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OriginalCyn620
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OriginalCyn620 @StayCurious forgot to tag you again! 🤪 6mo
TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 6mo
DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 6mo
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Bookwormjillk 🎃👻🎃👻 6mo
TheSpineView 🧡🎃👻 6mo
Read4life 🍁👻🎃 6mo
Catsandbooks 🙌🏼👻🧡 6mo
Roary47 Yay! Goosebumps are the best. This is one I haven‘t found the physical copy of yet. I‘m glad you enjoyed it! Makes me want to try harder to find it (Amazon takes away the thrill of the hunt). 6mo
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Cinfhen
Bluest Eye | Toni Morrison
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WHOA! I was not prepared for the BRUTALITY of this book nor the extremely graphic sexual abuse depicted. Just heartbreaking. Absolutely gutted by this book. I can‘t say I “enjoyed” reading this one, but it‘s definitely a powerful piece of writing. Does this belong in a classroom? I‘m not sure it‘s right for every student but it certainly is the RIGHT place to explore the themes of poverty, inequality, cruelty and damaging beliefs.

CarolynM Great review💔 Hope you are well, Cindy😘 6mo
Cinfhen All good @CarolynM how are you??? How are your parents doing??? 6mo
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Reggie There is a passage about a sofa in here and what it means to that family that I always think about. It‘s a rough book but my god, her writing! 6mo
CarolynM We‘ve had a hard few weeks, but today was a good day. It‘s an emotional roller coaster💙❤️ 6mo
Cinfhen 💯 @Reggie and I know the passage you are referring to. Can‘t believe this was her first novel!!! 6mo
Cinfhen @CarolynM thank God for the good days ❤️ 6mo
TrishB I‘ve yet to get to this one! 6mo
TrishB @CarolynM sending virtual hugs ❤️ 6mo
CarolynM Thank you Trish. I need them today💙. @TrishB 6mo
Cinfhen It‘s really a difficult read @TrishB but im glad I finally picked it up. 6mo
TrishB @CarolynM ♥️ it‘s so hard. Thinking of you and the family. 6mo
Centique This is the most brutal book ive ever read but i do think an experience like that needs to be captured by an amazing author - and Morrison is exactly the right author to make it horrifying but also human. 🙌 6mo
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wanderinglynn
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Happy Banned Books Week! 🎉

Taking a break from Spooktober puzzles to celebrate Banned Books Week! (Or maybe this is the scariest puzzle of all.)

Banned Books Bibliophile, 500 pieces, art by Jane Mount, by Chronicle Books which is donating a percentage of the proceeds to PEN America. And some of the banned books that I own.

#bannedbooks #bannedbooksweek

Michreader3 The Hunger Games is banned? I did not know that. Will be one of my most loved books always 6mo
KaylasReadingNook Yes! Glad you‘re taking the week as well to ‘celebrate‘ 😄 6mo
KaylasReadingNook @Michreader3 Sadly yes it‘s banned, but it is such a wonderful series! Are you excited for the upcoming movie? 😄 6mo
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wanderinglynn @Michreader3 yes, it has been on the frequently challenged top 10 list a few years: https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10/archive 6mo
Michreader3 @KaylasReadingNook I‘m so excited!! Cant wait. Which movie was your favorite? 6mo
KaylasReadingNook @Michreader3 same!! Oh goodness probably the first one because it was just the original idea of the games and the challenging of the capital 😂 what about you?? 6mo
Michreader3 @KaylasReadingNook Yes I love that one, for me though probably Catching Fire! I loved the plot twist of them getting thrown back into the games and I feel like it really set the whole rebellion in motion 6mo
KaylasReadingNook @Michreader3 oh yes I understand that! It was such a catalyst, especially when they had to shut down the interviews because the tributes banned together to try and stop the games. It was a unique twist! 6mo
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OriginalCyn620
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This was really good! But the ending wasn‘t what I was expecting but I‘m glad I read it. This is my choice for #bannedbooksweek!

#scarathlon #TeamCreepinItReal 541 pts
#31by31 #bookspinbingo #falling4books #littenlisten #readysetgoreadathon #RushAThon #Spookoween #promptmaze #20in4

AmyG My favorite! 6mo
TheSpineView Excellent! 6mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 6mo
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DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 6mo
Read4life 🍁👻🎃 6mo
dabbe With Mia Farrow reading it? Cool beans! 🤩🤩🤩 6mo
Catsandbooks 👏🏼🖤 6mo
Andrew65 A true classic. Well done 👏👏👏 6mo
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KaylasReadingNook
Mockingjay | Suzzane Collins
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Happy banned books week. How are you ‘celebrating‘ during spooky season? 😄📖📚#mockingjay #hungergames #catchingfire #balladofsongbirdsandsnakes #bannedbooks #bannedbooksweek #readbannedbooks

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UnderworldAmusements
Untitled | Unknown
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Branwen
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Banned Books Week is next week! 🎉 It's a celebration of the freedom to read! It's more important than ever to fight for this particular freedom because the number of book challenges/bans across the country has drastically spiked in the last couple of years! 😩 The book pictures hanging up are the top 13 books that have been challenged/banned to most in 2022! It's a scary time to be a librarian/teacher. ❤️

#bannedbooksweek #bannedbooks

Emilymdxn Banned books week is so important!! 6mo
wanderinglynn 🎉 I have my banned books jigsaw puzzle all ready to do! I save it for #bannedbooks week. 6mo
Branwen @wanderinglynn YAY! That's super exciting! What a cool thing to look forward to! I can't wait to see it when it's done! 📚 6mo
Branwen @Emilymdxn It really is! 📚 💙 6mo
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PaperbackPirate
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The month is more than halfway over so I thought I should share my tbr pile. 😁
🐕 Bitch for book club
💐 The Language of Flowers
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Zami for the #MonthlyKeyWordgxo challenge
💙 All Boys Aren‘t Blue for #BannedBooksWeek
📚 As Good As Dead
📖 Gangster Nation - almost done, going to see Told Goldberg again Wednesday
✔️ The Warmth of Other Suns - finished and loved

Wish me luck!

Ruthiella Good luck! 👍 6mo
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OriginalCyn620
Banned Book Club | Kim Hyun Sook
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I meant to read this during #bannedbooksweek, but I‘m glad that I have read it! I enjoyed this GN about a literature student who gets to college in the early 80s and learns about what her government is keeping from its people. A good look into censorship, which of course is very relevant these days with the surge of book banning.

#bookspinbingo - free space

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OriginalCyn620
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I meant to read this during #bannedbooksweek but totally dropped the ball. 🤦🏻‍♀️
After seeing all the buzz (both good and bad) surrounding this book, I picked up a copy at my local indie bookstore. I found this to be an informative and educational account of the author‘s journey-a wonderful GN memoir about gender identity. I learned some new things and think it‘s a must read for the LGBTQIA+ community and allies.

#bookspinbingo - free space

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 1y
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