*giggling wtih delight*

[keladry_lupin]

I finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society five minutes ago. What a wonderful book! Being me, I zoomed through it to get to the ending (so that I wouldn't read the last page first), and now I'm going to go back and read it more slowly. I've already missed church because I sat down and read this, and I can't bring myself to be

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[beffeysue]

I was listening to NPR in the car one day last week, and they had an interesting interview with the daughter (I think) of the author. The book sounds like it would be a wonderful read, and it's on my reading list.

[keladry_lupin]

There are two authors, actually, and one is the niece of the other. So maybe you were listening to one of them?

[beffeysue]

Yes, it was her niece. She said that her aunt's health had been going downhill, and she had asked her to finish the book for her. Apparently the author was nearly finished with the book, she had all of her notes and such and gave them to her niece. I believe she said that her aunt passed away in February.

I must put this book at the top of my list, because it has been getting rave reviews!

[keladry_lupin]

Oh, I didn't know. There's a photo of the two of them on the book jacket, and I didn't think it said anything about the aunt passing away.

*reads*

You're right; it talks about her in the past tense. Bummer.

It really is very charming. Horrifying at times, because of the harshness of war, but hilarious, too.

[keladry_lupin]

If I call herbal tea "tea," then Shiv gets snarly. Since there are no tea leaves in the mixture, it isn't really tea, is it? Herbal tea = tisane.

[keladry_lupin]

*headdesk*

[elise_wanderer]

I will keep an eye out for it!

Speaking of stories told through correspondence, do you know "Lady Susan," the one Jane Austen novel that no one seems to mention? (They always say she finished six books, and this counts as Number Seven.) It's a series of letters, and it paints absolutely wonderful pictures both of the title character and of those who think they know what's going on with her.

[keladry_lupin]

I have "Lady Susan," though I haven't read it yet. That was the WIP she left unfinished, isn't it?

[elise_wanderer]

No, actually, the one that wasn't finished, and was later completed by "Another Lady," is "Sanditon" (I think--I can't find my copy at the moment), and that's rather fun, too--not a bad pastiche (though I bet lettybird would've done it even more justice!).

[keladry_lupin]

Okay, I'll dig it out.

[blueprintblue]

IT CAN BE WINCE TIEM NAO? I watched the beginning of that video and it was we-ird. QI's infamous Justin Gayner graphically propositioned me when I was trying to leave the QI wrap party and made me miss the last tube to Benjamin Cook's flat. There is a long story behind this, but it involves the quotes (all his): "This isn't about my girlfriend; this is about me and you" and "I think I would be very gentle to you" and "I can tell you'd be wonderful in bed". I was only saved when I managed to pawn him off on someone else in the room and escaped to the arms of my friend Kate and lovely elf Justin Pollard, who took care to escort me out lest I be accosted again.

I think it can be clear that out of all the people I claim love me, Justin really does love me, but really in the wrong way.

[keladry_lupin]

"This isn't about my girlfriend." *wince* Oh, that's not right. Thank goodness for knights in shining armor!

[g_smarmy]

Why don't you like Amazon?

[keladry_lupin]

When I worked at the bank, I became friends with lots of small business owners. Amazon, Borders, and Barnes and Noble are putting them out of business. I'd rather give my money to the proprietors who have actually read a book.

[g_smarmy]

Oh yeah, that. Yeah, we try to give our business to small local stores when we can, too. :)