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That is one of my all-time favorite books. It’s a keeper and a re-read for me. The movie is also quite good. It’s a banned/challenged book. A friend of mine is a middle school English teacher and the teachers had to fight every year to keep it in the curriculum. They lost that battle about five or so years ago. I hope you enjoy it. Also, good tradition! I hope 2024 is full of good reads for you Jayson!

Jen wrote: "That is one of my all-time favorite books. It’s a keeper and a re-read for me. The movie is also quite good. It’s a banned/challenged book. A friend of mine is a middle school English teacher and t..."

Thanks, Jen! Glad to hear you enjoyed it so much. There's certainly a lot of controversy surrounding this book, but that's as far as I know. I've never seen the movie nor know anything about the book aside from a vague notion of what it's about. I only really chose this because it was on clearance. So, I'm going into it entirely fresh, which will surely be an interesting experience. I also got Go Set a Watchman on clearance too, so I'll probably read that one immediately after :)

Hope you enjoy it! I read it for the first time a couple of years ago and loved it.
Slow to start maybe, but quite profound and an interesting peek at american culture of the time/place (which I found intriguing simply because I'm unfamiliar with it).

SexySiren24 wrote: "Hope you enjoy it! I read it for the first time a couple of years ago and loved it.
Slow to start maybe, but quite profound and an interesting peek at american culture of the time/place (which I f..."

Thanks! Happy you have so many great things to say about it. Hopefully I'll be the same experience for me 😁👍

I recently read Mockingbird myself. My recommendation is to remember the time period it was written in. For today it may not seem all that ground breaking; but in its day it was a HUGE leap to see this kind of literature from POC point of view.
The ‘white saviour�� complex is there; but I think the overall sentiment of the book is so important and it’s okay to allow some leniency given when it was written.
After all, we can’t expect classics to be updated to today’s social standards (all we can do is acknowledge where they were incorrect at the time).

Mel (Epic Reading) wrote: "I recently read Mockingbird myself. My recommendation is to remember the time period it was written in. For today it may not seem all that ground breaking; but in its day it was a HUGE leap to see ..."

Thanks, Mel! I'm usually very good about keeping a level head against retrospective moralizing, but it's always helpful to have a reminder :)

My only real concern about reading older books is that they might feel dated and the language might take some getting used to. Honestly, I've had a bit of a slow start getting into this one, but I expect to find a groove once I get a handle on the style and get deeper into the story.

It's one of the few classics I really enjoyed reading. I'm very curious to hear your thoughts on it because it tackles a lot of issues of the time it was written in.

It was required reading when I was in High School. That was a bit ago 😆

Virginia Ronan wrote: "It's one of the few classics I really enjoyed reading. I'm very curious to hear your thoughts on it because it tackles a lot of issues of the time it was written in."

Glad to hear you enjoyed it, Virginia! I've only just started, but it's definitely an interesting read so far. I think I'll post some initial thoughts about it in a few hours :)

Janett wrote: "It was required reading when I was in High School. That was a bit ago 😆"

Hmm... for me, required reading in high school was Of Mice and Men and MacBeth, I can't remember any others if there were 😅

Jayson wrote: "Hmm... for me, required reading in high school was Of Mice and Men and MacBeth, I can't remember any others ..."

Those were on the list as well! Others I remember were ��1984��, “Animal Farm��, “The Great Gatsby�� and “In Cold Blood��
Geez! Thinking about it now, we had A LOT of required reading!

I think you will like “To Kill a Mockingbird��.

My classic read for 2024 is “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn��.
Don’t know what to expect but I’ve heard it’s really good!

Janett wrote: "Those were on the list as well! Others I remember were ��1984��, “Animal Farm��, “The Great Gatsby�� and “In Cold Blood��
Geez! Thinking about it now, we had A LOT of required reading!"

Yeah, I guess my high school must not have been big on reading Lol

I suppose we focused more short stories and poetry 😅

Janett wrote: "I think you will like “To Kill a Mockingbird��.

My classic read for 2024 is “A Tree Grows in Brooklyn��.
Don’t know what to expect but I’ve heard it’s really good!"

Thanks, I'm enjoying it so far.

I've never heard of A Tree Grows in Brooklyn. Hope you have a good time with it 😁👍

Janett wrote: "Jayson wrote: "Hmm... for me, required reading in high school was Of Mice and Men and MacBeth, I can't remember any others ..."

Those were on the list as well! Others I remember were ��1984��, “Anim..."

It's always interesting how other countries have other classics. Like in my country we had to read Shakespeare, Zweig, Dürrenmatt, Kafka, Nestroy, etc. I read most of the books you mentioned when I was out of school already. *lol*

My classic for the year is "Wuthering Heights". Very curious if I'll enjoy it. XD

I hope you like it. It's one of my favorite books of all time.

Virginia Ronan wrote: "It's always interesting how other countries have other classics. Like in my country we had to read Shakespeare, Zweig, Dürrenmatt, Kafka, Nestroy, etc. I read most of the books you mentioned when I was out of school already. *lol*"

I did a lot more reading in college. I took a course in my first year that was all novels and plays. In terms of German-language authors, I read Bertolt Brecht's Galileo and Franz Kafka's Metamorphosis.

Virginia Ronan wrote: "My classic for the year is "Wuthering Heights". Very curious if I'll enjoy it. XD"

Wishing you luck on that, Virginia! I've only read one novel from the Bronte sisters, Jane Eyre, actually in that same first-year literature class I mentioned.

The Bibliophile Doctor wrote: "I hope you like it. It's one of my favorite books of all time."

Thank you very much! Happy to hear it's an all-timer for you 😁👍

Virginia Ronan wrote: "It's always interesting how other countries have other classics. Like in my country we had to read Shakespeare, Zweig, Dürrenmatt, Kafka, Nestroy, etc. I read most of the books you mentioned when I was out of school already. *lol*

My classic for the year is "Wuthering Heights". Very curious if I'll enjoy it. XD ."

Ohhh, “Wuthering Heights�� is one I haven’t read but need to read!
I heard it’s a fantastic story! I’ll be curious to see what you think, V!

It’s interesting to see your list of required readings!
I think no matter what country, we’re all doomed to read Shakespeare 😆😆😆

Janett wrote: "It’s interesting to see your list of required readings!
I think no matter what country, we’re all doomed to read Shakespeare 😆😆😆"

Yes, I had to read The Tempest as well in college. I guess theatre's really gone downhill since the Renaissance, you'd think there'd be some acceptable alternatives along the way 😅

Excellent choice i'd say!
Good luck reading and Happy New Year!

Makrand wrote: "Excellent choice i'd say!
Good luck reading and Happy New Year!"

Thank you very much, Makrand! Happy New Year to you too 😁👍