WiththeBanned

My BN trip‘s theme today was banned books.

My sister recommended The Assistant to the Villain series so I picked those up too and my new hot beverage reading buddy was $5 at the checkout.

#withthebanned #letsdothis

TEArificbooks My teenager is reading 1984 for school right now. 1d

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @TEArificbooks I read that one in HS too along with Brave New World 1d

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Melismatic

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler

I‘ve read this & its sequel a few years back and ever since I‘ve been telling everyone I know to read it. Especially if they are against the now current Administration in the US. The story feels eerily current but also strangely comforting in that unsettling familiarity? Hard to explain.

Hope everyone reading for #WithTheBanned enjoys. 💌

Jadams89

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LitsyEvents

The Handmaid's Tale | MARGARET. ATWOOD

repost for @Jadams89:

Our #WithTheBanned March read is The Handmaid‘s Tale. I‘ve had this on my TBR for a long time and look forward to everyone‘s thoughts! #buddyread

Let me know if you‘d like to be added to the tag list!

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Jadams89

The Handmaid's Tale | Margaret Atwood

Our #WithTheBanned March read is The Handmaid‘s Tale. I‘ve had this on my TBR for a long time and look forward to everyone‘s thoughts! #buddyread

Let me know if you‘d like to be added to the tag list!

LitsyEvents

Jadams89 @JenlovesJT47
@BooksBlanketsandahotbeverage
@Read4Life @skygoddess1
@Julsmarshall @Lapreader 3d

Jadams89 @lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @dabbe @5feet.of.fury @TheDaysGoBy @AnishaInkspell @Melismatic @bookwormjillk @KT1432 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 3d

Jadams89 @thewallflower0707 @catsandbooks @megabooks @Kenyazero @CoverToCoverGirl @Bookbuyingaddict @CuriousG @AllDebooks 3d

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@peanutnine @CatLass007 3d

CatLass007 I won‘t be participating this month. I would like to be kept on the tag list because I‘d very much like to know what everyone else thinks. I bailed on this book years ago and have been hesitant to pick up anything else by Margaret Atwood. I know that my opinion is in the minority and that many people believe it‘s a great work of literature. Enjoy or at least be challenged. Welcome to Litsy where it‘s OK to have different opinions. (edited) 2d

Jadams89 @CatLass007 no problem! I‘m not planning to remove anyone from the tag list anytime soon (unless they request it, of course). Every book/author isn‘t for everyone - and that‘s ok! 2d

CatLass007 Yes! 2d

CatLass007 I was looking at my TBR for March and I discovered I‘d written myself a note to give a try to another Atwood book and I already had chosen Hag-Seed. So I‘m sort of participating.

Hag-Seed

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Scochrane26 I love this book! I discovered it in grad school & have read several times. 2d

Melismatic Like Parable, I‘ve already read this so I‘m aiming to read its sequel that‘s been sitting on my shelf since it came out. 💖 2d

peanutnine I read this one a couple times in college and I don't think I'm in the headspace to reread right now due to the state of the world, but I'll check out the discussion at the end of the month 🙂 2d

Julsmarshall I w read it but is has been awhile. I may do a reread, or possibly check out the sequel. 2d

Read4life I‘m ready to read this one. 2d

Kenyazero Looking forward to seeing everyone‘s discussion on this. I‘m going to pass on reading this one right now. This is not a good time for me to read it. 2d

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Just picked it up at BN with a stack of other banned books. Let‘s do this! 💪 1d

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Amiable

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E Butler

“Moral: The weak can overcome the strong if the weak persist. Persisting isn‘t always safe, but it‘s often necessary.”

#resist
#WiththeBanned

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Jadams89

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler

#WithTheBanned

Bookwormjillk Both because social norms are starting to erode, but also at a certain point what do you have to lose. Thanks for these thoughtful questions! 4d

5feet.of.fury Difficult, too many people are already getting into a “survival of the fittest” mentality 4d

Bookbuyingaddict @Jadams89 hi could you if you don‘t mind please send to me a list of books which have been banned in the USA please ? 🙏 we have none in the uk 🇬🇧 thank goodness 😅 but was talking to my bookclub friends about it last night and no one knew this was happening , thank you ☺️ x x x. Xx 😘 4d

Jadams89 @bookbuyingaddict here‘s a link to PEN America - they track challenges to books. We aren‘t at the point that books are banned from being sold, more they are removed from school and public libraries. https://pen.org/banned-books-list-2025/ (edited) 4d

Jadams89 @Bookbuyingaddict None of these are nationwide, but it‘s feeling scarily close to such things happening 4d

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Jadams89

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler

#WithTheBanned

Bookwormjillk It‘s almost too depressing to answer this question. The parallels were almost scary. 4d

Amiable @Bookwormjillk 💯 4d

5feet.of.fury Too many. Voter apathy, climate change, a huge one that stands out for me is labor protections/workers rights being stripped. 4d

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Kristin_Reads So many parallels! It‘s very unsettling the similarities that Butler foresaw back in 1993. 4d

Melismatic @Bookwormjillk truth!!! 2d

Kenyazero Very many. It‘s unsettling. That‘s what happens when a writer channels their fears into their books. 🙃 2d

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Jadams89

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler

#WithTheBanned

Bookwormjillk I do a lot of work in climate change, so yes. I see a lot of that. 4d

5feet.of.fury People are apathetic to what‘s happening because they think it won‘t negatively impact them, it will just hurt some “undesirable” group of people so we watch rights get taken away and many don‘t realize the reach/impact until it‘s too late. 4d

Melismatic I think currently there‘s so much fear/overstimulation largely due to so much information being readily available at your fingertips. Bc it‘s so accessible, people have become less discerning to seek out facts. If it fits their narrative, that‘s good enough. Our culture is suffering because of it. 2d

Kenyazero Everyone hit the nail on the head here. 2d

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Jadams89

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler

#WithTheBanned

5feet.of.fury Honestly, I thought it would have a bigger emphasis and impact but it seemed forgotten or inconsistent at times. 4d

Kenyazero I forgot about her hyper empathy! (Since I read this a while ago). I think it played a big role in her determination to move forward in the ways she does, and build community in the ways she does. It probably also shapes her worldview quite a bit throughout. 2d

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Jadams89

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E Butler

Hey #WithTheBanned readers! Sorry I‘ve fallen behind this month - work has been very busy.

I‘ll be posting 5 discussions questions total. I don‘t want to overwhelm y‘all with notifications, so I‘ll just tag everyone in the first post.

Jadams89 @JenlovesJT47
@BooksBlanketsandahotbeverage
@Read4Life @skygoddess1
@Julsmarshall @Lapreader 4d

Jadams89 @lil1inblue @Deblovestoread @dabbe @5feet.of.fury @TheDaysGoBy @AnishaInkspell @Melismatic @bookwormjillk @KT1432 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa 4d

Jadams89 @thewallflower0707 @catsandbooks @megabooks @Kenyazero @CoverToCoverGirl @Bookbuyingaddict @CuriousG @AllDebooks 4d

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Jadams89 @SconsinBookyBadger @PaperbackPirate @CogsOfEncouragement @Amiable
@peanutnine @CatLass007 4d

CatLass007 I haven‘t even started the book yet. I‘ll be back when I do. 4d

Bookwormjillk So much to think about with this book, but maybe a lesson is anyone can be a leader. Looking forward to what everyone else says. 4d

Melismatic Community is everything and trust is imperative…but needs to be earned. 4d

Catsandbooks I had to dnf because it was just too much for me right now 4d

JenlovesJT47 I am so behind on everything this month 😭 4d

Julsmarshall I haven‘t started either but I hope to tackle in March :) 4d

Kristin_Reads I‘m jumping in here because I just finished this one a few weeks ago. Your questions are great! I agree with @Melismatic … a big takeaway for me was the found/chosen family and community formed with (earned) trust. 4d

Kenyazero @Catsandbooks I read this a few years ago and almost dnf‘d for the same reason. I don‘t think I could read it right now 😱😵‍💫 2d

Kenyazero Other than lessons about societal breakdown in times of disaster, I think the biggest lesson I took away from this was that when your found community needs you to be the leader you might not be ready to be that leader and may need to figure it out as you go. 2d

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