Quotes from "The Help" by Kathryn Stockett

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“I skipped my graduation ceremony at Ole Miss. All my close friends had dropped out to get married and I didn't see the point in making Mama and Daddy drive three hours just to watch me walk across a stage, when what Mother really wanted was to watch me walk down the aisle.” (p. 68)

“I head down the steps to see if my mail-order copy of Catcher in the Rye is in the box. I always order the banned books from a black market dealer in California, figuring if the State of Mississippi banned them, they must be good.” (p. 70)

Teaser Tuesday (Nov 26)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog. 

My Teaser:

“I skipped my graduation ceremony at Ole Miss. All my close friends had dropped out to get married and I didn't see the point in making Mama and Daddy drive three hours just to watch me walk across a stage, when what Mother really wanted was to watch me walk down the aisle.”

The Help by Kathryn Stockett (p. 68)
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Stacking the Shelves (November 24)

Happy Sunday!
Hope all of you are having a great weekend. Stacking the Shelves is a weekly feature by Tynga's Reviews where you get a chance to share the books you have bought or borrowed for reading.
Borrowed from Library:
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak [historical fiction, young adult]

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This is the tale of the book thief, as narrated by death. And when death tells a story, you really have to listen.

It's just a small story really, about, among other things:

A girl

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An accordionist

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Some fanatical Germans

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A Jewish fist fighter

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And quite a lot of thievery.

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown

Review:

Robert Langdon, a 45-year old Harvard professor, is summoned for help when a renowned scientist, Leonardo Vetra, is found mysteriously dead branded with the mark of "Illuminati". Apparently, Illuminati, an ancient brotherhood has to rise again to seek its centuries-old revenge from the Vatican. What's worse, the papal conclave is underway at the Vatican, and four of the cardinals are missing.
We need to:
1. Catch the killer.
2. Find a nuclear weapon stolen from the scientist's lab, one with massive destructive power.
3. Find the missing cardinals.
Robert, along with Vittoria (daughter of the deceased scientist) arrives in Rome as they find that the entire Vatican city is sitting on a time-bomb. Both of them chase the clue across the Rome to catch the assassin, find the missing cardinals, and to solve the illuminati mystery. This book is filled with enough twists and turns to make your head go crazy.
My favorite secondary character was, Lieutenant Chartrand, a 20-year old Swiss guard. He has a very brief role in the book involved in search of the nuclear weapon. Vittoria was unlike my imagination of a normal scientist. She didn't wore glasses, wasn't that boring either. The most amazing thing was that this 600+ page story falls in a single day. I love fast-paced mysteries so this one worked just fine for me.

Teaser Tuesday (Nov 19)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog. 

My Teaser:

“He, on the other hand, had salt-and-pepper hair that was now considerably more salt than pepper, used reading glasses, wore Dr. Scholl's in his shoes, and occasionally felt twinges of arthritis in his joints. She was still climbing uphill in the morning of her life, and he was sliding slowly down in the early evening; a world of difference.”

The Sword Of The Templars by Paul Christopher (p. 66)
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Stacking the Shelves (November 17)

Happy Sunday!
Hope all of you are having a great weekend. Stacking the Shelves is a weekly feature by Tynga's Reviews where you get a chance to share the books you have bought or borrowed for reading.
Borrowed:
The Help by Kathryn Stockett [women's fiction, historical fiction]

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ENTER A VANISHED WORLD:

JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, 1962.

WHERE BLACK MAIDS RAISE WHITE CHILDREN,

BUT AREN'T TRUSTED NOT TO STEAL THE SILVER...

There's Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son's tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from college, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared.

Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny. No one else would believe they'd be friends; fewer still would tolerate it. But as each woman finds the courage to cross boundaries, they come to depend and rely upon one another. Each is in search of a truth. And together they have an extraordinary story to tell...

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green

Review:

If I were to describe this book in a single word, it would be: “Beautiful.” The last time I remember crying while reading a book was when I read Jodi Picoult's My Sister's Keeper. The ending was abrupt but suited me just fine. As I read the last lines of the book: “I do, Augustus. I do” and turned the page (expecting more from the story) I found myself staring at the acknowledgments page.
Anyway, it was a beautiful book. I really felt for Augustus, Hazel, and Isaac. Hazel with lung cancer, Augustus with osteosarcoma (which ate one of his legs), and Isaac with eye cancer (which has taken his one eye), all three teenagers, struggling with their lives. This book tells you how it feels like to be dying, knowing the fact that you've just bought only little time to stay a few more years in this world. It's even painful to love someone who you know won't last.

Teaser Tuesday (Nov 12)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog. 

My Teaser:

“You don’t get to choose if you get hurt in this world, old man, but you do have some say in who hurts you.”

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (p. 313)
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“The nameplate on the secretary's desk identified her as Ms. Caroline Branch. The name was apt; she was thin as a twig.”

The Sword Of The Templars by Paul Christopher (p. 49)
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Book Blogger Hop: Nov 8th - 14th

Welcome to the Blogger Hop hosted by Billy from Rambling of Coffee Addicted Writer. This weekly feature is a great way to connect with new people in the book blogging world. This week's Hop question was suggested by me.
This Week's Question:

Do you post your book reviews as soon as you have completed the book or do you wait a few days?

My Answer:

Back in late 2010 when I created my blog, everything was going haphazard. But now I have pretty much organized it. I schedule my posts, and if I want to publish a book review, I look for the available date in my calendar. I don't like to post more than one book review a week. So, it usually has to wait about 2-3 weeks (or sometimes more).

If you're a new visitor to my blog, feel free to connect with me!

Teaser Tuesday (Nov 5)

Teaser Tuesday is a weekly meme hosted by MizB @Should Be Reading. Every week we participate in this meme by sharing two sentences from your currently reading pile. For more information regarding the meme, head over to MizB's blog. 

My Teaser:

“Sculptors like Bernini created miniatures in clay and hired others to enlarge them into marble. Langdon knew that if Bernini had been required to personally complete all of his commissions, he would still be working today.”

Angels and Demons by Dan Brown (p. 373)

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“It's embarrassing that we all just walk through life blindly accepting that scrambled eggs are fundamentally associated with mornings.”

The Fault in Our Stars by John Green (p. 143)
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