Comments on: I have to sing about the book I read

By: JChevais

JChevais — Thu, 08 Oct 2009 13:03:40 +0000

Banned books, funnily enough, end up being very good for the banned writer. It’s all very weird. A sort of validation of worth?

Bah. It’s silly. My mom pretty much let me read anything I wanted. I plan on doing the same.

Can I make a comment on the pacifier? Don’t wean too soon. We weaned daughter too soon (okay. We FORCED THE ISSUE) and now she’s nine and struggling to stop sucking her thumb (the dummy replacement). The dentist put the fear of ugly braces and death in her, so we are hoping that this time she’ll break the habit for good.
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By: Jill/Twipply Skwood

Jill/Twipply Skwood — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 16:43:54 +0000

Crap! I forgot it was banned book week – it ends today or tomorrow right? I wanted to read my boy a banned book!

That map is pretty cool. And I’d just like to point out that Houston does NOT have a tack on the map!

There may be a lot of drawbacks to this city, but apparently book banning isn’t one of them. Happy gender confused chickens? Good for Houston! BIG billy goats? Yep, got ‘em! Bras in the middle of the road? Good stuff. Libraries with controversial books? Stock full thanks!
Jill/Twipply Skwood´s last blog ..I Think Maybe Benjamin Franklin Was Jewish…but it was probably a secret. And then he observed Yom Kippur all year long. Or something.

By: NATUI

NATUI — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 00:32:18 +0000

Speaking of schools, have you seen this on FB/the Internet yet? Actually school in Queensland. It’s worth the listen. I wish more schools would do it.

http://www.facebook.com/video/video.php?v=1212601907690

By: Coal Miner's Granddaughter

Coal Miner's Granddaughter — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:18:38 +0000

I decided a long time ago to have my own personal library of banned books. And if any books are banned while our kids are in middle/high school, then the books will be here for them and their classmates to read. At any time. And I’ll be damned if anybody stops me.
Coal Miner’s Granddaughter´s last blog ..Caged Bird

By: Jamie

Jamie — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 18:35:18 +0000

Yes, they did. During the whole controversy about the Canterbury Tales, Ms. Love (11th grade English) showed the list to me. Her attitude was more along the lines of what’s the big deal, they gave me a whole list of stuff I cannot teach. It was not “official” as in approved by the school board – but official in the sense of teach any of these and we will make your life miserable. I don’t remember much about it, except that I saw The Grapes of Wrath on it, and asked “Why that one?” She said, “Oh, you know, because of the last scene.” Well, I did not know, since I went to a crap high school that banned books. So, of course, I went to the Public Library, read the last scene, in which a character nurses a starving man who is so far gone he cannot eat food. Even then, I thought you have to be one fucked up sick son-of-a-bitch to find that sexually alluring. Of course, that is the thing with these religious nuts – they are completely obsessed with sex.

By: Kevin C Jones

Kevin C Jones — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 17:58:37 +0000

Books contain Words and Thoughts. And Books can get you killed in many countries. In 1992, I was a Visiting Professor in Al Ain, part of the Abu Dhabi Emirate, when riots erupted from news of the Ayodah temple massacre in India. I was walking towards the rioters carrying English text translations of the Q’uran, The Bible, and various Vedic books.
I threw them all over a fence and jumped for my life.
For $10, what book did I rescue?

By: ellie

ellie — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:56:45 +0000

OH, yeah, Northern Florida is about as South as you can get!
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By: admin

admin — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 05:10:46 +0000

FF – I read Judy Blume’s books as a teenager to try and suss out women.

SIS – If you grew up in the South then there was a list. You may not have known about it, but unless it was a progressive college town, there was definitely a list.

Technobabe – So, what your saying is that censorship upsets you?

Beth – What was the book?

Jamie – Did they really? How do you know? What was on it? Can we get the list, just for fun? I’m surprised you guys haven’t gotten beaten up in Utah. Although, to be fair, Mormons seem pretty peaceful as wingnuts go.

Nursemyra – I know!

TUB – Same. When I started reading to Boy Z it was because I felt like I should, but now it’s good fun. Especially when he lets me choose the book.

Prefers – What’s the Starcatcher series?

By: Prefers Her Fantasy Life

Prefers Her Fantasy Life — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 12:25:30 +0000

What a great story of how you got into writing. I still read with two of my kids. Eleven-year old and I just finished the Peter and the Starcatcher series by Ridley Pearson and Dave Barry.
Prefers Her Fantasy Life´s last blog ..Meg’s Second Bar Fight

By: The Unbearable Banishment

The Unbearable Banishment — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:37:35 +0000

Fantastic post. Thanks for putting this info out there. And you’re right about reading to the kiddies. I find reading to The Daughters to be an unexpected pleasure in life. I did it initially out of a sense of parental obligation but I think I’ve gotten more out of it than they have.
The Unbearable Banishment´s last blog ..Today is ‘count your blessings’ Wednesday in NYC