Friday Fives: Favorite Banned Books
Three blog posts in one day?! How wild and wacky can I get! Well, I couldn’t pass this one up. Paper Hangover is asking people to write about their five favorite banned books. Those of you who have been following my blog all week know that I’ve blogged on a banned book each day since Saturday. So, what I will do is pick five from the ones I’ve blogged on. And they are (aside from the first) in no particular order:
- The Bible. Of course. I’m a Christian, and I would be remiss if I didn’t list this one!
- Harry Potter. Like it or not, this series is destined to become a classic. I discussed my journey into Potter in the comments on the Twilight series.
- To Kill a Mockingbird. One of the best novels ever written, in my humble opinion. When I was first told to read it, I was 14, and I told my English teacher it was boring (I read the first page). He told me that was a philistine remark. I read it last year, and he was right. And I was so so wrong.
- The Lord of the Rings. A classic series, and deservedly so. What can I say? It takes a while to read and digest, but like any good meal, when your done, you feel like you’ve eaten something substantial.
- For number 5, you’ll have to wait… check back tomorrow morning. It’s a relative newcomer to the banned books list, but I enjoyed it.
Ahh, great list! Don’t kill me, but I have not read LOTR. I know! Horrible! I will one day, hopefully with my sons.
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I read LOTR with my older children back when the first movie came out. They wanted to see the movie, but I told them we had to read the books first. So we did. Every evening I would read with them, and after we made it all the way through the trilogy, I bought the deluxe DVD edition of The Fellowship of the Ring for us to watch.
There are loads of books I ought to have read by now. I’ve only read the first Hunger Games book, never read Moby Dick (I have it), never read 1984, Brave New World, Gone with the Wind… the list goes on! Time and other reading commitments get the better of us. Don’t feel too badly about it. Perhaps that should be a Friday Five challenge: The Top Five Books You Ought to Have Read But Haven’t. I’m sure everyone can fill that list pretty easily. 🙂
Don’t worry, Kat! I haven’t read LOTR either.
Great list! And after I posted, my mother reminded me that I forgot the most important one – the BIBLE!!!
Have a great Sunday!
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