Banned Books Week 2009
To jumpstart the week-long look at banned/controversial books, I’m hosting the 37th Edition of the Bookworms Carinval. The links below are broken up into 3 groups, reviews of challenged Adult and Young Adult books, challenged children’s books, and the reviews sent in to me about Like Water for Chocolate.
Reviews – Adult / Young Adult books
Yule Time Reading: The Kite Runner
Chaotic Compendiums: Always Running
Kinga B: A Clockwork Orange
Lahni Rawlings: A Handmaid’s Tale and Farhrenheit 451
Smarty Pants Know it All: Blood and Guts in High School
Reviews – Kid books
@ Deckled Edges: The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
@ Age30books: Wizardology
@ Read Space is also celebrated Banned Books Weeks by taking a look at Forgotten Books.
@ Blue Stocking Society: Girl With A Pearl Earring
Life Water For Chocolate Reviews
Other
Author Interview:
Books and Movies: Literary Road Trip
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ALSO THIS WEEK:
I will also be posting a spotlight series on various Banned Books this week, focusing on when and why they were challenged. Titles will include:
Gossip Girl by Cecila van Ziegesar
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou