So we decided to read The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern. You can find a discription of the book in the Book List post. We will talk about it at our Slumber Party!! Speaking of as it gets closer we can decide what food we want to bring and fun stuff like that.
We also talked about starting the Biggest Loser again!! After the holidays we will resume the contest. Starting over fresh please get me your starting weight if you are going to participate by Jan.1. We will weigh in each month and it will go until September so we will all have rockin bodies for our trip!
I was thinking that one thing we can do to keep us on track is to enter to walk in the Breast Cancer walk they do in May. What do you ladies think? Also I am up for the Dirty Dash again and we can register more than one team. I know the ladies Cheryl and I did it with last year want to do it again too.
Remember ladies we are here to support eachother and push eachother through this!! Lets get nice tight toned asses so we can rock our pink panties!!
Sunday, December 18, 2011
Becoming sage
On a different note it was our first PPBB Christmas book club!! I think everyone got awesome gifts and I liked how we went around and said our favorite memory about the person we received our gift from. I do want to share one of my favorite memories about all you ladies. It was at the Breaking Dawn movie when we were in the bouquet contest and Cheryl leaned over and told Cass, Lucy, and I that our bouquet looked like shit!! HAHAHA that was a good night ladies, as are all the nights I spend with you gals. I hope you all have a Merry Christmas and I can't wait for breakfast on Friday Jan.6!
Book List
Here is the list of books we have so far. We can pick one from the list each month depending on what we feel like reading. If you want to add any books just let me know and I will put them on the list!
Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grame-Smith
Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness."
Book Club book list
The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows
January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name.
Miss Peregrines Home for Peculiar Children by Ransom Riggs
A mysterious island.
An abandoned orphanage.
A strange collection of very curious photographs.
It all waits to be discovered in Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, an unforgettable novel that mixes fiction and photography in a thrilling reading experience. As our story opens, a horrific family tragedy sets sixteen-year-old Jacob journeying to a remote island off the coast of Wales, where he discovers the crumbling ruins of Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. As Jacob explores its abandoned bedrooms and hallways, it becomes clear that the children were more than just peculiar. They may have been dangerous. They may have been quarantined on a deserted island for good reason. And somehow—impossible though it seems—they may still be alive.
Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet by Jamie Ford
This simple act takes old Henry Lee back to the 1940s, at the height of the war, when young Henry’s world is a jumble of confusion and excitement, and to his father, who is obsessed with the war in China and having Henry grow up American. While “scholarshipping” at the exclusive Rainier Elementary, where the white kids ignore him, Henry meets Keiko Okabe, a young Japanese American student. Amid the chaos of blackouts, curfews, and FBI raids, Henry and Keiko forge a bond of friendship–and innocent love–that transcends the long-standing prejudices of their Old World ancestors. And after Keiko and her family are swept up in the evacuations to the internment camps, she and Henry are left only with the hope that the war will end, and that their promise to each other will be kept.
Forty years later, Henry Lee is certain that the parasol belonged to Keiko. In the hotel’s dark dusty basement he begins looking for signs of the Okabe family’s belongings and for a long-lost object whose value he cannot begin to measure. Now a widower, Henry is still trying to find his voice–words that might explain the actions of his nationalistic father; words that might bridge the gap between him and his modern, Chinese American son; words that might help him confront the choices he made many years ago.
Room by Emma Donoghue
To five-year-old Jack, Room is the entire world. It is where he was born and grew up; it's where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and eat and sleep and play. At night, his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe, where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.
Room is home to Jack, but to Ma, it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination, ingenuity, and fierce motherly love, Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows it's not enough...not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan, one that relies on her young son's bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work.
Told entirely in the language of the energetic, pragmatic five-year-old Jack, ROOM is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between parent and child, a brilliantly executed novel about what it means to journey from one world to another.
The Dovekeepers by Alice Hoffman
In 70 C.E., nine hundred Jews held out for months against armies of Romans on Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. According to the ancient historian Josephus, two women and five children survived. Based on this tragic and iconic event, Hoffman’s novel is a spellbinding tale of four extraordinarily bold, resourceful, and sensuous women, each of whom has come to Masada by a different path. Yael’s mother died in childbirth, and her father, an expert assassin, never forgave her for that death. Revka, a village baker’s wife, watched the horrifically brutal murder of her daughter by Roman soldiers; she brings to Masada her young grandsons, rendered mute by what they have witnessed. Aziza is a warrior’s daughter, raised as a boy, a fearless rider and an expert marksman who finds passion with a fellow soldier. Shirah, born in Alexandria, is wise in the ways of ancient magic and medicine, a woman with uncanny insight and power.
The lives of these four complex and fiercely independent women intersect in the desperate days of the siege. All are dovekeepers, and all are also keeping secrets—about who they are, where they come from, who fathered them, and whom they love. The Dovekeepers is Alice Hoffman’s masterpiece.
11/23/63: A Novel by Stephen King
ON NOVEMBER 22, 1963, THREE SHOTS RANG OUT IN DALLAS, PRESIDENT KENNEDY DIED, AND THE WORLD CHANGED. WHAT IF YOU COULD CHANGE IT BACK?
It begins with Jake Epping, a thirty-five-year-old English teacher in Lisbon Falls, Maine, who makes extra money teaching GED classes. He asks his students to write about an event that changed their lives, and one essay blows him away—a gruesome, harrowing story about the night more than fifty years ago when Harry Dunning’s father came home and killed his mother, his sister, and his brother with a sledgehammer. Reading the essay is a watershed moment for Jake, his life—like Harry’s, like America’s in 1963—turning on a dime. Not much later his friend Al, who owns the local diner, divulges a secret: his storeroom is a portal to the past, a particular day in 1958. And Al enlists Jake to take over the mission that has become his obsession—to prevent the Kennedy assassination.
So begins Jake’s new life as George Amberson, in a different world of Ike and JFK and Elvis, of big American cars and sock hops and cigarette smoke everywhere. From the dank little city of Derry, Maine (where there’s Dunning business to conduct), to the warmhearted small town of Jodie, Texas, where Jake falls dangerously in love, every turn is leading eventually, of course, to a troubled loner named Lee Harvey Oswald and to Dallas, where the past becomes heart-stoppingly suspenseful, and where history might not be history anymore. Time-travel has never been so believable. Or so terrifying.
Chasing Amanda by Melissa Foster
Chasing Amanda is a riveting story. Molly Tanner, unknowingly witnesses the kidnapping of a young girl who is later found dead. The horrid tragedy haunts her nine years later, as her mind is flooded with memories and regrets when another young girl is missing. Molly experiences the knowing, a form of ESP that gives her clues as to the condition and whereabouts of this little girl. She risks everything--her marriage, credibility, and even her life-to rescue her alive. Pros: This book is very well written. The characters are developed nicely, the storyline is consistent and the pacing is fast and mesmeric. The imagery is fabulous. I could picture the scenes quite clearly. It has been quite some time since I've enjoyed a book this much. Cons: Can't think of a single one. Overall: Highly recommended. I was totally captivated by this story and its characters.
The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
The circus arrives without warning. No announcements precede it. It is simply there, when yesterday it was not. Within the black-and-white striped canvas tents is an utterly unique experience full of breathtaking amazements. It is called Le Cirque des Rêves, and it is only open at night.
But behind the scenes, a fierce competition is underway—a duel between two young magicians, Celia and Marco, who have been trained since childhood expressly for this purpose by their mercurial instructors. Unbeknownst to them, this is a game in which only one can be left standing, and the circus is but the stage for a remarkable battle of imagination and will. Despite themselves, however, Celia and Marco tumble headfirst into love—a deep, magical love that makes the lights flicker and the room grow warm whenever they so much as brush hands.
True love or not, the game must play out, and the fates of everyone involved, from the cast of extraordinary circus performers to the patrons, hang in the balance, suspended as precariously as the daring acrobats overhead.
Written in rich, seductive prose, this spell-casting novel is a feast for the senses and the heart.
It's Hard Not to Hate You by Valerie Frankel
From the author of THIN IS THE NEW HAPPY comes a hilarious new memoir about embracing your Inner Hater. In the midst of a health and career crisis, Valerie uncorks years of pent up rage, and discovers you don't have to be happy to be happy. You don’t have to love everyone else to like yourself. And that your Bitchy Twin might just be your funniest, most valuable and honest ally.
“The hate in you has got to come out.” After being advised to reduce stress by her doctor, humorist Valerie Frankel realized the biggest source of pressure in her life was maintaining an unflappable easing-going persona. After years of glossing over the negative, Frankel goes on a mission of emotional honesty, vowing to let herself feel and express all the toxic emotions she’d long suppressed or denied: jealousy, rage, greed, envy, impatience, regret. Frankel reveals her personal History of Hate, from mean girls in junior high, selfish boyfriends in her twenties and old professional rivals. Hate stomps through her current life, too, with snobby neighbors, rude cell phone talkers, scary doctors and helicopter moms. Regarding her husband, she asks, “How Do I Hate You? Let Me Count the Ways.” (FYI: There are three.) By the end of her authentic emotional experience, Frankel concludes that toxic emotions are actually good for you. The positive thinkers, aka, The Secret crowd, have it backwards. Trying to ward off negativity was what’d been causing Frankel’s career stagnation, as well as her health and personal problems. With the guidance of celebrity friends like Joan Rivers and psychic Mary T. Browne, Frankel now uses anger, jealousy and impatience as tools to be a better, balanced and deeper person. IT'S HARD NOT TO HATE YOU sends the message that there are no wrong emotions, only wrong ways of dealing with them.
Someone Knows My Name by Lawrence Hill
Abducted from Africa as a child and enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata Diallo thinks only of freedom—and of the knowledge she needs to get home. Sold to an indigo trader who recognizes her intelligence, Aminata is torn from her husband and child and thrown into the chaos of the Revolutionary War. In Manhattan, Aminata helps pen the Book of Negroes, a list of blacks rewarded for service to the king with safe passage to Nova Scotia. There Aminata finds a life of hardship and stinging prejudice. When the British abolitionists come looking for "adventurers" to create a new colony in Sierra Leone, Aminata assists in moving 1,200 Nova Scotians to Africa and aiding the abolitionist cause by revealing the realities of slavery to the British public. This captivating story of one woman's remarkable experience spans six decades and three continents and brings to life a crucial chapter in world history.
Henry's Sisters by Cathy Lamb
Ever since the Bommarito sisters were little girls, their mother, River, has written them a letter on pink paper when she has something especially important to impart. And this time, the message is urgent and impossible to ignore—River requires open-heart surgery, and Isabelle and her sisters are needed at home to run the family bakery and take care of their brother and ailing grandmother.
Isabelle has worked hard to leave Trillium River, Oregon, behind as she travels the globe taking award-winning photographs. It's not that Isabelle hates her family. On the contrary, she and her sisters Cecilia, an outspoken kindergarten teacher, and Janie, a bestselling author, share a deep, loving bond. And all of them adore their brother, Henry, whose disabilities haven't stopped him from helping out at the bakery and bringing good cheer to everyone in town.
But going home again has a way of forcing open the secrets and hurts that the Bommaritos would rather keep tightly closed—Isabelle's fleeting and too-frequent relationships, Janie's obsessive compulsive disorder, and Cecilia's self-destructive streak and grief over her husband's death. Working together to look after Henry and save their flagging bakery, Isabelle and her sisters begin to find answers to questions they never knew existed, unexpected ways to salve the wounds of their childhoods, and the courage to grasp surprising new chances at happiness.
Poignant, funny, and as irresistible as one of the Bommarito sisters' delicious giant cupcakes, Henry's Sisters is a novel about family and forgiveness, about mothers and daughters, and about gaining the wisdom to look ahead while still holding tight to everything that matters most.
Vegas Vampire Series by Erin McCarthy
1. High Steaks No woman has gotten the best of vampire Ethan Carrick in 700 years, but that's about to change. Alexis is a karate-kicking spitfire, a Las Vegas prosecutor with a 95 percent conviction rate, and -- let's face it -- very short and 100 percent human. She also has a rescue complex where her half sister, Brittany, is concerned. Which is how she meets up with Ethan, who has talked Brittany into playing the part of his girlfriend during the course of his election campaign. To save Brittany, Alexis takes over the fake-girlfriend role, and neither Ethan nor Alexis can ignore their growing attraction. The plot kicks up a notch as Alex gets an email invitation to join a vampire slayers listserv; Brittany gets involved with a banished vampire who knows her family secret; and someone tries to kill Ethan, knowing full well he won't call the cops.
2. Bit the Jackpot The sparks fly between Cara Kim, "the oddest attraction in all of Vegas the virgin stripper," and Seamus Fox, a 371-year-old uptight Irish vampire who hasn't had sex in 200 years, in McCarthy's droll follow-up to High Stakes. Seamus, who's the campaign manager for Ethan Carrick, the president of Vampire Nation, must turn Cara into a vampire in order to save her life after she becomes collateral damage in a nasty pre-election skirmish connected to Roberto Donatelli, who's running against Carrick. Donatelli is so eager to unseat conservative Carrick, he'll stop at nothing, even if it means driving a stake into someone or drugging an associate. Though Cara initially finds Seamus controlling and his blood too arousing, she soon finds herself and her five pets, including a devilish Chihuahua, doing more than just a shadow dance in this cute paranormal treat.
2. Bit the Jackpot The sparks fly between Cara Kim, "the oddest attraction in all of Vegas the virgin stripper," and Seamus Fox, a 371-year-old uptight Irish vampire who hasn't had sex in 200 years, in McCarthy's droll follow-up to High Stakes. Seamus, who's the campaign manager for Ethan Carrick, the president of Vampire Nation, must turn Cara into a vampire in order to save her life after she becomes collateral damage in a nasty pre-election skirmish connected to Roberto Donatelli, who's running against Carrick. Donatelli is so eager to unseat conservative Carrick, he'll stop at nothing, even if it means driving a stake into someone or drugging an associate. Though Cara initially finds Seamus controlling and his blood too arousing, she soon finds herself and her five pets, including a devilish Chihuahua, doing more than just a shadow dance in this cute paranormal treat.
3. Bled Dry Hooking up with a vampire has its risks-but getting pregnant usually isn't one of them. Tell that to Brittany Baldizzi, who finds herself in the family way with no father in sight. After their one night of passion, vampire Corbin Jean Michel disappeared off the face of the earth-or at least off the Vegas strip.
Corbin is a vampire with a cause, secretly trying to find a cure for his condition. But when he finds out Brittany is pregnant with his child, Corbin can't keep his paternal instincts from trumping his bloodsucking ones. Even when showing his hand could cost him the woman he can't help but love.
4. Sucker BetThe fourth installment of McCarthy's toothsome Vegas Vampire series (following Bled Dry) finds sexy Gwenna Carrick, a 900-year-old vampire, living at the casino owned by her brother, Ethan Carrick, the current president of the Vampire Nation. She meets Metro police detective Nate Thomas at a crime scene and offers her help in cracking a case involving an Internet vampire slayers group. Nate is grieving over the death of his sister, and Gwenna has been divorced from Vampire Nation vice president Roberto Donatelli for 300 celibate years. Sparks flare into true love very quickly-inflaming Gwenna's jealous ex-husband, who quickly orders a hit on Nate. Worse challenges await the lovers, as McCarthy delivers her latest with fang-in-cheek flair. Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter by Seth Grame-Smith
Indiana, 1818. Moonlight falls through the dense woods that surround a one-room cabin, where a nine-year-old Abraham Lincoln kneels at his suffering mother's bedside. She's been stricken with something the old-timers call "Milk Sickness."
"My baby boy..." she whispers before dying.
Only later will the grieving Abe learn that his mother's fatal affliction was actually the work of a vampire.
When the truth becomes known to young Lincoln
While Abraham Lincoln is widely lauded for saving a Union and freeing millions of slaves, his valiant fight against the forces of the undead has remained in the shadows for hundreds of years. That is, until Seth Grahame-Smith stumbled upon The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln, and became the first living person to lay eyes on it in more than 140 years.
Using the journal as his guide and writing in the grand biographical style of Doris Kearns Goodwin and David McCullough, Seth has reconstructed the true life story of our greatest president for the first time-all while revealing the hidden history behind the Civil War and uncovering the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation.
Saturday, December 10, 2011
Tie me up Sir!
Ok so any thought on Becoming Sage before we talk on the 18th? Comment here I know there are some that have finished and are like WHAT? and OUCH!!
BrEAkiNG DawN part 1
So now on to more important matters!! The movie we had all been waiting for since forever!!! We have talked since but I think it is fun to go back and still say what we though!
P.S. If you have any pics please email them to me so I can add them
Well for the most part I did like it more than the book, and that is saying a lot since I hated the book!! I did not like the chess playing on the honeymoon, because if it were me and all he wanted to do was play chess it would have been a deal breaker right there. ( Mostly because I do not know how to play chess, and I would lose and that does not sound fun). The other part was.... wait for it....... a little more...... The Transformer talking wolf scene. Really one of the worst scenes in the whole series of the movies! They should have left that out or found a better way to add it in. As some of you know the other part that I had a hard time with was after she delivered and they kept going to the birds eye view of her laying on the table all gross and bloody. One time, fine I get it but multiple times? First it is gross and messy and who wants to see that?
Our Sweet Swag Bags from Lisa and Melissa!!! You gals rock! Thanks so much!
Goin to the Chaple and we'er going to be Bridesmaids! I think us as Bridesmaids would be more like the movie Bridesmaids :)
P.S. If you have any pics please email them to me so I can add them
Well for the most part I did like it more than the book, and that is saying a lot since I hated the book!! I did not like the chess playing on the honeymoon, because if it were me and all he wanted to do was play chess it would have been a deal breaker right there. ( Mostly because I do not know how to play chess, and I would lose and that does not sound fun). The other part was.... wait for it....... a little more...... The Transformer talking wolf scene. Really one of the worst scenes in the whole series of the movies! They should have left that out or found a better way to add it in. As some of you know the other part that I had a hard time with was after she delivered and they kept going to the birds eye view of her laying on the table all gross and bloody. One time, fine I get it but multiple times? First it is gross and messy and who wants to see that?
Shiver
So not everyone had finished this book by the time book club came around. But for those of us who did, it was a good book that was nice and easy to read. We all seemed to love Sam and the connection he had with Grace. The way the story was woven around the fact that they were ment for eachother. There are 2 more books in this series and I plan on reading them. They will have to wait since I tend to overload myself with current reading and it never goes well. But Cheryl and Melissa said that Maggie Stiefvater does a good job in wrapping up the story and not taking it too far. Thanks for the suggesting this book, it was a nice change in life for a bit. When you can read a book and get lost in it, have a clear picture in your head of what the characters look like then its a good book in my mind.
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Girls Trip 2012
I don't know about you bitches, but I can not wait to go to Disneyland with out any kids or husbands!! Going on what ever rides we want, not having to wait in the kid lines, unless we want to! Let me start getting excited right now!!! This trip will be so fun and stress free. No crying, whining, or fits( until we leave and you have to pull me away from the gate).
How wonderful will it be when we do hear some brat crying knowing it is not one of ours? So wonderful!!
Can't wait for the drive, rides, beach, and relaxing!! I just might pack my bag now in all my excitement!!
How wonderful will it be when we do hear some brat crying knowing it is not one of ours? So wonderful!!
Can't wait for the drive, rides, beach, and relaxing!! I just might pack my bag now in all my excitement!!
Book List
Hey Ladies don't forget to bring a list of books that you have read and would like us to read or that you want to read so we can make a list to pick from. I will make a post of the list so we can go back a look it over when we need a new book!!
BRRRRRRR!!!
Hahaha!! Get it? The book for next time is Shiver!!!! Hahahahaha!! I am so funny!!
Here we can talk about it before book club. DO NOT READ if you have not finished it, unless you want to
Here we can talk about it before book club. DO NOT READ if you have not finished it, unless you want to
September
Sarah's Key
The first half of the book is told from two different characters. Sarah a 10 year old girl who is blind sided by the Jewish round up in France July of 1942, and Julia an American living in France in the present time, who is a reporter and is doing a story of the round up 60 yrs. later. As Julia digs deeper into the events of the round up she discovers that she and Sarah have a connection through the family she married into. Julia makes it her goal to find Sarah and make things right.
First off this book was such an eye opener!! This event was something that I don't remember learning about in school. How sad that the events of the Holocaust were so much bigger than any of us could ever imagine.
I think one of the things that made it seem so sad was how confused Sarah was and how much her parents kept from her. It tugged at your heart when she realizes that she didn't save her brother at all. What a sad memory to carry with you your whole life. I really liked Julia, aside from the fact that she was going to go through with the abortion. She had a fiestiness about her. She was determined to bring out the truth, even though her horrible mother and sister in law were horrified that she even stirred up the past.
I am glad we read this book. It is one of those that can bring many different conversation starters to the table, and I think it did. ( One of them being the writing styles!! LOL) Lisa I am glad you pointed that out because the book I am reading now is written the same way and I keep thinking how you would not like it!!
The first half of the book is told from two different characters. Sarah a 10 year old girl who is blind sided by the Jewish round up in France July of 1942, and Julia an American living in France in the present time, who is a reporter and is doing a story of the round up 60 yrs. later. As Julia digs deeper into the events of the round up she discovers that she and Sarah have a connection through the family she married into. Julia makes it her goal to find Sarah and make things right.
First off this book was such an eye opener!! This event was something that I don't remember learning about in school. How sad that the events of the Holocaust were so much bigger than any of us could ever imagine.
I think one of the things that made it seem so sad was how confused Sarah was and how much her parents kept from her. It tugged at your heart when she realizes that she didn't save her brother at all. What a sad memory to carry with you your whole life. I really liked Julia, aside from the fact that she was going to go through with the abortion. She had a fiestiness about her. She was determined to bring out the truth, even though her horrible mother and sister in law were horrified that she even stirred up the past.
I am glad we read this book. It is one of those that can bring many different conversation starters to the table, and I think it did. ( One of them being the writing styles!! LOL) Lisa I am glad you pointed that out because the book I am reading now is written the same way and I keep thinking how you would not like it!!
Friday, September 30, 2011
Let's talk about it
Ok for those of us who have finished Sara's Key and want to talk about it here it is. Post a comment and tell us what you thought!! If you haven't read it don't click on the comments so it won't be ruined for you! I really hope you all enjoyed the book.
August
I like the part in the book where she is talking about all the things that the media has deemed appropriate for women in the looks department and how she compares that to her self. She points out that if she never trimmed her eyebrows they would grow straight across her forehead and onto yours. I also liked the part where she listed all the things you should not have as a woman according to the media and I have to say that I love the term "crotch biscuits." Not only is it funny but I think the word "biscuit" has a whole new meaning to our little group :)
It was interesting to see how she developed as a comedian and how she was able to climb her way up to where she is now. How she came up with the idea of 30 Rock and the characters, and how she has used some of her experiences in the show. I was watching one the other day where she walked passed one of the guys office and saw all the jars of pee. It made me giggle thinking back on that part of the book.
Thank you Tina Fey for putting yourself out there for all of us to enjoy. We truly enjoyed reading your book and laughed along with you. Well played Miss Fey, well played!
Thursday, September 29, 2011
July
The Help
You is Kind, You is Smart, You is Important........
Where do we start? I think it is safe to say that we all loved The Help. Bringing to life the view of 2 main characters, and some of Minny thrown in on the side, gave us a look at times in the south in the 1960's.
Reading about how the maids were treated and how they were reguarded as being deseased is appaling to me. It was so easy to hate Miss Hilly so much because she was the picture perfect Southern Belle snob. I love that Skeeter was able to see that Hilly's thinking was wrong and that she wanted to help turn things around. I can't imagine what it would have been like for someone like Skeeter to live during that time and have to keep quiet about how you feel on that subject. I for one would have been tarred and feathered and probably hung from a tree.
I love how Aibleen found the strength to talk to Skeeter and to keep on the other maids to share their stories too. When the others were sharing it was nice to read that not all of them had experiences like Minny. That some of them worked for good families and were treated good.
The movie was also good aside from a few things I had pictured different in my mind. 1. Constantine was supposed to look like Aunt Jamima and she looked like a little old homeless lady with no teeth, and 2. Her daughter was a little on the dark side. I love how the relationship between Minny and Miss Celia was brought out on screen. Minny being so fiesty and opionated and Miss Celia just being a little stupid.
Overall a good book I think we all gave it 5 stars on good reads!!
Where do we start? I think it is safe to say that we all loved The Help. Bringing to life the view of 2 main characters, and some of Minny thrown in on the side, gave us a look at times in the south in the 1960's.
Reading about how the maids were treated and how they were reguarded as being deseased is appaling to me. It was so easy to hate Miss Hilly so much because she was the picture perfect Southern Belle snob. I love that Skeeter was able to see that Hilly's thinking was wrong and that she wanted to help turn things around. I can't imagine what it would have been like for someone like Skeeter to live during that time and have to keep quiet about how you feel on that subject. I for one would have been tarred and feathered and probably hung from a tree.
I love how Aibleen found the strength to talk to Skeeter and to keep on the other maids to share their stories too. When the others were sharing it was nice to read that not all of them had experiences like Minny. That some of them worked for good families and were treated good.
The movie was also good aside from a few things I had pictured different in my mind. 1. Constantine was supposed to look like Aunt Jamima and she looked like a little old homeless lady with no teeth, and 2. Her daughter was a little on the dark side. I love how the relationship between Minny and Miss Celia was brought out on screen. Minny being so fiesty and opionated and Miss Celia just being a little stupid.
Overall a good book I think we all gave it 5 stars on good reads!!
June and July?
Ok I might be totally crazy but I can't think of the books we did for June and July! I know we met her at my house in July for the Weenie Roast and Book Theif. I think we got a little behind and now we are catching up. If that is true than I will skip to August and The Help!
If I am wrong please let me know so I can add those books!
If I am wrong please let me know so I can add those books!
Friday, September 23, 2011
What up Bitches!!
Hey ladies!!! I am so glad we decided to start blogging about our fun times together. Because what is better than leaving a web trail of all our shenanigans? Nothing I tell you!! I would like to just make one little point before we get started. Lisa, please don't judge my horrible grammar and writing skills :) Now I do apologize for taking so long on getting this going. But I just want you all to know that I did fast and pray ( I am still waiting for my stickers to come in the mail from the BYU football team) and I think you will all like it!
I just want to say that I am so glad that I have all you ladies in my life. I think we all complement each other and lets face it we are some HOT BITCHES!! With all that said I am ready to get going and bring us up to date. Let's get this party started!!
xoxox,
Angelise
I just want to say that I am so glad that I have all you ladies in my life. I think we all complement each other and lets face it we are some HOT BITCHES!! With all that said I am ready to get going and bring us up to date. Let's get this party started!!
xoxox,
Angelise
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