The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

That's right. The title and authors were SO LONG that I ran out of room xD This charming book is told almost entirely in the form of letters, and IMO is a light, charming, and engaging read. From goodreads:

January 1946: Writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.

This blurb does not do the lengthy name justice xD Netflix made it into a movie in 2018.

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GORGEOUS set by Lady <3

I'm about halfway through the book and am absolutely enchanted by it. I love a good historical fiction, but the format of it makes it seem ~new and I have a much easier time getting into the heads of the characters. Will report back as I read more!

Also, Bree's arranging a movie night for this!

  

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HELLO IT IS I. Still trucking through, still enjoying it immensely. Juliet sailing off to visit her penfriends on Guernsey—TOTAL STRANGERS who she knows incredibly well in spite of that fact—struck me very much like meeting an internet friend in today's day and age, complete with the "ugh maybe I'll just bail" nerves that I got my first times meeting up with Bee and Jenny xD #AnxietyWoes

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I AM THOROUGHLY AND IRREVOCABLY IN LOVE WITH DAWSEY ADAMS.

that is all.

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MJ always makes her so pretty

I started it because of course I did, and I can say by page 22 I'm already jumping with glee every time a Juliet/Dawsey letter appears. In other news: a potato peel pie sounds gross af.

  

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I started it because of course I did, and I can say by page 22 I'm already jumping with glee every time a Juliet/Dawsey letter appears. In other news: a potato peel pie sounds gross af.

Hi, I'm on page 116 now. I got to the part in the letters where Juliet decided how she felt about everyone [see spoiler] and I can't help but think of sophomore year of HS when I was being introduced into my longstanding friend group by our mutual friend, Travis. He said something along the lines of "I'm pretty sure I'm destined to marry Josie, but I'd 100% be gay for Ian. Jacinda's my mother and you gotta keep an eye on Zach—he thinks he's 12." or something along those lines.

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"Quite apart from my interest in their interest in reading, I have
fallen in love with two men: Eben Ramsey and Dawsey Adams.
Clovis Fossey and John Booker, I like. I want Amelia Maugery to
adopt me; and I want to adopt Isola Pribby. I will leave you to
discern my feelings for Adelaide Addison (Miss) by reading her
letters. "

Juliet gets her impressions of people, not just from the individuals themselves, but the other people she's corresponding with. It reminds me of how we get to know people through other people's accounts of them, so I'm curious about how Juliet might have thought of Elizabeth if it was originally Miss Addison who contacted her rather than Dawsey. xD

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Guess who just finished? Hint: it's meeeeee.

Spoiler from the back half when we get into Isola's notebook:

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Omg I LOVE how single-minded she is and how she plainly ignores clues. She is a treasure. A treasure who would exhaust me if I actually knew her, but a treasure nonetheless.

I'm curious about how Juliet might have thought of Elizabeth if it was originally Miss Addison who contacted her rather than Dawsey. xD

I think that just by looking at the tone of Miss Addison's letters when compared to Juliet's, we can see that they are two fundamentally different people. Admittedly, she probably would have ignored the Guernsey Gang if Amelia had been the one to write to her initially, but that's a cause & effect thing not an influencing opinions thing xD

  

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I AM THOROUGHLY AND IRREVOCABLY IN LOVE WITH DAWSEY ADAMS.

that is all.

I, too, just finished, and would also like to say that I am also thoroughly and irrevocably in love with Dawsey Addams.

  

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I AM THOROUGHLY AND IRREVOCABLY IN LOVE WITH DAWSEY ADAMS.

that is all.

I, too, just finished, and would also like to say that I am also thoroughly and irrevocably in love with Dawsey Addams.

I am charmed by him but know that we would never work >.>

  

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on a side note, I, like half the characters, though Juliet and Sidney would have a history, but the reason they don't is fucking awesome for a historical romance ♥

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on a side note, I, like half the characters, though Juliet and Sidney would have a history, but the reason they don't is fucking awesome for a historical romance ♥

Imma put my response to this in spoilers because better safe than sorry :P

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I also loved how Juliet and the other members of the society that knew didn't really care. I think John Booker was also said to be the same way, hence why Isola was so chill with it. I also loved how they didn't care that Elizabeth had a bastard child, because it just shows that even in days when these things were shunned by society, there were people who just didn't give a flying fuck what society thought.

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