'The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society' by Mary Ann Shaffer (Sa13+) [SPOI This month we're reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer! https://i.postimg.cc/L6KV4Bnn/banner.jpg Age Rating | Sa13+ Let's go over some ground rules...
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I am so excited we're reading this book! I love it so much, and I'd love to have a watch party at the end of the month and watch the movie together on Netflix because it is extremely well done. Ironically (coincidentally?), there was an article about this book in a back issue of my university alumni magazine that I found over the weekend. The author was an alumni at the same school that I went to, and I thought the article was really interesting. Mary Ann Shaffer visited Guernsey and was so taken by the place and their history during WWII, that this story just percolated in her for years and years. Her friends finally told her to WRITE IT DOWN or stop talking about it, so she did. EVERY SINGLE publishing house that Shaffer sent the story to accepted it. Sadly, she died before the book was finally published, and the co-author listed on the book was brought in to do the edits and re-writes necessary for publication. TL;DR - we all have a story in us, and I hope you all get to share yours someday. Also this book is super. |
OH! I read this book recently! It's amazing! I can't wait to start discussions on it! Ern I love the idea of doing a watch party!!!!! That would be so much fun! I have watched the movie on Netflix idk how many times now but I will watch it over and over because it is so well done! |
I started this book on the 30th of December and finished it yesterday. I loved it, easily one of the best stand alone (non-series) books I've read recently. I have watched the first hour of the movie so I'll stop and watch it with everyone at the end of the month. :loved: |
I just checked the e-book out on my Libby app! I'm excited to read it, especially after reading this excellent backstory... Quote:
Also, I'm totally down for a watch party. I watched this once when it was new to Netflix, so I'm eager to see how it compares after I read the book. Update: I'm a third of the way into the novel and while I love letters, I'm just wondering if the entire book is epistolary? :lol: |
So... I started the audiobook yesterday during my commute to work. And I'm nearly at the halfway point. While it definitely has its charm and I find parts of it rather cute, I'm starting to get bored. And with it as highly rated as it is on goodreads, I feel like I'm missing something hmm. Maybe it will pick up? |
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It's my new years resolution to try and read more. Especially books that I wouldn't normally tend to pick out mysef, yk?? And historical fiction isn't something I'd usually go for so I was keen to give this a bash. I started a couple of days ago but I just can't seem to get into it??? It's not the story, I think it's the style with the letters. I haven't got the best attention span and I keep finding myself having to track back to remind myself of who is who. I'm definitely eager to keep going though so we'll see! |
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I think I might have felt like that if I'd read it... but as I had the audio book, the voices helped to distinguish who was who? And the emotion etc was palpable and audible.. but audiobooks are very much a new thing for me, so the fact I listened to the first half on a round trip to work etc... well, by the time the story progressed I was enamoured and definitely wanted to know what else was going to happen. |
Letter type stories are always hard for me to get into as well, but once it got further into the meat of the story it didn't feel like letters anymore. Just keep reading! |
I do remember that it was a little slow to warm up, but I appreciated the unique setting and I fell for the characters eventually. But my experience with the books we've read in book club so far has been that nothing will be universally liked. That's why we're reading such a variety of books and discussing with people who have a variety of interests! |
I can't wait to discuss this with you guys! I just finished it late last night/very early this morning. I'll post my Goodreads review below in a spoiler tag (though there's nothing very spoiler-y in it). ^_^ SPOILER!!: 5/5 Stars |
AHHHHHH there's already so much hype and discussion, I love it! I'm almost half way through myself and, I must say, I'm really enjoying it! It's not the most exciting story ever but it's so wholesome that I don't mind. :loved: Quote:
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@ everyone: I am 100% behind us having a watch party at the end of the month! We should organised a date and time (or multiple for those in different TZs) to watch it. :loveskip: Quote:
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I am loving this book. I actually got it as audio so I could listen while I'm getting miles in for my walking challenge. I don't know if that's why I fell in love with the story because of the different voices being used for the characters or if I just was drawn to the WWII material, but I think it is such a fun story. I just started it a few days ago so I haven't gotten too far in, but I'm already wanting to get back on the treadmill to listen to more. BanabatGirl- Your goodreads review was amazing and I just adored reading it. Quote:
Cassirin- I am in for the watch party. |
I just finished reading it!!!! What a wholesome book. :wibbleface: I loved it, honestly! SPOILER!!: some spoilery thoughts I can't wait until we can dive into the discussion properly! |
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I would love to do a pen pall thing! It would be so much fun! Fair warning...I have terrible handwriting! :lol: Roro: I loved your goodreads review! It's perfect and I wholeheartedly agree! Natalie: If you haven't seen the movie, it wraps up nicely ;) I agree about the multiple time zones thing for the movie, that way people aren't having to get up super early or stay up super late! |
I hope everybody is enjoying reading this book! 'Cause I finished, I couldn't stop myself from watching the film (even if we are going to do a watch party towards the end of the month lol), and then I couldn't stop myself from making a grab bag! Who's surprised? Not me. :lmao: Anyway... HERE YOU GO. I hope you like them. Maybe wear one if you do. ^_^ |
EEEE I finally finished it last night! I agree with some of you that it was kind of slow to get in to - the letters format really threw me at first for some reason - but once I got about half way in to it, it really got going and I couldn't put it down! I loved how it ended, I didn't see the end coming at ALL TBH and I was super thrilled with it when I realized where it was going and I am SO DOWN for a movie watch of this! |
Hello, hello, hello! It's time to discuss The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society more, with any and ALL THE SPOILERS! So, if you haven't yet finished reading, you might want to avoid this thread until you have. :kissesforu: I want to start with a few simple questions:
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