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Read4life 💙🦋💙 3w

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A visually informative exploration of literary censorship across history. It covers a wide range of works, from ancient texts like THE ART OF LOVE by Ovid to modern controversies such as THE HATE U GIVE by Angie Thomas. This breadth ensures that readers gain perspective on how censorship has evolved over centuries. Due to its broad approach, the book often provides only brief summaries of each text‘s controversy rather than in-depth analysis.

lil1inblue This could be of interest to the #withthebanned crew! @jadams89 4w

dabbe @lil1inblue Thanks for passing it on! 💙🩵💙 4w

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ChaoticMissAdventures I love him so much. 1mo

Chrissyreadit ❤️ 1mo

Prairiegirl_reading 🎯 1mo

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MemoirsForMe 😍🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 1mo

dabbe 🎯🩵🎯 1mo

AnnCrystal ✊🏼😎📚💝📚. 1mo

DogMomIrene Truth! 1mo

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Tamra

I was tempted, except nobody but me would see them under my pant legs. 😜

AmyG 😂love them! 3mo

BethM Omg I totally would have bought them. 3mo

dabbe 🤩🤣🤩 3mo

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LeahBergen 😆😆 3mo

Julsmarshall But you would know they were there :) 3mo

Leftcoastzen 👏👏👏😂 3mo

Prairiegirl_reading I have similar socks and I purposely wear them to work when I‘m pissed off. No one else can see them but I know they are there and it‘s so petty that it makes me happy. 😊 3mo

Jeg I love socks like that but same problem no one sees them. 🤷🏻‍♂️. 3mo

Cathythoughts Short pants are the answer 😁😘 3mo

sarahbarnes Oh man I want those. 😍 3mo

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Here‘s the #WiththeBanned reading list for 2025. Feel free to skip any month. #buddyread

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Jadams89

Here‘s the #WiththeBanned reading list for 2025. Feel free to skip any month. #buddyread

@JenlovesJT47
@BooksBlanketsandahotbeverage
@Read4Life @skygoddess1
@Julsmarshall @Lapreader @lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @dabbe @5feet.of.fury @TheDaysGoBy @AnishaInkspell @Melismatic @bookwormjillk @KT1432 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Jadams89 @thewallflower0707 @catsandbooks @megabooks @Kenyazero @CoverToCoverGirl @Bookbuyingaddict @CuriousG @AllDebooks 6mo

Jadams89 @SconsinBookyBadger @PaperbackPirate 6mo

PaperbackPirate Thank you for adding me! I‘ve been meaning to read Parable of the Sower for months so this will get it off the stack! 6mo

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kspenmoll I may join in some months if thats ok because sone of the listed books I have read already. 6mo

Jadams89 @kspenmoll Perfectly fine! No commitments - join in when you want. 6mo

Melismatic I will most likely tag in for the titles I haven‘t read already (which is most!) but may end up re-reading Parable of the Sower since I loved it so much. 💖 6mo

KT1432 Yayyy thank you!! 6mo

CogsOfEncouragement Please count me in. 6mo

Jadams89 @CogsOfEncouragement I‘ll add you to the tag list! 6mo

Bookwormjillk Thanks for the schedule! 6mo

SconsinBookyBadger Looks good 👍🏻 Thank you for creating a banned book readalong! Half of them I‘ve read and been wanting to re-read. The others will be new to me. 6mo

Amiable I‘d love to be added to the list! I‘ve been meaning to read a number of these. 6mo

Kenyazero Very exciting. Great list 😍 I‘m looking forward to reading several new and revisiting and few I‘ve read! 6mo

peanutnine Could you add me to your tag list please? 6mo

Jadams89 @peanutnine Sure can! 6mo

CatLass007 Please add me to your tag list. I‘m sorry I didn‘t see this sooner because Toni Morrison‘s The Bluest Eye is on my list of unread banned books that I definitely want to read. But I‘ll catch up with that in February. I‘ve been telling all my friends that I wanted to join a Banned Book Club, either on Litsy, in person, or both. Very exciting! 5mo

Jadams89 @CatLass007 Gotcha added! 5mo

CatLass007 Thank you! I already own but haven‘t read February‘s selection. 5mo

CatLass007 Is there a book discussion included in this #buddyread? 5mo

Jadams89 @CatLass007 yes at the end of the month I will post some questions (edited) 5mo

CatLass007 Thank you!!📚📚📚 5mo

Jadams89 @Karisa 3mo

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Littlewolf1

Last Night at the Telegraph Club

Setting up my challenges for next year, and I‘ve decided to do 12 months of banned books instead of 12 months of classics for 2025. Send me your suggestions and I will choose the first 12 that I have not read. #ReadBannedBooks

shortsarahrose I enjoyed this sapphic YA historical fiction

7mo

Littlewolf1 @shortsarahrose perfect… 1st one on the list… thank you 😊 7mo

kspenmoll

Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda

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Littlewolf1 @kspenmoll great, adding to the list. Thank you 🙏🏻 7mo

LiteraryinPA I recommend

Gender Queer: A Memoir

7mo

LiteraryinPA Also if you haven't read it

Melissa (Formerly Published as George)

7mo

Littlewolf1 @LiteraryinPA i have not read them so they will be March and April read 7mo

BookmarkTavern

Milk and Honey

7mo

Littlewolf1 @BookmarkTavern I loved Milk and Honey, but Ive already read it. Could you choose another one for me. 7mo

BookmarkTavern Hmm…

I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

7mo

BookmarkTavern Or

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches

7mo

BookmarkTavern Also!

Parable of the Sower

(edited) 7mo

Littlewolf1 @BookmarkTavern i have read Cage Bird but not the other two… i will add them both to my list. Thank you 😊 7mo

BookmarkTavern I look forward to seeing your list! 7mo

Littlewolf1 @BookmarkTavern me too… i know have six more books to go. 7mo

CatLass007 Are you tagging people for a discussion? Because if so, please add me to your tag list. And here‘s my suggestion for your list. There are several books with the same name but this is the one by SE Hinton.

The Outsiders

5mo

Littlewolf1 @CatLass007 I did not even think about doing a discussion about the books, but I very much welcome it. I‘ll be posting later today on January‘s book and I‘ll be sure to tag you. 5mo

CatLass007 Great! Thank you.😊 5mo

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Jadams89

There‘s been some interest in this group, so I‘ve created a Google form for book nominations. I‘ll try to have a poll for books open by Dec 1 with our first read starting in January. No pressure, jump in or out whenever you want.

If you‘ve already submitted the form, I have your responses.

https://forms.gle/AVfCCuKHgeriukWG9

Jadams89 @JenlovesJT47
@BooksBlanketsandahotbeverage
@Read4Life @skygoddess1
@Julsmarshall @Lapreader @lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @dabbe @5feet.of.fury 8mo

Jadams89 @TheDaysGoBy @AnishaInkspell 8mo

Bookwormjillk Fun! 8mo

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Read4life 💙💙💙 8mo

lil1inblue Thanks! I submitted some random selections from banned lists, but I'm happy to read anything. I'm excited. 😎 8mo

Megabooks Tag me please. I'm not sure whether I'll nominate, but I'd love to read along next year! 8mo

Jadams89 @megabooks I‘ll add you to the list! No pressure on nominations- but if there‘s anything you‘d like to read, feel free to submit it. I‘m just building a list to see where interest lies. 8mo

Melismatic I‘m def interested in joining in the reading! 8mo

Kenyazero I would love to be added to your tag list! I'm not sure if I'll read along often or not but I'm excited for the option. 8mo

Jadams89 @Kenyazero I‘ll add you to the list 8mo

CoverToCoverGirl Please add me! 🙂 7mo

Catsandbooks I'm interested! 7mo

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@jadams89 is checking on interest for a buddy read of Banned Books.
Original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2801408

JenlovesJT47 @Jadams89 8mo

LitsyEvents @jenlovesjt47 Thanks!!! 8mo

JenlovesJT47 🤗 8mo

Bookbuyingaddict Bring it on 🙌🏻🙌🏻with trump the list is gonna grow 😭 8mo

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Jadams89

Anybody interested in a banned books buddy read? Probably a chapter a day format. It just feels like a critical time to collect books.

JenlovesJT47 Me! 🙋🏻‍♀️ 8mo

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I‘m in 8mo

Read4life I‘d be interested. 8mo

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Skygoddess1 I‘m always down to read and support banned books 8mo

Julsmarshall I‘d love to join in! 8mo

LapReader Sure am. 8mo

lil1inblue I'm always interested in reading banned books. 💖 8mo

Deblovestoread Yes, I‘ll probably dip in and out depending on the books but it will be necessary to keeps these books out in the world. 8mo

dabbe I'd be interested. 🤎🍁🧡 8mo

5feet.of.fury I‘m into it 8mo

Jadams89 Tagging everyone who showed interest. Here‘s a form to nominate books for the group. https://forms.gle/fn5E99FUPstQCUGq6. @JenlovesJT47
@Booksblanketsandahotbeverage
@Read4life @Skygoddess1
@Julsmarshall @Lapreader @lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @dabbe @5feet.of.fury (edited) 8mo

TheDaysGoBy I‘m up for it! 8mo

AnishaInkspill I'm interested 8mo

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Ladygodiva7

I‘m very late but wanted to see my score. It‘d be higher if I read children books lol.

American Psycho
Clan of the Cave Bears series
His Dark Materials
All Stephen King
The Giver
And many more!

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

dabbe You did better than 91%, so I\'d take it as a 91% = A! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🧡😢🤎 9mo

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TorieStorieS

Thanks @JenlovesJT47 for the tag for @dabbe ‘s #ThreeListThursday #TLT on banned books. I was really surprised at some of these, and decided to highlight these three that I have read and re-read over the years! And I was happy to see quite a few of the required reading from my own school years on the list!

JenlovesJT47 Have you read the graphic novel of To Kill A Mockingbird? It‘s really good! 9mo

TorieStorieS @JenlovesJT47 I will have to check it out!! 9mo

dabbe Excellent choices! Thanks for sharing and playing! 🧡🤎💛 9mo

TorieStorieS @dabbe Thanks for organizing!! 💗 9mo

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kspenmoll

Too many banned books..😱 pictured a few of the ones I loved reading.
Anyone who wants to, take the quiz.
https://www.listchallenges.com/alas-most-frequently-challenged-books-1990-2020

Thanks Denise for posting this quiz. #ThreeListThursday #TLT

SaunteringVaguelyDownwards

dabbe Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🤎💛 9mo

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Seems like teaching high school, and then children's and YA lit classes has really inflated my score! I have my children's literature students write an Essay in Defense of a Banned Book - sadly, some may need these skills as future teachers!

Favorites:
1) The Witches by Roald Dahl
2) Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson (and I especially love her response to people who want to ban it)
3) Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett

#TLT @dabbe

dabbe I\'m amazed at how many I didn\'t read as a high school English teacher! 😱 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🤎💛 9mo

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

What a topic near and dear to our hearts. The books I chose are all ones I have proudly taught as a middle and high school English teacher.

I have hope that if we keep fighting the good fight that sanity will eventually prevail. And I've discovered that I have a lot of challenged books to still read! My TBR has just grown, well, bigger!

And if you look closely, you'll see why WHERE'S WALDO made the list! 🤩

sarahbarnes ♥️♥️♥️ 9mo

dabbe @sarahbarnes 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

Jjaxn95 I didn‘t know Speak was on the list as a banned book. That was one of my favorite books as a teenager and one I recall as being dear to me at that time. I would categorize it as a lifetime favorite of mine. 9mo

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dabbe @Jjaxn95 So would I. The writing was just gorgeous. Have you seen the movie with a young Kristen Stewart as Melinda? It\'s excellent, too. 🧡🤎💛 9mo

kspenmoll I love your idea of presenting the books you taught! 9mo

dabbe @kspenmoll It\'s what I miss most about teaching! What do I miss the least? #parents #sorrynotsorry 🤩😂🤗 9mo

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kelli7990

Are You There God? It‘s Me, Margaret - When I was 12 years old the same age as Margaret, I got my period and I read this book. I enjoyed this book. I felt like I could relate to how she was feeling.

The Earth, My Butt & Other Big Round Things - I was 15 the same age as Virginia when I read this book. I enjoyed it because I was a plus size teen like she was and I felt like I could relate to how she was feeling about her body.

#threelistthursday

dabbe And you have just beautifully described why these books are ESSENTIAL for young kids and should not be challenged/banned. Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

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willaful

#TLT #ThreeListThursday

Doing better than with the songs or movie challenges, I think.

dabbe Better than 80%! #yourock Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

Faranae \“66 of 211 · 31% You did better than 91% of users on this list\“. I blame the URC since so many of these are books I hate. 😂

Though also, the ALA often doesn\'t make an effort to distinguish between \“challenged from being in the school library\“ and \“challenged as required reading\“. And some of the books really aren\'t suitable for certain grades. A library can\'t have every book, either. 9mo

willaful @Faranae Definitely. I find it hard to find thorough info about banned books -- the extent of the ban, the reason for it, etc. 9mo

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ChaoticMissAdventures

What a wild list. Mostly kids picture books. I hate book bans and nothing makes me race for a book fast than it getting on one of these lists. I think the most surprising one to see here is Where's Waldo?? What freaks.

Here are 3 I am adding to my TBR

Always Running - Rodriguez
Flowers for Algernon
Kaffir Boy

Anyone else notice the The New Joys of Sex is on the list 2x?

#tlt #threelistthursday
@dabbe

Luke-XVX I love Flowers For Algernon, one of my most reread books 9mo

dabbe Ooh, if it\'s on the list twice, that\'s my bad! I\'ll go in an fix it. Thanks for the heads up! And thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

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peaKnit

#tlt @dabbe
Thank you for the tag! Evidently I need to read more banned books. Thank gosh for Judy Blume and Stephen King for padding my numbers. This was kind of shocking/ridiculous…Skippyjon Jones? Sad what “experts” find offensive. I let my kids read everything and anything, and my mom did the same, it‘s a big world out there - let them be prepared to discuss all the things. 🤯📚

dabbe 🎯! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

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Amiable

I‘ve read 22% of the books on this list (that I can remember, anyway—it‘s been a long time since I was reading children‘s books). Three that I was surprised to find on a banned list were:
1. Friday Night Lights (it‘s about … football?)
2. A Light in the Attic (it‘s… a cartoon?)
3. My Brother Sam is Dead (is the Revolutionary War a forbidden topic now?)

Link to the survey is on @dabbe ‘s page

@dabbe
#TLT
#ThreeListThursday

dabbe From what I could gather, #1 has race/racism issues in it. #2 was banned in a Florida school for promoting disobedience and violence in children. #3 dares to portray an unpopular view of the patriotism in America. To all of those, I just do this: 😳. Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

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Read4life

#TLT @dabbe

119 (56%) Some of my favorites are shown.

Infuriating, disturbing and heartbreaking to see all of those amazing books banned.

dabbe 🎯! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

In honor of this week's BANNED BOOKS WEEK, this survey includes the American Library Association's Most Frequently Challenged Books from 1990-2020.
1. Take the survey at https://shorturl.at/EHil3.
2. Share your score if you want.
3. Share 3 favorites or books you're surprised were/were not on the list.

Interesting list: When you have LOLITA and JAMES AND THE GIANT PEACH on the same list, well, what can one say? 😂

mcctrish, Megabooks, peaKnit, melissajayne, Soubhiville, Crazeedi, tpixie, Cuilin, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, CogsOfEncouragement, Lynnsoprano, Blueberry, Vansa, Bklover, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, Larkken, jenniferw88, julesG, Eggs, Chrissyreadit, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, MonicaLoves2Read, rwmg, Q84, BookwormAHN, Traci1, CSeydel, Ruthiella, RamsFan1963, TheSpineView, EadieB, CBee, Bookish_Viking, TheAromaofBooks, ImperfectCJ, Cupcake12, bthegood, lil1inblue, The_Penniless_Author, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnCrystal

Jari-chan Where\'s Waldo - really?! 9mo

Ruthiella 24% only! I guess I have some reading to do. 9mo

Ruthiella @Jari-chan I looked it up. Apparently there‘s a picture of woman‘s bared breast in one of the books. 9mo

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Jari-chan @Ruthiella Someone has been doing a lot of intense searching... 😅 🙃 9mo

AnnCrystal Thanks for the tag 📚😳😎👍💝. 9mo

bthegood 11% -haven\'t read many banned books. I love that banned books leads to reading the books for many people - I\'m sure there are teens in households saying \“I\'ll read what I want to read\“ - make a great day!! 9mo

The_Penniless_Author Thanks for the tag! ❤️ 9mo

CogsOfEncouragement I‘ve read 33 (16%) of these. 9mo

Eggs 🩵❤️💙 9mo

catiewithac I only read 28 😮 9mo

BkClubCare I got 65 and I‘ve already lost which titles would be faves or surprises! 9mo

Lynnsoprano I thought, oh, I‘ll only have one or two, and ended up with 21. But really: Year of Wonders?? That was a shock. I once got into a heated argument about the Harry Potter books with the mom of a kid in my children‘s choir, and she pulled the kid because I wouldn‘t agree that the books were satanic 😠 9mo

MonicaLoves2Read I've read 34 of the 211 books. I was shocked by some of the books on the list. The Holy Bible. No way it should be banned. Then there are books that were required reading when I was in school. 1984, Adventures of Tom Sawyer, John Steinback books. Crazy! Who comes up with these list. Obviously, they aren't readers that care what one good learn. I gifted my nephew some of those when he was little. 9mo

dabbe @Jari-chan IKR? 😳 9mo

dabbe @Ruthiella Me, too! I\'m scared to take it! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

dabbe @Ruthiella 😱 9mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

dabbe @bthegood And to some teens, the idea of banning a book only makes them want to read it more! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

dabbe @The_Penniless_Author YW! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

dabbe @Eggs 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

dabbe @catiewithac Quite a few are YA or even younger books that came out after we were past our teen years. I think my score will be low, and I was an English teacher! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

dabbe @BkClubCare No worries! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

dabbe @Lynnsoprano I would say \“You\'ve got to be kidding,\“ but after what I\'ve seen these past few years in my district and pretty much across the country, nothing surprises me anymore. I bet she didn\'t even read ONE of the books. 🙄 Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

dabbe @Monica5 This list was created based on information given to the ALA by libraries and schools across the country. Shocking, isn\'t it? Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🍁🧡 9mo

kspenmoll I have read 71 of these banned books! 9mo

dabbe @kspenmoll #yahooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🤎💛 9mo

BkClubCare @kspenmoll 👏 9mo

rwmg 12% - a lot of books there I\'ve never heard of 9mo

dabbe @rwmg Same here! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🤎💛 9mo

tpixie @dabbe thanks for the tag! I hope to have time to look at it soon! 9mo

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Only 16 books (8%). If you consider the HP entry is really 7 books and, though I didn't read ALL of the Gossip Girl books, they add a few more to my tally. I have some on my TBR and it's possible I read a couple of the Judy Blume books as a kid and just don't remember. I am fortunate that I want really censored as a child. I was reading Seventeen & Cosmo magazines at an early age, so they clearly didn't give fig if I read anything else. 9mo

dabbe @tpixie No worries! 🧡🤎💛 9mo

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Yay for your parents! Thanks for playing and sharing, too! 🧡🤎💛 9mo

Bklover Sorry I‘m late! Thanks for the tag- I‘ve read 37. Thanks @Ruthiella for the explanation of Where‘s Waldo!! 9mo

dabbe @Bklover That\'s quite a bit! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🧡🤎💛 9mo

Bklover It‘s only quite a few because I‘ve been alive a long time!! 9mo

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Soscha

Fable now has a Banned Books club, one per month, should anyone be interested.

Current book is “Go Tell It on the Mountain” by James Baldwin.

Link: https://fable.co/club/authors-guild-banned-books-club-with-jason-boog-3791040640...

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DGRachel

It‘s Banned Books Week! I nearly forgot about it and my reading schedule is packed right now with library books that have long hold lines so my checkout time can‘t be renewed, so I tossed together this TBR for the week of mostly short reads. All of these books are on the Top 100 Most Challenged books from 2010-2019 from ala.org.

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#AboutABook
#Controversisal
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This topic 🔥 “in me brain“ (EA Poe). Center: a copy of the shirt I proudly wore (now passed on to a younger teacher) every single day I introduced a banned book to my students. All of the books above I have proudly and unreservedly taught to my 7th, 8th, 9th, and 11th graders. In 2023, the # of banned books has ⬆️ by 65% from 2022. Visit the ALA if you want to get involved. 👊

Sleepswithbooks They are beautiful 📚 10mo

dabbe @Sleepswithbooks 🎯. 🩶🖤🩶 10mo

Bookwomble You're a champion 🏆♥️😊 Also, the irony of banning Fahrenheit 451! 🤦‍♂️ 10mo

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lil1inblue I'm so thankful that teachers like you are out there! And I'm thankful that so many of the teachers I had were the same way. 💗 💗 💗 10mo

dabbe @Bookwomble IKR? #oytotheultimatevey 🩶🖤🩶 10mo

dabbe @lil1inblue 🩶🖤🩶 10mo

Leftcoastzen Wonderful post ! ❤️✊ 10mo

AnnCrystal 👏😎👍📚💝. 10mo

dabbe @Leftcoastzen 🩶🖤🩶 10mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🩶🖤🩶 10mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👍🏻📚👏🏻 10mo

dabbe @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🩶🖤🩶 10mo

Eggs All important books 🙌🏻🙌🏻 10mo

dabbe @Eggs I do miss teaching literature. 🩶🖤🩶 10mo

Eggs @dabbe 😢📚 10mo

dabbe @Eggs 😘 10mo

danx Crazy to me that any of these could be banned! USA is a strange place. 10mo

dabbe @danx There are definitely some crazies here. 😀 10mo

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Tamra

Proposed bill in MN to ban banning books in schools & public libraries! I hope it passes! 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

https://www.mprnews.org/story/2024/03/21/ban-on-book-bans-introduced-in-minnesot...

I‘ll be even prouder to live on a blue island in a sea of red.

JenP I‘m on school committee in my town (in a very blue state) and last week we got our first request to ban two middle school books. I never thought I would see that here. And I‘m only hoping it comes to our vote before I leave school committee so I can deny the request. My term is over in May (edited) 1y

Tamra @JenP 🤞🏾🤞🏾🤞🏾 1y

KathyWheeler My guess is that the people requesting the bans haven‘t even read the books. 1y

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Tamra @KathyWheeler nope. 🙄 1y

dabbe Go, Minnesota! May the purple state of AZ follow your lead. 🤩🤩🤩 1y

jlhammar Me too! I was very pleased to hear about this. 1y

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AllDebooks

AllDebooks https://www.instagram.com/p/Cx7nLSVslyz/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA== 2y

One of my all-time favourite books is on the banned books list. I'm really enjoying this Audible edition during #bannedbooksweek2023
I fully support #freedomtoread and endorse all endeavours to turn the tide on archaic censorship.

The whole point of writing and literature is to open our minds to new thoughts and experiences we might not ordinarily have access to. ⬇️

AllDebooks Whole worlds, characters, creatures, adventures, ideas and knowledge await the turn of a page. There is no such thing as a prescribed reading list. Each reader has the ability to read and understand text, forming their own opinions, contextualising and debating. All of this helps make us more compassionate, empathetic people. Reading feeds our very humanity, or it should.
The banned books in America makes me sick to my stomach. ⬇️ 2y

AllDebooks We need to fight this and stop the rot now. I think a child would be done more harm from elitist, narrow-minded, toxic views of what's 'normal', than they would reading a book that makes them think. See Alan Cummings video on how his book about his 2 dogs was banned because they have 2 Dads!!

Look to see how you can help and get involved.
https://bannedbooksweek.org/
https://pen.org/banned-book-week-action/

2y

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TheBookgeekFrau

So excited my library is doing this 😁 So bummed you have to be between 12-18 yrs to participate 😕

MommyWantsToReadHerBook Lol at your second sentence 2y

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Amiable

She has a point.

AmyG Ha! 2y

dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 2y

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OriginalCyn620

pick

Enjoyed this look into the world‘s most banned and challenged books. Very enlightening!

#bookspinbingo - free space

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 2y

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ncsufoxes

This image is from Ohhappidani on IG. As she remarked this isn‘t even factoring in 2023. She also mentioned https://pen.org/issue/free-the-books/ working on their legal fight against banned books.

dabbe #headedforthedarkagesagain #keepfighting #banbanningbooks #bbb
I'm on a hashtag toll today. 🤣🤩🤗 2y

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Chrissyreadit

Meshell1313 🤣🤣🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 2y

TheBookgeekFrau 😂😂 2y

DGRachel I love this!!!! 2y

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ravenlee Hell yes! But I mean…that‘s just about all of us anymore, isn‘t it? 😆 2y

Bookwormjillk 😂 2y

JenReadsAlot Hilarious 😂 2y

IndoorDame 👏👏👏👏👏👏 2y

dabbe #bravo 👏🤣🤩😍 2y

BookLove4Ever Not entirely accurate but still funny 😆 2y

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 2y

CoverToCoverGirl Excellent advise! 2y

Reggie Lololol 2y

bthegood I. LOVE. THIS. 🙂 2y

JanuarieTimewalker13 Hahahahahaha 2y

Bookzombie 😂 2y

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bookishbitch

New shirt. Who dis?

CBee 😍😍😍😍😍 2y

TheBookHippie 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 2y

AmyG Nice! 2y

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MonicaLoves2Read

Banned Books: The World's Most Controversial Books, Past and Present | DORLING KINDERSLEY LTD.

Read whatever you like! Don't worry what others may think📚❤️📚

CoverToCoverGirl Exactly!!!💜 2y

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Hooked_on_books

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I think we all know that banning books is stupid, harmful, and narrow-minded. This little book looks back to the earliest written word up to today, looking at some notable banned books and why they‘ve been challenged. The only one I can actually see the reasoning behind is the one pictured, though I still don‘t advocate banning. Really interesting read.

Anna40 My sister teaches literature at uni and de Sade is one of her fields of research. 2y

Hooked_on_books @Anna40 Oh wow, I can‘t imagine that. I‘m just not sure why we need a book about a group of men holding children hostage so they can rape, torture and kill them. I know all his work is controversial and provocative, but I‘ve never read him. 2y

Anna40 Yes, I don‘t know why she‘s fascinated by that topic. 2y

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britt_brooke

My boys checking out the “banned” section at our local children‘s indie and not understanding what‘s wrong with people. Fortunately, they‘ve read many of these books as part of our elementary school‘s ELA curriculum (Wit & Wisdom). Sadly, the challengers are coming for our curriculum, too. 🤬

#raisingreaders #RightToRead

AlaMich I live in a blue city and I am a liberal. All the stories of book-banning lately fill me with rage. 2y

britt_brooke @AlaMich At the risk of sounding cheesy, there‘s a war on books in this country. It‘s awful. 2y

AlaMich Essentially, there is a war on not being ignorant. 2y

britt_brooke @AlaMich Yes! 2y

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melissajayne

Bookish gifts from my parents

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