While I was home for my holiday break from school, I found out that, sadly, the Waldensbooks in our local mall would be closing it's doors for good. Happily, all books were discounted 40-60% off! Naturally, I was in heaven! I quickly began scouring the shelves for books (By the time I looked, the books were so picked over that I was actually excited - as a publishing major, I always want to see people buying books because that is what will keep the publishing industry going upward instead of continuing it's recent downward trend) and I came up with a very nice little list of new books:
- The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
- Classics for Pleasure by Michael Dirda
- A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius Dave Eggers
- American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
With so many wonderful choice, where to start? I decided on The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society, and I loved it. It was witty, touching, and made me wish for the time when people still went by snail mail.
For old time's sake, I think instead of e-mailing my penpal Susanna, who lives in Italy, I'll write her a letter - and maybe some of the charm of Juliet Ashton's letters from the book will rub off on my own writing!
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