My Reading Experiment (Book #12) - Go Set a Watchman
Target: 100 books
Current: 12 books
Alright. It's time now for a dose of truth. I won't be reading one hundred books this year. Even fifty would be a mini miracle. That said, however, thanks to this challenge, save a month in between when my parents were visiting, I've almost always had a book open that I was in the midst of. And I've been reading a varied bunch of books. And without getting tired of reading. And without ignoring the rest of my life, or the people in it. So forgive me if I still manage to sound a little vain. I will agree with you, however, that my project estimation skills definitely need some oiling.
#12
Go Set a Watchman
- Harper Lee
Liked it, Fiction,
(Potential spoilers ahead)
The much belated sequel (in a way prequel) to Mockingbird.
The release of this book was an eagerly awaited literary event. A few days before it went on sale, the first chapter was made available for free on the Internet. Of course I had to read it, and get to know that Jem was no longer alive, and that Scout was her own woman now, contemplating love and marriage. She was visiting Maycomb to spend some time with Atticus who was now riddled with arthritis. No Boo Radley. I knew right away that this book was not going to be like Mockingbird.
There was just no escaping the reviews! Everywhere, online, and at work, people were talking about how shocked they were that Atticus turned out to be this way! So much for spoiler alerts.
I bought the Kindle version. Contrary to what a lot of people said, I enjoyed the book a lot. I think too many people might have dwelt on the unintended message. Sure, my heart broke a wee bit when Atticus turned out to be that way, but that is not, in my opinion, what the book is about. Instead, it is about something that we ourselves have experienced in our lives, at one point or another, and to varying degrees - What do we do when the people we look up to do the thing we would never expect of them? That was the book I read. Everything else was incidental, in the background, and leading up to this. Truth be told, I think I loved Scout and Atticus a little more after this book.
Current: 12 books
Alright. It's time now for a dose of truth. I won't be reading one hundred books this year. Even fifty would be a mini miracle. That said, however, thanks to this challenge, save a month in between when my parents were visiting, I've almost always had a book open that I was in the midst of. And I've been reading a varied bunch of books. And without getting tired of reading. And without ignoring the rest of my life, or the people in it. So forgive me if I still manage to sound a little vain. I will agree with you, however, that my project estimation skills definitely need some oiling.
#12
Go Set a Watchman
- Harper Lee
Liked it, Fiction,
(Potential spoilers ahead)
The much belated sequel (in a way prequel) to Mockingbird.
The release of this book was an eagerly awaited literary event. A few days before it went on sale, the first chapter was made available for free on the Internet. Of course I had to read it, and get to know that Jem was no longer alive, and that Scout was her own woman now, contemplating love and marriage. She was visiting Maycomb to spend some time with Atticus who was now riddled with arthritis. No Boo Radley. I knew right away that this book was not going to be like Mockingbird.
There was just no escaping the reviews! Everywhere, online, and at work, people were talking about how shocked they were that Atticus turned out to be this way! So much for spoiler alerts.
I bought the Kindle version. Contrary to what a lot of people said, I enjoyed the book a lot. I think too many people might have dwelt on the unintended message. Sure, my heart broke a wee bit when Atticus turned out to be that way, but that is not, in my opinion, what the book is about. Instead, it is about something that we ourselves have experienced in our lives, at one point or another, and to varying degrees - What do we do when the people we look up to do the thing we would never expect of them? That was the book I read. Everything else was incidental, in the background, and leading up to this. Truth be told, I think I loved Scout and Atticus a little more after this book.
"There was no point in saying any of this because I know you won't give an inch and you never will. You've cheated me in a way that's inexpressible, but don't let it worry you, because the joke is entirely on me. You're the only person I think I've ever fully trusted and now I'm done for."
"I've killed you, Scout. I had to."
"I've killed you, Scout. I had to."
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