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Today‘s Prompt: EPISTOLARY

LETTERS FROM SKYE is a book of letters from a fan to a poet…fan letters that turned into more than just correspondence.

A fun, well written read with a love story and history woven in.

AND….I LOVE THE ISLE OF SKYE - SCOTLAND!!

Oh! I forgot to say…I (FINALLY) made it to the Post Office today! 😱📬📦

@Amiable @Nute

Oh hey!
I finally did some errands & can stop shame-avoiding Litsy! 🙈 @Soubhiville your book is en route!

I mailed out my #BookCupidSwap package today! Lucky mystery match scheduled to receive on Thursday, 1/28! 📖💘📦

I finally deemed it safe to visit The Post Office...& the workers weren‘t wearing masks. 😣 #fail

BUT — some lucky Litten I‘ve long owed mail to has a package arriving soon! I‘ll tag you when Tracking says it‘s near.

I wanted to be a mail carrier when I was little because I thought I would get to read all the letters. Reading novels in the epistolary style is the next best thing to quench my nosey tendencies. This one has been on my list for awhile, and is the last library book in my possession since the lockdown. It‘s a forbidden love ❤️ and loss story that takes place during WWI & WWII. Between a so-so and a pick? I‘ll give 2/5💌s.

Day 28 - #LoveLetters #FebruaryFeels
#LettersFromSkye #JessicaBrockmole

Loved this book and the movie too!

Day 19 - #LettersEpistolaryNovel #SelfImprovementSept

A sweeping story told in letters, spanning two continents and two world wars, Jessica Brockmole‘s atmospheric debut novel captures the indelible ways that people fall in love, and celebrates the power of the written word to stir the heart. Sparkling with charm and full of captivating period detail, Letters from Skye is a testament to the power of love to overcome great adversity.

It was lovely ❤️

Happy Valentines Day! This seems the perfect book to be reading right now. What says Valentines like love letters?! I‘ve had this book for ages and haven‘t picked it up before now. It‘s one of those, why haven‘t I read this and at the same time I‘m thankful for a new treasure. #epistolary

I enjoyed the audiobook. I have a feeling when it comes to this book, audio is the best version. An American man reads a Scottish woman‘s poems and sends her a letter. They become pen pals and their relationship deepens during the dark days of wartime. She is married and has never left isle of Skye, he‘s a student about to get married. It‘s a poignant and heartfelt book, describing the time period well, and the longing for something you can‘t get.

Started listening to this one 🙂

Page 16 😍

I've owned this book for a long time and because of Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge Task 1, I'm finally getting around to reading it. I'm nervous because it is always compared to Guernsey and as far as I'm concerned those are BIG SHOES to fill.

Only two chapters in but already loving this #epistolary novel with 2 storylines, one #WWI, one #WWII. I‘ve just started reading more from these time periods lately, something fairly new for me.

I didn‘t leave enough time in my morning routine to open up my official #WitchPleaseSwap package...but I did crack open my “Thank You” gift from @MeganAnn 🖤. Thank you so much for making a special effort to make me feel appreciated! You‘re the best. 🔮 Also, check out her cute, little moon doodle on the envelope!

A beautiful, touching novel that slowly unravels its plot through multiple timelines. The novel is about two solitary souls who reach out through letters. It was all about devotion, betrayal, family, and war. Elspeth and Davey are characters that Jessica Brockmole wrote to come alive, and alive they seemed, the novel read as if these were real letters from two real people that fell in love with only pen and paper.

I can‘t describe how much I love this story!

Doesn't everyone match their whisky to their book? Beautifully written story made even more delightful with a wee dram of the only whisky from Isle of Skye. #whiskywednesday

Finished this a week ago. It was a good book to read in between reading some heavier material. I like peeking in on what people write to each other and for that reason I enjoyed the book. Unfortunately, the overall story itself was just so-so.

Maybe epistolary novels aren‘t for me. At the 1/3 point I was ready to bail. At 2/3, I was determined to finish so I could Pan it and move on. It‘s done now, and while the ending made things a little better, I‘m still just glad it‘s over. The writing was fine, but I struggled to like the main characters, and the letter format didn‘t work for me. I don‘t dare say more because of spoilers.
#unpopularopinion

Starting this tonight since it‘s the next due back to the library and others are waiting on it so I can‘t extend my check out. #Bailey had claimed the center of the bed, as usual. 🙄 #dogsofLitsy #currentlyreading

In sale today for 2.99. Its a book written in letters (I love books written in letters!!)

1. Favorite Love Story: “Letters from Skye” - Jessica Brockmole
2. Favorite Fictional Couple: Blue & Gansey. Favorite “Romance”: their whole crew. 💞 “In that moment, Blue was a little in love with all of them. Their magic. Their quest. Their awfulness and strangeness. Her raven boys.”
3. Favorite Flower: Peonies. Sea holly.
4. Favorite Candy: I‘m going cheap/popular: Reese‘s PB Eggs. Take 5. Sour Patch Watermelon.
5. Red or Pink: Red
#manicmonday

👋 Hello! Today is Sunday which means I have time to catch up on the latest episodes of Once Upon A Time and Andi Mack. -
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QOTD: What show do you need to catch up on?

I haven't forgotten about you @ReadOrDieRachel ! 💌🐦📬 #litsypenpals

*letter being delivered via carrier pigeon. keep an eye to the sky.

It's gloomy over here on the East Coast today. So I'm California dreamin'. 😉 @ReadOrDieRachel your letter's en route! Or it will be... as soon as I get some stamps. #whereimwritingfrom #litsypenpals

Dear Mr. Graham,

You should have seen the stir in our tiny post office, everyone gathered to watch me read my first letter from a 'fan,' as you Americans would say. I think the poor souls thought no one outside our island had ever laid eyes on my poetry. I don't know which was more thrilling to them--that someone indeed read one of my books or that the someone was an American. You're all outlaws and cowboys aren't you?

I scavenged a pretty blue typewriter from the basement of my last apartment. I've been meaning to get it fixed up for quite a while now (an embarrassing amount of time, really). This should provide ample incentive!

#litsypenpals @steverogers

I made the mistake of reading this epistolary novel just after I finished The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Letters from Sky lacks humour. It's just too serious and the main character Elspeth is not very likeable. I read it in short bursts during my lunch break so this may have lessened the impact? Maybe it just wasn't the right time.

Apparently Im not too cynical to completely fall for this epistolary love story. ❤️❤️❤️❤️ Such a wonderful book.

What a great #epistolary novel! I wasn't sure how I felt about a romance based on an affair but Jessica Brockmole made it work. I'm a little slow getting through audiobooks but this is definitely one worth listening to.

#bookmail out to @BookBabe @MrBook , and @PatriciaU ! Much love from this coast to my other one, ha. 🍿

Love Love Love! I could talk about this book all day long. This is an #epistolary with an alternating time-setting = 1910's & 1940's. There is friendship and love and loss and happiness and heartache and redemption. I love stories that pull at my heart like this one, so it isn't a shock that I gravitate toward these rereads.

I added the audiobook from the library-there are several narrators and they're all SO PERFECT. Too many to list here but 💯

Rereading this book that I love SO MUCH. I added the audiobook to my reread and it makes me love the story even more. There are several narrators and they're all so, so great. (Particularly with the different accents: I love that! It makes the story bigger for me.) The first time I read this, it was a print-only read, so the audio just feels like a great big bonus of YES.

#currentlyreading

Listening to an intriguing #epistolary story on a chilly morning. Doughnuts and coffee on the menu at church this morning!

Finishing up this lovely book while supper cooks! Also enjoying this amazing wine that we bought on our anniversary trip up north...Chateau Chantal Reserve Chardonnay, so buttery and delicious! If you haven't been to Traverse City, Michigan, you need to! Lots of vineyards and an amazing indie bookstore called Brilliant Books! #bookvacation

I really liked this epistolary novel of letters between an American student and a Scottish poet, all of which started out as a "fan mail" letter. This book is reminiscent of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. A great book to end 2016!

A book is like a garden carried in the pocket.

#SeasonsReadings2016 #SetOnAnIsland 🏝⛵🏞

A lovely little historical tale & romance (told in letters), between a poet on the Scottish Isle of Skye & an American volunteer ambulance driver for the French army during WWII. 📝💙💌

Recommended for fans 'The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society' or of Epistolary fiction.

#HistoricalFiction #Epistolary #RecommendsDay

Today's #booktober is #debutnovels, and I'm here to wave a gorgeous historical fiction that went entirely under the radar in your faces. That's all.

This was a surprising delight. I read it straight through in one night and I now have a very urgent need to visit the Isle of Skye.

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If you adore romantic handwritten letters, lost lovers, finally finding those lost lovers and after so many years making eye contact with them again. You might want to give this a read. This story brought one tear.

I lost interest almost immediately but tried my best to keep going. As much as I hate giving up on a book, I just could not finish it.