Comments on: To Kill A Mockingbird – Book Review

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 18:09:15 +0000

I think everyone one should read this book, regardless of their values and beliefs. It is so compelling, designed to get people to think and act – not to live life submissively but to become more assertive to stand up for what a person believed in.
The story creates such emotion that is so gripping!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 14:13:40 +0000

Wow, Matt – thanks for the recommendations and background! I have put these books on my wish list

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 01:45:26 +0000

Truman and Nelle (what Harper Lee's friends in Monroeville call her) spent several years growing up next door to each other, just off the town square. Truman's mother, Lillie Mae, had divorced his father (Arch Persons; Persons was Capote's birth name) and remarried a man named Joe Capote. She left Truman with some elderly cousins in Monroeville for several years, and his life there was the basis for parts of many of his novels, including Other Voices, Other Rooms and The Grass Harp. I lived and worked at the museum there for two years, and had the opportunity to see her out and about a few times. I also have a letter from her that's one of my prized possessions. If you're interested in learning more about her childhood and friendship with Capote, let me recommend either Gerald Clarke's great biography, Capote, and George Plimpton's biography, Truman Capote: In Which Various Friends, Enemies, and Detractors Recall His Turbulent Career. The title of the second is a mouthfull, but it's one of which I'm particularly proud since I was privileged to be both a research assistant and contributor to that book. Sorry -- this is a perfect example of TMI!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 16:23:42 +0000

I listened to the audiobook this summer. Sissy Spacek was the perfect narrator – the soft, slight Southern accent and the slower pacing of her narration made all the difference to this New Yorker. I would have rushed through the book! Instead, I was drawn into its real pacing.
Amazing book. I shall read it over and over!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 20:22:29 +0000

I will be reading this book after my current read. Having read your review, I can’t wait to get started!
Diane

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 23 Mar 2007 16:28:58 +0000

You make me want to read this one again. It’s been too long since I last picked it up. It’s a powerful story.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 15:41:31 +0000

Thanks for your kind words! Glad to have you here

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 07:15:44 +0000

One of my all-time favorites as well. Such wonderful writing and such a gripping story!
I’m so glad I’ve discovered your blog.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:48:47 +0000

That was not “anonymous” … it was ME!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 22 Mar 2007 03:48:09 +0000

Michelle – what a wonderful thought…wouldn’t it be GREAT if another novel of hers materialized!?!
Cheryl – definitely a keeper!