How should we start? Were it not for the brilliant invention of the printing press of Mr. Gutenberg, we would not have the hundreds of celebrated (and by that we mean, used and well-worn) novels that line our shelves and really any horizontal surface in our homes. We have set out to share our joy of reading with the masses through our blog that perhaps is a tiny blip in the universe known as the World Wide Web. No matter how miniscule, we know that our thoughts and opinions are important and we feel that it is our duty to those authors both living and deceased to shed a light on their lives' works.
We all have come in contact with books that have changed our perspectives-perspectives about life and how we live it, or books that simply inspired us to accomplish a goal that had been sitting, gathering dust. The inspirational novel, The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, became the basis for creating this blog. A post-WWII novel written in letter format, this captivating story is about an author who becomes pen pals with a man from Guernsey, and through their corespondence, begins to write to other members of the Guernsey Literary Society. The piece was SO riveting, we both struggled with the thought of putting the book down. The characters were extremely life-like, personified in a way that made us want to visit them ourselves! Overall, the book was a pleasant, light read that just left us feeling good in the end.
We were inspired by the honesty and commraderie of the group, and although our little literary society (or blog, in this case) is just an outlet for a couple of friends who both love to read, we hope that what you find here is honesty about the books we have read that will cause you to pick up a book and start reading!
Mr. Gutenberg thanks you,
~Anne & Harper
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