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Celebrate Freedom - Read a Banned Book
My husband used to have a shirt that said that. It was then followed by a list of banned books, most of which he had read. Today’s FFM challenge from Poliblog is this: Which of the The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 19902000 have you read?
Trackback by Irrational Woman — Friday, October 14, 2005 @ 9:14 am
Good God! I must be running with a bad crowd. Here’s my list: [This reminds me of something I think The New Yorker did a couple of years back–asking famous writers the classic book(s) that they feel most embarassed about never having read. I’d like to hear your list, Steven!]
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
Heather Has Two Mommies by Leslea Newman
# The Color Purple by Alice Walker
Sex by Madonna
The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Beloved by Toni Morrison
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
The House of Spirits by Isabel Allende
Native Son by Richard Wright
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Private Parts by Howard Stern
Comment by Frank Sintatra — Friday, October 14, 2005 @ 10:15 am
The ALA’s 100 most frequently challenged book list
Poliblog asks which of the 100 most frequently challenged books have you read?
I’ve read:
Trackback by The Yin Blog — Friday, October 14, 2005 @ 12:03 pm
100 Most Challenged Books Meme
Meme from PoliBlog (via The Yin Blog): Which of the The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 19902000 have you read?
Trackback by Lifechanges ... Delayed — Friday, October 14, 2005 @ 3:43 pm
Banned Books Meme
Another meme of the week from Poliblog:
How many of the Top 100 Challenged Books does our family own or have I read:
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
Bridge to T…
Trackback by Ut Humiliter Opinor — Saturday, October 15, 2005 @ 7:27 am
In Favor of Banning Books
Most book-banners want to censor material because it is morally or politically objectionable; I, on the other hand, wish to ban certain materials because they are aesthetically displeasing, yet have somehow become so over-rated that they cannot seem …
Trackback by Unlocked Wordhoard — Saturday, October 15, 2005 @ 8:12 am
I would also like to add an honorable mention: The Wind Done Gone, by Alice Randall, the Gone with the Wind parody that sent the Daughters of Confederacy into a tizzy. I understand that it was banned in Georgia.
My list:
Scary Stories (Series) by Alvin Schwartz
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling
The Color Purple by Alice Walker
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein
Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume
Lord of the Flies by William Golding
Carrie by Stephen King
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell
Comment by Sheri — Saturday, October 15, 2005 @ 11:47 am
Actually, the list of banned/challenged books is the list of books I’d like to read before I die. I am fascinated by what IDEAS were so threatening that the words were forbidden to citizens (adults AND children), and why we are considered unable to make decisions concerning the material for ourselves.
BTW, Waldo was banned for NUDITY.
Here’s a list of why some other books have been banned:
http://www.forbiddenlibrary.com/
Comment by Laura — Sunday, October 30, 2005 @ 12:33 pm