Elegí leer La sociedad Literaria y el pastel de piel de patata de Guernsey. Paso a contestar las preguntas que has formulado respecto a él.
1ª Se ha hecho ameno, porq son relatos cortos. Se leen muy facilmente.
2ªDawsey? De momento encuentro que es un hombre " demasiado" callado.
3ªCada persona elige su lectura, según su personalidad, algunos son románticos, violentos,con mucha acción. Yo detesto la violencia, en consecuencia no me gustan los libros que se basan en ella.
4ªCualquier mujer soltera o casada es capaz de sentir el amor hacia un niño y Juliet lo siente hacia Kit.
5ª Un buen partido es quien te cuida, te quiere, se preocupa por ti, te respeta, renuncia a cosas por tí y no simplemente quien tenga dinero. Mark es dominante quiere que Juliet viva la vida que él desea y no le importa lo que ella misma desee hacer con su vida, eso no es amor, bueno, quizá amor a sí mismo y no a la otra persona.
6ªMi favorito es Juliet, pero la mayoria de los otros integrantes me hacen sonreir.
7ªSi lees malos cuando lees 1 bueno lo disfrutas mas pero si es al reves q lees buenos cuando lees 1 malo, sencillamente no lo acabas, no vas a perder el tiempo tontamente.

Gracias Alicia por habernos encontrado esta joya.

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My mom said:

I chose to read “The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society”. I´m gonna answer the questions you have asked regarding this book.

1. The letters are like very short stories which make the book a very light, easy read.
2. Dawsey? So far I find he is a very quiet man. Too quiet.
3. Each person chooses reading according to their personality. Some are romantic, or violent, or like a lot of action. I despise violence, consequently I don´t enjoy books based on violence.
4. Any woman, single or married is able to feel love towards a child, and Juliet feels that love towards Kit.
5. A great catch is someone who takes care of you, loves you, respects you, gives things up for you, and not simply someone with money. Mark is very dominant, he wants Juliet to live life as he deems appropriate and doesn´t care about what she wants to do with her own life. That is not love. Well, maybe it´s love towards one self, but not towards another.
6. Juliet is my favorite, but the majority of the others also make me smile.
7. If you usually read bad ones, when you get a good one you are able to enjoy it even more, but if it´s the other way around, you simply don´t finish the bad one. No point on wasting time.

Thanks, Alicia, for having found this jewel amongst books.

1. What was it like to read a novel composed entirely of letters?

It was fun to read the letters because it left so much unsaid and you needed to read “between the lines” to follow the story. I liked that you kind of had to fill in the blanks and figure out what had transpired in between the letters. I also liked that you got to make up your own mind about the character’s personalities based on their words and the way they wrote, just like you would with real letters and emails, rather than having the author describe it all to you. For example, you’d read a letter from Mark and wonder – is he being romantic? Or just selfish and demanding? (sometimes they can look so similar….)

2. What were your first impressions of Dawsey? How was he different from the other men Juliet had known?

My first impression of Dawsey was that he was earnest, sincere and unsophisticated. If you take the opposite of those traits – you would sum up the other men Juliet had known.

3. What does a reader’s taste in books say about his or her personality?

This is a great question. I guess your books reflect your passions and your interests and your dreams. When you like a book you are saying that this book speaks to something in my soul and helps me connect more to who I am as a person on the inside, whether or not that is reflected in my life on the outside.

4. What qualities make Juliet an unconventional, excellent mother?

Juliet sees Kit as a unique and individual person. She doesn’t try to impose her idea of what a little girl should be on to her. Instead she pays close attention to what she likes and what’s important to her. Then she tries to find a way to reach out to her on her own terms. She honors and loves her for who she is, not who she would like her to be.

5. Juliet rejects marriage proposals from a man who is a stereotypical “great catch.” How would you have handled Juliet’s romantic entanglement? What truly makes someone a “great catch”?

Oh, I would have handled Juliet’s romantic entanglement badly – because I’m not very good at rejecting people, especially those who are intensely certain about what is best for me! Perhaps I am better at it now, but not when I was young! As far as a great catch – every time I tried to answer this question it sounded like a Hallmark card. But I guess in many ways it’s like my response to the previous question – a great catch is someone who sees you and loves you for who you are and doesn’t try to make you fit into their image of what they think you should be. And for whom you do the same. It’s that, coupled with a shared knowledge that the world even at its scariest is a better place with each other than without (darn – I got all Hallmarky at the end!)

6. Which of the members of the Society is your favorite? Whose literary opinions are most like your own?

Elizabeth is my favorite, and not just because of her name!

7. Do you agree with Isola that “reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad ones”?

I agree with your mom – Life is too short to read bad books!!

1. At first thought this will be anoying but then I got used to it and enjoyed it. I think it made the characters a little more real to me since you can actually read someones letters.
2. Strong, Calm, Steady, charitable.
3. I think you can tell alot about a person from what kind of books they read, music they listen to and art they like.
4. totally agree with Liz.
5. I think I would have married markham, if I didn't want to then he would have known long before his trip to the island.
6. I'd never heard of half the books they talked about to I don't know.
7. I agree with Isola. Unless the bad book is part of a good memory.

1. What was it like to read a novel composed entirely of letters?
I loved the intimacy it carried, how you had to read between the lines and how you got to know the characters by their use of the language.

2. What were your first impressions of Dawsey? How was he different from the other men Juliet had known?

I thought he was a simple, honest man, without any trickery or ulterior motives. Not prideful and quiet content with his small life. The other men Juliet had known were the opposite.

3. What does a reader’s taste in books say about his or her personality?

The books you like are either those that reflect your reality, (be inner or external reality) or those that reflect your dreams and wants. The books we like are those that give us an ok-ness with ourselves, those that justify our thoughts. What you read is what you are.

4. What qualities make Juliet an unconventional, excellent mother?
Her complete acceptance of Kit. She takes her exactly as she is, even with the possibly dead ferret in the box.

5. Juliet rejects marriage proposals from a man who is a stereotypical “great catch.” How would you have handled Juliet’s romantic entanglement? What truly makes someone a “great catch”?

A great catch, for me, is someone who will make you feel alive and strong. Someone who will begin every new day as an adventure, that will see the extraordinary where most see nothing. Someone with whom, at the end of the day, you can sip some tea and someone who can make you laugh with the smallest gestures. Someone who´s caring and not afraid to show you who he is.

6. Which of the members of the Society is your favorite? Whose literary opinions are most like your own?

I´m torn between Juliet and Elizabeth. They´re both courageous and witty.
I don´t think I felt identified with the literary opinions of anyone in the society.

7. Do you agree with Isola that “reading good books ruins you for enjoying bad ones”?

Well, good books will make the bad ones worse. But bad books also have their place in the world.