Guernsey Potato Peel Pie!

We have just finished (or are currently finishing) "The Glass Castle," by Jeannette Walls. If you haven't read it yet, feel free to start now and tell us what you think next time we meet! Or if you feel like starting our new book, that's fine too. After much coffee-drinking and chatting, we decided on "The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society," by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. For more info on the book, check out the website: http://www.randomhouse.com/rhpg/guernsey/

Here's a very brief synopsis of the book:

"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."

I have read this book already, and I loved it, but I will gladly read it again. It is an absolutely wonderful story and quite easy to get through.

Other books suggested by the group so far have included:

• The Memory Keeper's Daughter, by Kim Edwards


• The Zahir, by Paulo Coelho


• The Book of Negroes, by Lawrence Hill


• Five People You Meet in Heaven, by Mitch Albom


• The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini


• Three Cups of Tea, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin


• The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time, by Mark Haddon


• Happiness, by Will Ferguson


• Anybody Out There, by Marian Keyes


• A Lion Called Christian, by George Adamson, Anthony Bourke, and John Rendall


• The Alchemist, by Paulo Coelho


• What the Bleep Do We Know?, by Mark Vicente, William Arntz, and Betsy Chasse


• Wild Dogs, by Helen Humphreys


• The Lost Garden, by Helen Humphreys


• Sum of Our Days, Isabel Allende

Please feel free to add book suggestions, provide reviews, or just make general comments!