Comments | gcmtech: Banned Books Week!

gcmtech

Banned Books Week!

Sep 26, 2005 21:22

Its that time again! Banned Books week is fast approaching, and, like every year, here is a list of the 100 most challenged books. (The bold ones are ones I read.)
I encourage you all to do this in your own journals.
( Books! )

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eccezzionale September 27 2005, 01:48:29 UTC

Like all good censorship movements, this list makes me want to read the banned books even more! Some of the choices are sad, especially the perennial banning favorites. Where's Waldo?, that's one I'd never heard of being banned or challenged.

gcmtech September 27 2005, 01:56:47 UTC

Yeah, I can't imagine why they'd ban most of these books, but I got the list from the ALA at http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bannedbooksweek.htm, so I assume its accurate.

eccezzionale September 27 2005, 04:12:55 UTC

Yeah, my mom gets the ALA and PLA journals since she's a librarian, and they have (or used to have) a running "Top 10" list in each ALA issue. Some books and authors make frequent appearances on the lists, like Twain, Steinback, and Blume. Where's Waldo?- there are no words to offend anyone, amazing.

micahblitz September 27 2005, 03:54:20 UTC

How can you ban Maya Angelou? They're crazy!!

gcmtech September 27 2005, 03:57:06 UTC

It's always the true treasures that we lose, you know?

kennedywannabe September 27 2005, 04:15:47 UTC

amen sister. it's about time howard stern got some goddamn respect. it's hard work trying to get girls to make out and retards to fight all the time.

gcmtech September 27 2005, 04:24:29 UTC

I don't care what he wrote about. I don't care what he does. I don't particularly like him. But if someone wants to read him or Maya or Wheres FUCKING Waldo, they should.
And I agree. There are not enough books on midget wrestling in this world.
Also, bite me.

Thread 6

shoot_the_moon_ September 27 2005, 16:21:11 UTC

a light in the attic? that just makes me sad. :o[

and also, not that i read this particular book, but louis sachar is TOTALLY the wayside school stories....and they kind of rocked my troll book lists like WHOA. as did the scary stories books.

and bridge to terabithia n the giver? its a sad sad thing.

apparently i was quite the rebellious reading little youngster

gcmtech September 27 2005, 20:09:56 UTC

Yopu read The Giver, but couldn't watrch Full House... someones parents had the wrong priorities!