I just finished the book, The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I am very happy that I read this book. I don't usually read historical fiction, but I really liked how I could learn about history in an inspiring story like The Help. It's setting is placed in the 1960's in Jackson, Mississippi. In a group of friendly white ladies, Skeeter Phelan decides to make her dream come true and become a writer by taking on the position to write about housekeeping in the local newspaper. Skeeter uses her friend's black maid, Aibileen, to help with her writing and to get the full perspective on being a maid during this time period.

As I read The Help, every chapter only continued to get better. I don't want to give any spoilers to this book, but the ending was definitely one of my favorites. Kathryn Stockett doesn't give you all the information to what happens to the characters, but she does give you enough detail to see the change and inspiration in the characters. The Help would be a unique book to have a sequel to, but I also like the details Kathryn gives you at the end to make up your own sequel.

I am happy that I saw the movie and then read the book. It's an unusual order, but now I can watch the movie again and really point out the differences between the two. It's also is always fun to see a book acted out on the big screen.

Now that we are so close to winter break, I want to talk about the books I want to read over break. I would like to read the third book in the Hourglass series, Infinityglass by Myra McEntire. I have not read the first two books in this series in a long time, so I plan on also reading those over break.

 

Below is the link to the movie trailer for The Help:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J_ajv_6pUnI