What I didn’t like about this book: The black slang was terrible; inconsistent, mispelled and often completely wrong. Stockett completely drops the ball on that and it is inexcusable. So much so, that she may have well alientated the Afrian American readers who might have enjoyed this story. There is lack of character development, some stereotyping and some plotlines left undeveloped. Celia Foote is the best example. She is the white trash floozy with a heart of gold who wants to be a part of a society that will never accept her. She is a dim bulb and her maid regards her as a fool. Stockett never really tells us what is it about Celia that made her husband dump the town’s most popular socialite and biggest racist for. She never tells us why Celia drinks, why she can’t carry her babies to term and why she is so full of pain.

Taking all that aside, The Help is a highly entertaining and engaging read, often leaving us in mini cliffhangers as the plot switches to another character. Abileen, Minnie and Skeeter are very much alive and I felt as if I was sittng in that room listening as Skeeter feverishly typed their stories in the dead of night, with the curtains tightly shut.

A read.
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Initially, I was hesitent to want to purchase a Kindle. I wasn’t pleased with the idea of having to repurchase the books in my library that I knew I would continue to reread. I did like the idea of not having to have so many book shelves. You cannot argue that the Kindle is a space saver.

I received my Kindle for a Christmas gift. The first thing I can say that impressed me with my Kindle is how much the screen when you are reading looks like a book page! I was not expecting that. With each page that I turned I was constantly amazed with how the “ink” of the page simply vanished and along came a new page. It’s just a very different experience than reading an Ebook on a computer and scrolling through the pages. It feels like you are reading a book and the size is perfect for bringing with you.

Let’s list all of the things I love about my Kindle, shall we? I love that I can easily access any books in my library at a few clicks of a button. I love that if I’m reading in the middle of the night and finish a book in the series and am DYING to read the next one, I simply have to visit the Kindle Store and I have it at my fingertips more quickly than I thought possible. I love that the battery life typically lasts through a few books so I don’t feel tied to a power cord which is not conducive to my reading habits. I am head over heals in love with the dictionary feature in which I can bring the cursor down (with the use of the joystick like small button) and find out what a word means! No more looking up words in an online dictionary for me (which is a pain). I love that the Kindle can hold SO MANY books. Hello FREE 3G connection?!!

Although I do love the smell of a book store and reading a good paperback, I’m willing to mostly give up on those things for the ease and amazing features of a K
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