This is not a deep literary piece of work but it’s the kind of fluff that makes you forget the real world for a while. There’s just something about her characters that draws you in and makes you feel each of them. I’m a character driven person so her books are addictive to me. I’m also a HEA (happily ever after) kind of person. That made this a good one. Although, I will admit some loose ends were cleaned up a bit to easily but there were a couple of issues left dangling unanswered. Though, these could be holes waiting for life in other books. Overall, a great quick read to lose yourself from reality for a while.

PS I'm looking forward to the second book in The Night Huntress World series: Eternal Kiss of Darkness scheduled for release in August of this year.

Now for some fun. I ended up with two copies of this book. I’m keeping one to reread but I’d like to share one with some lucky reader. So this is my very first contest and here’s how we’ll work it. To enter leave a comment below answering this question, “Which fictional character are you most like and why?” This can be any genre. It’s that simple. BUT WAIT! THERE’S MORE…


I’ll throw in more entries for the following:

• 1 for each place you post about the contest on your blog, social network, or anywhere you can. Just make sure to link add a link to it in your comment.


• 1 for any review you comment on, but please make them relevant and meaningful. Let me know which on in your answer/comment


• 1 for following this blog. (Only if you want to though. Don’t be bullied by me to join)

And finally, I’ll give 1 entry for being a member of Frost Cemetary. You know who you are. Just leave me your forum name.

That about wraps it up. I'll select a winner on Friday, April 16th using the Randomizer. Good luck and Happy Reading!! 

 Three little letters...W-O-W! That's what I have to say about this book. Wow! This is a powerful book. I've loved every moment, every word, every letter. This a powerful book with no true happy ending nor sad ending. It's the story of several woman in 1960's Jackson, Mississippi. Told mostly by the colored help but also by one lone white woman who feels the winds of change coming; or at least hopes they are coming.

The characters in this book are so strongly written that they stay with you when you aren't in the pages of the book. I found myself during the day when not able to read wondering if Mini was going to be alright or if Ms. Skeeter would ever find happiness or acceptance for being herself. I worried for each of the characters. Feared for them. Cried for them. Even laughed with them.


There are always books that stick with you but this one has been written so well that you can almost smell the cotton in the fields and the chemical hair dye at the salon. Katheyn Stockett has a wonderful understanding of how to make words bring people to life. I was transported from my reading spot to right smack dab in the middle of Jackson Mississippi in 1962. It's truly amazing. The dialog is written so that you can feel the vernacular just roll off you tongue. At times, I found myself struggling not to talk out load with a southern twang. The accents, the descriptions, the emotions, and overall power of the 1960s changing South are so well written you can't help but be there in the moment.

This is easily not only one of the best books I've read all year but of all times. For a first novel, Kathryn Stockett came out of the gate leading the pack. I look forward to watching for her talents to produce some amazing work in the future.

As usual, I'm behind everyone else reading this book. There might be someone out there who hasn't read this so I'll give my take on it... just in case. I am a lover of my different genres and I am quite found of Christian Fiction when it is not really preachy or when it doesn't involve an Amish love story. (I really don't get why many Christian writers feel the need to toss in a token Amish girl but that is a different topic all together). The Shack started out with quite a bit of potential. A story of a man and his family after the abduction and murder of his youngest child. Great start. He then receives a note from "Papa" (his wife's nick name for God) telling him to meet him at the Shack where his murdered child's bloodied clothes were found . Long story short, he struggles with the decision and goes to find out who is at the Shack: the murderer or God whom is extremely angry at.

The story continues on with Mac, the lead here, meeting up with an african American woman, a lumber jack, and an oriental woman...all representations of God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit. Yes, you heard that right. Without giving away too much, the weekend is spent with these three making Mac face many of his fears, false idealisms, and his misplaced anger and judgement. These are still great structures for a good story but that's all I was left feeling...a good short story. This was a short story that drug on a bit to long for what little it delivered. It had a good message  but I felt it may have been watered down a little too much. Then again I am Southern Baptist and the only thing we seem to water down is the Kool Aid during Bible School.

It is a good stop-and-look-at-your-life, feel good kind of book if you don't want to look to deeply into your spiritual self. You can feel William Young's heart go into these stories that have been woven together to heal this man and his broken family. I won't say it was a total waste of time. I just didn't grow from it but sometimes that's just as well.