I'm reading 'To Kill a Mockingbird' ask me anything!

[devilgrrl]

Never had a chance to read this as a kid but I'm loving every minute of it now.

[Skinner]

1. Great book!

I just read it for the first time last year, and I thought it was really, really great.

Where are you in the book?

[devilgrrl]

3. Just started Part II

Scout just found out Dill won't be coming for the summer...

[displacedtexan]

2. most teachers miss the point entirely

and their test questions are so stupid: how many times does boo radley put gifts in the hollow of the tree?
most young people find the beginning tedious until you explain that scout's childlike idea of class structure depends not on skin color or being different (like boo), but on how many generations your famly has been reading and writing.
enjoy!

[Dudley_DUright]

4. One of my all time favorite books

I must read it again about once a year (along with the Tolkien trilogy).

[SiobhanClancy]

5. Wonderful book

Have you seen the movie? Gregory Peck was great as Attitcus.

[devilgrrl]

7. Yes, that's why I'm reading the book.

The movie blew me right off my chair!!! So the book must be even better.

These days when a movie is made from a book, I see the movie first then read the book so I won't be disappointed.

[Dookus]

6. while reading...

keep in mind that Dill is based on Truman Capote, who was a childhood friend of Harper Lee's.

In fact, it was widely rumored at the time that Capote himself wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird". The style of writing is similar to Capote's, as is its subject matter.

However, as a huge fan of Capote's, I'm aware that his ego would NEVER have allowed somebody else to get credit for his work.

[devilgrrl]

8. The DVD contains a great documentary of the making of the movie...

and it talks about Truman Capote being Dill.

[Character Assassin]

9. Have you never been mellow? Have you never tried...

to find a comfort from inside you?

[Padraig18]

10. Question:

What is north Alabama 'full of'? :)

[CMT]

11. I love this book too

The book is superior to the movie which in itself says something since I think the movie is terrific.

[Capn Sunshine]

12. speaking of Boo Radley

Kick Ass band.

[WWW]

13. Loved the book

A couple of years ago, I ran out of things to read. I was caught up in the Oprah Winfrey book lists and got really tired of reading victim female books. Also, I couldn't find anything of substance on the best seller lists to read. So I started to read the books I was supposed to read in college and high school... Holy crap. I was truly blown away. I read all of Hemingway and then went on to Kill a Mockingbird, and the onto Pasternak and American Tragedy. I had never read Steinbeck. I was reading the Winter of my Discontent during the Enron thing. (If you haven't read it, read it next, it will blow you away) This summer read Animal Farm, Brave New World and 1984. Also 100 Years of Solitude (Jimmy Carter's favorite book). If you find something else to recommend ,let me know.

[devilgrrl]

14. We read some pretty lame assed shit in School...

Then again, we did get to read 'The Cay', "Sounder', 'Shane', 'Old Yeller', and 'Lord of the Flies'. Guess, I was just a lousy student! :spank:

The lamest story we had to read was 'A Separate Piece' by John Knowles, what a pile of crap that was.

[InkAddict]

15. I got hooked on author S. Rushdie's novels

"Ground Beneath Her Feet", "Midnights Children" "The Moor's Last Stand" I'm close to finishing "The Jaguar Smile" now. It's his documentary about his short travels in Nicaragua where everyone's somewhat of a poet with the liberal romantic ideas of politics.

Umberto Eco's novels are also excellent, though I found them very slow going as bedtime reading--definitely not easy reads!

[WWW]

16. Thanks so much

I am always looking for something good to read...I love best sellers from other countries, Have you read Blindness? Jose Saramago?

[scarlet_owl]

17. I first read this book when I was in the fourth grade.

And I have read it exactly 18 times since. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

[LeftPeopleFinishFirst]

18. Awesome!

I can't believe you're just picking it up now, it's good.

[Loyal]

19. Great book!

I read it in 9th grade and I absolutely loved it! Atticus is awesome!

[Toby109]

20. Did it make you think?