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... bit, very apologetically.
Not SF, but for me the first example of 'Good Book' and 'Good Film' that springs to mind is To Kill a Mockingbird. ... the pieces and move on. For the most part, law school is boring and tedious. Beer and sex were helpful diversions."
35. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. "Deep down, every lawyer wants to believe they could be Atticus Finch. I would have settled for believing I could be Gregory Peck. ... Oops, double post. In my high school years I remember reading for English class:
- Summer of My German Soldier
- To Kill A Mockingbird (I read it in 8th grade, but I know it was taught in a lot of my high school's classes)
- Macbeth
- Hamlet
- Romeo & Juliet
- Wuthering Heights
- Jane Eyre
- The ... Just in from my library trip this evening:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, which shamingly I have never read
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimimanda Ngozi Adichie
Bound for the Promised Land by Kate Clifford Larson
The Code Book by Simon Singh
The Importance ... Among the titles I read for my honors and AP English classes
To Kill a Mockingbird
Romeo & Juliet
Hamlet
Great Gatsby
Mayor of Casterbridge
All Quiet on the Western Front
The Stranger (English language translation)
A Raisin in the Sun
and others... Add me as a recommendation for To Kill a Mockingbird. In addition to being a great-a-whole-lot-of-things, it's a great coming of age story from Scout's point of view.
Not sure how unsettling a book you want to consider, but Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro would fit this category and is an ... ... order:
Island of the Blue Dolphins by Scott O'Dell (I read this over and over and over)
It by Stephen King
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Harry Potter Series
The Hobbit and the Lord of the Rings trilogy
The Anne of Green Gables books
The Little House on the Prairie ... ... and in a poor school district, seeing a live play was pretty much out of the question.) As I recall, we also watched To Kill A Mockingbird, Apocalypse Now (in conjunction with reading Heart of Darkness), and a video adaptation of a Flannery O'Connor short story.
To add my voice to ... ... Dairy Queen, and the sequel, Off Season is good, as well. I'd also recommend Beauty Shop for Rent by Laura Bowers. To Kill a Mockingbird would pair nicely with In search of Mockingbird for a modern look at an old classic - and it also has a heroine who runs away, shades of Holden Caufi ... ... adaptation. Well, I say erotic, what I really mean is dirty!
26. (new) The Witches by Roald Dahl
27. (comfort) To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee ... by John Marsden. Another recommendation would be Peace Like A River by Leif Enger. It is vaguely reminiscent of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. ...
Harper Lee is quite a remarkable writer and person. A childhood friend of Truman Capote, the character of Dill in To Kill a Mockingbird was modeled after him.
She helped research In Cold Blood, most likely wrote some of it, but alas weird, sneaky, insecure Truman never gave her ... 8. 1001 Books
(1) To Kill a Mockingbird
(2) Oliver Twist
(3) The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
(4) Etham Frome
(5) In Cold Blood
(6) He Knew He Was Right
7. American Fiction
(1) To Kill a Mockingbird
(2) Etham Frome
(3) In Cold Blood
(4) The Appeal
5. 20th Century Fiction
(1) To Kill a Mockingbird
(2) The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy
(3) Etham Frome
(4) In Cold Blood
(5) Claudius the God
(6) A Spot of Bother
(7) The Turning
... like it was great.
For a book dealing with the south, prejudice and small town values, there is nothing that can rival To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
Little Women by Louisa May Alcott
Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury
The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
The Shadow of the Wind by Carlow Ruiz Zafon
There are others, but those are the ... I've lost track of the times I've read Jane Eyre. It's one of the books (along with Pride and Prejudice, To Kill A Mockingbird, and Little Women) that I seem to read once a year, if not more often.
I've heard about Wide Sargasso Sea, but haven't read it. A friend of mine did read it ... ... Alan Sillitoe
Room at the Top by John Braine
A Kind of Loving by Stan Barstow
Lucky Jim by Kingsley Amis
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Finished To kill a Mockingbird
What a marvellous novel !!!
Starting to read:
Tilfeldigvis - Arial Footlights forhistorie by Silje E. Fretheim (LT-member: Svada, and an LT author) ... winners, not having set out to read them specifically. No, it's not an artifact of choosing from the 1001 list because only To Kill a Mockingbird was on it.
I had planned on reading more Australian "classics" but only read Voss. More globally - not yet. Pretty much mainstream so far.
One ... Currently reading:
To kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I've got a Norwegian edition: Drep ikke en sangfugl Still reading David Copperfield
and
Three chapters of To kill a Mockingbird (in Norwegian: Drep ikke en sangfugl) ... the author approaches it from a research perspective. What would books like The Great Gatsby or Pride and Prejudice or To Kill A Mockingbird be if not historical to us? It doesn't sound right to say they are contemporary... I'm curious because I'm not sure how to tag my books that fall in ... ... me to read books re. Capote and his life. He truly was a haunted, strange little creature. My favorite all time book is To Kill a Mockingbird and it became more special when I learned that Harper Lee built the character of Dill on her childhood friend -- Truman Capotre. I read Happy all the time so now Ive got to wait till tomarow to get To Kill a Mockingbird Here's what I have read so far in 2008:
1. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee -- probably my 50th re-reading of it. It is still my favorite book.
2. Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin. Read this for my book club. It was inspiring for all of us, and led to a ... I'm still reading David Copperfield
Next from my TBR pile:
To kill a Mockingbird
'Hunger' by Knut Hamsun (reread, this time in English)
Mister Pip
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
The Enchantress of Florence ... point. Time for another re-cap.
#1 Walk two moons
#2 All quiet on the western front
#3 Cold comfort farm
#4 To kill a mocking bird
#5 Straight man
#6 The Yiddish policemen's union
#7 Any human heart
#8 Age of innocence
#9 Dark places
#10 Suite Francaise
... anyway because of various edition issues). It would just be the average number of books owned per author, so owning To Kill a Mockingbird would make the number lower. Once my mother gets The Host I will read it. Im gonna read To Kill a Mockingbird once Im done with the book Im reading. Ummm... I might read Eragon Ummm How to deal I have to read. Umm I will probably think of more later. ... of the Soil (in English and Norwegian: Markens grøde)
How Fiction works by James Wood (in English), non-fiction
To kill a Mockingbird (in Norwegian: Drep ikke en sangfugl)
Leaves of Grass (in Norwegian: Gresstrå), poetry
etc. etc. etc. ;-o ?? ... by Charles Dickens
4. Growth of the Soil by Knut Hamsun
5. Galapagos by Kurt Vonnegut
And I'm looking forward to To kill a Mockingbird and David Copperfield Currently reading:
"Drep ikke en sangfugl" (To kill a Mockingbird) by Harper Lee. #51 rickinrhombus - That sounds great to me! To Kill a Mockingbird is at the top of my list of favorite books. Each time I read it, I get lost in their little world. I never fail to laugh and cry my way through the book. ... - Haruki Murakami, always a favorite
Tree of Smoke - Denis Johnson, took me a while to get into but definitely worth it
To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee, yes, a first read for me and so worth the "hype" :)
Soul Thief - Charles Baxter, one I might need to reread to totally figure it out
... I went to the bookstore today and bought:
Wildwood Dancing by Juliet Marillier
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee and
Fruits Basket Vol. 15 by Natsuki Takaya
They're all books I've read before and enjoyed. I agree, To Kill a Mockingbird is not only the best T-book, but one of the best books in the entire list. I don't know of too many other dramas with such perfect characters, themes, plots and conflict.
But since it is hardly a fair contest to the other T-Books, of which many are great books, I ... ... I own a lot of the T-titles, but I haven't actually read that many of them. I guess the best of the bunch was To Kill a Mockingbird, although I read it a very long time ago. I note To Kill a Mockingbird on your list. This is my all-time favorite book...right up there with A Prayer for Owen Meany by John Irving. ... his history - Kenneth Allsop
10. Siddhartha - Hermann Hesse
11. Origin of Species - Charles Darwin
12. To Kill a Mockingbird - Harper Lee
13. The Black Swan: the Impact of the Highly Improbable
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
14. Bone: Lejos de Boneville - ... ... in the Gangster category.
Finally, the one number one that I have absolutely no beef with at all.....drumroll please.....To Kill A Mockingbird. Great book, great movie. I cried at the clips they showed, and since they only showed about 3 minutes worth and from various scenes, I think that's ... ... Every few years, I reread it just to keep it's lessons fresh.
The same year I first read The Chosen, I also read To Kill a Mockingbird, Night by Elie Weisel, The Color Purple, and All Quiet on the Western Front - All of which are staples in my library and my life. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Great question, Nickelini. The most commonly shared book in this group (after "1001" itself) is To Kill a Mockingbird. That's not to say everyone's read it, but it's also a likely candidate. ... little girl's nickmane was Scout, her real name was Jean Louise. This happens to also be my name and when I first read To Kill a Mockingbird I really identified with the tom boy that shared my real name! (But, honestly, I don't think many people know Scout's real name.)
And as for ... ... for over $100. FYI This is a YA series written in Cincinnati Ohio in the 1920's. Harper Lee mentions The Gray Ghost in To Kill a Mockingbird.
The sad thing is that so many people consider books to be little more than trash regardless of title or condition.
#18
I just finished To Kill A Mockingbird and loved it. I hope you will too. #47 I have the same problems with sarcasm.
I could not get through To Kill a Mocking Bird, maybe I'll try it again in a few years.
Who defines the classics anyways???? ... and Nine Stories by J.D. Salinger
A Room With a View by E.M. Forster
The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Animal Farm and 1984 by George Orwell
Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte
The Call of the Wild and White Fang by Jack London
#18 koalatees - I have read To Kill a Mockingbird several times. It's my favorite book of all time. I hope you enjoy it! So far this month, I have read Evolution, Me, and Other Freaks of Nature and Claws.
I plan to read To Kill a Mockingbird next. ... of course! I'm not sure y'all and fixin' would work for The Time Machine. We could record a wonderful version of To Kill a Mockingbird! I want to be Scout! :) ... books I remember reading after that were Shakespeare (because we read them out loud), The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, To Kill a Mockingbird (both of which I love), and Lord of the Flies which I hate. I managed to get through by just listening to the discussion on pretty much everything ... Having read and recorded a story for my mum, definetly pick very short chapters. to kill a mockingbird is not long, and has fairly short chapters, but each was taking 30mins+ to read out loud. The whole book - 300 pages at most was about 17hrs of speach. Reading aloud is much much slower ... It sounds similar to the cover I have for To Kill a Mockingbird but I don't think that's right... going to go do some hunting... Reave the Just after burning through to kill a mockingbird in a day.
#201 comparative re-read! wow. How do you do that? read them side by side, or finish one first and then the other or ??? To Kill a Mockingbird is read and my review joins the other 223 of this great work.
Shootingstar: how about The Alcestiad just because it's a got a strange name and isn't reviewed by anyone.
For me please choose anything not tagged unowned.
#31 - To Kill a Mockingbird tops my lists for Best Book I Was Ever Required to Read, Best Book I Read While In High School, and quite possibly Best Book I've Ever Read In My Life Thus Far. :) ... a book at lunchtime that made me tear up - I don't think many of my co-workers saw me, but it's embaressing all the same. to Kill a Mockingbird was to blame - The fire and then Mrs Dubois does it every time. ... are for non-fiction on the same subject as a novel (for instance, recommending Scottsboro Boy to people who liked To Kill a Mockingbird), and vice versa. I just can't answer that. I am pulled in too many directions. I could say To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It took me some place like Dorothy was taken to Oz. But I am seduced by some books where the authors are still alive and want to discuss them. So that is not fair. Would I still like ... The top three books for May were/are
The Septembers of Shiraz by Dalia Sofer
To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
(I am looking for any writings about her and Truman Capote)
Middlemarch by George Eliot
oops there is a 4th too I am rereading
Northanger Abbey by Jane Auste ... ...
12. Portnoy's Complaint (378)
13. The Godfather (379)
14. Myra Breckinridge (384)
15. In Cold Blood (408)
16. To Kill a Mockingbird (456)
17. Breakfast at Tiffany's (467)
18. Doctor Zhivago (486)
19. Justine (488)
20. Lolita (496)
21. The Story of O (506)
22. Lord ... reading fox, How about To Kill a Mockingbird you've rated it but it doesn't have a review.
I've reviewed my book Alias Grace. When choosing for my please pick from my upnext tag. ... YA:
Anne Shirley from Anne of Green Gables
Ananka from Kiki Strike
Kit from The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Scout from To Kill a Mockingbird
Jane Jarvis from Devilish
and
Sabriel from the Abhorsen Trilogy
Fiction:
Jane Eyre
Elizabeth Bennet from Pride and Prejudice
Thursday ... I'm going to have to add Harper Lee author of To Kill a Mockingbird. I am almost finished with the story. I have slowed down on purpose because I don't want it to end. There are very few books and only one or two other authors that have written books that I see can find homes in so many ... ...
Tamora Titus Andronicus- really interesting, yet evil!
Beatrice Much Ado About Nothing
Viola Twelth Night
Scout To Kill A Mockingbird
Jane Eyre
Sonia Crime and Punishment
Charikleia An Ethiopian Tale by Heliodorus- one of the first strong female characters in literature!
... With Dragons
11.Dragon Prince
15.Of Mice and Men
16.Anna and the King of Siam
18.A Brief History of Time
21.To Kill a Mockingbird
24.Don Quixote
28.the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbons
39.Moby Dick
43.Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee
48.A Tale of T ... ... in Cincinnati in the 1920’s, that one other person and I are the only people on LT with them listed. For any fans of To Kill a Mockingbird, The Gray Ghost is one of that series.
... so high. I count it among my VERY FAVORITE books of all time, and if I had to pick one would be looking at Middlemarch, To Kill a Mockingbird, and Pride and Prejudice. The first time I heard of Middlemarch, it was described to me as "like Jane Austen, only better." I don't know about ... #123 jlcardwell: I absolutely loved Mockingbird and have read it twice. Wouldn't mind re-rereading it, either. My 15 year old rereads it every once in a while. It's definately one of the top 50 books, I think. (at least top 100)
Today I got Glass Castle in the mail from BookMooch ... ... the World
Tyrannosaurus Sue
and 100 Great Kings, Queens, and Rulers
Plus some for bookmooch:
The Corrections
To Kill a Mockingbird
Diary of a Young Girl (Anne Frank)
and All He Ever Wanted ... of Katherine Anne Porter by Katherine Anne Porter
1965: The Keepers of the House by Shirley Ann Grau
1961: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
1942: In This Our Life by Ellen Glasgow
1939: The Yearling by Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
1937: Gone With the Wind by Marg ... To Kill A Mockingbird--not even in high school did I have to read this one. What about To Kill a Mockingbird? The prose is simple as far as I can remember and it's such a classic and lovable story. Farenheit 451 is another simple classic. Animal Farm and Anthem, too.
What about Agatha Christie mysteries? I second the Cat Who books as well.
And this may ... SqueakyChu, Mockingbird was her fav until she read Outsiders. Now, she reads it about once a week, and watches the movie at least once a week. Obsessive, much? ... kids is Charlotte's Web, the favorite of middle school kids is The Outsiders, and the favorite of high schoolers is To Kill a Mockingbird. I've read all but The Outsiders. I wanted to see what I'd been missing (...for the past 40 years or so)! :D Quickly off the top of my head --
My Friend Flicka by Mary O'Hara
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Rabble in Arms by Kenneth Roberts
The Green Hills of Earth by Robert Heinlein
Doomsday Book by Connie Willis ... think of any "worsts", offhand; guess I try to forget them as quickly as possible! But for best adaptation I would name To Kill a Mockingbird and The hunt for Red October; the latter was, to my mind, better than the book, in spite of Connery's relentless Scottish accent. I have so many favorites that the term is almost meaningless, but To Kill a Mockingbird would definitely be in the top five. Atlas Shrugged
The Brothers Karamazov
To Kill a Mockingbird
Fahrenheit 451
On the Beach
Califia's Daughters
Hondo
A Distant Music (The Tin Whistle) (The Penny Whistle) It’s one book, sold under different names.
Alice in Wonderland
The Stand
The Hornet’s Nest
Dev ... ...
The Remains of the Day
A Prayer for Owen Meany
The Deptford Trilogy
The Magus
Jude the Obscure
Life of Pi
To Kill a Mockingbird
Great Expectations
As always with these lists, the problem is what to leave out, rather than what to put in. I've limited myself to one book ... ... to attend.
Over the summer, we'll be reading Bless Me, Ultima and next spring 2009 we'll read Fahrenheit 451 and To Kill a Mockingbird. We are not serviced under the initiative being a school and not having a community organization to sponsor us. However, that doesn't mean we won't ... ... to it being my favorite, |