Another month, another book…

I’m actually really excited about this particular read.  It was at the top of all the bestseller lists of 2009, including Goodreads best of 2009…granted Twilight was also on that list…

Now, if you are a book nerd and never heard of Goodreads – then you better check it out. Their goal is essentially to help you find “good reads” based on your interests – it never lets me down! Plus, if you are also, like me, extremely attractive AND can spend hours on amazons’ website, then this Is the place for you –their newsletter is also enjoyable.

I think for this particularly rainy Monday, I will chuck in a princess movie, pump my kids full of cookies and popcorn, and grab my snuggie…

Hell.

No.

Rather… stay in my housecoat, brew a pot of tea and open this month’s book.

Work can wait.

Okay it can’t.

But a girl can dream can’t she?

(Remember to meet here on January 30th to chat about The Historian)

And now to announce our second book…

The Help by Kathryn Stockett

From Publisher’s Weekly

Set during the nascent civil rights movement in Jackson, Miss., where black women were trusted to raise white children but not to polish the household silver. Eugenia “Skeeter” Phelan is just home from college in 1962, and, anxious to become a writer, is advised to hone her chops by writing “about what disturbs you.” The budding social activist begins to collect the stories of the black women on whom the country club sets relies–and mistrusts–enlisting the help of Aibileen, a maid who’s raised 17 children, and Aibileen’s best friend Minny, who’s found herself unemployed more than a few times after mouthing off to her white employers. The book Skeeter puts together based on their stories is scathing and shocking, bringing pride and hope to the black community, while giving Skeeter the courage to break down her personal boundaries and pursue her dreams. Assured and layered, full of heart and history, this one has bestseller written all over it.

*Note to Self

Maybe work can wait…an hour…or six?