So, remember how I told you about how I REALLY loved the Hunger Games? Maybe I didn't blog about it? But, anyhow. I read listened to the Hunger Games last year and I really enjoyed them.
You should read them because the movie is coming out soon and you know how I feel about reading the book BEFORE you see the movie.
BUUUT.
If you're too lazy/don't enough time/ attend the Derek Zoolander Center for Kids Who Can't Read Good and Wanna Learn to Do Other Stuff Good Too
My little brother has taken upon himself of Vlogging the book, chapter by chapter.
He's a pretty funny Chap.
I recommend you watch even if you hate the Hunger Games. Cause my brother's so dang witty.
But how can you hate this????
*Disclaimer: I don't usually like or read sci-fi/ Dystopian society themed books, and at one point as I was reading I was like wait, they're gonna fight to the death? This is HORRIBLE! I can't read it.... BUT, I kept reading, and LOVED it-which is a sign of something well written. So, you should read it.
So, yeah I fully have a paper due in an hour, but I needed to tell you that I saw The Help. It is cute. But as the saying goes, the book is better. So, don't you DARE go see that movie until you've read the book.
Mmmkay? Good.
Now to type my geography final. I cannot WAIT until 9:50 tomorrow morning.
I'll tell you what, this Geography class I'm taking is KICKING MY TRASH! I really hate when professors try to make your 100 level class consume your ENTIRE LIFE. Just wait until instructor evaluations come around. You had best believe I'll be giving my two cents.
So, when I'm not drawing maps of the world, or reading, or watching required films, I'm working. Filing and scanning and indexing away. And listening to my Audiobooks.
I'm really grateful that I can relax at work. I used to read ALL. THE. TIME as a kid. My mom would come upstairs late at night and take my books away so I would go to sleep.
Then High School and college came and reading was no longer fun. I couldn't read what I wanted to and I had deadlines, reading was a chore. It's been really fun this summer being able to listen to books that I've been wanting to read, but couldn't justify the time. But now, since I can listen and work at the same time. Hello! Multi-Tasking!
I'm a little obsessed with the South, their culture, their homes, their food (Thanks Paula Dean!) and The Help just made me love it that much more. Also, I loved the historical aspect too.
The story is set in 1960's Jackson, Mississippi. 23 year old Skeeter has just graduated from Ol' Miss and returned home, SINGLE. In an effort to begin her career as a writer Skeeter is told by a fast talking editor in New York to write about something that bothers her and doesn't seem to bother anyone else. Well, when her best friend and president of the Jackson Ladies League, Hilly Holbrook, introduces the Home Health Sanitation Initiative to require homes to have separate bathrooms for their black help, Skeeter finds what bothers her. Skeeter wants to write a book from the perspective of The Help, but what black woman in the South is going to snitch on her boss-lady?
The Help will make you laugh, cry and cheer. The movie comes out next week so you still have time to read the book before you see the film, which looks good too. You won't be sorry. This is a MUST READ! And then watch. :)
