I loved The Help

I read it in 2 days. DH kept teasing me because I haven't been that wrapped up in a book in a really long time. Overall I really enjoyed it. I thought the ending was not a typical happily ever after and not at all what I was expecting -although my mother would disagree- she thinks it was too unrealistic and did have a happy ending. I would love your opinion.

I Finished The Glass Castle

I just barely finished The Glass Castle. I have a whole slew of emotions going through me... I'm still not sure if I liked it or not. Nor, I think, will I ever be sure. One of the reviews printed in the book sums up my feelings for it quite well.


"The Glass Castle will at times exhaust you, occasionally fill you with fury, and finally leave you in slack-jawed wonderment." --National Review Online

How on earth can a family go through all of that and come out on top of the world, so to speak. I am disgusted that a mother and father could put their children through all of that. I am in total amazement that 3 out of 4 children ended up in a much better place and were able to make a life for themselves and each other. I am furious........

Okay, I left this post in draft mode for a while and came back to it. I've pondered some more what it is exactly that has left me so upset by this book. I think it boils down to this: Jeannette's parents weren't exactly dummies. They were very well educated smart people. They both had a sickness... but they both had a responsibility to their children to give them the provisions and care they needed. Every time I read that her mother needed to care for herself for a while and take some "me time" I wanted to scream out at her. It seemed to me that that is exactly all she ever did. I do believe that homemakers do need me time every once in a while but only if the needs of her dependants are taken care of. Michelle, you were right, it does make me feel better as a parent but it's dug up some feelings that I am still not sure how to explain. This post was an attempt to figure that out. .......it helped, a little..... Thanks for reading.

Life As We Knew It Part II

I read this book in just a couple of days days and I don't often find books I can't put down. It has an apocalyptic theme, but don't let that scare you. It is more realistic than you would think.

On another note, I started The Help a couple days ago after being on the waiting list at my library for 2 months. I can hardly put that one down either.

Life As We Knew It

Ok, I'm only 1/4 of the way through this book by Susan Beth Pfeffer, but I hardly want to put it down and I am already planning on revamping my 72 hour kits and reorganizing our years supply... I won't go into any more detail that that for those of you that are interested in reading it. The woman in my BC that recommended it suggested we only start to read it when we have a lot of time on our hands (as if), and I can definitely see why.

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

Just finished. Read it in a single day. (don't ask how. I don't do much of anything anymore. Kyle will attest to that)
Bottom line? I LOVED it!

It is a novel compiled by a series of letters that will keep you page turning until your heart is satisfied at the very end. I laughed out loud, cried, and felt nearly every other emotion as if it were evoked by my own personal experience. I cannot give away any more of this book, but I highly recommend it!!!