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Film Friday 🎬 Film Review 🎬 The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Society 🎬 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5 🎬 In 1946, writer Juliet Ashton begins corresponding with Dawsey Adams, a stranger living in Guernsey who has encountered her name written in a second-hand book. As Juliet learns of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society and life on the island during the German occupation, she becomes drawn to their world and sets sail to Guernsey for a trip that will change her life forever... 🎬 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society is the film adaptation of the successful novel by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. The film features a fantastic cast that includes Lily James, Matthew Goode, Michiel Huisman, Tom Courtney, Jessica Brown Findlay and Bronagh Gallagher. While the film grapples with the serious subject matter of World War II, it is also a film that is funny, heartwarming and endearing. It is ultimately a film about family, friendship and love and has an uplifting tone that is impossible to be swept away by. The film has a hint of a mystery to keep the viewer hooked and the cinematography is stunning with its sweeping landscapes, if not always geographically accurate! 🎬 The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society is the ultimate feel good Friday film and is one of my favourite films this year. Although it is not a Christmas film, it is the perfect film to cosy up with over the festive season and is one that appeals to viewers young and old. At the end of the month, I will be featuring my top five film favourites this year and The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society will definitely be included! 🎬 Have you watched the film adaptation of The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society? Did you read the book? What are your favourite films this year? 🎬 #jinglebookrock - “Raise up cups of Christmas cheer.” Book and festive drink 🎬 #grimdragon - Do whatever you want!

Throwback Thursday to just last night when I attended a fantastic author event at @rossiter_books where Penguin Classics Creative Editor Henry Eliot spoke about his new book The Penguin Classics Book. The book is stunning and a must for book lovers, especially fans of Penguin editions! Fellow Penguin fan Megan from @theironbridgebookshop came along to the event and it was so lovely to catch up again. Anne from @addymanbooks was due to join us, but unfortunately couldn’t make it in the end, but we did think of her! Penguin collector Maureen over at @finepreserversbooks would have loved the event too, so this post is also for Maureen. 📚 Are you a Penguin Classics fan? Do you collect these editions? 📚 The gorgeous print and pin is by @itslauracrow and you can use my code CROWREP18 in Laura’s shop to get 20% off! 📚 #jinglebookrock - “You will get a sentimental feeling.” - A nostalgic book - My Penguin edition of Wuthering Heights is my edition from when I studied it in school, so it always makes me feel nostalgic! 😍

“Merry Christmas, ya filthy animal.” 🎥 Winter Wednesday featuring some of my favourite Christmas films and books. I love Christmas and cosying up watching films and indulging in more reading time. My favourite Christmas film is Home Alone and I never tire of watching it. It was also the first film I ever saw at the cinema, so I have such fond memories of seeing it with my family. 🎥 A post for @ink.on.us who asked what Christmas films I like to watch.💞 🎥 What is your favourite Christmas film or story? 🎥 #jinglebookrock - “Watching television, it’s a wonderful life.” Book and Christmas film. 🎥 #grimdragon - I’m a ray of sunshine!

“Black Lives Matter is an ideological and political intervention in a world where Black lives are systematically and intentionally targeted for demise. It is an affirmation of Black folks’ contributions to this society, our humanity, and our resilience in the face of deadly oppression.” - Alicia Garza, co-founder of Black Lives Matter 📖 #currentlyreading They Can’t Kill Us All by Pulitzer Prize winning Washington Post journalist Wesley Lowery. After reading The Hate U Give and watching Blackkklansman, I wanted to read more about the Black Lives Matter movement and I came across this book at the library in a Black History Month display during the month of October. The book charts the birth of the movement and highlights the shocking reality of racism in America, while also shining a spotlight on gun control laws in the US. 📖 They Can’t Kill Us All is proving to be a compelling read that addresses many of the fatal shootings in America over the last few years, including Trayvon Martin. I can still remember President Barack Obama’s pained and pointed speech, in which he said, “If I had a son, he’d look like Trayvon”, and it’s one I won’t forget. This book is an insightful read into the issues of justice and race and although I have yet to finish it, I would definitely recommend it. 📖 #grimdragon - The agony, the regret

Day 10: #jinglebookrock - “It stays pretty green.” - Green Books 📗 Compiling a collection of green books for today’s prompt was a fun challenge! I don’t organise my bookshelves by colour, although I have quite a collection of orange vintage Penguin editions now. I tend to organise my books by author and genre, although I do really love the aesthetic of colour coded bookshelves! 😍 Do you organise your bookshelves by colour or do you have a different system?

Man Monday featuring my George Orwell collection, especially for Orwell lover @theclubofbooks, who is celebrating her birthday today! Happy birthday Amena! Hope you’re having the most wonderful day! 🎉🎊🎁🎈🎂📚

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