Banned Book Week

20-27 September is Banned Book Week. Celebrate the freedom to think, inquire, question, learn, and be entertained through the power of the written word by picking up a frequently challenged or banned book.

Wetanut said:

20-27 September is Banned Book Week. Celebrate the freedom to think, inquire, question, learn, and be entertained through the power of the written word by picking up a frequently challenged or banned book.

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YES!!! Time to go by the adult book store!!!

jlcmsu said:

YES!!! Time to go buy the adult book store!!!

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really funny, I was thinking the same thing. I live near Chattsworth, Ca which is the porn capital of the freaking world, so I got my pick of the liter. :chew :chew

congerking said:

really funny, I was thinking the same thing. I live near Chattsworth, Ca which is the porn capital of the freaking world, so I got my pick of the liter. :chew :chew

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Nice!! :chew

I'm kidding folks. Just so ya know.

jlcmsu said:

Nice!! :chew

I'm kidding folks. Just so ya know.

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Its OK Josh, we all know the internet fills all your banned book needs.



(by the way, that was a joke folks).

jlcmsu said:

Nice!! :chew

I'm kidding folks. Just so ya know.

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Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure you are.

JS

The net is a wonderful thing.

Great thread, Nut!

Here are some suggestions: Google Book Search.

It's amazing how many classics are on this list. It's also sad that a banned book list even exists. To Kill a Mockingbird is one of my favorite books of all time, btw.

A Clockwork Orange and Slaughterhouse Five are among my top favorites... Crazier than the movies, thats for sure!

it's insane how many great books are on that list.

LOTR and The Hobbit are my two faves. I also like To Kill a Mockingbird, Where the red fern grows, John Grisham Novels, 1984, and many others.

jlcmsu said:

LOTR and The Hobbit are my two faves. I also like To Kill a Mockingbird, Where the red fern grows, John Grisham Novels, 1984, and many others.

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Josh, To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, and The Great Gatsby are my favorite literatures. Can't forget Death of a Salesman!

I've never read the others you listed but I know they are considered great works. I am also enjoy reading the SW novels.

DannieDarKo said:

Josh, To Kill a Mockingbird, Catcher in the Rye, and The Great Gatsby are my favorite literatures. Can't forget Death of a Salesman!

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Right on everyone! This guy thought Catcher in the Rye was a great book too!

By the way... Times have changed I guess because when I was in high school I swear about 80% of those books were assigned reading in my english classes.

I remember when we were reading To Kill a Mockingbird when I was a freshman in High School. We would read the book aloud and when we would come to the n-word the teacher made us replace it with something else. I understand not wanting people to say that word, but in the context of the book the word fits. If she didn't want us saying the word aloud, maybe she shouldn't have had us reading it aloud in class.

pixletwin said:

Right on everyone! This guy

thought Catcher in the Rye was a great book too!

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That's just wrong! Bad pixletwin, bad!

pixletwin said:

By the way... Times have changed I guess because when I was in high school I swear about 80% of those books were assigned reading in my english classes.

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These are books that have, at one time or another, been banned in the past, which is perhaps why they are on the required reading lists! I LOVE 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' and ALL Kurt Vonegut books.

Batty said:

That's just wrong! Bad pixletwin, bad!

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Sorry Batty...

pixletwin said:

Sorry Batty...

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ait. "Where the Red Fern Grows" is on a banned list??!! that's ******* nuts. named my 1st dog Old Dan

surprised i didn't see Animal Farm on a list tho.