The Help

I just came from a new book club that some of the ladies from our Bible study have started. I don't usually care for book clubs BECAUSE when someone says I have to read a certain book something in my brain kicks in and says, "I don't want to read that." I love to read. I have always been a reader. Most mothers would be thrilled to have children that loved to read but not mine, she thought I was lazy because I was always sitting or laying around in my room reading. She would say, "Debbie Sue get up from there and go outside and DO something." She didn't like for us to be idle. After the age of about 10 when we had moved to a new town and I was getting a little old to be "playing" outside, reading became my passion. After we moved away from all the neighborhood kids I knew and played with, after petting the dog and cat and maybe riding my bike up and down the road, I wasn't quite sure what the excitement was about being outside. I was happier sitting in my room reading. She just never understood it because she didn't enjoy reading. If you share my enthusiasm for books you understand how I feel about reading. If the author does her job well you become friends with the characters in each book. You know exactly what they look like, how their voices sound when they speak and they become your friends and family or maybe your enemy sometimes. If I am really involved in a book and its characters, I so hate for it to end because I feel so lonesome and miss them and imagine what happened to everyone after the book ended.

That being said, we talked about the book "The Help". It is an awesome book. I highly recommend it and could not put it down. I spent 2 nights of sitting up past 1am and then I was sad I was finished with it. The author left it wide open for a sequel though and hopefully she will write one. I didn't think this was a book I would be interested in and wouldn't have chosen it for myself but will never forget the stories told by "the help" in an era I grew up in. If you enjoy a good book, easy read, but not easy to put down or forget later, then you must put this one on your list. Excellent book!