The Giver | 
It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened.
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I read banned books… and I loved them all! All rereads. I read The Giver every year and this year I added a few other banned books.
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This was another banned book from season 3 of Book Interrupted. I‘d recommend it. It was great for a book club discussion because of all the topics and themes it brought up. It was a short, fast-paced book, but I hated the end. I discovered during the podcast there‘s 4 books in this series but the 4th book “Son” is the ending of this book. So, I‘m going to read that to feel more satisfied. https://open.spotify.com/episode/6gB3LOne2QSwnTGz00DB7B
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Tough choice between these two, but as I aim to get to Babel some point this year, I'm going with Yellowface.
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Don‘t judge, but somehow, I‘ve gone my entire life without reading The Giver or The Outsiders. (Possssssibly read Outsiders in school, but if that‘s true, it didn‘t leave a strong impression on my young, not wholly developed mind 😅). Anywho, I‘ll be teaching both of these titles this year, so I‘m marking up my copy of The Giver and listening to The Outsiders. Pretty dang excited about both of them! 🤓👏
pickAnother unexpected 5 ⭐ for a dystopian book! Thanks for sending me this book @TheAromaofBooks ! Stacking the next one (and won't put it off for so long).
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pickI never read this book growing up, so I figured it was time to play catch up! I didn‘t actually know what this was about going into it, so the dystopian story was very interesting.
My daughter and I chose THE GIVER for our mama+daughter book club this month. The copy on the right is my very first copy from elementary school that I ordered through the Scholastic book club mailers they sent home from school 💕
pickThe book club I‘m in read this book under the theme of re-reading a favorite book from childhood. I wasn‘t quite the right age so I had actually never read this before. I do remember reading Lowry‘s other Newberry award winner “Number the Stars” and really being moved by it at the time. I love that Lowry addresses challenging topics for young readers and I think this would have had an even bigger impact on me had I read it as a young teen.
pickI cracked open a collected edition of the four books set in this world. I blew through The Giver over three nights, though I could have easily done it in one night. I have lost track of how many times I've read this book, and it never fails to amaze. I think I read Gathering Blue once, but never the other two, so it'll be interesting to compare.
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Day 1: The Giver
I love recommending this book. It is easily one of my favorite books. I couldn‘t resist using a background with a red sled.
pickThis is so much more intense and sad reading as an adult. I forgot all about what happened when they “released” babies and adults, and it was very graphic for me when the father “released” one of the babies. As a mom, that part gutted me. This book is a must read and a huge eye opener. I‘m so happy I read it again as an adult.
Another classic to start on this cozy and bitter night. I read this back in middle school, but I remember it to be absolutely haunting. Now that I‘m an adult, I look forward to seeing it through different eyes.
November 15 #NovemberNarrative Giving. This book is a must read in our schools. I have read the whole series and like it. It is a classic. @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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It was between this book and The Giving Tree. Both wonderful!
I had already read this book around 2-3 years ago, and just now when I‘m rereading it, can I see what the true meaning of this sickeningly beautiful dystopia. There was so much hiding behind the words - or memories of the author, it was almost like I could feel the memories of pain and love within this book. All I can say is that this book is breathtaking. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5
Gabriel had not cried during the long frightening journey. Now he did. He cried because he was hungry and cold and terribly weak. Jonas cried too, for the same reasons, and another reason as well. He wept because he was afraid now that he could not save Gabriel. He no longer cared about himself.
“The worst part of holding memories is not the pain. It‘s the loneliness of it. Memories need to be shared.”
“It‘s true that is had been this way for what seems like forever. But the memories tell us that it had not always been. People felt things once. You and I have been part of that, so we know. We that they once felt things like pride, and sorrow, and-“
“And love.” Jonas added, remember the family scene that had so affected him. “And pain.”
I read this book in 8th grade and it was my favorite book we read that year. It is a dystopian novel that portrays a society where color and emotions are nonexistent. This novel puts a mysterious twist on our perception of the world and the society we live in. This book was awarded the Newbery medal.
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📖 The Giver
🖋 Lisa Gardner, Meg Gardiner
📺 Grey‘s Anatomy, Gilmore Girls, GOT
🎥 The Goonies
🎤 Gin Blossoms, Garth Brooks
🎶 Girls Just Want To Have Fun
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pickThe Newberry Medal winner in 1994, The Giver, written by Lois Lowry, is about a young boy Jonas living in a utopia where all struggles and worries are eliminated by valuing everyone as the same. However, this has also has eliminated the need for emotions. Jonas becomes chose as the Receiver of Memory and struggles with the new found emotions his experiences before the time of Sameness.
Publicized in 1993
Genre: Science Fiction, Dystopian Novel
My #AwewomeAugust #Readathon tally. I think I made it out of the slump I was in. @Andrew65
This will be the easiest letter for me. From my own reading, to introducing it to others and reading it with my own children, this is my favorite book.
I‘ve read some fantastic books beginning with #LetterG but I don‘t see any book ever meaning as much to me over such a long period of time.
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pickThis one came out right as I was finishing high school, so it was not on my radar at the time. But I‘ve heard so much about it since that my curiosity won out. I‘m glad it did! I see now why this book is beloved.
pickA quick but thoughtful read. Loved the forward by Margret Mahy and afterword by the author. What a controversy this book has caused in some places when first published. I looked for the movie. Not streaming here but I see if I knew how to make a certain streaming service think I was in Canada I could watch it! 🤷🏻♂️.
pickThis is the book I was reading along with the 8th graders. It‘s still such a relevant reminder of how important free will and memories are. I really enjoyed hearing the kids analyze this work and get excited about it. ☺️
I‘m so proud of @Mommamanzi for opening her #LittleFreeLibrary today!!! The grand opening was perfect!!!! 🦋🦋🦋
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pickHow do I even begin to describe this wonderful book?
Sameness is meant to make it so everybody is “happy” and “safe” but in reality it means death and destruction is around every corner.
People are killed because they are different or born a twin, families never experience love because that is a word to vast to really mean anything.
The world is grey, because if it was in color we would all be different and that‘s not acceptable.
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One of my all time faves, I first read in 6th grade (I think it may have come out that year), my husband‘s too. I‘ve been trying to get my 5th grade son to read it & I thought he was procrastinating. I put it on during our drive back to New Orleans, after evacuating from hurricane Ida & made the whole fam listen to it 💚 good production. I liked the voices used by the reader. Made my boys give a synopsis when it finished. Still 🖤 this book.
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