To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee

Hello my lovely readers! Re-reading this as an adult made me fall in love with this book. Let's get into it!

SYNOPSIS

The unforgettable novel of a childhood in a sleepy Southern town and the crisis of conscience that rocked it, To Kill A Mockingbird became both an instant bestseller and a critical success when it was first published in 1960. It went on to win the Pulitzer Prize in 1961 and was later made into an Academy Award-winning film, also a classic.

Compassionate, dramatic, and deeply moving, To Kill A Mockingbird takes readers to the roots of human behavior—to innocence and experience, kindness and cruelty, love and hatred, humor and pathos. Now with over 18 million copies in print and translated into ten languages, this regional story by a young Alabama woman claims universal appeal. Harper Lee always considered her book to be a simple love story. Today it is regarded as a masterpiece of American literature.MY THOUGHTS
I read this book nearly every year from eighth grade to twelfth grade--and not to mention watch its film adaptation--and hated every minute of it.

It's one thing to read it once or twice for school, but goodness, EVERY YEAR? Oh, I couldn't stand this book!

But when I transferred to the University of South Florida, I remember going to the university bookstore to get books for my classes. This was not part of any required reading, but I decide to pick it up because...it was a classic and I felt I needed classic literature on my personal bookshelves.

There it sat, languishing for 16 years until I decided on a whim to re-read it.

I LOVED IT. 

Maybe distance makes the heart grow fonder because I absolutely loved this book. Harper Lee  wrote such a beautiful coming-of-age novel that was truly a product of its time. Seeing Maycomb, race and injustice through Scout's eyes was incredibly heartwarming. It's definitely staying on my shelf.