Comments on: Banned Books Week http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2007/09/29/banned-books-week/ Writing about reading Sun, 22 Jan 2012 23:44:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cass http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2007/09/29/banned-books-week/comment-page-1/#comment-154351 Cass Tue, 30 Oct 2007 20:43:53 +0000 http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2007/09/29/banned-books-week/#comment-154351 Ok so I've missed 'banned books week'(is this an American thing?) by a month, but nevermind! I've been reading 'The God Delusion' which I'm sure must be been banned somewhere...! Ok so I’ve missed ‘banned books week’(is this an American thing?) by a month, but nevermind! I’ve been reading ‘The God Delusion’ which I’m sure must be been banned somewhere…!

]]> By: Sandy D. http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2007/09/29/banned-books-week/comment-page-1/#comment-148174 Sandy D. Tue, 23 Oct 2007 15:50:19 +0000 http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2007/09/29/banned-books-week/#comment-148174 I (re)read "Julie of the Wolves" and wasn't thrilled. I'm going to seek out "And Tango Makes Three" for my 5 year old. :-) I (re)read “Julie of the Wolves” and wasn’t thrilled. I’m going to seek out “And Tango Makes Three” for my 5 year old. :-)

]]> By: Luisa http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2007/09/29/banned-books-week/comment-page-1/#comment-144047 Luisa Tue, 16 Oct 2007 12:58:19 +0000 http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2007/09/29/banned-books-week/#comment-144047 What about The Handmaid's Tale or To Kill a Mockingbird? Or Slaughterhouse Five. Ken Follett's Pillars of the Earth is terrific. Or, since it's October, what about Cujo, Carrie, or The Dead Zone? What about The Handmaid’s Tale or To Kill a Mockingbird? Or Slaughterhouse Five. Ken Follett’s Pillars of the Earth is terrific. Or, since it’s October, what about Cujo, Carrie, or The Dead Zone?

]]> By: Ella http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2007/09/29/banned-books-week/comment-page-1/#comment-141577 Ella Thu, 11 Oct 2007 17:48:00 +0000 http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2007/09/29/banned-books-week/#comment-141577 Catcher in the Rye? That was banned for a while, wasn't it? I haven't read it for a while but was thinking the other day that it's a perfect autumn-y book... Catcher in the Rye? That was banned for a while, wasn’t it? I haven’t read it for a while but was thinking the other day that it’s a perfect autumn-y book…

]]> By: doulicia http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2007/09/29/banned-books-week/comment-page-1/#comment-141468 doulicia Wed, 10 Oct 2007 16:38:51 +0000 http://bookworm.pilcrow.biz/2007/09/29/banned-books-week/#comment-141468 This is what I get for not doing daily blog rounds. Only NOW do I see I missed banned books week. Serendipitously, I read in Sunday's paper about a controvery in the Grand Rapids school district...apparently the new American Lit. anthology they ordered contains an excerpted (and Pulitzer-winning?) play with a lot of foul language. They are debating whether, if they can't return the books for a refund, to *cut out* the offensive pages. ! link here: http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-38/1191586540166160.xml&coll=6 This is what I get for not doing daily blog rounds. Only NOW do I see I missed banned books week. Serendipitously, I read in Sunday’s paper about a controvery in the Grand Rapids school district…apparently the new American Lit. anthology they ordered contains an excerpted (and Pulitzer-winning?) play with a lot of foul language.

They are debating whether, if they can’t return the books for a refund, to *cut out* the offensive pages.

!

link here: http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-38/1191586540166160.xml&coll=6

]]>