Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

With a name like that, you know the book is going to be entertaining. And it was. I laughed out loud many, many times--but also wanted to cry as parts of World War II were described.

I listened to this book while riding in the car, and it definitely made the miles pass faster. It's written as a series of letters from several different people, so listening to it you get the different voices and the British accents.

This book is written by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows and is definitely worth reading.

The Last Song

I've read most of Nicholas Sparks's books, and I think this one is the best. It seemed to have a depth that the others don't have. His books are good for easy-to-read, sweet romances, but I was really impressed with The Last Song.

However, I read it a couple weeks ago, so I can't give you a very good description of it........but one of the things that was different from most of his books is that it was written from a younger perspective.

Has anyone else done any reading this summer? Am I really the only one?

The Invisible Bridge, by Julie Orringer

This is a book that struck me with awe. I listened to it, and I don't usually listen to books this long because it's hard to keep my attention all the way through (it was 27 hours long), but The Invisible Bridge was really interesting, heart-breaking yet encouraging, and well written. Some of her descriptive language made me stop and say 'wow'--which is especially amazing because I have found I notice language a lot less when I'm listening than when I'm actually reading.

The book's narrator is a young Jewish man from Hungary, and it follows his family's story through the years leading up to and during World War II.

I can only find one other book by Orringer, and it's a collection of short stories, which I rarely read--but I was impressed enough with her writing that I might have to look into them.

The Invisible Bridge is definitely worth the time it takes to read.