Recently I put together a list at (in)courage of some of my all-time favorite books. These, however, are the reads and CDs I’ll forever connect with Summer 2011.
Recently finished reads or currently in my book bag(s) or on my iPad:
Saving Leonardo by Nancy Pearcey—Because I like to think.
Organized Simplicity by Tsh Oxenreider—Because I’m organizationally challenged.
Do the Work by Steven Pressfield—Because I’m easily distracted.
The War of Art by Steven Pressfield—Because I want to create.
Poke the Box by Seth Godin—Because I need inspiration and I want to ship what I produce.
The Best Camera is the One That’s with You by Chase Jarvis (short and easy reread or inspiring iPhone photography)—Because I’m addicted to camera phonography.
On heavy rotation:
Paul Simon: So Beautiful or So What—Absolutely Brilliant. Some songs grew on me instantly; some took time. There’s not a song that I skip. Incredible songwriting.
The Cars: Move Like This—Because I never really left the 80s.
Joshua Bell: The Essential Joshua Bell—Because I need to slow down and breathe deep. This album isn’t new, but it’s new to me. Songs like “Nocturne” and “O mio babbino caro from Gianni Schicchi” (please don’t ask me to say it) make me go “ahhhhhhhhhh.”
The request:
Have you heard the buzz about the soon-to-be-released movie based on the book The Help? I’m attending a prescreening and have a chance to interview cast members as well as author and Atlanta resident, Kathryn Stockett.
My shiny new copy arrived last week, but I haven’t read it, yet. Have you? Do you have any questions for the cast and author? If so, please post them in the comments!
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I really want to know what you think of this book because I’ve been wanting to read it myself. I’ve seen the trailers and it looks like a good read and a good movie. I did see a review somewhere (in some magazine in an office somewhere) where some people were upset by the characterizations in the book. Having grown up in the 60’s in the rural south, I recognize the setting and the characters.
Have to say I have never met a movie that matched up to the book… Movies and books are just two different things. I have to say I loved reading “The Help” it is a great book. I loved the slow rolling appearance of the story and the fast action undercurrent. I loved the heroine/writer… she was such a lovely gutsy character… Also as a South African it was good to read about the undercurrent of racial tension, that was so “invisible” on the surface, portrayed so realistically and from both sides. Such a great read and it would make a very interesting movie… would love to know who they were casting!!!
I read the book last week on vacation. I had a very hard time putting it down and cried at the end.
In the back of the book, when Kathryn Stockett is recalling writing the book, she mentions worrying what her family thought of the book and worried about crossing a line by writing in the voice of a black person. I would be very curious to know what her family did think and how she researched writing in the voice of a black person (actually two). Is it all a recollection? Or did she interview others to get more perspectives from that time period? I know she referenced Susan Tucker’s book in the acknowledgements, but I would love to know more of how she got into the heads of the help and gave them their voices.
Have fun at the movies!