Finished!!!

So I finished the book this weekend.  Actually at 7am Sunday morning.  I was so excited to finish because the book was that good and powerful and because I read it in record Cecily time.  17 days that is.  I deserve ice cream for that accomplishment.  Patting myself on the back right now!

I know a few people are still working on it or have just started because of the word on the street or on Twitter which is virtually the street now right?  I won't go into book details because I want them to have as pure a reading experience as possible and make their own decisions.  Last week I was talking to some friends and I was very close to finishing the book at the time.  We were discussing how the book made us feel etc.  One of my friends pointed out how hard it was for people with a different opinion to speak up.  White or black, having another opinion was not okay.  Standing up for what you believe in could get you killed. 

We don't struggle in the same way in 2011 for the most part but we still struggle with this in our daily lives.  One friend mentioned how in small ways its hard, such as the lunch table at work.  Everybody is hating on one person and although you don't get involved you never step in and say things like "well I've never had a problem with her" or "maybe we should be careful of what we say about them".  Its hard even thinking about how many conversations I could have stepped up and didn't and allowed others to believe they were right or even worse, that I agreed. 

I have many other thoughts about this book because I loved it so much.  I can't wait to have conversations with more people about it.  I'd love to hear other people's responses to the book as you finish.  It seems everyone takes away something different and that's what I love about life, we experience the same things but we interpret it differently based on other experiences and its okay.  If you hated the book, I'd like to know why, not to throw you under the bus but to understand another view point. 

Good day folks!