Blogger Book Club: The Help

Right now I'm supposed to give you my opinion and full review of The Help by Kathryn Stockett, buuut that's not gonna happen. Because I fail at life. I only got about 75 pages in. Today I'm linking up with Madeline, Melissa and Taylor!

I'm loving the plot and characters so far, so I will definitely finish The Help in addition to reading July's book (America the Beautiful by Ben Carson). I obviously can't answer these questions to the fullest because I didn't read the entire book, but I'm going to answer them based on the 75 pages I have read.

1. What was the book about?
There is A LOT going on in this book, even in the beginning. There are a lot of characters, and settings, and a fair amount of drama. But what else are wealthy white women in the South to do in 1962 besides gossip? I'm really enjoy the different point of views throughout the book, even where I'm at. I haven't even gotten to the whole "write a book about the help" part.

2. What were your initial thoughts on the book? Were you impressed? Disappointed?
The plot is definitely still being set up and impressions are still being made, but overall I'm definitely impressed. After I finish the book, I'm going to have to watch the movie, obvi.

3. Favorite quotations from the book?

No really, it is, so far. I'm a nanny, so this one kind of "hits home". I always want the children I care for  to feel this way. 

4. What did you like most about the book?
So far my favorite character is Minny and her big old mouth. :) Can't really say much more than that.

5. Would you recommend this book to a friend? 
Absolutely. Especially if said friend was a fellow nanny.

Blogger Book Club! & Random Things

Madeline, Melissa and Taylor have joined together and started a Blogger Book Club,  and I think it's a great way for me to reach my goal of reading more new books every year, as noted in my Thirty by Thirty. We're reading one book a month for the next year, and it starts next week with The Help by Kathryn Stockett.

You can get all the deets here! I hope you'll join us! I can't wait to get started and see how other people feel about the books we're reading.
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This week is the most awkward week, ever.
Monday was a holiday so I didn't work, and my bosses are going out of town on Thursday so I don't have to work that day either.

I took over three hundred pictures this weekend so I'm trying to go through them, delete the bad ones, and edit the only okay ones; so far my facebook album has fifty pictures in it. I obviously can't show you all of them, but there will be pictures scattered throughout this here blog in the coming days.

J and I have two birthday parties to attend this week, so things are super busy around here! I'm also hoping to starting shooting again soon. I haven't done it since last summer and it's really bugging me that I have shot a gun in almost a year.

I'm going to take another break from 5 for Five. I have so many other things going on and that I want to write about, that it's going on the back burner until further notice.

I don't think I'm the only one that's busy! How are things in your life these days?