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You can ban books but you can‘t ban people‘s imagination. That‘s the takeaway for me from this super original novel. It‘s the story of a book censor in a dystopian future who can‘t resist the books he has to read - and ban. Distracted by rabbits with watches the book turns into a kind of Alice in Wonderland like story. The censor and I as a reader had no idea what was real or what wasn‘t. A good book from this Kuwait author.

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

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!

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

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

#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! 🤩

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

#TLT #ThreeListThursday

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

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

#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. 🤯📚