Cannonball Read 18

Sticking It to Cancer One Book at a Time


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a classic revisited

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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CBR Bingo: Summer, because this book is all about the summer Dill came There was a time when I read this book pretty consistently, in bits and pieces or all at once (hi, my name is Mythili and I am a compulsive re-reader). It was also almost always the same copy, the lavender colored cover softback that we all bought when we read TKAM in 8th grade. Something about the cadence of the plot, the beats, the call backs, the overall arc, the gentle humor–it’s […]

“I think there is just one kind of folks. Folks.”

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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People generally see what they look for and hear what they listen for- Atticus This is one of those books that I read at least once a year, and each time I find something new to appreciate in it. It also has the rare distinction of having one of the best and most accurate cinematic adaptions to date. (Seriously, To Kill A Mockingbird and Hogfather are the two off the top of my head you can say that of). My mother lent me her copy […]

Hey, Boo

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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CBR16 BINGO: Bananas, because this is a frequently banned or challenged book, and banning books is bananas. I have different reasons for re-reading certain novels. Sometimes I re-read a favorite book simply because I know it will make me happy. Sometimes I want visit with characters who feel like old friends. And sometimes it’s purely practical, like when I need clarity before continuing a series. With a novel like To Kill a Mockingbird, which many of us read in high school, a re-read is a […]

Compassion

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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All I could tell you about this book prior to having read it was that it was about racial justice, and was written from the perspective of a girl whose father, Atticus Finch, is one of the most beloved characters in American literature. I’ve seen the movie. Watched it in college some twenty years ago. And while I remember loving the movie, I don’t remember much about it beyond that. Unsurprisingly, the book is pretty damn good. As is the case with many of the […]

Not only it a sin to kill a Mockingbird, it would be a sin to miss this!

To Kill a Mockingbird: Graphic Novel by Fred Fordham

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#crb11bing #BackToSchool Unpopular opinion here: I have never really been a fan of To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. I appreciated it, but feel we are made to read “the classics” too soon. But then again, even high school could be too soon for the reader who is a reader, but not necessarily a sophisticated reader. We know the story of To Kill a Mockingbird; therefore, I will not go into the plot. I will say that it was like reading it for the […]

No less powerful when reading it 25 year later…

To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee

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CBR11 Bingo: Banned Books   In trying to decide what to read for the Banned Book square, I considered several options, but landed on re-reading this classic. The first time I read To Kill A Mockingbird was in my Grade 10 English class. I remember being shocked as an adult to hear that it was so often protested, because it was just accepted as a classic in my classroom twenty-five-ish years ago. Maybe a difference between where Canadians and Americans draw their lines in the literary sand? […]



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