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The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
Paperback: 304 pages
Publisher: Dial Press Trade Paperback; 1st Thus. edition (May 5, 2009)
ISBN-13: 978-0385341004
Back-of-the-book blurb: January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins [...]
Tuesday Thingers is a weekly meme hosted by Wendi of Wendi’s Book Corner. Click on the link to her blog to read more responses to this week’s question, which is:
Do you visit the memes section often? Have you visited recently? Have you discovered anything that surprises you when you visit the memes for your library?
My [...]
Tuesday Thingers is a weekly meme hosted by Wendi at Wendi’s Book Corner. This week she has posted a poll to go along with her question, which is:
Do you have a specialized blog where you only review a certain genre or type of book? If so, what is your favorite thing about that type of [...]
Today’s question from Wendi’s Book Corner: Have you ever looked at the Common Knowledge page, or viewed the history of changes/additions? If you were aware of this section, have you added any information? Do you find this information useful or interesting?
My Answer: I do have a column in “my library” display to show “CK: Awards [...]
Wendi at Wendi’s Book Corner hosts this weekly meme which explores features of LibraryThing. This week she says: … I happened to stumble upon this great page within the site that has some great information on it about LT Authors, becoming a LT Author, and how readers can use the section to learn about their [...]
This is the week that Tuesday Thingers changes hosts. Marie, the Boston Bibliophile has been hosting this weekly meme since its inception 31 weeks ago; along the way she has asked interesting questions and we’ve all learned a lot about LibraryThing. Today Marie hands the mantle to Wendi at Wendi’s Book Corner; click here to read an interview [...]
Today’s question from the Boston Bibiophile: Holiday gift-giving. Do you give books for the holidays? Did you participate in LT’s SantaThing, either this year or last, or in other blogging gift exchanges? Were you happy with what you received?
Great question, Marie! I do give many books and book-related items. I’ve made a bit effort this [...]
Today’s Question from the Boston Bibliophile: The LT Home Page feature. How are you liking it? Or not? Do you go here when you log into LT or do you use your profile page more?
My answer: (first, apologies to the composer of Home on the Range for my mangled attempt at parody). Yes, the LT Home [...]
Today’s question from the Boston Bibiliophile: Most of us book bloggers like to write book reviews- if we don’t love to write book reviews- but here’s today’s question. When it comes to LT (and your blog), do you review every book you read? Do you just review Early Reviewers or ARCs? Do you review only [...]
Today’s question from the Boston Bibliophile: What’s the most popular book in your library? Have you read it? What did you think? How many users have it?
The most popular book in my library is J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, logging 37,356 LibraryThingers. Yes, I’ve read it … I must have liked it, [...]
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