2007 Banned Book Week Reviews
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 15, 2007
Congratulations to Brandyllyn, whose review for Where’s Waldo was the winner by a considerable margin in our 2007 Banned Book Week Review contest. To all…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 10, 2007
UPDATE: A ha! Silly script does not like apostrophes. So I have rebuilt it without apostrophes and behold, we seem to be working. So, please…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 08, 2007
Submitted by Dooley My younger kid is nuts about penguins. So, while I was browsing the banned books stand at my local library, I wasn’t…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 07, 2007
Submitted by Evil Auntie Peril Bio:I wanted to send you my non-review of The Color Purple for banned books week, just in case it could…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 06, 2007
Submitted by: Brandyllyn Of the most banned books of the nineties, none stood out to me with such a force as Martin Hanford’s Where’s Waldo?…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 06, 2007
Submitted by Kavita Now, I’m not certain if this was the way things were for everybody, but when I was little, Halloween wasn’t about wearing…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 06, 2007
Submitted by DebR Bio/Intro:As a way to support freedom from censorship, I made a pledge at the beginning of this week to choose one book…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 06, 2007
Submitted by Missy “It is the morning of the funeral and I’m tearing my room apart, trying to find the right shoes to wear.” With…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 06, 2007
Bret Easton Ellis is one of the young generation of disaffected druggie writers (the literary Brat Pack), along with Jay McInerney (Bright Lights, Big City)…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 06, 2007
Submitted by Maya (Warning: Some spoilerish comments included, because they refer to the story’s banned status. Hopefully this isn’t too big a violation of review…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 05, 2007
Submitted by Angelina This book is the first in a loose trilogy written by Lowery about a far future utopian/dystopian society. It is followed by…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 05, 2007
Submitted by Collette I read The Pigman by Paul Zindel when I was in junior high, many years ago (*cough* THIRTY *cough* how did that…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 05, 2007
Submitted by CC I am doing this review from memory, since my signed copy is still in a moving box and I haven’t read it…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 05, 2007
Submitted by Goblin Of Mice and Men, by John Steinbeck, is the story of two men living in desperate times, but it’s also a story…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 05, 2007
Submitted by Jen C The Face on the Milk Carton tells the story of a teenager, Janie Johnson, who looks down at her milk carton…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 05, 2007
Submitted by Delia Have you heard? Reading Harry Potter turns you into a devil-worshipper! JK Rowling’s young adult series Harry Potter is the most challenged…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 05, 2007
Whenever I think of this book, I’m reminded of a story reading expert Jim Trelease tells in his presentations to parents. He once read his…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 04, 2007
Submitted by Heidi I first read this book at least 10 years ago, and there is a funny story that starts it made so even…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 04, 2007
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Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 04, 2007
Submitted by Elyssa Forget Jerry Springer. With family issues, cross-dressing, and a touch of homoeroticism, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an engaging, first person…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 04, 2007
Submitted by Danielle (aka GaiaGrrl) Bio: Danielle (aka GaiaGrrl) is a High School teacher in the city of Boston. She has taught English for 7…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 04, 2007
Submitted by Iffygenia Bio: Call me Iffygenia. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having few books left on my pile, and…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 04, 2007
Submitted by Naomi Libicki Recently, my husband and I bought a giant pile of used children’s books for our one-year-old son – the books we…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 03, 2007
Submitted by Sarah When I first bought this book, sometime in middle school, I honestly thought it was about drugs. The back blurb on my…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 03, 2007
Submitted by Carrie Lofty Respected Canadian poet and novelist Margaret Atwood departed from the style and tone of her previous works to present a fable…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 03, 2007
Submitted by Katie Dickson Jean Auel’s first novel in the series, Clan of the Cave Bear, was recommended to me by my uncle when I…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 03, 2007
Submitted by Aileen I found this book when I was working as a bookseller and a customer requested it. I immediately bought a copy for…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 03, 2007
Submitted by Stephanie Gayle I read Ordinary People as part of my “I’m only reading novels from the 1970s” research kick. This book, thank god,…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 03, 2007
Submitted by Jessica There are a handful of truly beautiful books from my young adulthood, and THE GOATS by Brock Cole is one of them.…
Reviewed by Candy on October 02, 2007
Reviewed by Erastes “O wonder! How many goodly creatures are there here! How beautious mankind is! O brave new world That has such people in’t!”…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on October 01, 2007
Submitted by Smart Bitch Sarah I read every Judy Blume book, including the ones where the lead characters had problems that made no sense to…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on September 30, 2007
Submitted by Darlene Marshall I bought this book from Planned Parenthood when my lads were small. I still love it. It speaks in plain…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on September 29, 2007
Behold: the prize for the best Banned Book Review for 2007: your choice of the children’s or adult’s Banned Book bracelet. You too can sport…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on September 29, 2007
Submitted by Charlene Go Ask Alice was published in 1971 as the true diary of Alice, an innocent young Christian girl who is slipped a…
Reviewed by SB Sarah on September 28, 2007
Please don’t forget to send in your Banned Book Review, wherein you review one of the top 100 most challend books from 1990-2000. We’ll vote…
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