I Read Banned Books!
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poetrytoweasels who yanked it from billybear_bstn.
I've always been a voracious reader, and the idea of a community or a religion or a political group wanting to ban books is abhorrant to me. I mean, while I cringe at the site of people buying certain books, I would never try to stop them from so doing. I've not read all of these, so it looks like my reading list has just expanded.
The American Library Association tracks challenges against books made in school and public libraries across the country. Remember, for every challenge recorded, there are four or five that are not -- and some of those regrettably lead to a book being pulled from the shelf, especially in school libraries.
From the 100 Most Challenged Books 1990-2000, bold the ones you've read and pass on the meme. [I'm adding italics for ones that I've read in parts, but either my short reading attention span kicked in or I didn't like the book so I didn't finish it] If you're committed to the freedom to read and to publish, pick one off the list that you haven't read and exercise your library card or better yet, buy one for a child :-D
Giving that this list is from libraries in the US, I'm not entirely surprised by the content or how few I've read. What did Roald Dahl ever did to anyone!?
poetrytoweasels who yanked it from billybear_bstn.I've always been a voracious reader, and the idea of a community or a religion or a political group wanting to ban books is abhorrant to me. I mean, while I cringe at the site of people buying certain books, I would never try to stop them from so doing. I've not read all of these, so it looks like my reading list has just expanded.
The American Library Association tracks challenges against books made in school and public libraries across the country. Remember, for every challenge recorded, there are four or five that are not -- and some of those regrettably lead to a book being pulled from the shelf, especially in school libraries.
From the 100 Most Challenged Books 1990-2000, bold the ones you've read and pass on the meme. [I'm adding italics for ones that I've read in parts, but either my short reading attention span kicked in or I didn't like the book so I didn't finish it] If you're committed to the freedom to read and to publish, pick one off the list that you haven't read and exercise your library card or better yet, buy one for a child :-D
( the list )
Giving that this list is from libraries in the US, I'm not entirely surprised by the content or how few I've read. What did Roald Dahl ever did to anyone!?
