The Friday Five!

1. Last night, I FINALLY finished The Help by Kathryn Stockett. I am so embarrassed how long it took me to read this book. My editor sent it to me back in early AUGUST and no, I am not kidding. Here it is mid October and I am finally finished. And it is not because it isn't a great book, because it is. I am just so SLOW with reading right now. In my defense, it is about 500 pages. But I still think I am seriously lame. This is one reason I have given up blurbing entirely for a while: I just c...