Aibileen writes her prayers. I loved that and understood it. It was one way that I related to Aibileen. Recently, on Facebook, a friend shared a note her daughter had left on […]

Ziggy has recommended The Hunger Games as our next book. I think it’s a great choice. I read the series some time ago, but would enjoy reading it again, so how about […]

We don’t have a May book selection. I just finished Chomp, by Carl Hiaasen and thought I might suggest it. It’s a kids’ book and a fast read, so if you can […]

The Association of Black Women Historians (ABWH) criticizes The Help, claiming that “Despite efforts to market the book and the film as a progressive story of triumph over racial injustice, The Help […]

Here’s canned question #2 for The Help: What do you think motivated Hilly? On one hand she’s so unpleasant to Aibileen and her own help, as well as to Skeeter once she […]

Contest Winner Ziggy, you’re it! Pick a Funk & Weber pattern, any pattern. Great answers. Kat, you cracked me up! Harriet, awesome poem! Although, I will argue strenuously about the claim that […]