What are you reading?
#12
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Join Date: Dec 2009
Location: Duncan, SC, 29334 USA
Posts: 4,580
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*** I am reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
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*** I never had to read it in school - it came out in 1962 - it is considered a classic.
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*** The people in her home tpown to a play yearly and it is required reading there and most Southern towns.
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*** They are finally releasing the one she wrote before that one and
*** it has a lot of controversy and I wanted to see why.
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*** It even had a newspaper story in Canada when I was there in July.
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*** Now need to buy the other one.
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*** I am reading "To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee.
***
*** I never had to read it in school - it came out in 1962 - it is considered a classic.
***
*** The people in her home tpown to a play yearly and it is required reading there and most Southern towns.
***
*** They are finally releasing the one she wrote before that one and
*** it has a lot of controversy and I wanted to see why.
***
*** It even had a newspaper story in Canada when I was there in July.
***
*** Now need to buy the other one.
***
#13
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Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Southern USA
Posts: 16,023
Just finished The Bees by Laline Paull. Loved it.
My favorite have to read books of all time in no order:
1. The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck
2. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
3. The Egg and I by Betty McDonald
4. The Camerons Robert Crichton
5. The ladies of Missalonghi by Colleen Mccullough
I have hundreds but this is a great start.
My favorite have to read books of all time in no order:
1. The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck
2. The Jungle by Upton Sinclair
3. The Egg and I by Betty McDonald
4. The Camerons Robert Crichton
5. The ladies of Missalonghi by Colleen Mccullough
I have hundreds but this is a great start.
#15
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Join Date: Jul 2015
Posts: 594
My book discussion group is doing both of Harper Lee's books for our September meeting. I re-read "mockingbird" and just finished "Go Set A Watchman" yesterday. It was strange. My personal opinion was that the quirkiness of Scout as a child did not translate well as a grown-up. It was hard for me to keep remembering that the second book was written before the first. And if I remember correctly, the man was found guilty in "Mockingbird" but in "Watchman" she remembers him being acquitted, and what a big deal it was that Atticus actually won, defending a black man in those times. But I do encourage you to read it. It is certainly a statement for the 60's and today.
#18
I have been reading some of "The Vampire Files" books by P. N. Elrod. I am also reading "The Unlikely Spy" by Daniel Silva. I read the first Outlander book, but had trouble getting into the second one.
I also just finished a couple of short story compilations that were pretty good. It seems like depending on the day, I can spend more time reading or more time quilting and then throw in reading emails.
I also just finished a couple of short story compilations that were pretty good. It seems like depending on the day, I can spend more time reading or more time quilting and then throw in reading emails.
#20
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Join Date: Jul 2010
Posts: 673
big fan of john sandford's "prey" series set in minnesota--earliest part of the series is the better part (most of it is in the twin cities area. every car chase takes place on streets i know). now reading william kent krueger's minnesota "cork o'conner" series. they take place in the northern part of the state, in mining/BWCA country. enjoying them a lot--not as harsh as sanford's settings. patricia cornwell's series, also--i guess i'm stuck on police procedurals, coroner's investigations, etc. married to a deputy for too many years, and i spent too many years giving anesthesia to ever really leave it all behind...
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