Category: Harper Lee
Posted on July 17, 2015
by Adam Burgess
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Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee Final Verdict: 3.75 out of 4.0 For a long time, Scout (Jean Louise) Finch of To Kill a Mockingbird reminded me of Huckleberry Finn. Just a kid from the American south, smart but crass, and willing to… Continue Reading “Thoughts: Go Set a Watchman by Harper Lee”
Posted on August 4, 2013
by Adam Burgess
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Final Verdict: 4.0 out of 4.0 YTD: 46 Harper Lee’s noted –and only- work, To Kill a Mockingbird, has become a classic piece of literature and a staple of American culture and southern history. The narrator and… Continue Reading “Thoughts: To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee”
Category: 1001 Books, American Lit, Book Review, Classics, Coming-of-Age, Courtroom Drama, Events, Fiction, Harper Lee, Historical Fiction, MockingbirdReads, Read-Alongs, Social Drama, Southern Lit
Posted on July 19, 2013
by Adam Burgess
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Hi, Everyone! This is the first check-in post for our read-along of Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird. In this post, we cover chapters 1-11 (or “Part One” of the book). Check-in #2 will cover chapters 12-21 and will go live on Thurs., July… Continue Reading “TKAM Read-Along: Part 1 (Ch. 1-11) (#MockingbirdReads)”
Posted on June 28, 2013
by Adam Burgess
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So, dear readers, I have this a nasty habit of obsessing over “best of” lists, when it comes to books. Best of a certain genre; best of a certain country; best of a certain time period; best for a certain type of reader. Whatever.… Continue Reading “Read-along: To Kill a Mockingbird (July 15 – Aug 1)”
Posted on January 10, 2010
by Adam Burgess
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To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Great. Book. The Stolen Child by Keith Donahue This book took me forever to read. It was just… a lot more boring than it should have been, considering the very interesting subject matter and plot. I think… Continue Reading “Reviews: The Earlies Part 3”
Category: Bart Yates, Chuck Palahniuk, Dennis Cooper, Fiction, Gay Lit, Harper Lee, Jack London, Jim Grimsley, Keith Donahue, Lydia Child, Native American
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