This year marks the 50th anniversary of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. It is one of my favorite books of all time, illustrating the period prior to the Civil Rights era, a sad time in Southern history. Lee's work is a progressive piece of literature for its time -- promoting equality, humility, and human kindness.
If you have never read the book, go get it now. No education is complete without reading To Kill a Mockingbird.
Currently, I am reading another book set in the time of the Civil Rights era, and it is remarkable. Rarely do I suggest a book that I have yet to complete, but The Help by Kathryn Stockett is fantastic. Hopefully, I will finish it tonight.
Staying up until nearly midnight again last night reading, it is literally one that you can't put down.
Tuesday, May 11, 2010
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mmm...Mockingbird may or may not have been the only book I was assigned in high school that I actually read. Loved it! It deserves another read though...maybe this summer.
I've heard good things about The Help.
Thanks for the suggestions.
Actually, the book was published July 11, 1960 -- so you've got a couple months to go yet. But still, it's a great and enduring book!
Thanks Michael...I made the correction.
mommy,
said not to kill mockingbirds cause they the state bird.
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