The fact that the county in which I live is participating in the nationwide BIG READ, which in turn means that me and anyone local that is joining in has until Feb 28 to read (or re-read) the classic Harper Lee novel 'To Kill a Mockingbird'.
It's been many a year since I first read it (mandatory reading in some grade of English in junior high or high school), but luckily I have a copy in the classics section of my personal library (all real books in this house ... none of that e-reader nonsense).
Speaking of "luckily", since I'm between jobs, I'll have an easy time finding the time to determine whether the book is timeless (or not ... see link below [or to follow, if you're reading this on the Facebook]). I'm suspecting that I'll have new insight now that we allegedly live in "post-racial" America.
ONE OF 75 COMMUNITIES PARTICIPATING:
https://webapps.broward.org/newsrelease/AdminDisplayMessages.aspx?intMessageId=5760
WELL THE MOVIE IS A TIMELESS CLASSIC:
http://www.examiner.com/article/to-kill-a-mockingbird-review-still-a-timeless-classic-50-years-later
EVEN IF THIS ANGRY WHITE MAN THINKS OTHERWISE ABOUT THE BOOK:
http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052748703561604575283354059763326
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