Best Wishes, Sister B

Best Wishes, Sister B: A Gentle Feel Good Comedy | Fran Smith

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A quaint little epistolary novel, in which a nun from a tiny English village writes letters about her daily life to another nun abroad.

I told myself that one of these was quite enough…and then an unexpected marriage (not to Christ!) was hinted at in the third act. I‘m such a sucker. I bought the sequel immediately, which I‘m reading now.

Suet624 I‘m still on a wait list for this. It‘s been months. I didn‘t realize it was so popular. 3d

monalyisha @Suet624 I wonder if there aren‘t many copies available in your network? There were none in (either of) mine! I had to buy it. Where are you located? 3d

Suet624 Vermont. I can ask my library to try to grab it from another state perhaps. 3d

monalyisha @Suet624 I‘m typically slow to actually make good on my offer to visit the post office…but I can send it to you! I might be *slightly* faster than the library. 😅 Email me your address? Monalitsy@gmail.com 3d

Suet624 What??? Wow!!! That‘s so kind of you! I‘ll email you. 3d

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monalyisha

Best Wishes, Sister B: A Gentle Feel Good Comedy | Fran Smith

I woke up at 6am and read a bunch of essays about climate change penned around the last time that Trump was elected.

After that, I needed to settle in to my reading chair with something as bright, as comfy, and as colorful as humanly possible.

KadaGul @monalyisha In the challenging years ahead, we must unite as a community. Let's extend our support and compassion to those who may feel voiceless or overlooked. Together, we have the power to create meaningful change. Even the smallest actions can profoundly impact those who have lost hope. No matter how minor, every gesture can bring light and support to someone in need.#BeTheSupport 🫂 1w

AnnCrystal 🙏🌱🫂🦅💝. 1w

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rubyslippersreads

Best Wishes, Sister B: A Gentle Feel Good Comedy | Fran Smith

As we know from the movies, sometimes a young lady will never be a nun. I‘m rooting for Hermione and Alphonsus.

I really enjoyed this book and plan to read the sequel. And I would love to taste some of the Shoppe cookies.

#nunlit #nunlitquarterly #perpetualreadersoflitsy

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jlhammar

Aimeesue Yes! I definitely need to try some of those baked goods and sandwiches! 4mo

Librarybelle Yes to the cookies! 4mo

jlhammar Yes to all of that! Looking forward to more Sister B and friends. 4mo

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quietjenn Same (on all points) 🙂 4mo

Kristin_Reads I plan to read the sequel, too! 4mo

kspenmoll Me too! Want to read their new adventures! 3mo

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marleed

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Sr. Boniface is a gem and I loved her letters to Sr Emelda. A Pinterest search on orange peel boxes and I‘m compelled to make one! Artists have crafted marvelous little peg nuns and even a few priests. But alas, the Pinterest pipe cleaner people exist without perforce of clergy. …And can someone give me a ⭐️ if I correctly used perforce in a sentence. 🤣🤣

#NunLitQuarterly These books have been so interesting to read. Thank you @jlhammar

jlhammar Love the photo! I was also curious about those orange peel boxes. You remind me that I want to order the sequel

Power of Cake: Further Letters from Sister B

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AnnCrystal Lovely, the way you've arranged this book pic 🤩👍💝. (edited) 4mo

Suet624 Darn! I‘m still on a waitlist!! 4mo

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marleed @jlhammar @AnnCrystal Thanks! It‘s so much fun to pull those little nuns together - and I forgot one! The nun with the mic was a 1st communion gift oh so long ago - I can‘t believe she has survived all this time! …I have the sequel added to my TBR, as well. 4mo

marleed @Suet624 My Libby libraries didn‘t carry this nor did my mortar library have a physical copy. I ended up purchasing the kindle e-book. 4mo

AnnCrystal @marleed I love these little figures, they are just too cute 🤩👍💝. 4mo

rubyslippersreads I love your little ceramic convent. ❤️ 4mo

marleed @AnnCrystal @rubyslippersreads Oh thank you! Each one of these figures has a family history to it. I became the steward of that sweet angel last summer. My eldest sister passed in 2021 and my BIL has a gf now (good for him). I was home and at their house last summer and my sister‘s life story remains in every corner so I picked out this beauty. Then on the bottom Monica had written her name in likely 6-yr old writing. I saved the angel! 4mo

AnnCrystal 🫂🙏💝 how lovely a keepsake 😘💕💝. They are all Sweet Keepsakes 💝. (edited) 4mo

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Librarybelle

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What a charming read! An epistolary novel, the reader discovers the good and the bad in a year at St. Winifreda‘s convent. I laughed out loud a few times and think this would make a wonderful TV series. A great pick for #NunLitQuarterly !

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jlhammar I agree, this would make a great TV series! So glad you enjoyed it. 4mo

Suet624 Jeepers! I‘m still on a library waitlist 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4mo

Librarybelle @jlhammar I see that this is the first in a series. I may have to add the others to my tbr list! 4mo

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Librarybelle @Suet624 It‘s a fast read, so hopefully once it arrives you can read it quickly! 4mo

Aimeesue Yes, a series would be great! 4mo

Librarybelle @Aimeesue 😁 4mo

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Aimeesue

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An epistolary novel, concerning the Sisters of St.Winifreda and their struggles with a crumbling bell tower, a rat infestation, and a leaking roof with no money to pay for repairs. Through kindness, prayer, ingenuity, good neighbors and some luck, the Sisters build a community while rebuilding their convent. A cheering and uplifting tale.
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Aimeesue @rubyslippersreads @quietjenn @BookishShelly @kspenmoll @Centique @Suet624 @Deblovestoread @Librarybelle @batsy @JamieArc @marleed @Kristin_Reads @singout @PageShifter @jlhammar 4mo

Librarybelle Love your photo! 4mo

Aimeesue @Librarybelle Who doesn‘t love a clothes-peg nun? 😄 4mo

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Librarybelle 😁 4mo

marleed You even have a flying-nun habit ♥️ 4mo

Deblovestoread Love the nuns! 4mo

quietjenn Yay for your pic! 4mo

kspenmoll Wonderful review-love your nuns!!! 4mo

jlhammar Oh my gosh, those clothes-pegs! 😂 Love it. Wonderful review! 4mo

charl08 Always here for the #nunlit. Stacked 4mo

Aimeesue @marleed Flying nuns are the best kind, imo! 😂 4mo

Aimeesue @Deblovestoread Aren‘t they great? I pulled the image from a Catholic kids website. Who knew there was such a thing? 4mo

Aimeesue @quietjenn 🖤🖤🖤 4mo

Aimeesue @kspenmoll Thanks! Borrowed the pic, but I do love them. I‘ve made wooden soldier ornaments from this kind of clothes peg, but nuns would be fun to try too! 4mo

Aimeesue @jlhammar Aren‘t they great? Thanks! 4mo

Aimeesue @charl08 I think I love the #nunlit because a convent is one of the spaces in which women were “allowed” to manage and run things in days of yore. I love seeing how they overcome all the obstacles that are deliberately thrown in their way. 4mo

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jlhammar

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So nice and heartwarming. I‘ll be reaching for the sequel, The Power of Cake, when I next need my spirits lifted.

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kspenmoll I so enjoyed this as well. Such ingenuity! I also thought about the sequel. I loved that the story was told through letters. 4mo

Librarybelle I plan to start this later this week! 4mo

KathyWheeler I liked it also and got the sequel. I haven‘t started it yet though. 4mo

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rubyslippersreads @Librarybelle Me too. 4mo

Aimeesue I liked it a lot and also got the sequel. It was a lovely reminder that we CAN build community if we want to. 4mo

Kristin_Reads I‘m almost finished with this one and loving it! 4mo

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quietjenn

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Just the sort of sweet, feel good and lightweight novel that I needed, after a rather long week. I very much enjoyed Sister B and her community (big C and little c). The ending felt a wee abrupt, but it just guaranteed that I'd immediately download the sequel, so I guess well-played Fran Smith?
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Tamra This sounds lovely. ☺️ 4mo

jlhammar Look forward to spending time with Sister B today! 4mo

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Deblovestoread

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This was an enjoyable lightweight read. I liked getting to know the village and nuns as they worked together to improve their lot all told through letters.

@jlhammar

jlhammar Glad to hear you enjoyed it! It‘s in my stack for this weekend. I could use something lightweight right now. 4mo

Aimeesue Looking forward to starting this one! 4mo

Deblovestoread @jlhammar Me too. And the letters are short so easy to dip in and out. 4mo

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kspenmoll

Best Wishes, Sister B: A Gentle Feel Good Comedy | Fran Smith

First cup of the day. A thread of joy & irreverence runs through this epistolary novel. #nunlit

jlhammar

jlhammar I‘ve only just started - enjoying it so far. Hoping to finish this weekend. 4mo

KathyWheeler I enjoyed it. It was perfect for the mood I was in. 4mo

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KathyWheeler

Best Wishes, Sister B: A Gentle Feel Good Comedy | Fran Smith

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This light and warm-hearted book was quite the change from The Forever War! The story of a group of nuns trying to save their old convent from being sold is told in a series of letters from Sister Boniface to another nun, Sister Emelda, who is working in South America. It‘s a lovely book and was just what I needed. #NunLitQuarterly

jlhammar Oh good, I could use a lovely read. Excited to get started! Did you see that there is a sequel?

Power of Cake: Further Letters from Sister B

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KathyWheeler @jlhammar No, I didn‘t. Thanks! 5mo

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LitsyEvents

Best Wishes, Sister B: A Gentle Feel Good Comedy | Fran Smith

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#NunLitQuarterly 🔔 July 2024 reminder 🔔

Dear Sisters,

Our next pick is the “gentle, funny, feel-good” epistolary novel Best Wishes, Sister B by Fran Smith. Read the book sometime in July, post your review &/or any thoughts along the way and be sure to tag the group.

All are welcome!

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kspenmoll Will do! 5mo

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jlhammar

Best Wishes, Sister B: A Gentle Feel Good Comedy | Fran Smith

#NunLitQuarterly 🔔 July 2024 reminder 🔔

Dear Sisters,

Our next pick is the “gentle, funny, feel-good” epistolary novel Best Wishes, Sister B by Fran Smith. Read the book sometime in July, post your review &/or any thoughts along the way and be sure to tag the group.

All are welcome!

rubyslippersreads, quietjenn, BookishShelly, kspenmoll, KathyWheeler, Centique, Aimeesue, Suet624, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, JamieArc, marleed, Kristin_Reads, Singout, PageShifter

Librarybelle Thanks for the reminder!! 5mo

Liz_M @LitsyEvents 5mo

rubyslippersreads Looking forward to this one. 😀 5mo

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Deblovestoread Happily anticipating this read 💜 5mo

kspenmoll I am happy to read this! 5mo

Aimeesue I love an epistolary novel! 🖤 5mo

BethM No idea what this is but the book sounds good! 5mo

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jlhammar

Best Wishes, Sister B: A Gentle Feel Good Comedy | Fran Smith

#NunLitQuarterly 🗳 QUARTER 3 VOTING 🗳

Okay Sisters, which of these has your vote for July 2024?

rubyslippersreads, quietjenn, BookishShelly, MemoirsForMe, DivineDiana, Penny_LiteraryHoarders, kspenmoll, KathyWheeler, LeahBergen, Caroline2, MicheleinPhilly, Centique, EvieBee, Aimeesue, Suet624, Libby1, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Tamra, AlaMich, monalyisha, JamieArc, marleed, Kristin_Reads

KathyWheeler Best Wishes, Sister B — but they both look like fun. 13mo

Librarybelle Best Wishes, Sister B 13mo

Deblovestoread Small Miracles 13mo

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marleed Best wishes, Sr B 13mo

JamieArc Hmmmm both of these sound lovely. I‘ll go with Small Miracles. 13mo

Aimeesue Best Wishes, Sister B. They both sound fun, but Sister B is available in ebook form and the other isn‘t, in the US at least. 13mo

quietjenn I love the sound of both of these, but since Sister B is more easily available, I'll vote for it 13mo

BookishShelly They both sound really good though Best Wishes, Sister B sounds a little better. 13mo

rubyslippersreads Both sound good, but I‘ll pick Sister B since it‘s available for Kindle. 13mo

jlhammar @Singout You can vote here for your July preference. 13mo

Singout I‘ll pick Sister B too. 13mo

Caroline2 Small mercies 13mo

batsy My vote is for Sister B. 13mo

kspenmoll Sister B 13mo

jlhammar Voting is now closed - Sister B is our winner! 13mo

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