January 7, 2015

WWW Wednesday 1/7/2015

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What are you currently reading?

The Iliad by Homer

The Same Sky by Amanda Eyre Ward

What did you just finish reading?

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Sins of the Father by Thelonious Legend (Book Tour Post will go live on January 14)

Travelling to Infinity: My Life with Stephen by Jane Hawking

What do you think you’ll read next?

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

Moby Dick by Herman Melville

The Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle

OK…Who made this book list anyway? Seriously, we need to liven things up a bit. Don’t be surprised if I do not follow this. YAWN!

December 31, 2014

WWW Wednesday 12/31/2014

By hmills96 ¶ Posted in Challenges ¶ Tagged 41, 41 a portrait of my father, books, boxall, brenda hiatt, catching fire, Challenges, classics, daniel defoe, Dystopia, Fantasy, fiction, george w bush, Goodreads, jane hawking, kate mayfield, library, literature, memoirs, movie, NonFiction, poem, poetry, reading, Reading Challenges, robinson crusoe, shouldbereading, starstruck, suzanne collins, teens, The Hunger Games, The Iliad, the undertakers daughter, travelling to infinity, www wednesday, Young Adult ¶ Leave a comment

What are you currently reading?

The Iliad by Homer

The Undertaker’s Daughter by Kate Mayfield

What did you just finish reading?

41: A Portrait of My Father by George W. Bush

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

What do you think you’ll read next?

Travelling to Infinity by Jane Hawking

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

Starstruck by Brenda Hiatt

December 24, 2014

WWW Wednesday 12/24/2014

By hmills96 ¶ Posted in Challenges ¶ Tagged Ann Patchett, Bel Canto, book club book, bookclubfiction, books, boxall, Challenges, classics, daniel defoe, Dystopia, fiction, Goodreads, gustave flaubert, Homer, Hunger Games, john scalzi, library, literature, lock in, madame bovary, Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert, mary mccarthy, mission impossible, movie, poem, poetry, reading, Reading Challenges, robinson crusoe, shouldbereading, suzanne collins, teens, the group, The Hunger Games, The Iliad, www wednesday, Young Adult ¶ 2 Comments

What are you currently reading?

The Iliad by Homer

Lock In by John Scalzi

What did you just finish reading?

Mission: Impossible by Peter Borsocchini

Bel Canto by Ann Patchett

Madame Bovary by Gustave Flaubert

What do you think you’ll read next?

The Group by Mary McCarthy

The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins

Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe

September 22, 2014

Banned Books Week

By hmills96 ¶ Posted in Challenges ¶ Tagged a bad boy can be good for a girl, A Man Called Ove, anna karenina, banned books week, bless me ultima, bone, book club book, books, captain underpants, Challenges, classics, dav pilkey, el james, fiction, fifty shades of grey, Harry Potter, jeff smith, John Green, John Green Reasons, literature, Looking for Alaska, reading, Reading Challenges, rudolfo anaya, September, sherman alexie, stephen chbosky, Stephen Chbosky Reasons, suzanne collins, Suzanne Collins Reasons, tanya lee stone, the absolutely true diary of a part-time indian, the bluest eye, The Hunger Games Series, the name of the rose, the perks of being a wallflower, toni morrison ¶ Leave a comment

It’s Banned Books Week!

This is the week where we celebrate the most important thing for those of us who are addicted to the written word: Freedom to write and express ideas, even if they are unpopular.

Here are the most challenged titles from 2013 (from bannedbooksweek.org):

Captain Underpants (series), by Dav Pilkey
Reasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group, violence
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. James
Reasons: Nudity, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins
Reasons: Religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group
A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl, by Tanya Lee Stone
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit
Looking for Alaska, by John Green
Reasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
Bless Me Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
Reasons: Occult/Satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit
Bone (series), by Jeff Smith
Reasons: Political viewpoint, racism, violence

In total there were 307 challenges reported to the Office of Intellectual Freedom in 2013!

I had to take a break from it because I needed to read A Man Called Ove for book club, but I’m in the middle of reading The Name of the Rose, and of course Harry Potter is constantly being reported because of the magic elements. I’m also still trekking through Anna Karenina.

What banned books are you reading this week?