Go Set Your Watches: October is All Harper Lee

In a departure from our usual measured one-book-club-book-per-month pace, the Book Club Sisterhood (so named for one night only since Steve wasn't there) has broken with tradition to assign two books -- maybe three -- for October.

Yes, You Heard That Right

The publication of Harper Lee's novel Go Set A Watchman is the literary event of the decade. Maybe the century. We need to be part of it. So, for October, we will be reading both Go Set a Watchman and To Kill a Mockingbird. And, if you have the time and appetite, you may also choose to read Marja Mill's account of living next door to the Lee sisters, The Mockingbird Next Door.

You are only required to read one of these books. Or, you may decide to read two and maybe three. Then, we'll gather in October to discuss whatever we have read. It will be mayhem.

To whet your appetite, we provide these links to articles:

The Harper Lee I Knew, Washington Post

Harper Lee's Lingering War Ghosts, Salon.com

Mixed Reviews and New Controversies Surround Harper Lee's Second Novel, Minnesota Public Radio