Thursday, July 28, 2011

The Help

I just finished this book!
Pic from Amazon.com, hence the "click to look inside!"


I read the final pages this morning from 6am to 8:24am.  I suppose the Bible should have been the first book I reached for-- but I knew I was almost finished with this book!  I had no idea how much time had gone by when I was reading-- and that's what I love about reading a good book.  

It follows 3 women in 1960's Jackson, Mississippi.  A look into the lives of black women who work in the home of a white women... and also a look into the attitudes of the South during the beginning of the Civil Rights Era.  Historical fiction, or non-fiction are my favorite things to read.  Therefore, my imagination probably doesn't get the practice like it's supposed to-- but I'm more fascinated by what is real! 

The movie comes out August 10th! Who's with me??  
The Help movie website

My new goal is to read a book before it hits the New York Time's Bestseller list.  How should I go about that?

2 comments:

  1. sounds like a good read!!! have you heard of Toni Morrison? She's a pretty good author and writes along the same lines of black women and their lives and struggles in the south pre-civil rights. Her books have some pretty depressing moments in them though....

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  2. Yeah, I've read her before-- mostly her poetry and it is a bit moody!

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