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Kristen’s Favorite Audiobooks

The month of June is National Audiobook Month and Jen at Devourer of Books is hosting daily discussions of audiobooks all this week. I’m a huge audiobook addict and you might have noticed that many of the book reviews Jose and I do are of audiobooks. We started listening to them a few years ago to make our respective commutes to work go by faster. Since then, I’ve also started listening to them on the treadmill or while doing chores. I love them because they allow you to do two things at once and they make boring tasks a lot more fun. In honor of Audiobook Week, I thought I’d share some of my all-time favorites: Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim by David Sedaris I consider David Sedaris’ audiobooks to be some of the best out there, and I think they are a great starting point for a [...]

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AUTHOR: Kristen

POSTED ON:

Jun 25

2010

COMMENTS: 4

CATEGORY: Book Chat

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THE HELP By Kathryn Stockett – Discussion

This week I read “The Help“ by Kathryn Stockett. I’ve been wanting to read it ever since Kristen posted her review. Since I feel that most people have already read this book by now, I decided it might be fun to start a discussion. I took some questions from the author’s website and have given my answers for each one. Please copy the questions into the comments field and fill in your own answers! 1. Who was your favorite character? Why? My favorite character was Aibileen. There was so much to love about her. For starters she not only saw the beauty in others, but wanted them to feel it too. I loved how she was always making Mae Mobley say that was a kind girl and a smart girl when everyone else was always putting her down. I thought Hilly was pure evil, but Aibileen was able to find [...]

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AUTHOR: Amie

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Jun 4

2010

COMMENTS: 1

CATEGORY: Book Chat, Featured

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Kristen’s Favorite Books of 2009

It’s hard to believe that 2009 is coming to a close and we’re about to enter a new decade. As the end of the year approaches, I’ve been looking back at all the books I’ve read in 2009 and I made a list of a few that stood out from the rest. These might not be the best books of the year, but they are books that I had fun reading. The Help by Kathryn Stockett The Help is easily the best book I read all year (maybe even the past few years) and you can read my full review here. I rated it 5 out of 5 stars because it has a page turning plot and characters that are so real that they feel like old friends by the end of the novel. The Help became a sleeper hit over the summer thanks to word-of-mouth recommendations (I know I’ve [...]

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AUTHOR: Kristen

POSTED ON:

Dec 15

2009

COMMENTS: 1

CATEGORY: Book Chat, Featured

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THE HELP Book Review

The Help by Kathryn Stockett Kathryn Stockett tackles the issue of racial segregation in 1960′s era Jackson, Mississippi in her debut novel, The Help. It’s about the black maids who did so much work in white households: cooking, cleaning, and raising the children, but were treated poorly and paid very little. The story is told from the perspective of three different women, one white and two black, against the backdrop of the civil rights movement. These women feel that change is possible and they risk everything to bring it about. Despite the topic, the book is not a downer – yes it’s sad at times, but it’s also funny and made me laugh out loud more than once. It’s amazing to me to see how far our country has come in 40 some years in terms of both race and gender inequalities. Skeeter Phelan is a twenty-two-year-old returning home from [...]

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AUTHOR: Kristen

POSTED ON:

Sep 28

2009

COMMENTS: 6

CATEGORY: Reviews

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