Good morning!
Lets just say…. my hair… currently is everywhere. 😛
It was a long night. I worked, I helped out with a student event last night, came home and watched a little tv with hubby…. nothing really unusual except I feel WIPED OUT. I thing I am going to blame this dreary wet and cold weather we are having here in Minnesota.
And today will be no better…. I have another full day at work and then off to a pre-meeting, before an actual meeting that will bring me home a little after 8 PM tonight.
GAH.
Not a good way to start my day…. pre- ornery. 😯
BUT – this part does make me feel good. I have been chatting up banned books week (Sept. 24- Oct 1) for the past few weeks here, and today I want to let you know about the Virtual Read-Out. A You-Tube station has been dedicated to two minute clips of people reading from a banned book. I think it is BRILLIANT (quoting Harry Potter…. yup…busted).
Now if You Tube is not your thing…. consider doing it on your blog if you have one, or sending a video to me of you reading our of a banned book and I will happily post it for you. You never know what may pop up here during Banned Books week …. I am just saying. 😀
Got to run… duty calls… 😀
Book Journey 
I wonder why in the world Little House on the Prairie was banned. These people who complain about books either have never read the book they condemn or just need to get a life.
Thank heaven my parents always let me read whatever I wanted. They were just happy that I was a reader.
I will have to look up the Little House On The Prairie one.. I have no idea…
I am constantly amazed by the books that show up on this “moralistic” list!
Thanks for sharing…..
Me too Laurel… I actually find it fun to research what made them challenged and/or banned.
Oh! I might have to make a video. That would be fun.
I think so too Julie! 😀
I hope your day goes better than you expected!
Thanks Kathy… I did have the grumpies all day… not overly, but glad I am almost done. I have a big meeting tonight but it should go well and I hope to be home by 7:30.
It must just be the time of year for the busy-grumpies – because that’s surely what I’ve had the past couple of days. I’ve been trying so hard to be kind and cheerful to my family because they deserve my best, and I’m just so tired. Between the appointments for my son’s broken arm, selling cub scout popcorn, flute lessons, volunteer work, etc. I just want to take a break – hide in my room like when I was a teenager and read a good book. 🙂 Instead I have to be the responsible one. Oh well, at least there’s a library book sale tomorrow!
It adds up doesnt it Alyce? I feel silly for feeling this way when it was a short work week for me. Oh but a book sale… that I can always go for 😀
I’m hoping to read Brave New World for Banned Books Week, but at this point, it’s just a hope.
I have never read that one Jill! It may have to wait until next year.. I already have my banned book collection piled on to the kitchen table 😀
I love all four of those books. One thing I always wonder is why The Giving Tree has never come out in paperback, it is only available as a hardcover. It is also the only one of the four I don’t own, but borrow once a year from the library.
I am unfamiliar with The Giving Tree I really need to make a trip to my own library to see what that one is about 🙂
I’m a terrible read-aloud-er, but I think this is a fantastic idea and I’ll definitely be watching what others post!
Cool Erin! 😀