Almost There

So I'm in the final chapters of the book and to be quite honest I don't want to be done.  It was really a good read.  The other reason I don't want to be done is because I've emotionally invested myself in these fictional womens lives...I don't want to know the ending!  I don't know if it ends good or bad.  I'm kind of weird like that.  I'll let you know how it goes...

I'm Going In!

So I started reading The Help on Saturday.  I've gotten back into the habit rather easily, reading in the bed, reading on the sofa, ignoring my poor husband cause I'm reading.  Reading and reading.  Matter of fact, I'm on page 160 something or another.  I've already formed some kind of bond with the characters.  Have you?  I like Aibeline just cause, I love Minny because she's way too funny, and the jury is still out on Sketter.  That figures... So here are a few questions to contemplate to youself for further discussion:

1.  Who is your favorite character and why?

2.  Knowing that racism is embeded in fear, who do you think are more racisist the black ladies in the novel or the white?

3.  What's the difference between racism and prejudice?

ENJOY!

The Help

Okay...So I've got my ladies on board, set a date and chosen a book.  We are going to read The Help by Kathryn Stockett.  It intrigued me because it seems to be a story about women, about friendships, and about race.  Ohhhhhh!  I'm hoping it will be good.  There are 3 main characters and they all lead very different lives.  Sounds like my vast circle of friends.  Check out the synopsis below: 

Three ordinary women are about to take one extraordinary step.


Twenty-two-year-old Skeeter has just returned home after graduating from Ole Miss. She may have a degree, but it is 1962, Mississippi, and her mother will not be happy till Skeeter has a ring on her finger. Skeeter would normally find solace with her beloved maid Constantine, the woman who raised her, but Constantine has disappeared and no one will tell Skeeter where she has gone.

Aibileen is a black maid, a wise, regal woman raising her seventeenth white child. Something has shifted inside her after the loss of her own son, who died while his bosses looked the other way. She is devoted to the little girl she looks after, though she knows both their hearts may be broken.

Minny, Aibileen's best friend, is short, fat, and perhaps the sassiest woman in Mississippi. She can cook like nobody's business, but she can't mind her tongue, so she's lost yet another job. Minny finally finds a position working for someone too new to town to know her reputation. But her new boss has secrets of her own.

Seemingly as different from one another as can be, these women will nonetheless come together for a clandestine project that will put them all at risk. And why? Because they are suffocating within the lines that define their town and their times. And sometimes lines are made to be crossed.

I'm super excited to start this read, I'm getting my book and starting this weekend!

Starting Something...

So, Today I sent out an email to 11 friends, sorors, and family members asking them to join a nameless book club.  Will there be any takers?  Who knows.  But I'm inspired.  And excited.  I have big things planned for this group.  Even if it's just a few.  I just want to read, like I used to.  I'm already planning my first meeting.  I'm going to have themed meeting.  Can't wait!  Now to pick a book!