September group read - nominate a book of letters

[Shelly]

I second Daddy-Long-Legs by Jean Webster.

[Michelle]

Dead letters by Claite Dolan-leach!!!!

[Ariel]

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

[Linh]

Radical hope: letters of love and dissent in dangerous times.

[*Layali*]

Words on Bathroom Walls by Julia Walton :)

[Tania]

I second My Dearest Friend: Letters of Abigail and John Adams

[Audrea]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is written in letter form from what I can remember and is really good.

[Celia]

We Need to Talk About Kevin

[Tanelle]

Dracula

[Krissy]

Ella Minnow Pea

[Tessara]

The Color Purple by Alice Walker

[Mindy]

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

[AF]

Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

[Anne ✨]

The Letter by Kathryn Hughes

[Norabear]

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer

[Nadine in NY]

The Color Purple

[Steven]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky

[Karen]

I Love Dick by Chris Kraus. This was also recently adapted for TV on amazon video. (I haven't watched it, so I can't vouch for it.)

[Kearston]

Radical Hope: Letters of Love and Dissent in Dangerous Times

[Bridget]

Love, Rosie

[Anne Hawn]

I have Letters from Skye Jessica Brockmole on my list.

[Jim]

I have Mozart: A Life in Letters by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on my currently Reading shelf.

Jim

[Lu]

I second Attachments by Rainbow Rowell

[Bridget]

Jim wrote: "I have Mozart: A Life in Letters by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on my currently Reading shelf.

Jim"
This sounds facinating.

[Debbie]

I will be reading, and recommend, Love from Boy: Roald Dahl's Letters to his Mother

[Anushree]

This is my suggestion : The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

[Hanna]

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

I have already made my choice, but for those pitching 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower' - have you read it already + this would be a re-read for you? Because if so, I suggest trying out 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' instead, since you've read 'Wallflower' and liked it enough to re-read, then you will benefit from reading THIS for the 1st time instead.

It is like 'Perks' on 'roids- in every single way. Profound writing, developed + nuanced characters, harrowing emotion, AND it goes much deeper into much heavier (imo) issues. Also, it is (obviously) much more adult than 'Perks'; which has an intended audience of teen readers. I own both of these books, and re-read 'Perks' quite often as I really enjoy it (and I loved the movie adaptation as well- really captured the book, at times)...

Anyways, 'We Need to Talk About Kevin' is a book you only need to visit once, because it will sear itself into you in just the one read. Thoughts from/about the book will linger, and I wish that I had Goodreads THEN, on MY 1st reading, to chat, years ago...

Since then, the movie of 'Kevin' has been released, and is also a great film representation of the epistolary novel. Now? I watch the film version of 'Kevin' and re-read the book of 'Perks' often. Incidentally, BOTH films star the amazing Ezra Miller. In fact, these two books have led me to this great actor! (Check out his work in the movie, 'The Stanford Prison Experiment'- wow.)

Sorry! I love books and movies pretty much equally, and sometimes drag film into book arguments, which is probably a no-no...Sorry! --Jen from Quebec :0)

(PS) Yeah, so even though I have voted, I just had to stick my big opinion out there

[Mirel]

How funny! I also read it for research for a novel I've written and as my book of letters! I enjoyed the read.

[Mirel]

That wad supposed to have been a comment on Rebecca's post with her reommendation for :A Bintel Brief"

[Leigh]

Ella Minnow Pea! It's so clever. Plus it's a book of letters in the sense that the characters are writing to each other, and ALSO a book of letters in the A-B-C sense of the word. I love double meanings :-)

[Zoe]

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

[Rachel]

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Mary Ann Shaffer & Annie Barrows

[Collette]

Love Letters To The Dead!!

[Shawna]

I was thinking of reading Bram Stoker's Dracula.

[Shirley J]

The Martian

[Merilee]

As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto: Food, Friendship, and the Making of a Masterpiece

[Bridget]

Merilee wrote: "As Always, Julia: The Letters of Julia Child and Avis DeVoto: Food, Friendship, and the Making of a Masterpiece"
Ohhhhh Good one!

[Jen from Quebec :0)]

'The Martian' is a book of letters? How did I not know this!? --Jen from Quebec :0)

(PS) Sorry about my earlier rant, above. I get 'fired up' when talking books and film, sometimes. *blush*

[Josie]

Dracula by Bram Stoker

[Preeti]

Two Lives by Vikram Seth

[Tara]

I received as always, Julia for Christmas awhile ago and have put it in for this prompt. I absolutely hated We Need to Talk About Kevin and am now rethinking reading perks lol

[Megan]

My nomination is Dear Committee Members.

[Michelle]

84 Charing Cross Road

[Chrissy]

I third (fourth?) Ella Minnow Pea: A Novel in Letters.

[Deb]

Letters from Skye

[Sara]

Closed for nominations. A poll will be created for voting.