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Thursday, June 3, 2010

week 21

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Tree - Redju
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Wednesday, June 2, 2010

Quote - Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

"In a good mood I call my hair Chestnut with Gold Glints. In a bad mood, I call it mousy brown"
~Juliet

"Reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad books."
~Isola

"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. "
~Juliet

"Perhaps there is some secret sort of homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers."
~Juliet

Ah this book is soooooo quotable! Go here and read them all yourself
http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/1194527.Mary_Ann_Shaffer

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

“I wonder how the book got to Guernsey? Perhaps there is some sort of secret homing instinct in books that brings them to their perfect readers.”

January 1946: London is emerging from the shadow of the Second World War, and writer Juliet Ashton is looking for her next book subject. Who could imagine that she would find it in a letter from a man she’s never met, a native of the island of Guernsey, who has come across her name written inside a book by Charles Lamb….

As Juliet and her new correspondent exchange letters, Juliet is drawn into the world of this man and his friends—and what a wonderfully eccentric world it is. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society—born as a spur-of-the-moment alibi when its members were discovered breaking curfew by the Germans occupying their island—boasts a charming, funny, deeply human cast of characters, from pig farmers to phrenologists, literature lovers all.

Juliet begins a remarkable correspondence with the society’s members, learning about their island, their taste in books, and the impact the recent German occupation has had on their lives. Captivated by their stories, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds will change her forever.

Written with warmth and humor as a series of letters, this novel is a celebration of the written word in all its guises, and of finding connection in the most surprising ways.

This book was adorable! I'll admit after the first two letters I was like "what? This doesn't make any sense." but keep going cause it will. Having the book written just in letters made it very personal in a way. It often made me giggle and sometimes right out laugh! The ending was especially dilectable. Read it and love it! That's all I have to say.