Thursday, April 15, 2010

Banned Books Project

***Putting this one on hold for now***

Dates: Ongoing, no time limit
Hosted by: Bonnie Jacobs of Bonnie's Books

Guidelines:
  • From the project's blog:
    "Members of the Banned Books project will read and post about banned books. That's it. No time limit, no required number to complete, just reading any book that has ever been challenged or banned; and registration is always open."
  • If you want to be a contributor to the project blog, email Bonnie at emerging dot paradigm at yahoo dot com. Then you will be able to post your reviews of banned books, as well as cross-post them on your own blog, if you choose. Remember to include Banned Books in the subject line and include your blog URL (if you have one).

See the Banned Books Project blog here.

MY READING LIST (books read):
  1. The Egypt Game. Zilpha Keatley Snyder [See Review]
  2. Animal Farm. George Orwell (read in 2010)
  3. Goosebumps Series: Welcome to Dead House. R.L. Stine (reading now)

POSSIBLE CHOICES - Banned and Challenged Books:
Anastasia Krupnik Series. Lois Lowry
Animal Farm. George Orwell
Appointment in Samarra. John O'Hara
Babbitt. Sinclair Lewis
Bag of Bones. Stephen King
The Bostonians. Henry James
Bunnicula. James Howe
Cradle and All. James Patterson
The Dead Zone. Stephen King
The Diviners. Margaret Laurence
Earth's Children (series). Jean M. Auel
The Egypt Game. Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Ethan Frome. Edith Wharton
Fahrenheit 451. Ray Bradbury (re-read)
The Figure in the Shadows. John Bellairs
The Giver. Lois Lowry
The Goosebumps Series. R.L. Stine
The Headless Cupid. Zilpha Keatley Snyder
Inkheart. Cornelia Funke
It's Not the End of the World. Judy Blume
James and the Giant Peach. Roald Dahl
Main Street. Sinclair Lewis
Matilda. Roald Dahl
Maurice. E.M. Forster
Peyton Place. Grace Metalious
The Phantom Tollbooth. Norman Juster
Portnoy's Complaint. Philip Roth
Queen of the Summer Stars. Persia Woolley
Rabbit, Run. John Updike
A Rage to Live. John O'Hara
Snow Falling on Cedars. David Guterson
The Stone Angel. Margaret Laurence
The View From the Cherry Tree. Willo Davis Roberts
Wide Sargasso Sea. Jean Rhys
The Witches. Roald Dahl
The Wizard in the Tree. Lloyd Alexander
The Wonderful Wizard of Oz. L. Frank Baum
A Wrinkle in Time. Madeleine L'Engle
Zen Buddhism: Selected Writings. D.T. Suzuki