I'm With the Banned
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I'm With the Banned
That's right, folks. Next month we will be selecting a banned book. Here is a list of the 100 most frequently banned books, published by the American Library Association. Feel free to discuss, suggest which ones you may like to read, why you would like to read them, and all that jazz.
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Suggestions from everyone are welcome, but remember, you don't get a vote unless you participate in this month's discussion.
:::hint, hint:::
:::hint, hint:::
you snooze, you lose
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
well I have snozzed and lost
I'm pushing through
I'll disregard the cost
I hear the bells
so fascinating and
I'll slug it out
I'm sick of waiting
and I can
hear the bells are
ringing joyful and triumphant
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Ha! I've never actually read Catcher in the Rye (it's a sad story of how the honors and then AP English programs at my school bounced me around so much that I ended up skipping most of those 'required' books that everyone else has read), and so would be amenable to that. However, I can't imagine I'm in the majority as having still not read it.
Others from the list that I'd be interested in reading, simply because I've heard of them:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (although this one kind of defeats the purpose of picking a "banned" book, I think, just as Harry Potter might... Harry Potter's been banned?! That's crazy.)
Beloved by Toni Morrison (I feel I should have read something by her by now)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (again, shouldn't I have read this by now?)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (I know,I'm so embarassed)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (I've read Huck Finn, and liked it)
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (ditto as for Beloved)
But again, I don't really feel strongly enough about any of them to make a strong nomination. So I'll just let others do that.
Others from the list that I'd be interested in reading, simply because I've heard of them:
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle (although this one kind of defeats the purpose of picking a "banned" book, I think, just as Harry Potter might... Harry Potter's been banned?! That's crazy.)
Beloved by Toni Morrison (I feel I should have read something by her by now)
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley (again, shouldn't I have read this by now?)
Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
Lord of the Flies by William Golding (I know,I'm so embarassed)
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain (I've read Huck Finn, and liked it)
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison (ditto as for Beloved)
But again, I don't really feel strongly enough about any of them to make a strong nomination. So I'll just let others do that.
Looking at the list, it's Interesting, apparently Girls not having sex or any knowledge of the subject is the most important topic on list. Boys not having sex or any knowledge of the subject is NOT NEARLY as important. :p
I've always wanted to read the Chocolate War or Go Ask Alice or the Day no Pigs would Die. It's been ages since I read Great Gilly Hopkins, but I loved that book, our fourth grade teacher read it aloud to the class uncensored, it was the first time any of us had heard a teacher swear before.
Color Purple is a superb, liquid enveloping book I couldn't put down and will happily recommend to anyone. though you're ruined for the movie once you've experienced the book.
I've always wanted to read the Chocolate War or Go Ask Alice or the Day no Pigs would Die. It's been ages since I read Great Gilly Hopkins, but I loved that book, our fourth grade teacher read it aloud to the class uncensored, it was the first time any of us had heard a teacher swear before.
Color Purple is a superb, liquid enveloping book I couldn't put down and will happily recommend to anyone. though you're ruined for the movie once you've experienced the book.
So, Lone Star, now you see that evil will always triumph because good is dumb.
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Why is it that my school is the one that doesn't ban those books and yet they removed speaker for the dead from the reading list (broke my heart).
I would want to read:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (movie on the way)
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers (I reccommend for anyone looking at the military)
I would want to read:
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Bridge to Terabithia by Katherine Paterson (movie on the way)
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
Fallen Angels by Walter Dean Myers (I reccommend for anyone looking at the military)
The David method of eliminating guilt is simple. All of your problems are caused by invisible people named Juan and Cindy. All you have to do is find them and kill them.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Were all books that I had to read back when I was still in school. How strange that the required reading of my youth is now on the banned list.
At least 1984 isn't on there...
As for suggested reading from the list, if you haven't already read it, Flowers for Algernon is a great story.
Toad
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L'Engle
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Were all books that I had to read back when I was still in school. How strange that the required reading of my youth is now on the banned list.
At least 1984 isn't on there...
As for suggested reading from the list, if you haven't already read it, Flowers for Algernon is a great story.
Toad
Just curious but are we going to be doing another book discussion - it was really fun!
"You can't dig a hole and then hide the dirt in the hole you dug. Then it wouldn't be a hole anymore!"
- on secret tunnelling, Empire
"I cannot eat these two eggs. They are completely different sizes!"
- Hercule Poirot
- on secret tunnelling, Empire
"I cannot eat these two eggs. They are completely different sizes!"
- Hercule Poirot
Ooh, yay!
I think I would most like to read:
Catcher in the Rye
Wrinkle in Time
To Kill a Mockingbird
Of Mice and Men
Lord of the Flies
Slaughterhouse 5
Brace New World
I think I would most like to read:
Catcher in the Rye
Wrinkle in Time
To Kill a Mockingbird
Of Mice and Men
Lord of the Flies
Slaughterhouse 5
Brace New World
"You can't dig a hole and then hide the dirt in the hole you dug. Then it wouldn't be a hole anymore!"
- on secret tunnelling, Empire
"I cannot eat these two eggs. They are completely different sizes!"
- Hercule Poirot
- on secret tunnelling, Empire
"I cannot eat these two eggs. They are completely different sizes!"
- Hercule Poirot
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