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5⭐️ This is an amazing work by Edwards. Imagine writing a memoir of a fictional character, with all the drama and emotions - I almost believed that Ebenezer (not Edwards) were the author. I enjoyed Ebenezer‘s ramblings about his life, relations, and friends. Some parts are sad, others are funny. This requires lots of patience, but is totally worth it. Warning: the font size is so tiny it‘s quite tiring for the eyes

Off to the gym... with this old man

Oh, my eyes! 🙈 I think I need to get new reading glasses 🥺

Ah, what a tale of a man's life and thoughts.
I felt so much for Ebenezer, his aloneness and comments on Guernsey inhabitants.
The ending was not too twee but made complete sense. Definitely one I'd recommend.

Still reading this one.
He's an interesting character; )
Some of the parts about the impact of WW1 and 2 on Guernsey really furthered my knowledge.
Hoping to finish it by the weekend as then I'm off on holiday so have a stack to take!

This was highly recommended by a very good friend so looking forward to reading it.
Tge brief account of the author's life us intriguing :)

1. One of several - different favorites for different reasons;
2. 117;
3. It‘s the little, everyday things that make me happy;
4. Christmas- it‘s my favorite holiday;
5. Hi 👋🏻 all you wonderful Littens!
#HelloThursday @wanderinglynn

March was a good reading month. 3 audiobooks, 3 eBooks, 9 print books. The tagged book and Barkskins were favorites. #MarchStats #ReadingResilutions #bestreadofmarch #marchinbooks #wrapup #magicalmarch

I can‘t let go of this book yet. I was looking for pictures of Guernsey online and found a review in a blog called Pages and Margins with a quote I wish I had written: “For some reason I expected this book to be similar to The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society because they were both set on the island of Guernsey. This is a bit like expecting Absalom, Absalom! to resemble The Help because they were both set in the American South.”

Balthazar says I should be petting him instead of reading about some man he‘s never heard of. But I‘m so glad I am doing the #passportLitsy challenge, or I might not have found this book. Ebenezer is charming and the pictures of #Guernsey that he paints are fascinating. The writing is poetic without being self conscious and the music of the patois comes through. Five 🌟 @maximoffs

“I have never been one to hope for the best when the worst is staring me in the face.”
Ebenezer‘s take on whether the Nazis would invade Guernsey. I‘m loving this crotchety old man!

“It was the same over the daylight saving. I don‘t see how you can save daylight, when there is only the same number of hours of daylight anyway, whatever you do to the clocks.”
I feel you, Ebenezer, I feel you.

#SetOnAnIsland was an easy prompt for me, as I‘m currently reading this book, set on Guernsey, for #passportLitsy. #MarchinBooks @maich

“I think every religion in the world, except the Mormons, must have come and built a place of worship in Guernsey at some time or another. I heard there was even two of those came over once; but they was thrown into the harbour .” Having lived in Utah for 22 years, this cracked me up!

“I think myself she was a real princess; but perhaps not very high up as princesses go.” Ebenezer is charming me and my reading buddy!

One of my #currentread(s). #booksandshelfiesM18 @Amabear

My husband‘s still asleep, so I‘m going to take a long bubble bath and start this book for #PassportLitsy.

I read this on vacation in the Florida Keys. The scenery upstaged the novel and quite frankly the back story is more interesting than the book.

It is a rambling digressive account of a cranky old man's life. There are some wonderfully drawn characters and lovely autobiographical anecdotes, but the middle section is endless and the ending is too sentimental. Highly praised as brilliant and comparable to Proust, I thought it needed an editor.