Book Review: Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society

Right now I am in the middle of reading this and this, and this and this. I've been enjoying all of them in very different ways, but perhaps I'm reading too many simultaneously because none of them have really riveted my attention and yesterday I just didn't feel like reading any of them so I started this book. (right now you are thinking it is completely logical to start yet another book right?)

However, this book pulled me in quick --after reading through Isaac's nap and after Ike went to bed for the night while Jordan was at YM, I continued to neglect poor husband for the rest of the evening until I finished it. It was amazing (and believe me, I don't find just any book "amazing.") And when it was over I wanted to cry because I was sad it was over (and I'm not the crying type), or maybe I really just wanted to flip back to the beginning and start all over again. This book is a wonderful quick read (took about 4 1/2 hours) that I would classify as historical fiction. It deals mainly with the German occupation during WWII of Guernsey (am I the only person who didn't know this place existed?), believe me I'm ready to buy my plane tickets now.....if only that minor detail of money wasn't so bothersome. It had all the heart wrenching anecdotes you might expect from a Holocaust novel that make you feel grateful for all the tiny things you take for granted....but it wasn't entirely a sobfest either, I loved that the novel was peppered with small comical side stories and even a romance to keep your emotional roller coaster darting about from page to page.

In summary: Read it! I wish I was able to purchase and post about twenty copies of this book right now to my favorite reader friends (too bad that pesky finance thing keeps putting a damper on all my good ideas today!), but you'd really make me feel a whole lot better if you went directly out and secured a copy to read and then please email me and tell me how much loved it. And if you didn't like it, I don't know if we can be friends anymore......at least not for a few days at least. I know I'm probably over-hyping it now, but what can I say, it was love at first read.

Content Rating: PG-13 (includes a few gruesome Holocaust reads that will make you sad, no other questionable content though)
Jandee Rating: 10 of 10 stars (thats right Carrie, I said ten stars)