We’re home sweet home!
Although it will be nice to get back into a normal routine, we were really sad leaving Washington DC and my in-laws this morning. Eight days out there completely flew by, and it stunk seeing our vacation come to an end. :(
I should really spend tonight unpacking, getting started on my massive to-do list, and taking down Christmas decorations (xmas decor on display after the holidays is always a little depressing, don’t you think?) but instead I’m going to enjoy what’s left of my vacation and finish reading New Moon. :)
I started it on our first flight today and got swept away in the land of vampires and warewolves. Again. It’s my second time reading it, muwahaha!
OMG, that reminds me, I finally read The Help!
I’m not sure what took me so long – I think I believed it to be over hyped – but I was 1,000% wrong. I started it on our first flight out to DC last week, and finished it the same day. I do believe it was my favorite book of 2011!
Now I’m just dying to see the movie even though Emma Stone, who plays Skeeter, couldn’t be further from the skinny, awkward character I grew to love from the book.
Readers & viewers – what did you think?
It was also kind of neat that we saw the brand new Martin Luther King Jr Memorial out in DC this week, after I finished reading it.
Inspirational.
Striking.
AMAZING! :D
What was your favorite book of 2011? Read any good ones over the holidays?
My favorite book of the year was Karen Kingsbury’s Leaving!
Loved The Hunger Games series!
The Help is one of my faves, too. I saw the movie a couple weeks ago and enjoyed it–a bit different from the book, but it had been long enough between my reading/seeing it that it didn’t bother me as much that they weren’t completely true to the book. It’s worth seeing, for sure.
The Help (book) was one of my favorites, too. The movie was okay. I think I would’ve liked it better had I not watched it right after finishing the book.
The Hunger Games Trilogy is really good. I would definitely recommend reading those. The Hunger Games (movie) comes out in March, and I cannot wait!
I loved The Help and thought I was going to hate the movie based on the trailer, but I loved it. I have seen it several times and think it’s a great movie. I just read The Violets of March and it was highly entertaining.
The Help was a great book, I can’t wait to see the movie. I spent my Christmas break reading (for the second time) the whole Twilight series. The movies are terrible, but I love the books! I have a crush on Edward Cullen, I can’t help it.
I just finished this book a couple weeks ago and it is extremely high on the list of books I read in 2011, and I also loved the Hunger Games Trilogy. Thank you for posting the MLK monument photos, I would love to see it in person.
My favorite books of 2011 was The Help and the Hunger game series. Great series!
I read a TON, so it’s hard to chose one favorite book. One series that I was skeptical about that I ended up becoming obsessed with was The Hunger Games! So good!
I LOVED The Help, and just watched the movie this past weekend, it was great as well!
I definitely approached The Help the same way. I figured it was over hyped and grabbed it for a trip to Mexico in September. I figured it would be a good beach read. Instead I was totally blown away and even passed the book onto Hubster, who also read it the same trip and loved it.
I knew about the movie and even had a picture from it on the cover of the book. So Emma Stone was firmly implanted as Skeeter for me. However, Hubster said the same thing you did – That Emma is not awkward or skinny enough to fit :)
I loved the book but the movie was too glamorous. To me, the movie was shiny and it glorified the sad situation of the help in the south in the 1960’s.
I sadly didn’t read much of anything interesting in 2011- I blame it on having to read textbooks and required readings for college and reading curriculum books for my first year teaching…
I’m hoping to read more in 2012! My momma gave me “House Rules” for Christmas- it’s a NY Times Bestseller so hopefully it’s worth the read!