Reading with Tequila (Free subscription) | yesterday
Every week we'll post about what books we have received that week (via your mailbox/library/store bought)! Created by The Story Siren ! For Review (4) Life After 187 by Wade J. Halverson The Secret of Joy by Melissa Senate (blog tour) What Your Mother Never Told You: A Survival Guide for Teenage Girls by Richard M. Dudum 600 Hours of Edward by Craig Lancaster Library (5) The Red Badge of Courage by...
Quillblog (Free subscription) | 05/11/2009
In the past year or so, a handful of parental complaints have resulted in books such as Philip Pullman’s The Golden Compass and Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird being banned in several Toronto-area schools. In an effort to avoid such controversies in the future, the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, which comprises schools in [...]
Beattie's Book Blog (Free subscription) | 03/11/2009
A Southern Mirrored Window by Motoko Rich Published, New York Times: November 2, 2009 “ The Help ,” a novel about the relationships between African-American maids and their white employers in 1960s Mississippi, has the classic elements of a crowd pleaser: it features several feisty women enmeshed in a page-turning plot, clear villains and a bit of a history lesson. Kathryn Stockett, author...
Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 02/11/2009
I sat through a play last Tuesday night which was based on Harper Lee’s classic book, “To Kill a Mockingbird.” It was an admirable production presented by the Montana Repertory Theater as part of the wonderful series of performances brought to the community by the Arts Association of East Alabama.
Sebastian (Free subscription) | 26/10/2009
“Until I feared I would lose it, I never loved to read. One does not love breathing.” Scout Finch in To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee Gods, this is going to be a sappy one… It’s the kind of sentence that comes right out of left field, right from the author rather than the character. Lulled into a false [...] Related posts: I don’t talk about it often… but I...
Scotsman.com (Free subscription) | 24/10/2009
Born: 4 February, 1935, in Cincinnati. Died: 14 October, 2009, in North Carolina, aged 74.
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 23/10/2009
To truly open the future of books and reading, consumers must be freed from proprietary devices and formats. We owe it to those who came before us to bring access to as many as possible.
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
HIGHLANDS, N.C. - Actress Collin Wilcox-Paxton, who portrayed the false accuser in the movie classic "To Kill a Mockingbird," died of brain cancer just months after the diagnosis. She was 74.Her husband, Scott Paxton, confirmed Thursday that she died Oct. 14 in Highlands in the southwest part of the state. No funeral was held. Instead, the family held a service before her death."It's...
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 22/10/2009
HIGHLANDS, N.C. -- The actress who portrayed the false accuser in the movie "To Kill a Mockingbird" has died of brain cancer in North Carolina.
Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
‘To Kill A Mockingbird’ to play in Opelika next week
Opelika-Auburn News (Free subscription) | 20/10/2009
Flynt to give lecture on ‘Mockingbird’
Anecdotal Evidence (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
I've been working with a woman in a high school special-education class whose favorite novel is Harper Lee’s To Kill a Mockingbird . She’s read it many times, knows the movie by heart and as a student had a minor role in her high school’s production of the play. She’s been reading the book aloud, a few pages daily, to our students. Some are attentive, at least periodically....
The Pioneer Woman (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
By Mrs. G . Mrs. G. loves books. Her house is filled with them. Her car is filled with them. She even carries a couple of them in her purse. While some people fear heights and great white sharks, Mrs. G’s idea of terror involves being stuck at the DMV or Jiffy Lube without a book to read. Rather than sit quietly and enjoy a moment of self-reflection, Mrs. G. will pull out her Chapstick and read...
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
The first three words of the Constitution say, "We the People." "We" is a lovely word; it is inclusive. Life forms and nature are a delicate dance of symbiotic relationships. Some people understand that there is only one world and we are all in this together.
CityNews: Top Stories (Free subscription) | 15/10/2009
If you find your child’s report card as confusing as advanced algebra, you’re not alone.
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