Category: Banned Books
Banned Book Profile: The Hunger Games
This is the last day of Banned Books Week (which started last Saturday… so it’s actually a week-and-a-day–but who’s counting?), so to finish up the week I’ve picked a YA book that came out...
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...
Banned Book Profile: The Harry Potter Series
For our next installment of books, or book series, that, you might be surprised to learn, have been banned, challenged, or otherwise censured by groups or organizations since publication, I’m highlighting the phenomenon that...
Banned Book Profile: Twilight
Another book, or book series, that, you might be surprised to learn, has been banned, challenged, or otherwise censured by groups or organizations since publication. I’ve not read the Twilight series myself, but I...
Banned Book Profile: Nineteen Eighty-Four
Banned Books Week continues, and the latest in my series of books that, you might be surprised to learn, have been banned, challenged, or otherwise censured by groups or organizations since publication. THE FACTS:...
Banned Book Profile: All Quiet on the Western Front
Next in my Banned Books Week series of books that, you might be surprised to learn, have been banned, challenged, or otherwise censured by groups or organizations since publication. This classic novel was originally...
Banned Book Profile: The Lord of the Rings
Continuing my Banned Books Week series of books that, you might be surprised to learn, have been banned, challenged, or otherwise censured by groups or organizations since publication. THE FACTS: Title: The Lord of...
Banned Book Profile: The Bible
I thought this would be an appropriate banned book for today. It may surprise some, but perhaps not everyone, to know that the Bible has been banned, censured, burned, and generally dissed by different...
Banned Book Profile: To Kill a Mockingbird
During Banned Books Week, I am going to try to profile books (perhaps one a day–we’ll see how that goes) that, you may be surprised to learn, have been banned or challenged at some...
