📚 The Help
🎥 American Pie
🎶 Warrant‘s Cherry Pie
#ManicMonday (on a Tuesday evening)
sprainedbrain Oh, the pie in The Help. 🤣🤣🤣 18h
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The Help | 
📚 The Help
🎥 American Pie
🎶 Warrant‘s Cherry Pie
#ManicMonday (on a Tuesday evening)
What a surprise from our fearless leader of #litsylove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks you didn't have to do that!
I thank you very much for the kind gesture! The post card, wrapping and even packaging was adorable ^^
I would like to go back through The Help and make note of all the historical perspectives and publicity figures such as....
• Martin Luther King‘s Influence
• Tea to Cure Homosexuality
• Cigarettes Are Deadly Commercials
• Adjusting Springs on a Vehicle Seat
• Patsy Cline
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“Look around, investigate, write. Don‘t waste your time on the obvious things. Write about what disturbs you, particularly if it bothers no one else.”
- Elaine Stein / The Help (Chapter 6)
“Every morning, until you‘re dead in the ground, you gone have to make this decision.” Constantine was so close, I could see the blackness of her gums. “You gone have to ask yourself, am I gone believe what them fools say about me today?“
#7days7covers Day 6
Monday is just a few short hours away. I just wanted to remind you that You is Kind, You is Smart and You is important
pickI am so conflicted.
The characters seem stereotypical, I didn‘t like the glossing-over of the civil rights movement, some of the dialect was cringey, and I‘m uncomfortable with the fact it was written by a white woman.
Still, the story is entertaining, the plot moves along nicely, and I truly enjoyed and was moved by many parts. The audiobook is incredibly well done.
If I just consider this a beach read, feel-good type of book, it‘s ok.⬇️
pickLoved this story so much! This is one of the few books I recommend to watch the movie first, because the actors did such a wonderful job portraying these characters. Picturing the actors while reading made the story that much more enjoyable. Such an amazing book with a really important message. 5 ⭐️
pick5+++ ⭐️- I‘m getting more and more into audiobooks, specifically digital audiobooks. When I saw that Octavia Spencer would be reprising her role as Minnie from the 2011 movie, The Help (based on the ahmazing 2009 book), I jumped at the chance to buy a copy from Audible.
I adored this well narrated audiobook that made me remember why I loved this 2009 book so very much.
My Full Review: http://bit.ly/2HQnwwi
pickI‘m behind on the times, but I‘ve finally read this one and loved it! I hope to rent the movie and watch it after my daughter goes to bed tonight. If you haven‘t listened to the audiobook, you must put it on your to-do list.
1. The Help
2. It by Stephen King
3. 64 on my Kindle and about a dozen more print books *blush*
4. She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders by Jennifer Finney Boylan 🌟🌟🌟🌟
5. @hermyknee @magoose
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
pickHF about the lives of African Americans who work in the houses of white women in the ‘60s. I loved how Skeeter fought for the women she documented, & against racism, not only through her writing but also through some of her more sneaky actions. Chapters were written from different characters‘ points of view allowing us to gain a deeper understanding of their lives. This book is in my “faves of all time” stack! Saw movie after...book is way better.
pickIt was amazing! It had an awesome writing style, and flow. It kept you hooked and connected to the story. 10/10 would recommend.
pickI thoroughly enjoyed this book it took me so long to read it only because of my hectic work schedule every time I picked it up I devoured whole chapters it was such a fast-paced book and the writing is smooth and flows very well. I am so happy that I finally read this book.
Aibileen is a character that comes to mind for today‘s #augustabc prompt. Her life is a trail of tears after losing her son, topped off by having to work for awful people.
#trailoftears
pickWhat can I say about this book that hasn‘t already been said? I had all the feels during the story - anger, sadness, laughter, support, and huge empathy for the characters. The audiobook is particularly good, with multiple narrators and fantastic southern state accents. Well worth ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hilly is certainly a #mardybum when she finds out what Minny did! 😆 I loved this book so much. I never normally reread books but I could quite happily sit down and read this all over again. #ayupaugust
#friyayintro @howjessreads 1. Tagged
2. Definitely Puffy
3. Sunrise
4. I would donate half to my favorite dog rescue. And use the other half for a trip to England.
5. Kindergarten
pick⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️I loved this Audiobook! I‘m so sad it‘s over. The book was not only enjoyable but the voices reading took me to a magical place. It was the only book I fully finished this week.
Met my #bfc goals this week and have decided to add some daily stretching in this week! #bfcr2 #bookfitnesschallenge #checkin @wanderinglynn @mcipher @DebbieGrillo @Lucy_Anywhere @okthislooksbad @Books.Bottles.and.Babies @twohectobooks
The Help is by far my favorite audiobook thus far! Such a magical experience. I look forward to watching the movie again but the this book is enough to transport me into Mississippi.
Finally started reading this! I still haven‘t watched the movie because I wanted to read the book first! So far I am in love with Minnys character! 😬 Has anyone of you read it?
P.s The person holding the book is my book model for today 😂
#30junebooks @howjessreads When I read this right around the time I saw the movie for the first time, it was during a #summer heatwave, so it was a book that came to mind today.
My southern accent gets so much more pronounced after listening to this audiobook. 😂
pickThis was such an amazingly well written book. It pulled me in and made me care about the characters. Not my typical genre either.
pickSuch an amazingly moving book! I've always loved the movie but I think I love the book more despite how close the two are.
4/5 🌟🌟🌟🌟
Maybe today I'll ignore my house chores and finish this book that I've been reading off and on for almost 3 months 😅
I freakin LOVE my new Kindle! I was using a Fire tablet before and it just wasn't the best for reading exclusively, so my wife let me get this as a mother's day gift to myself! It's super lightweight, holds my ebooks and ALL of my past and present Netgalley ARCs, so I can maybe start working through that tbr! AND I finished off the semester, submitted grades, and am officially on summer break!
😅🙌📚🎉
pickBeautifully, wonderfully, gorgeously crafted. Addictive. Entrancing. Necessary. Ms. Stockett, you are an artist.
Love Miss Minny and her “terrible awful” chocolate pie! 🥧😂 #twoslicehilly
Two favorite #booktomovieadaptation #photochallenge #maymadness
Because of its widespread acceptance as a noteworthy novel, I‘ve been wondering about this. Fictional Minny voices an opinion here: “...it‘s a sorry fact that it‘s a white woman doing this” (217). The author is a white woman, writing about, and from the perspective of, Black women. To what degree is her writing this novel another white person‘s attempt to “save” African Americans? To what degree is it beneficial and to what degree is it harmful?
Stand-off between Aibileen and Miss Leefolt about Aibileen‘s new just-for-her bathroom: “And I know she ain‘t saying what she want a say either and it‘s a strange thing happening here cause nobody saying nothing and we still managing to have us a conversation” (29). Love this line. It holds a lot.
“Cause that‘s the way prayer do. It‘s like electricity, it keeps things going” (23). ♥️
I‘ve been wanting to read this for awhile now. My grandma just gave it to me, since she‘s cleaning out her own personal library and donating a ton of books to the public library...and luckily, to me! Thanks, Momo!
pickIt‘s #BookishGoal 45 now.
I liked the audiobook, Whoopi Goldberg‘s German voice-over artist was a great ear-catcher. The story is very strong when it comes to describing the social situation at that time (which is not so long ago 🤔). Then it‘s touching and left me handshaking – because racial segregation is so absurd to me.
But also it felt a bit long here and there even though I can‘t put my finger on why.
Here comes my next audiobook.
Funny, I needed to scroll down the entries to find out again how it made it‘s way on my online library‘s wish list. 😂
By the way: Thank you @Litsy to have put together the feeds/entries of different (language) editions of a book. Although I‘ve read it in an e-mail (I think), it‘s the first time I really notice it online and I find it _very_ handy. 😍
pick2019 Book 14: this is a reread for my high school book club but it was just as good the second time. I adore this book, the characters, and the lessons behind it. I‘ve never quite understood how a person‘s color makes them less. Sadly things haven‘t progressed in the US as much as they should have since the setting of this book.
My students have been loving the book, so I think the success of that speaks for itself.
I took the day off to watch my daughter play in a softball tournament. Reading and letting the little one play between games.
Hey Litsy fam, I need some help. I‘ve been struggling for a while with depression & I haven‘t been able to pull myself back out of the hole this time. I‘ve gotten a bit lost down the rabbit hole while looking for some books/audiobooks that may help with motivation/mindset, etc, but not too “preachy”. Any ideas?
pickWhat a fantastic story. What an eye opening read about black women working in white households during the 1960s. Even though we‘ve been taught about the Civil Rights movement and race relations during that time, it never hurts to hear another story. Progress has been made but there is still work to be done.
Rereading The Help along with my high school book club. A student suggested this book, my husband‘s company bought us ten copies, and I‘m so excited to read this again!
The Spring Song by Maori Poet, Jacquie Sturm. I am trying to get #persephonebooks to republish her work. Contact persephone if you think her work should be republished! #Sturm
