Did you vote?
So, did you vote? No, not in that election - in the one about books. As you probably know, PBS has been conducting a poll over the last six months to determine America's favorite book. I confess I did not vote in that particular election. ( But I have cast my vote in the midterms and you should, too! ) More than four million people did participate in the poll, however, and this week PBS announced the results: America's favorite book is To Kill a Mockingbird . On reflection, I guess I'm not too surprised. The book has had a lot of good PR over the years, plus it had that really good movie starring Gregory Peck going for it. I think a lot of people are probably a lot more familiar with the book because of that movie - perhaps even more than have actually read the book. Anyway, the public has spoken and now we know. Interestingly, four of the top five books on the list of 100 were written by women; namely, in addition to Harper Lee, Diana Gabaldon for her Outlander seri...