pages read: around 17 ish…
impressions of the novel: from what ive read so far it seems like its going to be a fairly sad novel; you get this impression when you read that Greit has to go and live with Vermeer to earn money so her actual family can afford food.
What do you think of Greit: she seems to be caring; since she is leaving her family to go and work and she is good with colours, which you see when she organises the vegetables for the soup.
Is she the kind of character you imagined the girl in vermeers painting to be: the girl in the painting looks like she is sad/ hiding something.. and when you start reading the novel you read about her leaving her family… and you can make that connection between the painting and the character in the novel.