Book #12 was The Help by Kathryn Stockett. At least on my mini-feed, this book has been receiving a lot of attention. 4/6 of my family members have read it, a few friends have, too, or are in the process of reading it right now... it's a popular book! On top of that, the movie's coming out super soon... or did it come out yesterday? I can't remember. Anyway, it's coming out soon.
It seems a hot topic is how the movie is going to be. Is it going to do the book justice? Will it turn the novel into another "white lady saves the po' black women" movie? Will the masses, with their infinite lack of wisdom, take the wrong message from the movie when the book's message was so powerful?
I have no idea.
Here's what I do know: the novel was beyond fantastic!!! It was one of the best works of fiction I've ever read. I look back (see below) at the list of books I've read so far this year, and The Help beats them all by far (and they were all great)! I think it's right up there in my top 5 along with She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb. It's not just because there's an important message. It's not just because the writing is so nuanced. It's because it's a fantastic story! It's because the characters are so wonderful, and wonderfully flawed, and real, and endearing. I just... loved it!!!
So, rc-3 -- it's going well! On to the next one!
- Bel Canto by Ann Patchett
- The Girls by Lori Lansens
- Live from New York by Tom Shales & James Andrew Miller
- Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling
- The Divinity Gene by Matthew J. Trafford
- 38 Witnesses: The Kitty Genovese Case by A.M. Rosenthal
- I Met the Walrus by Jerry Levitan
- Saturday by Ian McEwan
- Bossypants by Tina Fey
- Animal Farm by George Orwell
- No Great Mischief by Alistair MacLeod
- The Help by Kathryn Stockett
Anyway, I should get back to watching "Jersey Shore". Finishing The Help and then watching "the Shore" seems so wrong... oh well! Pump your fists!!!
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