I bought this book to read on the plane when I went to Las Vegas a few weeks ago, and of course I only read like two chapters the entire trip..because…well…I was eating and drinking my way through Vegas and trying to hold my tongue every time I saw a 21 year girl dressed like a slutty Las Vegas version of Kim Kardashian. Yeah, it was that bad.

Anywhoo…once I got home and got back to real life I started reading The Help again and got HOOKED. I haven’t been this into a book in a while. I’m only a few pages away from the end of the story and I’ve stopped reading it because I don’t want it to be over.

It’s a well-written, touching, inspiring story about how black and white women dealt with a wrong-stupid-asinine-hurtful-ugly morally unbalanced time in our nation’s history. I highly recommend as a Southern chick and as a mom. Never mind that the author is a vapid, obnoxious woman…she did write a great story and I can’t wait to see Emma Stone and Viola Davis bring Skeeter and Aibileene to life.

Sorry Kathryn Stockett…I don’t like to hate on women…but when you are asked which character you would be in your story and you answer, “oh I’d be Skeeter of course…only cuter!” you lose major points with me. Your entire story was about inner beauty and sisterhood and you nearly ruined it in that one statement.

That being said…read the book…see the movie. You won’t regret it. And if you are a busy mom and don’t have Kindle or iBooks on your phone yet, GET IT TODAY. It will change your life.