We certainly have had a few to talk about already this year, but this one has some affect on me. The author of the great american classic, "To Kill A Mockingbird", passed away today. That one book alone was pretty much my entire 8th grade year in English - my first term paper.


It wasn't her only piece, but one that probably is the most recognized. A talented and iconic writer, we will miss you.


https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=http://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/feb/19/harper-lee-author-to-kill-a-mockingbird-dies-alabama&ved=0ahUKEwjXlYXvyITLAhVDFT4KHbLBCc4QFgiwAjA4&usg=AFQjCNEFwaxhyRMCJGCJtTCTqKnPk2IHww&sig2=QfL7XZJBTClXbnDpNsMfUg

While I never read the book*, the movie with Gregory Peck was done quite well.

Mockingbird is a great book as it encouraged a dialog that needed to be had. Which is probably why it is on so many reading lists for schools.

*Classic literature was never my cup of tea, and the English classes I took focused on Shakespeare, Bronte, Fitzgerald and Parker for authors to study.

I honestly thought she had passed long ago. Still doesn't make it any less sad. I enjoyed Mockingbird and it's movie is one of, if not the best book adaptations I have ever seen.