Category: Banned Book Week

Good morning!  This is going to be an exciting next 7 days!  For the second year in a row I am taking a big part in Banned Books Week.  All week-long here, and on other book blogs that I will be sharing with you, there will be banned book reviews, discussions on banned books and why they are banned/challenged, of and did I mention giveaways?  Uh yeah… there will be giveaways.  😛

One of the events that starts today is that I have set up a blog a day that will post a review that I will link to each morning.  I encourage you to go and check out what they are reviewing and at the bottom of each review they will have a letter to a clue.  At the end of the week (next Saturday) you will have 8 clues gathered and coming back here I will have a form for you to put your answer on.  Correct answers will go into a drawing for a Banned Book package which you will see here:

All 4 of these books:  SPEAK by Laurie Halse Anderson, Beloved by Toni Morrison, Harry Potter and The Chamber of Secrets by J K Rowling, and Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston have been on the Banned Books List.  All 4 of these books will go one winner next Saturday who gathers all the clues, as well as a $10 Amazon Gift card to hopefully pick up another book that draws your interest over the week.  

You will also receive extra entries for commenting on the posts that I will give you links to each morning.  My hope is that you are introduced to a great book this week that has been through the ringer by being challenged or banned.

 

What do you mean be “banned book?”

A banned book is one that has been removed from the shelves of a library, bookstore, or classroom because of its controversial content. In some cases, banned books of the past have been burned and/or refused publication. Possession of banned books has at times been regarded as an act of treason or heresy, which was punishable by death, torture, prison time, or other acts of retribution.

A book may be challenged or banned on political, religious, sexual, or social grounds. We take the acts of banning or challenging a book as a serious matter, because these are forms of censorship–striking at the very core of our freedom to read.

 

 

My reviews this week will all be banned books and some will be with giveaways.  Pay special attention to my review that will pop up later today as that one will be holding one of the clues you will need to gather…

As for other things happening today banned books wise….

 

***The awesome Cass at Bonjour Cass has reviewed The Perks Of Being A Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky (she also has the clue you will need for today!  **Yes, two clues today – one will be here later with my review, and the other is with Cass)

 

My wonderful friend and fellow Bookie Angie from By Book Or By Crook has reviewed What My Mother Doesn’t Know by Sonia Sones

 

The great Julie at My Book Retreat has reviewed And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell

 

The amazing Katie at Curse Of The Bibliophile reviewed The Giver by Lois Lowrey

 

My BEA Audio Book pal Jill from Rhapsody In Books reviewed In The Night Kitchen by Maurice Sendak

 

The super Danielle of Mercurial Musings is kicking off Banned Books Week by posting about the most frequently challenged books of last year, and a giveaway!

 

** Comment on any or all of the above links and you will have extra entries available on the form I post next Saturday for the Banned Books Package Giveaway.  *One extra entry per comment

 

In other Banned Books happenings…

 

I Am A Reader Not A Writer has kicked off today with a Banned Books Week blog hop and the giveaways are everywhere! 

 

And it is not too late for you to jump on the Banned Wagon!  Click  the picture below if you want to be added to my review list for banned books this week and feel out the form.  😀

Good morning!

*BIG sip out of coffee cup.*

I was pleasantly surprised to wake up to real sun today… not that hazy gloom of overcast dreary sky – nope… honest to goodness clear skies, and a WARM sun (I tested it when I let the dogs outside).  HA!  Take that fall… we are not spiraling down to winter yet!  😛

I have today off *SSQQUUEEE!!!!) but plenty to do around my home and around the blog.  I have some banned book week things to still put into place – stay tune for kick off tomorrow on that – I think it is going to be a LOT of fun.  I know I am looking forward to it.

Also- I am about to hit a lot of review prepping at once as I finished The Ask and The Answer last night (awesome awesome awesome), Robin Hood is about to finish up on audio in my car, and In The Woods should finish up here quickly too when I finish the lawn today. 

I plan to stop by my library today to see what is happening for banned books week – I am hoping they do a cool display like they did last year.   Also going to the library with me is an audiobook that I super excited about when I came home last night and seen someone sent me audio *SSQQUUEE!!!) and then I realized the audio was something I had signed up for to go to my library.  I am excited to take it to them… and then get in line to check it out 😀

I may possibly have two book reviews up today and I apologize in advance for that.  Forbidden by Ted Dekker may go up late today as starting tomorrow I only want to post banned books and reviews for the week and the group that was reading Forbidden are posting their reviews over the weekend. .

I hope you will pop in and visit often throughout this next week…many book bloggers will be participating and there is a fun Banned Book contest that I will be kicking off tomorrow morning.  😀

I leave you with this… “Tonights Going To Be A Good Night with Flashmob…. someday… someday… I am taking part in a flash mob…. I will find one… I will. 😛

Good morning!

*yawn*

*stretch*

Ahhh…. I am so glad it is Sunday!  I have a few commitment s at church today but by noon it is smooth sailing home do not pass go and collect your $200!  (Ok… maybe I dont get to collect money but that would have been cool.  😛

Last night we went out to dinner with some friends for my hubby Al’s birthday.  It was a lot of fun but out poor waitress had her hands full.  The place was paced they were understaffed and when we ordered our food it took FOREVER to arrive. 

BUT – it really was about hanging out with the friends and I did have a blast doing that!  We caught up and I took a picture of my hubby and two of his good friends.  (I also would have taken a picture of us girls but that was about the time my camera decided that it had a low battery.  GAH!!!  So my friend Amy took a pic and when I get it from her I will post it.)

No… I did not tell everyone to wear gray so it was not a theme party… even though the girls wore gray too, except me… I wore black.  😀

In other more bookish news – today I want to prep a few things coming up.  Banned Books Week is coming so soon and I have contacts to make on that yet today.  I also made a sidebar link (upper right) for anyone who may want to get involved…. lets just say we are going to have some fun up in here, up in here.  (Just go with me today…. lot of songs in my head…..)

I made a new Review Policy button (left sidebar) mainly because I am receiving emails from authors and publishers saying they could not find my review policy.  It has always been on the sidebar and it used to be along the top tabs but now I see it is gone so that apparently is a lie… I will fix it.  😀  I also updated my policy which was a little outdated.

I also know a few of you are chomping at the bit to get into the fall read a long with Word Shakers and I plan to prep that today too so this week I can get info out to those interested in participating. 

SO you get it things to do…. but it is miserable and rainy outside which for once I think is awesome as I can stay in and play all day on Asus (Laptop) and read!  😀