tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post1835843840294517331..comments2024-03-14T00:16:32.077-07:00Comments on 50 Books: LIST: I Love the Smell of Burned Books in the MorningTammyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16613804843380827691noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-37901559096459787282007-03-01T04:05:00.000-08:002007-03-01T04:05:00.000-08:00If my memory is correct Henry Miller's Tropic of c...If my memory is correct Henry Miller's Tropic of cancer has also been banned in certain countries including India. I read it in secret during 70's smuugled to India by oversees friends.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-5943887695846825562007-02-28T12:05:00.000-08:002007-02-28T12:05:00.000-08:00Hmmm, I've only read 34 of these (counting Narnia ...Hmmm, I've only read 34 of these (counting Narnia as one and Harry Potter as one, since the list does, though really I shouldn't and that would make it 45). So I've got some reading to do.<BR/><BR/>I didn't include The Great Gatsby, because I couldn't get through that book. I could finish Anna Karenina, not to mention Clarissa, but Fitzgerald just doesn't do it for me. I know this makes me an oddball among literary types.<BR/><BR/>Is it time to buy myself the "I Read Banned Books" bracelet?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-81108192267685076452007-02-28T10:59:00.000-08:002007-02-28T10:59:00.000-08:00Ha! Love it! I'm a banned book freak. I gorge on t...Ha! Love it! I'm a banned book freak. I gorge on them at every opportunity.Andihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05220718933942181809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-4570366586719833712007-02-27T21:08:00.000-08:002007-02-27T21:08:00.000-08:00K, ha! I remember that summer, too. That was you?S...K, ha! I remember that summer, too. That was you?<BR/><BR/>Sweetie Darling, yay! I'm glad the book arrived safe and sound, and that it's making a reappearance on your to-read list. I quite liked <I>Moo</I> and was actually quite torn about whether to keep it or let it go. <BR/><BR/>August, I've read enough of the Bible that I decided to put it on the list. (Plus, I liked the way it looked there.) <BR/><BR/>And see, I've never actually read <I>Forever</I>, because my library didn't have it. I'm intrigued by it now, but frankly I think it'd look a little skeevy for a thirty-something adult to check it out for the teenage sex scenes.Tammyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16613804843380827691noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-61194444154960785362007-02-27T11:39:00.000-08:002007-02-27T11:39:00.000-08:00Tiger Eyes? Was banned? That book was my life for ...Tiger Eyes? Was banned? That book was my life for a while there...it was probably banned because *gasp!* they talked about lizards in Spanish.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-84499604073863499052007-02-27T11:04:00.000-08:002007-02-27T11:04:00.000-08:00I feel so dirty and corrupted. Doppelganger made m...I feel so dirty and corrupted. Doppelganger made me read Judy Blume. I wasn't allowed in her room when we kids unless I read a book. She posted a list of rules outside her door. I'll get you Doppelganger!<BR/><BR/>Completely unrelated - Doppelganger turns 37 on Saturday, March 3rd.Doppelsishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14047131391069169474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-65477213925264395122007-02-27T07:58:00.000-08:002007-02-27T07:58:00.000-08:00I don't remember there being any Native Americans ...I don't remember there being any Native Americans in "On the Banks of Plum Creek." There were in "Little House on the Prairie," and I can see where there might have been some questions/challenges. (Though, as suggested, the context of when the books were written, when the events described actually happened, and the limitations in perspective of the author and her characters does come into play here.) But they'd moved out of "Indian Country" and to the more settled Minnesota in "Plum Creek," so I'm equally confused as to what the problem was.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-79610650092557592062007-02-27T06:18:00.000-08:002007-02-27T06:18:00.000-08:00Book banners are ridiculous. You'd think of all t...Book banners are ridiculous. You'd think of all the Judy Blume books to ban, they would first focus on Forever. Let me tell you that book was a revelation when I first read it at 12.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-45248648096368339232007-02-27T06:17:00.000-08:002007-02-27T06:17:00.000-08:00Am I a horrible person if I snickered when maggiec...Am I a horrible person if I snickered when maggiecat called <I>Deenie</I> "twisted"?Emilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10918871173925071440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-88774707044827290562007-02-27T02:42:00.000-08:002007-02-27T02:42:00.000-08:00Wow, I can't believe I came up with 84 from those ...Wow, I can't believe I came up with 84 from those lists. (Assuming you can count the Chronicles of Narnia and Harry Potter separately.) My parents would be so proud!<BR/><BR/>Do I have to count books that I didn't want to read, but had to? Because I wanted to burn my copy of <I>A Separate Peace</I> when I was in high school, but for entirely different reasons than these people would probably suggest. I guess I should just be grateful I was in a school district where a significant number of these books were required reading at some point rather than literary contraband.<BR/><BR/>What I really want to know now is who the hell decided to ban <I>Jacob Have I Loved</I>. I mean, I guess I can understand the Judy Blume books in a twisted way (especially <I>Deenie</I>) but that one just seems such an odd choice to me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-64356971290441341642007-02-26T23:02:00.000-08:002007-02-26T23:02:00.000-08:00Hrm. I've read thirty-one from your list, but all...Hrm. I've read thirty-one from your list, but all in the last ten years.<BR/><BR/>Have you read the whole Bible? Does it count if you've only read bits of it?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-5490764633878686622007-02-26T19:59:00.000-08:002007-02-26T19:59:00.000-08:00Come on, people. We had to stop Judy Blume somehow...Come on, people. We had to stop Judy Blume somehow! There's only so much angsty drivel about tampons a girl can take.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-70461249457060173252007-02-26T19:36:00.000-08:002007-02-26T19:36:00.000-08:00On the Banks of Plum Creek was challenged for its ...On the Banks of Plum Creek was challenged for its depiction of Native Americans. Can we talk context here and keep a little perspective? <BR/><BR/>The Diary of Anne Frank (and somewhere in one of the lists on our page, you can find the exact quotation) was challenged for being a real downer.<BR/><BR/>Where's Waldo should be banned for having an annoying little man in stripes in it but was challenged because there is a topless cartoon woman in it. http://pelhamlibrary.blogspot.com/2006/09/why-waldo.htmlfahrenheit451moderatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10731036165600788012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-50023660642357742232007-02-26T17:28:00.000-08:002007-02-26T17:28:00.000-08:00For me, the really embarrassing thing is how many ...For me, the really embarrassing thing is how many of these banned books I was supposed to read for a class but didn't. I went through the list thinking, "Yeah, I read that! No, wait, I read the cliff notes." <BR/><BR/>My karma will come back to haunt me when my own children waste hundreds of thousands of dollars on college tuition.<BR/><BR/>PS - Dopp, a BIG belated thank you for my book! I was thrilled to get "Moo" - I read it a long time ago (no, actually read it) and put it back on my list in anticipation of Jane Smiley's new book. So yay for you!Sweetie Darlinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01416965246408509899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-2377492557947424002007-02-26T17:02:00.000-08:002007-02-26T17:02:00.000-08:00I have been shocked out of my silence by this list...I have been shocked out of my silence by this list. Generally I am baffled by the myriad books people think society needs to be protected from, but... <I>Where's Waldo?</I> Seriously? No, seriously? Did this author write multiple books by this title, one innocent and one subtly (or overtly, whatever) nefarious? It's hard to believe that through all those hours of searching for that goofy, little Waldo my soul was being stripped of its purity.Britthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16576132951269254599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-20407693839290135372007-02-26T16:16:00.000-08:002007-02-26T16:16:00.000-08:00The Diary of Anne Frank? Are you serious? That's t...The Diary of Anne Frank? Are you serious? That's the craziest damned thing I've ever heard. WTF.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-2443670450933862422007-02-26T14:39:00.000-08:002007-02-26T14:39:00.000-08:00I remember the summer when I was slipped some acid...I remember the summer when I was slipped some acid at a party and I became a raging addict and left my family to live on the streets in San Francisco to do drugs and have sex while I was high. Eventually I came back to my family but we all know doing drugs can never be forgiven and so, in the end, I was killed by my enemies.<BR/><BR/>That summer SUCKED.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9931308.post-16982876614918950512007-02-26T13:54:00.000-08:002007-02-26T13:54:00.000-08:00Seriously? What on earth could be so scandalous i...Seriously? What on earth could be so scandalous in On the Banks of Plum Creek that would cause it to be banned? Please, please tell me!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com