tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802370718628949503.post4604916060970540473..comments2023-03-17T05:35:31.842-04:00Comments on The Great Novel Adventure: Banned BooksUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802370718628949503.post-69873236770719957512012-10-04T23:07:29.408-04:002012-10-04T23:07:29.408-04:00Lol. Drinking the evil champagne is a tough job, b...Lol. Drinking the evil champagne is a tough job, but someone has to do it ;)Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909379967181070412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802370718628949503.post-12726024319029274622012-10-04T15:02:25.841-04:002012-10-04T15:02:25.841-04:00It does make for interesting family get-togethers!...It does make for interesting family get-togethers! Though every time I come back from a visit, I have a handful of funny stories to tell my friends. Like, "How I Saved Katy's Wedding by Drinking All the Evil Champagne".<br /><br />The funniest part is that I'm trying to write modern fantasy and I know that if I ever successfully publish a book, there's a good chance one of my relatives will burn it. Or at least call for it to be banned. That really boggles me!Jenny Gibbonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802370718628949503.post-20400068080130825892012-10-03T19:38:10.963-04:002012-10-03T19:38:10.963-04:00Wow. Just...wow.
I don't even know how to res...Wow. Just...wow.<br /><br />I don't even know how to respond to that. I feel incredibly fortunate that I do not know a single person who would call for banning a book.Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909379967181070412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802370718628949503.post-74518974972990811312012-10-03T18:47:08.097-04:002012-10-03T18:47:08.097-04:00I know three people who favor banning books, one o...I know three people who favor banning books, one of whom participates in book burning 'celebrations.' None of them has ever read a single one of the books they attacked. None of them, however, is a person who thinks for herself. When an 'authority' tells them a book is evil, they don't question that judgment. They simply call for banning. My aunt, for instance, won't even watch a movie unless her pastor sees it first and guarantees it won't hurt her!<br /><br />Undoubtedly some people do read the books first -- but I think a large percentage are like my relatives.<br /><br />(By the way, the books that set my relatives off most recently are the Harry Potter series, Pullman's His Dark Materials, and the Dungeons and Dragons books. All of which I own and enjoyed!)Jenny Gibbonsnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802370718628949503.post-79752780472609364592012-10-03T17:11:33.100-04:002012-10-03T17:11:33.100-04:00I wonder if most people who ban these books have e...I wonder if most people who ban these books have even read them. Or maybe they have, but they haven't thought about what they mean to the children - and adults - reading them. <br /><br />It seems to me to be just a knee-jerk reaction to certain subject matter, which is a shame because a book is so much more than the sum of its individual elements.Faithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07909379967181070412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1802370718628949503.post-38422939351809365532012-10-03T11:23:43.576-04:002012-10-03T11:23:43.576-04:00That's a pretty awe-inspiring list of books, t...That's a pretty awe-inspiring list of books, too! Some of my favorites are on it.<br /><br />I still recall hitting the end of "Of Mice and Men". I burst into tears, cried till I almost choked. How anyone could ban something so powerful, so moving, is beyond me!<br /><br />Ditto for The Bridge to Terabithia. It was made into a movie which wasn't bad. However the original book was stunning. I know why a coward would ban it. It's a "children's" book that deals with a grim, "adult" subject (death) and some adults think that kids need to be kept in glass bottles.<br /><br />I don't. I read this book when I was a kid, and I'm very glad I did.Jenny Gibbonsnoreply@blogger.com