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I have to buy the book. I saw it few days ago in the bookstore. I am in a financial crisis but still I have to buy it.(My mom constantly says me that one day I will end up eating my books) :D
Lorena wrote: "I have to buy the book. I saw it few days ago in the bookstore. I am in a financial crisis but still I have to buy it.(My mom constantly says me that one day I will end up eating my books) :D"
lol on the bold! ~~~
Does the library where you are, or at school, have very many English language books? (I'm guessing probably not, huh?)
I currently live in Croatia so the situation is almost the same with back home. And yes, exactly, there is just one sector with books in English. I ordered most of those books in Amazon through that bookstore. At the faculty there are business and politics books only. Because I study in a private American university so they have to provide us those books.
The city library has mostly books in Croatian. (It would be different if I would live in the capital city though). :)
ahh, I had a feeling. Too bad! Save some money to eat tho! :p(lol)
Haha, I will try to avoid walking near the bookstore :DI will choose to walk near the groceries or bakeries :D
Read the book and saw the movie. Loved them both!
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I watching the movie today with my son an some homeschool friends for their Literature class. Finished the book about 2 weeks ago. I am anticipating it being pretty true to the book. If you have a successful book, why would you change the movie?
Well, sitting here thinking about what I just said and realized how stupid it was. LOL. They do it all the time...change a successful book into a blah movie.
Mockingbird was chosen from monthly nominations as our May Contemporary Classic Group Read. I hope you will join the book discussion conversations! Please take care to limit SPOILERS to appropriate threads, so so as to not to give away any plot points prematurely! :)
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For discussions that don't include plot spoilers, here is the link to the Non-Spoiler thread.
For discussions limited to Part One of the book ONLY, here is the link to the Mockingbird Discussion, Part One ONLY - Spoilers!.
For the thread open to full discussions about the book, here is the link to the Part Two/Book as a Whole - Spoilers!.
Thankyou! Happy Reading :D
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Link to nominating thread - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...
Link to poll - https://www.goodreads.com/poll/show/9...
Link to the folder for Mockingbird discussions - https://www.goodreads.com/topic/group...
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This thread is for the film adaptation of this book. If you've seen the movie, and/or would like to discuss it, please post away! :)
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This is one of the few really good film adaptations.
Kirsten wrote: "This is one of the few really good film adaptations."I'm going to borrow it from my library, after I read the book.
I just requested a hold on this, at my library. I thought I'd wait until I listened to the audio book first (I borrowed the book, and the audio book from he library, but didn't pair them), but I don't think I'd rather wait :D. I really want to see the movie now that I've finally read the book!
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I have probably seen the movie because it sounds and looks familiar and I haven't read the book. I usually like the movies of that era and it wasn't an exception.MK wrote: "I just requested a hold on this, at my library."
How does that work? We can reserve them if all are on loan but I don't think we can ask "a hold".
Bob wrote: "I remember hearing that Sissy Spacek narrated an audio version of this book. Most comments indicated that it was very good. Hope you get that version."Yes, that's the audiobook version I borrowed from my library. Going to listen while I work later next week, I hope. Since I just read it, I'm hoping I will be able to just follow with my ears. I have a hard time following listening, if I can't also read :p. I returned the book tonight, so I won't have a choice (heh)
Here are the details:
Authors:Lee, Harper
Title: To kill a mockingbird
[sound recording]
Publisher:Prince Frederick, Md. :, Recorded Books,, p2006
Characteristics: 11 sound discs (12 hrs., 30 min.) :,digital ;,4 3/4 in
Summary:Scout Finch, daughter of the town lawyer Atticus, has just started school; but her carefree days come to an end when a black man in town is accused of raping a white woman, and her father is the only man willing to defend him.
Additional Contributors:Spacek, Sissy - Narrator
ISBN:1428113517
- See more at: http://portlandlibrary.bibliocommons....
Tytti wrote: "How does that work? We can reserve them if all are on loan but I don't think we can ask "a hold". "Yes, that is all it is, is asking to reserve it. At my library, we call that 'placing a on hold' on the title, or 'putting a hold on it'.
The library staff pulls them from the shelf, and puts them behind the counter, with your name on it, when they're returned, on the 'holds' shelf. If they're checked out, you can join the waiting list, or the 'holds' list.
MK wrote: "I just requested a hold on this, at my library. I thought I'd wait until I listened to the audio book first (I borrowed the book, and the audio book from he library, but didn't pair them), but I do..."I just returned home with the movie :D. Going to watch it, while my husband whatches Bruins playoffs *grin*
MK wrote: "If they're checked out, you can join the waiting list, or the 'holds' list."That's what I meant by reserving. And actually it is possible to put books on hold, I've just never heard of anyone doing that...
Tytti wrote: "That's what I meant by reserving. And actually it is possible to put books on hold, I've just never heard of..."Do the phrases have different meanings there? Or do.you mean that you just never heard someone use the phrase 'place a hold'?
I am watching the movie - Dill's aunt is Miss Stephanie! There is no Miss Rachel at all.
MK wrote: "Do the phrases have different meanings there? Or do.you mean that you just never heard someone use the phrase 'place a hold'?"We just use one word for both (direct translation is reserving). AFAIK there is no phrase for "placing a hold" and it's probably not that common to do it.
Must be an idiom, I guess
Here, I got you the explaining page :D. We don't use the term 'reserving' at all, even though that's what it is. I would reserve a table at a restaurant, a hotel room, or a car rental, though. But a book is a hold :-p. Link -http://help.bibliocommons.com/005borr...
Gregory Peck is amazing, but the book is way better
"The End". Very good (the movie). Not fabulous tho (as the book.is :-) ). Saving the DVD extras for tomorrow, or later in the week (have to return movie to the latest Barry in a week).
Here's a long-ish, but pretty interesting article about the film. It does talk about the book, and its influences too, but it is primarily about the film.Excerpt:
THE HISTORICAL ACCURACY IN TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD (1962)
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To Kill a Mockingbird makes a blatant statement about the currents events that had recently occurred and were continuing to occur in the country. The character of Atticus Finch is a representation of the beliefs that many white Americans needed to strive for in the South. Many critics have equated Atticus to “the Abe Lincoln of Alabama. ” Atticus believed Tom Robinson, and disbelieved Mayella Ewell, a white woman. This was a bold statement not only in the 1930s Alabama, but also in the 1960s. Social norms always accepted a white woman’s word as truth, and a black man’s word as mistrustful . Mulligan was showing that justice should not be determined by a person’s race, but by the actual facts surrounding an event. The audience that first saw this film would have understood the implications presented in the film.
The film centers on the trial scene in which Atticus gives a strong lesson of not only justice, but also what constitutes humanity. The focus of the movie is on right and wrong. Mulligan was making a deliberate statement. By placing the events in the 1930s, To Kill a Mockingbird is set in time when the beliefs of men ruled their actions in defiance of the laws they professed they believed. African Americans had very few rights, and the novel and film were purposefully set before desegregation and the civil rights movement. The film seeks to show that the Supreme Court should not be needed to prove that a person of a different race is not better or worse than a person of another race.
more at link - http://fan.tcm.com/_The-Historical-Ac...
My library has a related film in their collection, called Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' . It looks pretty interesting. I put a hold request on it, in my library's reservation system. It is 'in transit' from the main branch.I'm currently watching the extras on the 1962 film. There's an extended interview with Gregory Peck, and some of his family members (more of a biopic than an interview, really) that's fairly interesting.
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Related movie:
Hey, Boo: Harper Lee and 'To Kill a Mockingbird' (2010)
82 min - Documentary | Biography | History - 13 May 2011 (USA)
7.2 Your rating: -/10 Ratings: 7.2/10 from 218 users Metascore: 64/100
Reviews: 2 user | 16 critic | 13 from Metacritic.com
It is our national novel. Reading to Kill a Mockingbird is something we all have in common. Harper Lee's first and only novel turns 50 this summer and the author hasn't given an interview ... See full summary »
Director: Mary McDonagh Murphy
Writer: Mary McDonagh Murphy
Stars: Mary Badham, Jane Beasley, Rick Bragg |
source - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1638979/?...
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Description from my library:
Title: Hey, Boo
Harper Lee & To kill a mockingbird
[videorecording]
Publisher:[United States] : First Run Features, [2011]
Characteristics: 1 videodisc (82 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Notes:Originally produced as a motion picture in 2010
Summary:Fifty years after winning the Pulitzer Prize, To Kill a Mockingbird remains a beloved best seller and quite possibly the most influential American novel of the 20th century. Mary McDonagh Murphy's Hey, Boo explores the To Kill a Mockingbird phenomenon and unravels some of the mysteries surrounding Harper Lee, including why she never published again. It also brings to light the context and history of the novel's Deep South setting and the social changes it inspired after publication.
Additional Contributors:Brokaw, Tom
Winfrey, Oprah
Lee, Harper
Murphy, Mary McDonagh
First-Run Features (Firm)
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The biography/documentary/history film, Hey, Boo is incredibly good. I got halfway in, and realized that all these authors, with their most famous book title next to their name, who keep flashing by on the screen, as each talks about the book, or the author, or racism, or the South, or the civil rights movement, etc, is a wonderful reading list resource! So, I'm rewinding, and going back thru and making sure I add those titles to my pile here on gr :D.
I watched the movie last night and it was wonderful. In fact, I am really starting to like "old" movies. I have to admit I never watched movies in black and white, or at least ALMOST never. And recently I have seen both Lolita and To Kill a Mockingbird and now I just want to see more! :DI don't know why I like them all of a sudden. Because these two were wonderful books, probably, but I used to find old movies annoying and overly dramatic. And now I just find them really fun to watch. So I'll do that a little more often now, I think. It's so fun to discover something that you thought you wouldn't like!
Kim wrote: "In fact, I am really starting to like "old" movies. I have to admit I never watched movies in black and white, or at least ALMOST never. And rec..."I have watched a lot of old movies as a kid and a teenager. Probably almost all the most famous/popular ones. If they showed a couple of movies per week, you'd better wathched them if you wanted to watch movies.
twice, once in 1962,and again in 2002*.Anyone seen either of them? Love it? Hate it? Faithful to the book? Out on it's own, doing it's own thing? :D Tell us your opinion! :)
To Kill a Mockingbird (1962)
129 min - Crime | Drama | Mystery - 16 March 1963 (USA)
Ratings: 8.4/10 from 156,296 users
Reviews: 407 user | 112 critic
Atticus Finch, a lawyer in the Depression-era South, defends a black man against an undeserved rape charge, and his kids against prejudice.
Director: Robert Mulligan
Writers: Harper Lee (based on her novel "To Kill a Mockingbird"), Horton Foote (screenplay)
Stars: Gregory Peck, John Megna, Frank Overton |
source: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056592/?...
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(* edit: just once! the other film isn't the book ;-) )