Come all, rise up and against the ignorant words of Wesley Scroggins and read, write, and speak for the rights for EVERYONE to read books that are powerful and will change lives!
(By which I mean: post your Banned Books Reading Challenge-related reviews/posts (yes, this includes anything you have to say in the SPEAK LOUDLY campaign) here!)
Had never heard of Wesley Scroggins, butt googled him now. He's calling Kurt Vonnegut's novels soft porn, rediculous isn't it? Then Henry Miller and Marquis de Sade must be hardcore, I presume >:)
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Here is a link to my review of "Identical" by Ellen Hopkins - I listened to the audiobook (highly recommended format for this one!):
ReplyDeletehttp://loveyalit.com/?p=958. Here's to keeping Speak, Twenty Boy Summer, and Slaughterhouse-Five in our schools! All three excellent! I would have loved reading Vonnegut as a teen, but didn't discover him for myself until this past year.
Thanks for Speaking UP!
ReplyDeleteHere's my Speak Loudly Post: http://www.greenbeanteenqueen.com/2010/09/speak-loudly-when-book-bannings-hit.html
ReplyDeleteMy review for this week is Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. It's the 10th Anniversary edition so it has so questions and answers with the author in the back and the first chapter of Wintergirls.
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I wrote it Sept. 26th 2010.
I wrote a blog post defending Speak here:
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I also did a review of Bradbury's Fahrenheit 452 here: http://booksinthespotlight.blogspot.com/2010/09/isnt-it-ironic.html
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian!
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Here's my review of Twisted by Laurie Halse Anderson.
ReplyDeleteHere's my review of Living Dead Girl by Elizabeth Scott>.
ReplyDeleteWe guest posted over at Mindful Musings this week where we offered up a Banned Books Films Festival lineup
ReplyDeleteOn our site we also featured the following Banned Books Week related reviews/posts:
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Gossip Girl (books & show)
Twisted
Author Adele Griffin on The Chocolate War
Perks of Being a Wallflower etc