To kill a mockingbird

I love buying books, and I am the ashamed owner of a bookshelf filled with yet to be read books that I once thought were amazing but then never got around to actually reading. Today I bought To kill a mockingbird by Harper Lee and I figure if this is not a book I’ll dive into right away, then I’m a lost cause anyway.

This book, of course, is one that everybody has at least heard of once before - although I’m not sure whether it is actually that famous in Germany. We didn’t even mention this in my high school English class and it hasn’t been until recently half a year ago that I became interested in reading classics outside of academic schedules. To kill a mockingbird is a Pulitzer Price winner (always a good sign), it’s been sold over 30 million times (wait. WHAT.) and apparently a handful of critics ranked its importance as higher than reading the Bible. Which, duh, why would I read the Bible? (Which is a whole different issue, and any sane person won’t get into arguing about it.)

My favorite short quote from the novel already: Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.

I found this particular edition of the book especially pretty (although as I have come to understand, there have been other maybe even prettier ones) and so I just went for it. I pick my book purchases by whether I can deal with the cover design; it’s sad and it screams stupidity but THAT’S HOW I ROLL. Blame Helga.

This may be one of the entries with the most cross-references to past entries which, I guess, means that I’m out of things to say. I gotta get to finish some reading for uni and clean up this place, anyway.

MAJOR CHRISTMAS DECORATION POST COMING UP LATER TODAY.