Easy by Ruta Sepetys
February 13, 2013
When I found out that Ruta Sepetys was going to be signing her book Between Shades of Grey at BEA, I knew I had to be in that line. What I didn’t know at the time was that a certain number of people in line would be receiving a special advanced copy of her next […]
Book Review: Between Shades of Gray by Ruta Sepetys
March 9, 2011
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 […]