Welcome to Litsy!

My original book club kicked off with this one back in 2010, and my newer book club selected it for this April. It‘s been 14 years since I read this, & I still found it to be an emotionally captivating story. I listened to the truly excellent audio performances this time around & I found myself listening at every chance, even though I remembered the story quite well. Reception to this one has since shifted so I‘m looking forward to discussing it!

Absolutely wonderful

So good! Very hard to read at times, but so so good.

Book 1 - Done ✅

#readyourkindle #readyourebooks @CBee

Kinda laughed aloud at this. 😂

1.) Just the usual... Work and then home. Maybe take myself to go see Argyle tomorrow night at the cinema.
2.) Um... Haha 🙄🤭 My style of organized is organized chaos. 🤪
3.) Jackson, Mississippi (tagged book)

@Cupcake12 #MotivationalMonday

Finally got my list together, in no particular order, for the #readyourkindle #readyourebooks challenge. In sitting down to do this I realized two things. 1.) I have an awful lot of absolute sh!t on my Kindle. Wtf was I thinking when I bought aka freebie downloaded half of what's on there?! 😬 2.) I have a lot of really good sounding books on there so why haven't I read them yet?! 🤭 Super excited for this challenge, @CBee! 😏

Really good book. Enjoyed the different perspectives and had me laughing in some parts.

A bit late in finishing for last months #tbrtarot. Absolutely brilliant on audio, all of the narrators did an amazing job. I can see why this is a bestseller as it‘s just really good storytelling in terms of plot and characters! It did drag on a tiny bit for me, I felt like it could have been shorter. Loved Celia! Lots of funny and touching moments. Not a must-read sort of book but a really enjoyable one.

I loved this inspiring, humorous and heartwarming story that also let me learn more about the civil rights movement in the US. I'm glad to have read it for #BlackHistoryMonth, which we also observe here in Canada.

Third book finished for #FabulousFebruary @Andrew65, and my #BookSpin choice for this month. #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

The audio production of this book was wonderful and probably the only reason why I finished this book and am considering it a light pick. Something about a white woman (who got sued for using a maid‘s likeness in the book) writing as Black women just felt off to me. This was very much a white centered story when it had true potential to not be.
Almost finished with my cross stitch gift for my grandma! #audiostitching #litsycrafters

I finished this Xmas present for my mom a few days ago. A colorful crab for a Cancer. Now on to a bouquet of pansies for my grandma. #litsycrafters #audiostitching

I‘ve been listening to The Help while stitching and packing. It was my #doublespin from way back in January, so hoping to finally finish it this month. It‘s very long, but the audio production is 👌

I fell in love with the maids and their stories in this book. Reading in dialect made it personal and I felt as if these women were real, not made up characters.

Beneath the despair, there is hope. Hope that not every person is a sheep and that there are brave people like Miss Skeeter, who paved the way for change, despite the consequences.

Touching, heartbreaking and thought provoking.

Two of my favorites.
#LetterH #AlphabetGame

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#SetIn1960s

#Judgemental #MayMoms
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A spectacular read by Stockett! A book that sparks all the emotions! You hope, pray, and laugh alongside them as they themselves go through their own struggles and triumphs. A book you don‘t want to put down till you get to the end!

This book was so great! It was funny in places and heartbreaking in others. The ending really pulled on my heart strings.
Not only was it a great book but also a heart wrenching reminder that racism is still a very real issue and I'm sad to say that I see it working in retail and it truly is terrible. Books like this put things into perspective and help inspire change.

And for book club number one we are onto The Help after finishing 1984! Can there ever be a more night and day book reading one after the other?😆 I had to make myself stop reading this one tonight to not get ahead of our section because IT IS SO GOOD!! So excited to get more into it!❤️

One of my favourite books

I just completely and absolutely loved this. Lovely characters, nailbiting story and a beautiful message. It was just great. And it dealt with its subject matter with appropriate sympathy and sensitivity. The Help is an emotional rollercoaster with a touching message and a strong undercurrent of hope.

The best #pie scene ever!! “2 slice Hilly”
#GratefulHarvest

https://youtu.be/XDGDvfD4d60

There is a #pie in this story, A.K.A the “terrible awful”
#gratefulharvest @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Loved this book. Seeing the film never puts me off because I know the book will have so much more. This maybe tops To Kill a Mockingbird for me.

another crazy Friday night lol

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I head down the steps to see if my mail-order copy of The Catcher in the Rye is in the box. I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good.

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#Movie2bookrecs
#EmmaStone

Love her, this book, and this movie 🎥

https://www.google.com/search?q=emma%20stone%20the%20help&tbm=

Read the tagged book about a decade ago but it's even better on audio!! Plus, Octavia Spencer narrates; can't wait to get to her part! Seen the movie several times and really want to watch it again soon.

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PICK A MILLION TIMES! I dont remember the last time I binged a thick book like this! I had seen the movie of course and loved it but never got around to the book. I really enjoyed that it was written in the maid's vernacular and alternated btw Aibileen, Minny & Skeeter. I could just go on and on about this book!

Some pre dinner fitness & my book

Loving this one so much!!

Book 67

I loved the movie and I really enjoyed the book.
Gives a climpse into the eyes of the help.
Hats off to the ladies

I loved it. I laughed. I cried. And I bought the movie.

This is my 2nd fave book of all time after GWTW. I haven‘t read it with my eyeballs in almost 10 years so a reread was long overdue. I got swept away in the story again. 450 pages felt like 200. The movie is awesome and I‘ve seen it so many times, but the book is so much better! I‘d highly recommend this to anyone who enjoys historical fiction. I cannot say enough good things about it. 5⭐️

#historicalfiction

4/5 - such a great book and honestly, I teared up at the last few pages. I can‘t wait to watch the move adaptation!

I couldn't stop laughing with this book. I think I serious hurt my ribs actually. But it was so funny in between all the seriousness. I loved the characters and the writing style was very pleasant. It's very admirable to make such a heavy subject a bit lighter, without diminishing the hardships. Very well done.

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Nevermind that when I first heard of this book, I cleaned houses for a living at the time it came out and one of my clients thought I'd love this book since I do what I do. Smh lol. I still ended up going out and buying it and, I couldn't put it down. I read it in 3 days. I would've had it read in only one day of I hadn't had a job, husband and kids. :))

Woke up feeling blah so laundry and reading day for me! Hope I can finish this one up and start A Man Called Ove!

Book is so much more in depth than movie

#helpful #thankfulthoughts

💐No I have not received any book through mail till now 🤦🏻‍♀️😞. Anyhow I am expecting a book in my native language (Kannada) which is suppose to be a signed copy from the author😀.

💐 Yes. Tagged book as a gift from my husband. We have a festival in this weekend and there are many offers for online shopping. So planning to buy some e-books as well 😅

Thanks for the tag @Eggs and prompt @TheSpineView

Met my boyfriend's dad for the first time on Saturday and his stepmom gave me a bunch of books

A coworker just sent this because...yes. 💩 🥧