Since July 1999, I have kept a list of the books I have read. My reading interests were limited then to popular fiction. As my interests have grown and the genres I read have expanded, I have started to note passages that I feel have special meaning. I am a great admirer of authors who have the ability to put into words powerful messages, so in May 2010 I started noting them in a Word document and using them in the signature line of my emails, noting the book and author. Then one day a nasty virus came to attack my hard drive and I am afraid my list is lost. So this is now my attempt to record passages that speak to me and that I feel need to be shared with others. I may include other thoughts or reviews on books, but that is not the primary purpose of the blog.

If you stumble upon this blog, I hope the passages that speak to me also speak to you.

Do you recognize where I got the title of my blog? It is from one of the few books I have reread and plan to reread again soon - Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird.