My choice in literature improves exponentially

[bouncy_castle79]

How do you get the taste of something like Twilight out of your mouth? Nothing better than to follow it up with a literary classic. Something that has remained cherished and beloved through decades and with good reason. So, I decided to pick up To Kill A Mockingbird again. I was in the middle of it when Edward Cullen decided to come barging rudely

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[np_complete]

And, oh, returning to Scout's bright, inquisitive, fearless mind was such a relief after the tedium of being in Bella Swan's mind.

I haven't read Twilight, but anybody named Bella Swan is almost guaranteed to be tedious.

What I remember most about To Kill A Mockingbird, besides a sense that it was a perfect gem, was its incredible clarity and persuasiveness. It transported you perfectly to its time and place, so that looking up and finding reality to be a of a different texture was a shock. It's a book you dissolve into, so that coming to yourself again is startling.

[earlgreytea68]

"I haven't read Twilight, but anybody named Bella Swan is almost guaranteed to be tedious."

Ha! Yes! I should have known...

[bouncy_castle79]

Save yourself the trouble where Twilight is concerned. I was convinced that many people couldn't be wrong, but I was sorely disappointed.

It transported you perfectly to its time and place, so that looking up and finding reality to be a of a different texture was a shock. It's a book you dissolve into, so that coming to yourself again is startling.

Yes, this. Exactly. Harper Lee gave me such a clear cut picture of what it would be like to grow up in that time and place. Just beautiful writing.

[earlgreytea68]

Well, my life was disintegrating. Now we can pick it back up again. And I consider "Twilight" to have been a selection. But we can't pick "Mockingbird," I've already read it. (And loved it, incidentally.)

[bouncy_castle79]

Oh, I know. I was thinking of the book for my *other* book club.

I refuse to think of Twilight as an entry on the Book Duo list. I don't want it there, besmirching every other good book we've read.