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I'd love to get this on my Kindle, but I'm not holding my breath. In the meantime, I have a somewhat dog-earred paper copy to keep me going. Not everyone views the book in the same way though.....   |
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« Reply #26 on: January 25, 2012, 07:17:58 AM » |
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ROFL!
I love that, Linda!
And TKAM is my favorite book AND movie...
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« Reply #28 on: January 25, 2012, 04:09:29 PM » |
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I wonder if it is available as an audio book. That voice of Scout's, so funny and stubborn and wise, would be a terrific treat on a long car ride.
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« Reply #29 on: January 25, 2012, 10:33:15 PM » |
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Not legally. Harper Lee is still living and apparently hasn't given permission to have it published in digital form.
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« Reply #30 on: January 25, 2012, 11:26:48 PM » |
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Sadness! It would be much nicer to have a copy of this amazing book that is portable enough to lug around with me in college.
Still, though, this is a cherished book that I'll own in print just because I love it so much.
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« Reply #31 on: January 25, 2012, 11:36:20 PM » |
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*sigh* You people tempt me to read it again. I had to read it in high school (I was already a voracious reader) and wasnt all that impressed with it. Maybe now that I'm older (unfortunately I'm not that much more mature) I'd like it more. But there are just so many other books out there waiting..... heh, if it was available for Kindle, I'd be much more inclined  |
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« Reply #32 on: January 26, 2012, 01:18:19 AM » |
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You don't have to buy the paperback to read it; you could check it out of any public library.
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« Reply #33 on: January 26, 2012, 03:45:26 AM » |
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You don't have to buy the paperback to read it; you could check it out of any public library.
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« Reply #34 on: January 26, 2012, 09:33:49 AM » |
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Wow, I would have never guessed TKAM was not available on any eReader - stunning.
Isn't the purpose of writing a book to have people read it?
Am I missing something, Ms. Lee?
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« Reply #35 on: January 26, 2012, 10:46:30 AM » |
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That is strange.
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« Reply #36 on: January 26, 2012, 11:00:33 AM » |
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*sigh* You people tempt me to read it again. I had to read it in high school (I was already a voracious reader) and wasnt all that impressed with it. Maybe now that I'm older (unfortunately I'm not that much more mature) I'd like it more. But there are just so many other books out there waiting..... heh, if it was available for Kindle, I'd be much more inclined I read it in high school - when it was first published (it wasn't "required reading" then). Read it again at some point after I married - then a third time when my daughter was reading it when she was in 9th grade (she loved it too - and we both get after her sister who still hasn't read it). I got something different from it each time, and loved it each time. And the movie...oh the movie. Both are in my all-time top 10 favorites. I don't think we ever enjoy books we "have" to read as much as books we choose to read. And I don't think we always have the life experience in high school (or even college) to really "get" some of the books we're required to read the way we would later in life. The sad part is that sometimes that turns students off of reading in general. And that's a cryin' shame. |
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« Reply #37 on: January 26, 2012, 12:44:13 PM » |
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You don't have to buy the paperback to read it; you could check it out of any public library.
If you mean me, I still have the copy from high school.  I should probably consider donating somewhere tho, except that's what I do with paperbacks I know I'll never read again. |
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« Reply #38 on: January 26, 2012, 02:40:00 PM » |
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As if I don't have enough to read already I had to make a run to Books-A-Million today in the rain to get a copy of TKAM. I've never read it, but now you've made me want to! It is indeed a shame it's not available as an ebook. |
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« Reply #39 on: January 26, 2012, 05:08:16 PM » |
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If you mean me, I still have the copy from high school. No, sorry, I was responding to Chloista (I should have quoted): Sigh... thanks for responding. I sure wish she'd give approval. I really don't want to buy a paperback version. Keeping my fingers crossed!
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« Reply #40 on: January 27, 2012, 12:44:30 AM » |
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TKAM on Kindle would be great, provided it didn't have all the typos so many Kindle books seem to come with.
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« Reply #41 on: January 28, 2012, 02:55:33 AM » |
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I was forced to read this book in English class at school.
That ensured I would never read it again, EVER!
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« Reply #42 on: January 28, 2012, 08:19:14 AM » |
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I was forced to read this book in English class at school.
That ensured I would never read it again, EVER!
So was I - and like many another book I was 'made' to read in school, I hardly got past the first chapter. I skimmed it at best. Then, when I was leaving school at 18, they were in the middle of restocking the school library and giving away the more worn out copies of various books. On a whim, I took a copy of TKAM home with me and about a year later, I read it - really read it and loved it! For the first time, I began to understand that many of those stuffy old classics that had been waved under my nose in the classroom might actually be worth reading. I found myself buying books they couldn't get me to open a few years before and really, I've never looked back. If only I'd had a Kindle in those days - I might have an extra bedroom now, instead of a room piled floor to ceiling with books!  |
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