Dear Reading Community Is this the same book that made my sister holler at her middle son to give her the sequels because she just had to read them? Or the Bible? Really, I am sure you could say all the reasons one wants to challenge/ban a book could be found in that collection of words as well. But then again, the Bible has seen its share of banning, too. Therefore, I am not saying the Bible is “bad” just, think about it for […]
The moments of his life, shaping us all
All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson
I bounce between a 3.5 and 4 with All Boys Aren’t Blue as the flow of things sometimes was off for me. However, the subject is very good, and I think could be valuable to even those who have not/or will not follow a similar path as George M. Johnson. Even though his intended audience was not exactly aimed at someone like me, I was able to appreciate his voice and his story. For sure this is not for the very young due to language […]
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Dear Reading Community, Today’s title is one that we might know, if not from the book, from adaptations to the screen. And the reason is that animals are on equal to humans? Ethics aside for a moment, you do not have a problem with them wanting to kill the pig? Or that the spider dies at the end? But talking animals doesn’t do it for you? Thank you, A fellow reader
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Dear Reading Community, Spookiness? What is spookiness? What you find spooky, I might not. And bad behavior? Boy you really don’t want to read some of those classics then! (Bible, Dickens, Hardy Boys) Thank you, A fellow reader
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Dear Reading Community, This is a book many of us grew up with. As an adult, reading why this book has been banned/challenged, I have to say I’ve mixed feelings. I grew up as a logger’s granddaughter and niece. My grandfather helped me to go to college because of it; my uncle put two children through college-level education because of it. My family might not have been completely “woke” but they knew ethical logging was important. Clear cutting was rarely an option, unless needed […]
Dear Reading Community Post one
Dear Reading Community, Today we gather to celebrate the week we know as Banned and Challenged Week. Not that we are for it, but because we are against it. And I would like to share a new poster I have found that features a book that is banned. Please read carefully why it has been. Thank you A fellow reader.