Saturday's Alright for Lounging
May. 18th, 2019 07:40 am( health stuff )
2. The annual conference of The Org was yesterday. It went well. I'm president again which I expected but do not particularly relish. LOL We had 6 people not show this time (2 told me a week ago, one told me the night before and wanted to present via Skype LOL, and the last three just didn't show with no contact). I was crafty though! I put those last three on the final panel together because I had my suspicions. My list of people black balled from The Org grows ever longer!
3. Thank you, thank you,![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
kaleecat!!!!!!!!! This book is as good as you said it would be.
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer
My rating: 5 of 5 stars
How did I not realize how wonderful this book is before now? It's been sitting on my nightstand for almost a year; I'd heard of it before and somehow vaguely thought it was one of those mystery novels with twee titles.
This book is awesome. It is told in epistolary format, and the narrative voices are amazing. It is witty and funny and terribly sad all while being uplifting. I cried about a million times and laughed out loud (for real) at least as many. It will break your heart every few pages and mend it right again just as quickly.
The novel is set just immediately post-World War II and deals with the trauma of the German occupation of the Channel Islands.
I think what resonates most is that this is a book about the love of reading, of the hope and joy that the written word can bring, of the way it creates community and friendship and shared dialogue. This is a book about what's at the heart of my teaching career and my Ph.D. and my scholarship.
It's a quick read, but I don't think I can recommend it highly enough.
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2. The annual conference of The Org was yesterday. It went well. I'm president again which I expected but do not particularly relish. LOL We had 6 people not show this time (2 told me a week ago, one told me the night before and wanted to present via Skype LOL, and the last three just didn't show with no contact). I was crafty though! I put those last three on the final panel together because I had my suspicions. My list of people black balled from The Org grows ever longer!
3. Thank you, thank you,
kaleecat!!!!!!!!! This book is as good as you said it would be.The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann ShafferMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
How did I not realize how wonderful this book is before now? It's been sitting on my nightstand for almost a year; I'd heard of it before and somehow vaguely thought it was one of those mystery novels with twee titles.
This book is awesome. It is told in epistolary format, and the narrative voices are amazing. It is witty and funny and terribly sad all while being uplifting. I cried about a million times and laughed out loud (for real) at least as many. It will break your heart every few pages and mend it right again just as quickly.
The novel is set just immediately post-World War II and deals with the trauma of the German occupation of the Channel Islands.
I think what resonates most is that this is a book about the love of reading, of the hope and joy that the written word can bring, of the way it creates community and friendship and shared dialogue. This is a book about what's at the heart of my teaching career and my Ph.D. and my scholarship.
It's a quick read, but I don't think I can recommend it highly enough.
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