To Kill...A Mockingbird Of Course

I had an entire blog written for today, but I'm working from home and it's saved on my computer at work so I will do my best to recreate it.

I work a lot with writers and it really saddens me when I see spelling errors and grammar errors. Spelling errors bother me the most because our technology is now trained to tell us that we've spelled a word wrong. It shows us a little red squiggly line under the word we've spelled incorrectly. And if that fails, there's usually a little button that says "ABC" and that means spell check. So in my mind, there's no reason to spell anything wrong. Grammar mistakes make me even more sad because it shows how awful our schooling system is in the states. It just keeps getting worse and worse. I proof read an essay for someone not too long ago and I could have cried at how awful it was. The sentence structure was just atrocious and the essay began and started with 2 different subjects. So needless to say I ripped the damn thing apart. It also shows me that a lot of kids just don't read anything other than text messages, where there's nothing but slang and acronyms. I am good friends with a teacher and she said she reads essay all the time where kids use words such as "LOL" and "Cuz." Hurts my soul. Can these kids even tell you what their favorite book is? I'm sure they have to read books for school and I'm sure they only read the Cliffs Notes and never the full book.

And that brings me to my point in all this. To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee. If you haven't read it, you really should. Don't just see the movie because it only touches upon a small part of the book. Read the entire book. I had to read it twice. Once in middle school and one in high school. The first time I read it, I was so appalled by the language that I took a red pen and boxed every bad word. Kind of funny now that I think about. I read on AOL news that To Kill A Mockingbird is one of very few books that can appeal to all the ages. Kids can relate because the book is told through the children's eyes, Jem and Scout and adults can relate to Atticus. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the book and a new cover, which I think depicts the book perfectly. So amazing. So again, if you haven't read it, you should.

What's your favorite book?