woo, i love it when there's a bunch of good books in a row!

ya know, i looked back and i don't think i ever included the help in a book report. i did find it very addictive and easy to read, but the whole time i was reading it, i always felt very strongly that i was reading a book written by a white person about Black people for white people. but if i approached it as a light read only, i could kinda get past that. it certainly was compelling. i mean, you wouldn't expect a breezy beach read to be hard-hitting, so that was how i approached it.

and i hear you on the "mean lesbian neighbor" thing. i would bet there would be some other descriptors she'd be willing to use the same way. and yes, very very understandable that a neighbor would have a problem with extreme hoarding! did the author seem to sincerely not understand why the neighbor would have a problem with it?

gillespie and i sounds very interesting... i think that might need to go on my to-read list :D

thanks for sharing these!