The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

I finished my book yesterday, so now I feel a little lost. I just can't get over how good it was! I was confining myself to reading on the metro, so that I wouldn't finish it too fast, but then yesterday I was waiting for Jon, and I really wanted to know what happened next, so I went ahead and finished. Do you ever get the feeling like you are so excited to pick a book back up and read straight through to the end, but at the same time you want it to last forever and ever?

Summer Reading

I've read many books this summer, though not quite as many as I intended to read. I'll post some of them here eventually, but I'm really into what I'm reading right now - The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.  I bought it on a whim in a bookshop at the beach with my friend Sarah. 

I always judge books by their titles and covers, and this one appealed to me. I'm so happy I did! It's written in letter format and takes place in the British Isles (my favorite place) - specifically between a woman in London and the residents of Guernsey, one of the Channel Islands between England and France. It takes place just after WW2, when Guernsey was occupied by the Germans. The characters are delightful and I can't wait to finish it - I never thought I'd say my metro rides weren't long enough...