To Kill a Mockingbird

I'm so glad I finally committed myself to finishing this book. I started it earlier in the year but the first 50 or 60 pages are a slog to push through.

I came back with intent and tore through this. I would agree that this is one of the great books of all time.

Fascinating to read a book from this time that's so direct with how the racism and general race relations operated. A couple of times I would read a line and think, “holy fuck.” It packs a much bigger punch than when you read an edgy internet comment.

I wasn't the biggest fan of the girl referring to everyone by their real name. It took me too long to remember who everyone was and in sections even near the end of the book there would be so many names I would lose track all over again.

As time passes the memories of the books I've read fade away. I usually take away a single thought from each of them. Not sure what this one will be.