April 2016-To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

[Andrea]

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.

Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior—to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into forty languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.

So tell us:

Do you love it? Why?
Do you hate it? Why?
Recommend it? Why?
Rating? Why?
Who do you love? Who do you hate?

[Roxanne]

I actually just re-read this the other day, I thought it was okay. I was not ever one of the people that just loved this book. It just didn't hit the same way as others.

[Andrea]

I have to admit. I live in Alabama. The same state that Harper Lee lived in. I'm sure this book is also set in Alabama. And I have NEVER read this.

[Roxanne]

Andrea wrote: "I have to admit. I live in Alabama. The same state that Harper Lee lived in. I'm sure this book is also set in Alabama. And I have NEVER read this."

I think it is set in Alabama, lol i have read it twice and can't tell you for sure.

[Andrea]

LoL. I have never read it. I should read it.

[Roxanne]

You may like it. A lot of people do.

[Megan]

This was never a classic I really liked. :/

[R.J.]

I've never read the book, but I love the movie with Gregory Peck...I actually bought a special edition at Costco! I love it, I can't help it. I don't know if it's a lot like the book or not...