It's the FINAL day of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Wr...

It's the FINAL day of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.

It's also the FINAL day to fill this form to win a book from this week!

For my final post we're going to dive into the wonderful world that the lovely Suzanne Collins has created, The Hunger Games.

Welcome to day three of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and tp://iamareadernotawriter.b...

Welcome to day three of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and tp://iamareadernotawriter.blogspot.com/2011/07/announcing-banned-books-week-giveaway.html">I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.

Today is another series day! The Internet Girls series (ttyl, ttfn, and l8tr, g8tr) by the wonderful Lauren Myracle!

Here's a quick little summary of the first in the series, ttyl:

Welcome to day six of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer....

Welcome to day six of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.

Today we're going more of the way of biography, with Suzanna Kaysen's wonderful memoir, Girl, Interrupted.

So it's day five of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. ...

So it's day five of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.

Only three days left, remember that there's an awesome giveaway going on right now if you click here.

So onto today's book: The Bermudez Triangle by the lovely Maureen Johnson!

Hey! Welcome back! It's day four of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader...

Hey! Welcome back! It's day four of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.

 Today's book is one of my favorite and completly changed me when I read it in middle school forever ago. It's Lois Lowry's The Giver.

Jonas's world is perfect. Everything is under control. There is no war or fear or pain. There are no choices. Every person is assigned a role in the Community. When Jonas turns twelve, he is singled out to receive special training from The Giver. The Giver alone holds the memories of the true pain and pleasure of life. Now, it is time for Jonas to receive the truth. There is no turning back.

In the Denver-area case, Mark S. Hanson argued the book, read aloud in his 11-year-old daughter's class, was dangerous because of its portrayal of suicide, euthanasia and infanticide in a neutral to positive light.
He thought that was especially bad in a state with the nation's fifth-highest suicide rate and in the same school district as Columbine High School. Although parents are required to be notified when controversial materials are used in classrooms, Hanson said he was not notified about The Giver because it was approved in 1994.
"A lot has changed in our community and some things should be re-evaluated," Hanson said.
He read the book after his daughter told him about the chapter in which the twin boy is killed. He said his daughter was upset, but he declined to discuss details.
In the book, Jonas is upset when he discovers infanticide. But Hanson does not think other examples in the book are as clear-cut, including the ending when Jonas saves a baby and rides off into a snowstorm without warm clothes.

More from this article here.

Don't forget to sign up to win this book or any of the other's that I'm featuring this week here.

Welcome to day three of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer....

Welcome to day three of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.
 
And the book, or should I say books, of the day are, drum roll please, the Harry Potter series!

 
It's hard to believe that these wonderful books are banned and challenge everywhere because people can look past certain things and see what they truly are, well written books with meaning and structure. This doesn't just go for Harry Potter, but for all books that unfortunately get this cruel punishment.

Hey everybody! It's day two of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not ...

Hey everybody! It's day two of the Banned Book Week hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.

So today's book of the day is "Cat's Cradle" by Kurt Vonnegut.

(Remember, you also have a chance to win a copy of this book by clicking here!)

Today is the first day of the Banned Book Week Hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer . ...

Today is the first day of the Banned Book Week Hop hosted by the lovely ladies at I Read Banned Books and I'm A Reader, Not A Writer. To find more blogs participating click on the names of the blogs.

For those who are not aware of what Banned Book Week is, it is "an annual event celebrating the freedom to read and the importance of the First Amendment. Held during the last week of September, Banned Books Week highlights the benefits of free and open access to information while drawing attention to the harms of censorship by spotlighting actual or attempted banning of books across the United States (from the ALA Website)."

During the next few days I'll be posting a few of my favorite banned books and a reader's choice at the end. Feel free to comment on how you feel about this issue!

ALSO! You have a chance to win one of the books that I'll be featuring!!

To enter the giveaway click here and fill out the form!

First book of the week: Looking for Alaska by John Green