Posted in Banned Books, tagged Banned Books Week on September 25, 2007 | 6 Comments »
You all know that Banned Book Week is just a few days away? Right??? Good.
A few links for you…
40 years of The Outsiders - New York Times
Declaring GLBT Week Results In Hate Mail - BlogHer (and yes, me)
SMS Reviews Mini Challenge for Banned Books Week
Cocking a Snook’s Banned Books Week Needs More Than Celebration This [...]
Posted in Banned Books, Classics, Fiction, Recommend, must read, tagged To Kill a Mockingbird on September 30, 2006 | 5 Comments »
After posting last night I grabbed it to read one chapter in it before I went to sleep. Well…that one chapter turned into the rest of the book. Sigh.
I love it. As much as I will acknowledge that I feel like I should have read To Kill a Mockingbird earlier, I’m kind of glad that [...]
Posted in Banned Books on September 29, 2006 | 2 Comments »
I’m totally hooked on To Kill a Mockingbird. I know you guys told me I should read it slowly and savour it and I’m trying but I don’t know if I can do it. I was only going to read two chapters last night, then three, the to the end of part 1, then only [...]
Posted in Banned Books on September 27, 2006 | 7 Comments »
I’m not reading much. A common refrain these days, I know. It’s a good thing that I don’t get sick often (not that I’m actually sick) because this whole healing thing is kicking my butt. Mostly I just lie on the couch and zone out with the tv and a book of sudoku puzzles. It’s [...]
Posted in Banned Books, Fiction, Reading Challenges, Young Adult, tagged Face on the Milk Carton, Summer Reading Challenge on July 14, 2006 | 8 Comments »
This almost feels like cheating. I’m sure I’ve read this before…when I was about 10. It’s possible that I even owned it temporarily. But the thing is, I really didn’t remember anything about it other than some girl saw her face on a milk carton and (understandably) freaked out about it.
What I couldn’t figure [...]
Posted in Banned Books, Canadian, Fiction on October 10, 2005 | 4 Comments »
I finally finished this. Not that it took a long time to read really, I just haven’t been putting aside much time for reading lately. I was familiar with the story because the movie was on TV once when I was younger. I may be wrong but doesn’t the movie focus a bit more on [...]
Posted in Banned Books, Canadian, Fiction on September 27, 2005 | 2 Comments »
Just started but I think I may like this book. She used the word “palimpsest” on the first page. That’s one of my favourite words.
Posted in Banned Books on September 26, 2005 | 6 Comments »
This week is Banned Books Week!!! According to the ALA banned books week is a celebtraion of the freedom to read. It is observed during the last week of September each year. Observed since 1982, the annual event reminds Americans not to take this precious democratic freedom for granted.
Ok, I’m not American. But I will [...]
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