So, do I want to read The Help or not? I put it on hold at the library a long time ago, and it just came up. I feel like I'm already over the whole controversy thing and am back to not caring about it.
Haven't you killed me enough for one day?
Mal ,'War Stories'
Literary Buffistas 3: Don't Parse the Blurb, Dear.
There's more to life than watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer! No. Really, there is! Honestly! Here's a place for Buffistas to come and discuss what it is they're reading, their favorite authors and poets. "Geez. Crack a book sometime."
Jesse - Aug 26, 2011 4:42:43 am PDT #16179 of 28286
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
ChiKat - Aug 26, 2011 5:28:24 am PDT #16180 of 28286
That man was going to shank me. Over an omelette. Two eggs and a slice of government cheese. Is that what my life is worth?
I enjoyed The Help quite a lot. I liked the characters and saw way too many of my relatives reflected in them.
megan walker - Aug 26, 2011 6:58:29 am PDT #16181 of 28286
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist
I also enjoyed The Help.
Gris - Aug 26, 2011 7:21:09 am PDT #16182 of 28286
Hey. New board.
I thought it was very good, for reasons that had nothing to do with controversy. I say read it.
Amy - Aug 26, 2011 7:27:00 am PDT #16183 of 28286
Because books.
My mom loved it and is desperate for me to read it so we can talk about it, although I think she wanted us to go see the movie together, too. Probably too late for that now. I did like the first chapter I read very quickly.
Jesse - Aug 26, 2011 8:00:58 am PDT #16184 of 28286
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
OK, I'll try it.
Liese S. - Aug 26, 2011 8:08:32 am PDT #16185 of 28286
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
My women's group just watched the movie together, so I was thinking about reading to book so I could talk about it, but I am mostly meh.
Jesse - Aug 26, 2011 8:20:20 am PDT #16186 of 28286
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I am obviously meh, but it is just sitting there waiting for me to take it home for free, so why not?
erikaj - Aug 26, 2011 8:25:48 am PDT #16187 of 28286
Always Anti-fascist!
What the hell? I watch all kinds of movies on cable cause I already paid for them.
Kat - Aug 26, 2011 5:47:01 pm PDT #16188 of 28286
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Read it for free, Jesse. It was okay...though I was irritated by it at points.
Also, EVERYONE should read Rules of Civility by Amor Towles. I'd love to teach this book.