megan’s Comments (group member since Dec 18, 2014)

megan’s comments from the The Reading Challenge Group group.

I'd Like To Buy A Vowel
No I - A Man Called Ove

Roseanne wrote: "Renee wrote: "You won't later. It's not nearly as polished and cohesive."

Im having fun coming up with conspiracy theories. Maybe someone else wrote it and they slapped her name on it. Maybe she s..."

There has been speculation about Truman Capote being the one who actually wrote To Kill A Mockingbird. He and Lee grew up together.

One of the reasons I love TKAM is it's depth. Because it's from a child's point of view, questions are asked that would be avoided or sugar coated when approached by an adult. In Watchman, the flashbacks are the only time this simple, honest look at reality exists. Somewhere along the road from Maycomb to NYC, Jean-Louse looses so much of what we loved about her. Scout's problems fully encompass her small world. By comparison, Jean Louse has experienced life in the big world, but somehow become excessively shallow and peevish.

[x] a book set during Christmas: Landline

Love the pumpkin badge idea! Just need a little html love.

Banned Book Week #4
The Bluest Eye
Reason: sexual content > rape, pedophilia, incest

Done!
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Fahrenheit 451
Always Running
The Bluest Eye
Message 15 has my reasons for censorship and finished dates

Banned Book Week #3
Always Running
Reason: gang violence, racial slurs, sexual content, drugs

Banned Book Week #2
Fahrenheit 451
Reason: anti-Christian bible burning, violence

Wow. Just in time!

[x] a book at the bottom of your to-read list: Everything I Never Told You

Banned Book Week #1
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
Reason: masterbation/sexual topics, violence, racial slurs

Hookah smoking caterpillar?

I'm going to try for Censorship Level 4, if I can find copies of the books I want to read


1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian - 28 Sept
Reason: This kid is the king of masturbation.
2. Fahrenheit 451 - 1 Oct
Reason: anti- Christian bible burning
3. Always Running - 3 Oct
Reason: gang violence, sexual content, pretty much everything
4. The Bluest Eye - 4 Oct
Reason: sexual content > rape, pedophilia, incest

My father has been on the local school board for 15 years. I'm from a very religious area, so everything from Harry Potter to The Handmaid's Tale has been challenged. He's pretty sure he's the only member to actually read every book that's been brought to the board, but the others at least hit up Spark Notes. Though it's a Catholic area, it's still a public school. His argument has always been that the age appropriate topics parents dont want their children reading about are almost always the topics we need to be talking about when the chance is presented. So any questionable book that made it through has always got special attention. There are copies available to parents and the school counselor talks to classes about the iffy stuff, approaching things gently and with facts. And multiple pastors have made themselves avaiable after school to discuss controversial topics and push students to discuss how these unsavory tapics have the ability to strengthen faith.

I have several sorority sisters working for NASA, and they had early screenings this week for those working at the Cleveland center. I was very jealous.

[x] A trilogy: The Wayward Pines Trilogy - Pines, Wayward, The Last Town

BANNED BOOK WEEK 2015 MINI CHALLENGE
Celebrating The Freedom To Read
September 27 - October 3, 2015



bannedbooksweek.org

CHALLENGE:

1 - Choose a challenge goal from the Censorship Levels below.
2 - Use the links to help find challenged and banned books.
3 - Include reasons why the book was challenged or banned.

Duration: 27 September - 31 October (~35 days)

Censorship Levels
Level 1: 1 banned book
Level 2: 2-3 banned books
Level 3: 4+ banned books

Top 10 Most Challenged/Banned Books
Top Banned/Challenged Books: 2000-2009
Challenged/Banned Classics


Challenge Example

Goal: Censorship Level 2 (2-3 banned books)

1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Reasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group

2. The Handmaid's Tale
Reasons: explicit language, violence, allusions to masturbation and adultery, reference to suicide, anti-Christian theme

3. Slaughterhouse-Five
Reason: explicit sexual scenes, violence, and obscene language, ethnic slurs, depiction of torture

Getting super excited over space stuff is an engineering requirement, no matter the field.

As long as there are no squirrels involved to distract us...