June Group Read: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
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1BookLizard
In anticipation of the release of Go Set a Watchman on July 14, some of us have decided to read/reread To Kill a Mockingbird. Feel free to post thoughts, comments, observations, etc. Will anyone be reading it for the first time?
I have 1 person ahead of me on the wait list at the library, so hopefully I'll have a copy soon.
I have 1 person ahead of me on the wait list at the library, so hopefully I'll have a copy soon.
2Chrischi_HH
>1 BookLizard: Thanks for the thread! :) I'll finish Three Men in a Boat first, and then it will be To Kill a Mockingbird.
3Chrischi_HH
I'll start To Kill a Mockingbird tonight. :) Will be the first time for me.
4Chrischi_HH
I've read the first 8 chapters and really like it so far.
5BookLizard
Anyone see the Final Jeopardy answer/question the other night? The category was "Novel Characters."
"This lawyer from a famed 1960 novel shares a name with an ancient Roman renowned for his wisdom."
"This lawyer from a famed 1960 novel shares a name with an ancient Roman renowned for his wisdom."
6Chrischi_HH
>5 BookLizard: I didn't, German TV probably had a different program that night. ;)
I finished the book now and liked it a lot. Much more than I expected, to be honest.
I finished the book now and liked it a lot. Much more than I expected, to be honest.
7BookLizard
6> I'm glad you liked it.
I have only a few chapters left. I can't remember how long it's been since I last read it. I was thinking it was as recently as college or grad school, but reading it this time, I'm seeing it from a whole different perspective. I think I always read it from Scout's perspective, which makes sense since she's the narrator, but this time I was seeing the events more from an adult's perspective.
It's interesting what you remember or don't remember from a book. The scene with the dog has always stuck with me, as well as the overall details of the trial. But if you had asked me who Dill was, I wouldn't have been able to tell you.
I have only a few chapters left. I can't remember how long it's been since I last read it. I was thinking it was as recently as college or grad school, but reading it this time, I'm seeing it from a whole different perspective. I think I always read it from Scout's perspective, which makes sense since she's the narrator, but this time I was seeing the events more from an adult's perspective.
It's interesting what you remember or don't remember from a book. The scene with the dog has always stuck with me, as well as the overall details of the trial. But if you had asked me who Dill was, I wouldn't have been able to tell you.
8Chrischi_HH
>7 BookLizard: I think this is one of the great things about this book: the different perspectives that make the book perfectly suitable for both young and old and allowing people to disover something new when reading the book again at a later stage. For me it was the first time, so there are no memories. But I can imagine how the perception changes and how different features of the book stay in your mind.
9BookLizard
I had a giggle near the end of the novel. Scout says something that sounds very modern, but with a different meaning of course: Hey, Boo.
