The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows, 274 pages

"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'd never met, a native of Guernsey, the British island once occupied by the Nazis. He'd come across her name on the flyleaf of a secondhand volume by Charles Lamb. Perhaps she could tell him where he might find more books by this author.

As Juliet and her new correspondent exchange letters, she is drawn into the world of this man and his friends, all members of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, a unique book club formed in a unique, spur-of-the-moment way: as an alibi to protect its members from arrest by the Germans.

Juliet begins a remarkable correspondence with the Society's charming, deeply human members, from pig farmers to phrenologists, literature lovers all. Through their letters she learns about their island, their taste in books, and the powerful, transformative impact the recent German occupation has had on their lives. Captivated by her stories, she sets sail for Guernsey, and what she finds there will change her forever." -Jacket

READ THIS BOOK.

Read this book and if you don't absolutely love it, then you are absolutely insane.

This book is written as letters sent back and forth between its characters, Juliet being the main one. Every single character is so delightfully wonderful. Their letters make me wish we would all stop texting and start writing again. I found myself wishing they were real people and that I could meet them. I would be perfectly content (like Juliet) to spend the rest of my life in a place like Guernsey, with people like Amelia, Dawsey, Eben, Isola, Sidney and even high and mighty Adelaide Addison. And we can all learn a thing or two from Elizabeth.

I'm going to read this one again. One of my favorite lines was on page 32: "...so far my only thought is that reading keeps you from going gaga."

I couldn't agree more.