The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

As always, the book is better than the movie.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

July 13, 2019 by kella Leave a Comment

Despite so many people raving about this book, and seeing that Netflix had even got on board by making a movie, I kept shuffling it down my pile. Not sure why (weirdly, I think I was partially turned off by the long and clunky title), but I picked it up this spring on a Saturday morning, intending to read a chapter or two…. but was immediately hooked and read the entire thing in one sitting. It is set in England just after the end of […]

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

April 21, 2019 by Manimama Leave a Comment

Charming, adorable, sweet, romantic- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society was all of those things without being cloying. The story is told in the form of letters between a variety of characters. Juliet is a writer living in London immediately after the end of World War II. She has recently embarked on a book tour to promote her collection of war-time dispatches. She is contacted by a man named Dawsey, who lives on the isle of Guernsey- he is in possession of a […]

“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.”

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

February 3, 2019 by Caitlin_D 3 Comments

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society is an absolutely charming novel set in 1946 England about the aftermath of World War II. The story is told exclusively through written correspondence between author Juliet Ashton, her editor Sidney, the various members of the Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society and a few other minor characters. Due to the popularity of the Netflix movie of the same name I have been on the wait list for both the audiobook and the hard copy of Guernsey for about 6 […]

“We clung to books and to our friends; they reminded us that we had another part to us.”

May 19, 2017 by faintingviolet 1 Comment

I have had this book on my to read list since CBR5 in 2013. This year I decided as part of my overall Cannonball goal of 78 books, that I was also going to work my way through my audiobook and owned book backlog. A little. With that goal in mind I set up a monthly goal list, with a book or two I already own, a book or two I have in audio form in Audible, and then I pick a couple more to […]

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