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A Pivotal Moment

9/28/2013

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The time has come, the Walrus said, to talk of many things. Of ships and shoes and sealing wax. Of cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot - and why I've never read To Kill a Mockingbird.
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That's right. One of the greatest books in American literature, and I've never opened the cover. How can I claim to be a bibliophile if I've never even attempted to read To Kill a Mockingbird?


Well, that moment has come. My pile of library books has dwindled, and it is finally time to reach for To Kill a Mockingbird. Why this moment, you ask? Reading challenges have brought me here.

I added it to my Classics Club list, so I've got to get to it sometime in the next 5 years. Then I put it on my list for the Mount TBR Challenge, since I've owned it for more years than I care to admit without reading it. That makes the goal the end of December. Then I decided it would be my banned book for the Semi-Charmed Summer Reading Challenge. Which brings the deadline to the end of September. Yeah, that's not far away.
I'm actually looking forward to reading To Kill a Mockingbird. It's not that I haven't read it yet because I've been avoiding it. I was never assigned it in high school (which I think is when many people come across it), and I just haven't gotten around to it yet. I've heard people claim it is their favorite book, that it broadened their point of view, that it's one of the few books whose movie does it justice. And I've found very few readers on the other side of the fence.

So, here I am. About to embark on a reading adventure. Ready to join the rest of the world that has read and loved To Kill a Mockingbird. What are your thoughts? Have you ever read it? What did you think of it?
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fiddlrts link
9/30/2013 09:13:38 am

Bonus points for the Walrus and the Carpenter quote. To Kill a Mockingbird is a worthwhile read. It was definitely an influence on my thinking.

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Julie @ Smiling Shelves link
10/1/2013 11:59:53 am

Thanks! I'm definitely enjoying it so far. I'm at the trial part right now, and it's hard to put down!

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