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Thank you! I feel like I've been talking about it forever and I guess that others feel that way too because in the last week or so, I've been getting a lot of "Haven't you moved yet??? You've been talking about it for ages already!"
Wednesday, March 4 is the official day. Then everyone can listen to me moan about the unpacking. Then it'll be summer and I can complain about the humidity. Ha!
I was going to suggest the Guernsey Literary Society one- that is one of my all time favorites ever. The sweetest, most enjoyable delightful every positive gentle adjective!!!!
I loved Mambo in Chinatown…about a naive 22 year old American born Chinese girl, Charlie, living in Chinatown with her very traditional father and her bright sister. Charlie is a bit awkward and never did well in school and many of her jobs because she has dyslexia which no one knew about. It starts off with her being a dishwasher at a restaurant where her father is a noodle maker. Charlie's sister brings home an ad for a receptionist at a dance studio for her to interview for. In a Cinderella type story Charlie's world is completely opened up to the world of dancing while still be trapped at home with the very traditional Chinese ways and medicines as her sister becomes sick.
I rooted for Charlie the whole time and wanted her to become that confident young woman in the end. It's a feel good story.
This weekend I will be reading two books. The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society.
I just finished The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. I am so glad that I stuck with it. Now I am thinking I need to read the Love Song of Queenie Hennessy but I want to read The Guernsey Literary Guild book that Mayvenne mentioned first. Happy reading all!
I just finished The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry. I am so glad that I stuck with it. Now I am thinking I need to read the Love Song of Queenie Hennessy but I want to read The Guernsey Literary Guild book that Mayvenne mentioned first. Happy reading all!
It looks like you and I are on the same track. I am almost finished with TUPOHF and tomorrow I will start Guernsey. I also liked A Man Called Ove but I did not like Major Pettigrew's Last Stand which is similar. I thought he was too much of a fuddy dud.
I just came across another recommendation from a female author who wrote back in the 30's and 40's. I am going to stat with her Miss Buncle's Book (Miss Buncle #1) by D.E. Stevenson.
"Barbara Bunde is in a bind. Times are harsh, and Barbara's bank account has seen better days. Maybe she could sell a novel ... if she knew any stories. Stumped for ideas, Barbara draws inspiration from her fellow residents of Silverstream, the little English village she knows inside and out.
To her surprise, the novel is a smash. It's a good thing she wrote under a pseudonym, because the folks of Silverstream are in an uproar. But what really turns Miss Bunde's world around is this: what happens to the characters in her book starts happening to their real-life counterparts. Does life really imitate art?
A beloved author who has sold more than seven million books, D. E. Stevenson is at her best with Miss Buncle's Book, crafting a highly original and charming tale about what happens when people see themselves through someone else's eyes."
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Then it'll be summer and I can complain about the humidity. Ha!
