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Banned Books
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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Discusses the history of book banning and looks at the different reasons why books are challenged.
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LitsyEvents
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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Jadams89 Thank you for sharing!! 6d
GingerAntics No worries. The Americans will be reading banned books all day long soon enough. 6d
Bookwormjillk @Melismatic here‘s the banned book challenge 4d
Melismatic @Bookwormjillk thank you!! 4d
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Hooked_on_books
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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Tripex 👏👏 13mo
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swishandflick
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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THIS! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

JamieArc 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 13mo
marleed Absolutely! 13mo
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 13mo
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Tamra
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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mcctrish I‘m wearing my banned books bracelet today 🥳 1y
Ruthiella 👏👏👏 1y
dabbe YES!!! 🤩🤩🤩 1y
Christine ❤️ 1y
Jeg ❤️❤️ 1y
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Kshakal
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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Absolutely fell in love with this banned book bag!

annahenke So cute. 2y
Lollymya Love it. 2y
dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 2y
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Ruthiella Awesome! 2y
mcctrish Absolutely fantastic 2y
Gissy 😍❤️❤️❤️ 2y
ElizaMarie This is so great!!! Where did you get it? 2y
Kshakal @ElizaMarie a local shop called the string theory 2y
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Kshakal
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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Yes!!!

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Tove_Reads
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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BookwormAHN I honestly think banning books is stupid. For one thing banning something creates the temptation of wanting it or wanting to read it. Mostly it just shows how backwards and ridiculous people are. Where I live in Louisiana in some schools Harry Potter is banned for promoting witchcraft 🤦🏼‍♀️ 3y
Adventures_of_a_French_Reader I moved to the US in 2014, my parents NEVER questioned if anything I was reading was appropriate for my age. I was reading, that's what mattered. We read Candid by Voltaire, Harold and Maud in middle school. The Metamorphosis by Ovid, and Germinal in high school. These books would be forbidden in a lot of US high schools. I guess some people like to get offended over nothing, and like to impose their views onto others... 3y
wanderinglynn In my opinion, most book banning is really about control. Controlling what others read, think, believe. If you control what people read, you control what the person thinks & believes. (edited) 3y
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Chrissyreadit There‘s a lot of issues about control and manipulation. The underlying belief and practice includes limiting access to ideas and knowledge under the guise of protection. I listened to a podcast about dictatorships even occurs g within school boards. It all just makes me angry. It‘s another way to promote bias and ignorance. I could go on…… 3y
slategreyskies I think it‘s about control too. It scares me sometimes that any one group would be so forceful in their opinions as to want to restrict what everyone has access to. It‘s a slippery slope. First one thing is banned. Then another. Where does it stop? Also, a lot of the times book bans are put in place by people who‘ve never even read them! 3y
DarkMina Totally disagree with banning books. If you don‘t like a author or topic, don‘t read it. I‘m not for any kind of censorship. Claiming hurt feelings or disagreeing with a viewpoint aren‘t legitimate reasons. That is some of the problem here in the U.S.right now. (edited) 3y
wanderinglynn @slategreyskies yes! Like those who wanted to ban Harry Potter because it was about occultism, taught heretical lessons, or encouraged santanism. Clearly those folks never bothered to actually read the books. 🙄🤦🏼‍♀️ 3y
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OriginalCyn620
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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Happy Banned Books Week! I read them anytime, but I definitely make it a point to read a banned book every year during BBW. This year, I plan to read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings. I‘ve never read it so I‘m looking forward to it!
#bannedbooksweek

TiredLibrarian I'm halfway through a re-read of this one! 3y
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Branwen
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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I got my big display set up tonight for September which is featuring Banned Books Week! 🔥📚 I made little jail cells out of crates and had an overall really fun time putting it all together! I made a smaller version as well to go in the teen area! 📚💕 #librarylove #librariansoflitsy

GingerAntics That is awesome!!! 💙💙💙 3y
TiredLibrarian Love it! ❤📚 3y
wanderinglynn Awesome! Love it! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3y
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Ruthiella Great job! 👍❤️📚 3y
TrishB Looks great 👍🏻 3y
squirrelbrain Love the jail cells - great job! 3y
Pruzy Nice display! 3y
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britt_brooke
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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LeahBergen I need this! 👏🏻👏🏻 4y
Emily92Bibliophile My own Banned Book mask is on its way! 🎉🎉🎉 4y
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Jilly6183 Awesome! 4y
AvidReader25 Love that mask! 4y
vivastory I got one yesterday. They're really comfortable 4y
Lesanne Ah, love it!! 4y
ErikasMindfulShelf I got that one as well. And the book nerd one. 4y
cariashley Ooh I‘m still waiting for mine to come! Need to check my PO Box! 4y
britt_brooke @Emily92Bibliophile Yay! I was happy to finally get mine. Ordered it forever ago. 4y
britt_brooke @vivastory 🙌🏻 It‘s the most comfortable one I have for sure. 4y
britt_brooke @irre Yay! I wish I‘d gotten more. Very comfortable. 4y
britt_brooke @cariashley Took forever to ship. Hope yours is waiting for you! 4y
Flaneurette Love it! 4y
Cinfhen Oh wow, that‘s awesome and you‘re looking FABULOUS 💕are you still doing keto???? 4y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen Thank you so much! 🤗🤗 Still eating low carb, but I haven‘t been in ketosis in a few weeks. I‘ve dropped 23lbs! 4y
Cinfhen That‘s amazing!!! All your hard work has really paid off 🙌🏻❣️I need a good kick start - Covid has not been good to my dieting/ eating habits 4y
Emily92Bibliophile @britt_brooke same here! I ordered it a little over a month ago and it just shipped yesterday! Thankfully it‘s supposed * to get here this week- I wanted to wear it back at work in the library next week!🎉Is it comfy? (edited) 4y
CallMeIshmael Nice!! 4y
britt_brooke @Emily92Bibliophile Very comfy and fits well! 4y
britt_brooke @Cinfhen Thank you! My motivation has waned the last few weeks, but I started quarantine strong. 😂 And def been having too much wine. 🙊 4y
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Soubhiville
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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Oh my gosh what an amazing art installation! I wish I could go to Germany to see it! Here‘s the article link:

http://www.bookishbuzz.info/artist-uses-100000-banned-books-to-build-a-full-size...

AmyG That‘s amazing. 5y
Hooked_on_books Incredible 5y
JacqMac Wow! 😍 5y
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JoScho 🖤🖤🖤 5y
CarolynM Fabulous! One of my most vivid memories of Berlin is the memorial to Nazi book burning in Bebelplatz. It's a clear Perspex square on the ground through which you look down to room sized cube lined with empty bookshelves. It sent shivers down my spine. 5y
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Nute
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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I didn‘t get started yesterday as planned. I was outvoted for a day of reading by an Avengers Movie repeat-watch marathon which I must admit was well-worth it.🎥🍿 I decided to go with the Banned Books theme for #24B4Monday. Animal Farm as a reread and the other two books as a first time experience. I‘m exhilarated to devote any amount of time to this readathon. Going 💯 right now!
#MayMadness

RadicalReader You‘ll do wonderfully!! I am knocking out three books because reading three books in one 5y
Andrew65 Wonderful book. Love the photograph. 5y
BooknerdsLife Great photo and great book choice! 🙌💖📚 Happy reading to you 5y
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Leftcoastzen Cool photo! Happy Reading! 5y
Clwojick Good luck reading today! 💕 5y
Nute @RadicalReader I might try that next time.🙂 5y
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Nute
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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I‘ve never participated in a Readathon before. I‘m excited to give it a try. Actually, I think it is one of my New Year‘s Resolutions for 2019 so I am joining the party. I‘m a little late, but I don‘t have any plans for the rest of today. I can‘t commit much time to the effort tomorrow, but we‘ll see how it goes.
The requirement is banned books or is that just a suggestion?
#24B4Monday
#MayMadness

Clwojick Just a suggestion! 5y
BeansPage Banned books is just a suggestion but you may read whatever you like. As long as you are reading you are totally in! And a very big congratulations on your first read-a-thon hun! 🎉 We are delighted to have you! 5y
jb72 So glad you are joining us! 😺 5y
Andrew65 Great to have you join us this time. The most important thing is to have fun reading along with others, and sharing what you are reading, no matter what time you get to. 5y
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Clwojick
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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Here‘s another short list of #BannedBooks! Which ones have you read?

#MayMadness @TheReadingMermaid @RadicalReader

wanderinglynn Only 2 on this list, but several are on my TBR. 5y
UnabridgedPod I‘ve read 12. (And I‘ve taught a few of them!) 5y
tammysue I‘ve only read 3, In Cold Blood is on my tbr. 5y
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TheBookgeekFrau I've read 6 5y
JanuarieTimewalker13 Only 2. LCL & TOC (edited) 5y
Kimberlone I‘ve only read three but I‘ve read other books by many of those authors. That list seems pretty limited and really only includes books written in the first half of the 20th cent 5y
rretzler I‘ve only read 2 on that list but have actually read tons more banned books. 5y
WolfReader I‘ve only read 3. This list makes me want to pick up a few more! 5y
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Andrew65
Banned Books | Marcia Amidon Lusted
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Can‘t wait for May‘s #24B4Monday Readathon, which for this month is carried out in conjunction and partnership with #MayMadmess being led by the wonderful @Clwojick , @RadicalReader and @TheReadingMermaid . This month as part of this we are challenging you to see if you can read banned books during the Readathon.

This link might help you know some popular banned books :

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_books_banned_by_governments

BeansPage Thanks for providing the links darlin! That really helps 😘😘 6y
Andrew65 @TheReadingMermaid Thought it would help people identify banned books, some real surprises on there! 6y
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BeansPage IKR??? 🤦🏻‍♀️ 6y
Clwojick An you believe that Charlottes Web is Banned?! What the flip! 6y
RamsFan1963 I'm off most of that weekend, so I plan to participate, but I don't have many banned books. Off the list, I have Brave New World, Animal Farm and Naked Lunch. 6y
Andrew65 @Clwojick Just Incredible, such seditious spiders out there. Clearly worried Charlotte was planning to take over the world! 😂😳🤷‍♂️ 6y
Andrew65 @RamsFan1963 I still need to search out what I own or yet need to read. 6y
BeansPage Don't forget about my email sweetheart. Big things are going on and I'd like you to be a part of them if you want to 😁 6y
BooknerdsLife Awww great idea with the banned books! 🙌🏼🙌🏼 Going to look through the list! Thank you for the link 🤗💖📚 6y
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