My Book Group Met Last Night to Discuss The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

My book group met last night to discuss Guernsey, and it was perhaps the only unanimously liked book we've read all year! Everyone enjoyed it so much, and marvelled at how much humor and charm could be conveyed in a story that also contained so much horror and sadness. The book is such an accomplishment and all the characters feel like your friends by the end. We also voted on our next selection and our choices were:

Life of Pi by Yann Martel
Infidel by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
American Wife by Curtis Sittenfeld
The Tiny One by Eliza Minot
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz

We didn't even need two rounds of voting this time, as the initial round went overwhelmingly for Infidel. I'm looking forward to reading this memoir of Ayaan Hiris Ali, from her traditional Muslim upbringing in Saudi Arabia, Somalia and Kenya to her intellectual awakening and activism in the Netherlands, to her current life under armed guard in the West.
Here are some resources for our reading:
Table of Contents
Excerpt
Reading Group Guide
Praise

Comments

[Ti]

I'm reading Infidel for my book club right now. I'm enjoying it.

[jei]

I really love visiting this site...I'm such a book addict. I finished reading the Twilight saga from Stephenie Meyer and I'm about to read "The Book Thief" by Markus Zusak. Keep it up!

[Kathy]

I just posted a review of Guernsey the other day and almost as soon as it went up, my sister called and told me not to lend my copy to anyone until she's had a chance to read it.

[Julie P.]

I am so glad to hear that all of you enjoyed GUERNSEY. My book club is reading it for November. I read INFIDEL when it first came out and found it fascinating. I hope you enjoy that one too!

[Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit)]

Sounds like another good read for the book club. I haven't seen this one around much, but I'd be interested in giving it a try. I'll have to check if the library has it. Thanks for posting this and keeping us updated.

[Dawn]

*Infidel* is an amazing memoir! Ayann Hirsi Ali's life has been a whirlwind, and it continues today. The stories of her girlhood are shocking; it's so sad to realize these things go on in our world today.

[Seaside Book Worm]

I read Infidel from a recommendation from my rabbi. The book for me explained what it was like to be a muslim and how hard it is to become a free woman is a free democratic society. It was is very interested. A great book for a discussion in a book club. It would be awesome if you could ever get her on book club radio. Is this book part of Harper Collins?

[Book Club Girl]

I'm so glad to hear so many of you have heard of and liked Infidel! It's not a Harper book, it's published by Simon and Schuster, but I agree she'd be great for Book Club Girl on Air....