One of many books that I recently acquired for the purposes of sharing it with others.

This book is one of many being passed along to potential readers at the Gaithersburg Book Festival by members of BookCrossing in Washington DC (BCinDC).

Any future reader or recipient of this book is encouraged to leave a journal entry here on the BookCrossing site to let prior readers know the fate of the book. You can make an anonymous entry without joining the BookCrossing movement, but if you are interested in joining, it is a free and spam-free community where your contact information is not shared with others. Best of all, members receive private messages via e-mail from books like this one when those books are journaled, allowing for long-term relationships between books and readers.

This book was given to me by friend & fellow BC'er "6of8" at the BCinDC BookCrossing booth at the Gaithersburg Book Festival. This is a book I have been meaning to read...how did U know? 6 U must be psychic when it comes to books I will enjoy 😊 Thank U 6.

When I am done I will pass this book on to friend & fellow BC'er KateKintail who expressed interest in it.

This book is set in Communist China c. 1970. Primarily about 3 educated young men (teenagers) sent to a
re-education/hard labor camp in a moutain village. Books are being banned and burned. It's illegal to be in possession of any book not scantioned by the Communist regime. All these young men want to do is to be free to read a European classic... these young men are willing to die to get hold of a good book... and to be in love...

The writing is vivid, beautiful, sometimes brutal. U can see and feel the characters and their surroundings both natural, political/social.

Note to self, must re-read "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury.

Zippy asked me to paas this book along to KateKintail at the next meet-up, since she cannot attend. I am setting it in the stack of meet-up books for that purpose.

Since it seems I forgot to add my past review when I registered this book, here is what I thought of it in 2016
This was a surprisingly quick and engaging read. The friend who passed this book along to me is known for her love of depressing literature, so I wasn't sure what to expect. Certainly the grim circumstances of China's Cultural Revolution, where education and talent were punished with no gains for society or the country is not a pleasant subject, but the story was not terribly depressing. It shows the power of ideas and literature to broaden the mind and enliven the soul, even in the worst circumstances. I loved the importance of stories in this small community where the boys labored and how the love of ideas was a powerful for them as Luo's love for the Little Seamstress.

This book is going to meet-up with me to be passed along to KateKintail.

Any future reader or recipient of this book is encouraged to leave a journal entry here on the BookCrossing site to let prior readers know the fate of the book. You can make an anonymous entry without joining the BookCrossing movement, but if you are interested in joining, it is a free and spam-free community where your contact information is not shared with others. Best of all, members receive private messages via e-mail from books like this one when those books are journaled, allowing for long-term relationships between books and readers.

Brought this home from a BCinDC meetup because it sounded great, and I wanted to read it. I've actually since earread it on audio from the library, so I'll move this on to a new home (probably at our next in-person meetup) after taking a photo of it with my book-loving teddy bear who helps me catalog my reads :-)

Taking this to the BCinDC meetup today in hopes of it finding a new reader!

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This was a book that had been read by almost everyone at today's meet-up, starting with me. It will be perfect to release the Kensingon Book festival next month.

This book is one of many being passed along to potential readers at the 2023 Kensington Day of the Book Festival by members of BookCrossing in Washington DC (BCinDC).

Any future reader or recipient of this book is encouraged to leave a journal entry here on the BookCrossing site to let prior readers know the fate of the book. You can make an anonymous entry without joining the BookCrossing movement, but if you are interested in joining, it is a free and spam-free community where your contact information is not shared with others. Best of all, members receive private messages via e-mail from books like this one when those books are journaled, allowing for long-term relationships between books and readers.