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Third quarter (July to September 2024) favourites summary. Going from top down: Five notable rereads, a sprinkle of excellent sci fi and mysteries, a good showing in horror, some genre standouts (fantasy novella, surrealist epic, historical epistolary, picture book, literary time spanner), fiction fun for the whole family and heartwarming non-fiction, and a raft of impressive graphic novels.

I needed that.
As much of this book is charming in a manner reminiscent of 84, Charing Cross Road, there is also the pathos of loss and deprivation, as well as forthrightly delivered accounts of the horrors of war.
It feels more real, has more depth, for not just being idyllic, even as there are sun-warmed moments of community rejoicing at war's end, and touching moments of compassionate fortitude whilst struggling through occupation. 1/?

Well they DO sound terrifying when you describe them like that! ��😱

The word picture! 😆
Something about disheveled birds of prey, they remind me of grumpy muppets.
A winning simile.

Delightful educational model. ☺�

University flashback to some very raunchy reading. 🫣
He asked for love poems and you gave him Catullus?!

EXACTLY.

Have a feeling this one is going to popular but it was the first one I thought of!

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not familiar with this book but when i was searching for a book with multiple authors this popped up. it looks very interesting to me. i am going to read this one.
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#bymultipleauthors Day 6

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“Perhaps there is some sort of secret, homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.�

Finally getting around to reading this book. My usual genre is historical fiction regarding WWII in Europe, but I‘ve been trying to revive letter writing in my personal life, so this is a fabulous book to marry both subjects. Bonus, its been very interesting so far.

The story is narrated in a epistolary form. It has two time lines, the present which is 1946 and during the German occupation in the Island of Guernsey. Through these letters we will see how Juliet met the members of this club, why it has that name. Through their stories we will go to the past. It is funny, sad, intense. Please, read the book, there are many changes in the movie adaptation. They changed characters‘ personalities⬇ï¸�

The Guernsey Literary And Potato Peel Pie Society is a highly readable book, and surprisingly moving. The wide cast of characters is charming and entertaining, and the letter format is used to great effect. Most importantly to me, the war is more than a convenient backdrop – it‘s integral to the plot and the characters. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/the-guernsey-literary-and-potato-peel-pie-s...

Good little heart warmer, all written in letters! #WWII #bookclub

It was a tough decision between this one and Tom Lake. Both excellent reads
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Really enjoyed this one. It was a light and easy read in the form of letters. Juliet Ashton is an author who ends up writing a book about Guernsey during its German occupation. In the mean time, she falls in love with the island and it's inhabitants.

Loved this book! Took me ages to finally read it!
It‘s so true that your mood & the medium used effect your reading.
I tried this e-book about >5 years ago, thought it was meh and set it aside pretty quickly.
I like epistolary style (84 Charing Cross road is still in my top 10 books of all time) and all my reading buddies loved it, so I was shocked!
Tried it again via audio and absolutely loved it! ���������� thanks to #bookedintime for the 🥾

I first heard of this book a few years ago when it was mentioned in a book I read about a book club in a prison. I thought it sounded interesting but kept putting off reading it because there is a limit to how many WWII novels I can read. Decided to try this one as my lunch break book because the letters are short. Well, within one lunch break it has been upgraded to binge reading today.

This one has been on my TBR for a while and finally got to it. It‘s an easy to read historical romance with interesting characters.

Set in 1946 around post war friendships through letters and transmissions in which Juliet learns about the people that form the society, what and who does she find when she visits the island of Guernsey?
Enjoyed this one and getting to know the society through their witty and honest letters.

I found this book interesting in many ways. The writing style was unique. It was composed entirely of letters or telegrams written between the characters. The story was based on a subject I hadn‘t read about or even heard of before,- the German occupation of the Channel Islands during WW2. This book was many stories within a story. I enjoyed reading it.

This charming historical fiction novel is told in the form of letters, set in London and Guernsey (a quaint island in the English Channel near the French coast) just after WW II. Following our MC, writer Juliet, in search of material for her next book we embark on a story full of interesting characters, books, history, friendships and love.

I highly recommend.

“I don't want to be married just to be married. I can't think of anything lonelier than spending the rest of my life with someone I can't talk to, or worse, someone I can't be silent with.�

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If you liked The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, then this article is for you! I‘ve read three of the books on the list and can recommend them, too - Dear Mrs Bird, The Storied Life of AJ Fickry, and Major Pettigrew‘s Last Stand.

Happy Reading!

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Loved this book and the group that was set up, to think what could be hidden by pies! #NationalPieDay

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Last, but not least, my December favorite: the Guernsey audiobook was the warm hug I needed as I adjusted to my new home. I couldn‘t help but be charmed by the cast of characters. I‘m also a sucker for an epistolary tale.
Middlemarch was a close runner up: Eliot‘s style could certainly get bogged down in minutia and obscure references, but damn, when she was on, she was ON and pulled no punches describing human nature.

â­�ï¸�â­�ï¸�â­�ï¸�â­�ï¸�â­�ï¸�This was a reread,but it has been over 6 years since I first read it, so a lot of it felt new. I really like this one - I think this time more of the horrors of what they faced in the Channel Islands under German WWII occupation settled in,and that made it a more difficult read. It is fascinating history I‘ve never heard anywhere else, so that alone makes it an important work - and visiting Guernsey is on my bucket list because of it :)

I read this book when it was first published, and loved it; now it‘s gained popularity again because of the the film, which I haven‘t seen, because film adaptions so often disappoint!

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I‘ve had this on my bookshelf for years. Time to read it!

Ok, wow! This has been on my TBR list for 2 yrs. I came across a free copy earlier this week and am taking that as a sign. “It‘s about time,â€�I hear the book saying. I‘m loving it so far 🥰

I was going to pick A Gentleman in Moscow but quite a few have already so I went with this one, which I also love.

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I want to be friends with everyone in this book!
The letters were a good way of moving the story forward while getting to know each of them a little better.

After receiving a letter from a man in Guernsey, Juliet begins correspondence with several members of the literary and potato peel pie society, learning about their lives during the occupation, and eventually visiting in person.

This book was so good! I‘m glad it is off the tbr ☺ï¸�

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#Roll100 for July tells me it is time to finally read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society!

This has been on my tbr for AGES!
I caught a bit of the film recently but not all of it. Just enough to bring it back to the forefront 🤣
So I am looking forward to this one!

One of my favorite #Epistolary novels📬 with its share of #Life/Death and grief #BookMoods @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#BigJuneReadathon @Clwojick

I've been promising to read and review this for Postcrossing's blog, and somehow it ended up in my hand today, so why not. It's certainly a fast read so far -- something about the letter format makes it fly by.

Local “Free Little Library� drop off! I hope someone enjoys this book as much as I did!

Is this the most charming book I‘ve ever read? Yes, without a doubt, I think it is.

I like to play a little game called “purchase something from Anthropologie on back order, forget you ordered it and then surprise yourself three months later when it arrives� 🤣

It‘s been a minute since I shared a #thriftstack of books I found at local thrift stores. We have several different thrift chains here in Huntsville that carry a large assortment of really good books, for dirt cheap! Those Francine Rivers books I purchased for 75 cents each!

I told myself no more books until I read the others, but it would have been wrong of me to just leave them there 😉

“I think you learn more if you‘re laughing at the same timeâ€�

So many good quotes coming out of #theguernseyliteraryandpotatopeelpiesociety

I‘m in love with this quote! #theguernseyliteraryandpotatopeelpiesociety

Started #theguernseyliteraryandpotatopeelsociety last night and I‘m already struggling to put it down. Loving this one!