Some thoughts about a. The Help (the Movie) b. Skippy Dies

Last Friday night, Marc, MR, Christina (aka Bellatrix LeStrange) and I went to go see The Help at the Kentucky.  We gave it two thumbs up for doing the absolute best you could do with such a wonderful book with so many great storylines.  My favorite actor?  Absolutely, the woman play Miss Hilly.  While my mental picture of her from the book was of a much shorter, heavier woman, the actress who played her was outstanding!  She was The Help equivilent of Emily Blunt in Devil Wears Prada. Also, Minnie was terrific and I loved the woman who played Miss Celia.  She looked like a young Julia Roberts -- like Miss Hilly, not what I pictured from the book but she might have been even better than my imagined version of her.  And, I really liked Emma Stone as Skeeter.  I wasn't expecting to like her that much but I did. 

Skippy Dies.  I just finished it.  Has anyone else read or even heard of this book?  It's in the audible library (if you know what I mean).  I selected it based on many, many glowing reviews (much like my purchase of  The Evolution of Bruno Littlemore) including the NY Times.  While it was light years less disturbing than Bruno, still, I find myself somewhat troubled by this book and wondering how it can be classified as a "comic novel" which is how it is referred to by many of the reviews.   I'd love to know what y'all think, my dearest darlings...

Outlander Graphic Novel?

Oh yes... there is one. "The Exile"... and while this may be of little interest to anyone besides Gwennie and I, the need to post it still remains. I'm almost done with the third book, and wondering if I shouldn't hold back on the next one and get some actual work done instead of listening to the books really loudly in trains and whilst vacuuming, or somewhat more quietly as I goldschmied into the night and then realize it's hours past my bedtime.

Also of note, one cannot "hear" a graphic novel. Jesus H. Theodore Roosevelt Christ.