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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel | Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

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Eggs Lovely book 💌❤️✍🏻 5d

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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society | Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

# 6, # 42, # 60, and # 82 for February‘s #roll100!!!!

So excited!!

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PuddleJumper Looks good! 2mo

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Robotswithpersonality

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel | Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

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.

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Robotswithpersonality

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society: A Novel | Annie Barrows, Mary Ann Shaffer

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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/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? I love the choice to tell the story through letters, let the people connect first by correspondence, then in person, let the characters be gradually fleshed out, and the choice to tell certain events retrospectively, after the war. It just lends the whole narrative more hope, even when confronting truly heartbreaking revelations. Such love and joy and strength. Bring the tissues, but expect to giggle frequently as well. 7mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? This is also the ideal format for me to engage in a romance subplot - it's not so much of the story that the authors feel the need to invent much drama, and I really only had a brief window where a lack of communication more than a miscommunication trope was in effect, likewise the love triangle was brief, the choice was clear, and decisively dealt with. 7mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/4 I hold no illusions that this sets me up for reading a bunch more WWII fiction. What this sets me up for is continuing my ever-ravenous search for good epistolary novels or novellas. Recommendations welcome!

⚠️animal death, discussion of animal slaughter, body horror, mention of probable forced prostitution, discussion of concentration camp conditions, treatment do prisoners of war, prison workers in slavery conditions 7mo

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