Reply To: First impressions

I just finished reading. Apparently, I had read this when it was first published, but recently bought another copy. I was telling my sister about this challenge and the first book I had chosen, and she remarked that she still had my (first) copy of the book. Maybe it was because I read the majority of the book (the second time) after we just had our first significant snowfall of the year, but I could feel what the characters went through, not only during the blizzard, but moving away from everything you know to try to make a better life.