The Content Reader

Another book blog I read recently, related that the person having read this book did not know what to say about it. She/he had to think the book over before writing a review. I agree totally. It is always difficult to read a modern classic, and especially one that has received such raving reviews as this one.  A prize winner, a once in a life-time book, etc, etc. Can it live up to your expectations? Well, it did. That does not mean that it is easy to review it. It is not at all what I expected, but it is a wonderful book. Written from the view of Scout,  her brother Jem and friend Dill. The story relates three years of their life, and what is happening in their small, southern town in Alabama. The father Atticus Finch, is a lawyer and a widower. He is given a case where a black person is accused of raping and violated a white girl. This is no easy thing in the south in the 1930s. The trial takes up a large part of the story, although not always in the court room. It linger...

I am now reading so many different books, that I never end any of them. I am quite frustrated about it, especially since I don't have so much time to read for the time being! So what do I do? I go to the public library in another errand, and come out with two books!! Grrr, especially since they are on loan for a limited time, I have to abandon the others to finish these two off. Nobody but myself to blame. They are classics and have been on my reading list for quite some time, so I felt that I had to grab the opportunity. It is To Kill a Mockingbird  by Harper Lee and Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov. Looking forward reading both of them and hope to publish reviews soon. Furthermore, I am reading a book to review for Endeavour Press, Path to the Silent Country: Charlotte Brontë's years of fame  by Lynn Reid Banks. It is a continuation of The Dark Quartet: the story of the Brontës which I reviewed here . It was an excellent read, so looking forward to this one. Yes, I have starte...