Now, THIS is a book about books! I have recently read three others that claimed to be about books, but merely used them as plot devices, or took place in a bookstore. Guernsey takes us into the heart of what makes books great: their ability to connect one human to another in unexpected and even miraculous ways. Or their ability to open our minds, comfort our souls, and help us feel a little less alone in the world.

This book is filled with some of the most real characters I have ever met in literature. They are each true to life, unique, and lovely. It's all at once hilarious and melancholy, in the way that laughter after a funeral is.

The only other epistolary novel I have read is Anne of Windy Poplars, so this was a new experience for me. I loved every page. Every character. It's beautiful, heartbreaking, honest, sweet, lighthearted, serious, and fresh!

I find myself dreaming of visiting Guernsey someday.