Looking Back... In an effort to transfer my book journal entries over to this blog, I'm going to attempt to post (in chronological order) an entry every Friday. I may or may not add extra commentary to what I jotted down in these journals.
Fiction/Classic
1960 J. B. Lippincott Company
Finished on December 23, 2001
Rating: 5/5 (Outstanding!)
Publisher's Blurb:
Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior - to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.
My Original Thoughts (2001):
I finally settled down and read this classic. It was wonderful! I should have read it much sooner--why wasn't it assigned to me in high school?? Such memorable characters, my favorite of whom are Scout and Atticus. Humorous and tender.
Favorite lines:
"It's not time to worry."
"Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing."
I highly recommend this book. It was a joy to read.
My Current Thoughts:
Definitely time for a re-read!
I'd love to reread this one, too. It's been decades!
ReplyDeleteJoAnn, I'll probably give it another read sometime this year. Time to visit your blog, now that I have a cell signal. I'm curious to see what you're thinking of Lonesome Dove!
DeleteThis book, where the main character boldly does the right thing, despite the consequences for himself, is one of my favorites.
ReplyDeleteDeb, he's a great character, isn't he?!
DeleteVicki, I think I enjoyed the book better than the movie, but Gregory Peck sure does a fine job!
ReplyDeleteThis is such a good novel. I am not a classics person, but this one I like. And that photo is stunning!
ReplyDeleteHelen, I'm not much of a classics person, either.
DeleteTook me a minute to figure out what photo you were talking about. Thought you meant the cover art for To Kill a Mockingbird. ;) Anyhow, thanks! That lake is incredibly beautiful. It's Moraine Lake, which is near Lake Louise. So far, it's my favorite spot.
I wasn't assigned this classic either! Then again, I feel like most of the classics I've read have been on my own. Anyway, I did finally read this with a book group back in the day. I should definitely re-read it.
ReplyDeleteIliana, I feel like I didn't read that many classics in high school. Maybe I'm just remembering the ones I loved, like The Grapes of Wrath.
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