Next week is banned books week (Sept 24 - 30) - what will you be reading?

[Paula Sims]

I "celebrate" by going to the library, checking out a banned book, and reading it in public (frankly, as I do all year round - I just take special joy in it during this week). No Kindle - a physical book. This year's special book will be a re-read of The Lord of the Flies (I prefer the classics).
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/classics

Anyone else joining me?

[bearsfootball516]

1. 1984 seems appropriate

[Warren DeMontague]

2. Censorship is NEVER a progressive value.

I encourage everyone to read something that someone has tried to get banned- whether it is Captain Underpants, Huckleberry Finn, The Pentagon Papers, or the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue.

[ProudLib72]

3. I was going to reread Ulysses

But you've reminded me of my true favorite: Captain Underpants.

[Warren DeMontague]

4. It's shocking, but people have seriously tried to get that book banned.

Apparently it encourages "anti-authoritarian attitudes". Heavens, we don't want children to think that they can laugh at authority, now, do we?

[LeftInTX]

6. The books are no longer banned

Some of them would still be banned if some portions of society still had their way.

[ProudLib72]

5. I may have to read Life and Fate again

Does it count if the book was banned in the Soviet Union? I mean, that's what we are now, right?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_and_Fate

[LeftInTX]

7. Lady Chatterley's Lover

I remember my younger sister got a hold of a copy and she made a big deal out of it. But it was nothing compared to the Sensuous Woman, that I found while I was babysitting...then I found more sex books at their house. Then one day, the mom stopped in unexpectedly. She caught me reading their stash and I got fired.

[LeftInTX]

8. My favorite on the list is The Jungle by Upton Sinclair

Every Democrat should read that book. We had to read it in high school.

I'm surprised Johnny Got His Gun and Auschwitz were not on the list. (Required reading in our high school)

Lord of the Flies, Brave New World, Animal Farm, and 1984 were also required.

We read In Cold Blood in an elective English class.