Thursday, April 30, 2015

"Go set a watchman" controversy

I loved "To Kill A Mockingbird".  Despite all the rumours and conspiracy theories floating around regarding "Go Set A Watchman", I do intend to read it.  I wasn't going to at first.  The thing that changed my mind?  Jeff O'Neill of the BookRiot Podcast made a very important point: regardless of all that's going on now, Harper Lee wrote the book with the intention of publishing it.  Even though her publisher convinced her instead to write what became "To Kill A Mockingbird", Harper Lee meant for this book to be published and read.  Unless it has been edited prior to publication, it probably won't be quite as honed and polished as TKAM.  But I am still willing to read it based on how much I enjoyed reading TKAM.

Read on,
Paula