Reading Log

The Wedding

289/1070

Wilson and Jane have been married for thirty years, share three children, and enjoy a comfortable life. They appear to be the ideal couple, but  their marriage is in trouble. Wilson is portrayed as a stereotypical successful, driven and ambitious attorney. Then Wilson forgets their twenty-ninth wedding anniversary. He devises a year-long plan to rebuild his marriage and make his wife fall in love with him again. As their 30th wedding anniversary approaches, their oldest daughter, Anna, announces that she plans to wed her long-time boyfriend on her parent’s anniversary. Anna’s entire family focuses on planning the wedding celebration as Wilson simultaneously works to ensure the successful plan he had been fine-tuning over the past year. As Wilson works on his marriage he is jealous of, Jane’s father, Noah, whose love for his deceased wife shows the type of relationship most people yearn for but rarely achieve. As they desperately try to rekindle the love they once had, the memories of Noah and Allie serve as a constant reminder of the relationship they are working to emulate.

Reading Log

The Notebook


159/781


This week I started a new book by Nicholas Sparks, "The Notebook." This is a true love story through and through. Noah has loved Allie since he was a teenager. "The Notebook" is a story of heartbreaks that tear them apart and may keep them together. I feel that Sparks has the amazing ability to write about the beautiful descriptions of boy meets girl, boy loses girl, boy finds girl, then loses her again. It's how every person wants to be loved one day. This novel has a special love and relationship that not many people find these days. Sparks does a wonderful job of showing us that love can endure all. 

Reading Log

179/622

I finally finished The Help and it was just as I expected and more. My mind was rolling like a movie playing with all the characters. After a long car ride home the novel made the trip go by fast. I knew what was going to happen but I think I pretended like I didn't know and started coming up with random conclusions that seemed hypothetical, so I was surprised when I finished it.

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The Help
101/443

While all of these secretive interviews are going on, Hilly, her friend, is trying to set up dates for Skeeter. Everyone is making a big deal that Skeeter is not interested in husband hunting, right now its her career. Eventually she gives in and goes on a double date with the handsome Stuart Whitworth who is very successful. That night however, he proved that he was just another obnoxious, drunk, cocky guy who is selfish. He disrespects Skeeter about her aspiration of writing and being the journalism field. As time passes by, the interviews with Aibeleen become personal. The stories of years ago and the families she was associated have their good and bad moments. Because of the death of her son, she loves taking care of babies and knowing that they love her, for at least when they are too young to know the social class of the blacks to start judging and taking their mamas footsteps. Eventually, Minnie, Aibeleen's friend, agrees to be interviewed. It was always like a routine, however, she would be impatient but talkative until she got angry or frustrated from the stories she told that she would storm out of the house, and that was the end of each interview with Minnie. The stories she told Skeeter must be so intense that not even Minnie can stand repeating.

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The Help
117/342

The novel continues and has an interesting setup. There is no set and consistent speaker throughout the entire book. The three main characters so far are telling the story but in their own individual chapter. This gives a strong perspective and gets to know the characters more deeply emotionally and physically. Miss Skeeter seems to be the only educated woman in the Jackson, Mississippi. Her hard-work at Ol' Miss is not paying off right now because she has to start from the very bottom as a journalist. After some advice from a lady in New York city she finds a job writing Miss Myrna columns, basically a questioner about household cleaning advice. There is one problem though, she has no idea how to clean anything so she is in a dilemma and struggles with her mother aren't helping. By this time all Skeeter's friends are married and having kids while Skeeter is not interested in hunting for husband, she's hunting for a job. She is described as not a pretty girl, frizzy hair and awkward. Continuing on with the columns, she finds help from Aibileen interviewing her and asking questions so she could reply back to the public. After meeting they open up to each other and Skeeter is troubled how The Help are treated and wants to let people know. She wants to write a book, interviews that show the struggles of serving for rich white families, the ups and downs. 

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The Help
105/225

Yes another novel that I am reading is based of its movie. I was so intrigued and absolutely fell in love with The Help. Stories like these really hit me and especially when I begin to tear up. The Help was just phenomenal in the way the characters match the novel exactly.
Only a couple chapters in and if I have at least 10 minutes of free time, my eyes are glued to the pages. Starts out with Aibileen, an African American maid for the sophisticated Mrs. Leefolt. Jackson, Mississippi is filled with young women who sit at home looking over their maids shoulders or out with their girlfriends on a nice lunch or charity event. Mrs. Leefolt's daughter is basically being raised by Aibileen who is her 18th child she looks over and babysits. The business of maids is called The Help, which is just a nice way of saying slaves servants. They cook and clean everyday, everyday something different but the same every week.
All the lady's in the town are the same, except Miss Skeeter. She is the odd one and not like her fake friends; she has different opinions and a way of thinking. She's kind. Looks at the situation from both sides, especially when her friend Mrs. Hilly mentioned the issue of legalizing separate bathrooms for the color because they spread diseases.
Miss Skeeter seems rebellious to me, like she wants to the right thing and not do or agree with something because it is what everyone else is doing.

Reading Goals

1. Read a poem to my dog every night
2. Read a book while knitting
3. Read three book by the end of the quarter
4. Read the first Hunger Games Book
5. Read The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
7. Read on the top bunk-bed in the spare room