Comments on: A Heroine At Fifty – To Kill A Mockingbird

By: Laurel Kallenbach

Laurel Kallenbach — Wed, 07 Jul 2010 15:56:01 +0000

I did read To Kill a Mockingbird in 11th grade English, and it ranks as my favorite book ever–and a life changer! I’ve re-read the book several times, including about a year and a half ago. To Kill a Mockingbird is an inspiration to me as I work on my first novel, which deals with young girls growing up amid racial tension in Kentucky in the 1970s.

By: JaneGS

JaneGS — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 19:42:46 +0000

TKAM wasn’t on my high school reading list either, but I read it because I felt I should when I was in college and, of course, loved it. My husband read it for the first time this summer after the last of our three kids read it in high school this year. He loved it too. A truly remarkable book.

>I try to remind myself that as much as I’d like to sit on a porch with Harper Lee, that’s a privilege it’s her right to withhold.

It is her right to maintain her privacy–I think her book says what she wanted said.

By: Lua

Lua — Mon, 21 Jun 2010 07:11:51 +0000

I’m so glad you can’t see the color of my cheeks right now!! It’s been on my ‘to be read’ list forever- but after your post, I think it just got a spot at #1!

By: mari

mari — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 20:12:18 +0000

I didn’t read Mockingbird until I was a few years out of college. And I remember feeling almost angry that it wasn’t on the required reading list during high school (we had to read a list over summer break, then take an exam the second day after a new school year started). And I have to agree with Heidi; I think the film is one of those rare gems that adapted the novel so well. We went to a screening here in LA a few years ago of the film where Brock Peters appeared, not long before he passed away.

By: Heidi

Heidi — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:19:40 +0000

And, although I do love the book just that teensy bit more, I’m not sure there has ever been a better translation of a book into film than the version with Gregory Peck. It is absolutely perfect.

By: Erin Blakemore

Erin Blakemore — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:02:09 +0000

I can’t wait to see what you think of it on a reread, Katie…I wonder what it would have been like if I had read it as a kid!

By: Katie @ cakes, tea and dreams

Katie @ cakes, tea and dreams — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:01:18 +0000

I need to reread this…haven’t read it since ninth grade. I love that you love Scout, and Harper Lee, and this story. I do too.