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1984 | George Orwell

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Heavy. So many possible interpretations. Intense. Upsetting. It‘s all the things. 👁️

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TheBookHippie So upsetting. 8h

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Speak | Laurie Halse Anderson

Hey #WithTheBanned readers!

I apologize, but time got away from me and there will be no discussion for July.

Our August book is Speak. Hopefully I‘ll be back on track with discussion posts this month.

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Read4life Thank you. I really enjoyed Speak. Very powerful. 2d

CatLass007 I appreciate that you go out of your way to come up with the questions for discussion. It‘s your time and your decision about how to spend it. 😘 1d

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Melismatic

1984 | George Orwell

Apologies in advance, bc I keep snapping photos of sections for myself. Not unlike Fahrenheit 451, Parable of the Sower, or The Handmaid‘s Tale, I‘m floored by how resonant this feels to right now. #WithTheBanned

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TheBookHippie This is required reading for seniors in highschool here. 🙃 3d

Melismatic @TheBookHippie I wish I had read it in high school!! That was prime political awakening time for me during W‘s second term! 3d

TheBookHippie @Melismatic 🙃 yes. I read it in 1984 😵‍💫 Reagan🤬 3d

Melismatic @TheBookHippie it‘s sadly a perennial problem. 3d

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Melismatic

1984 | George Orwell

Photo still is from the Broadway play production of 1984 - on the boards in New York for 125 performances and 38 previews from May to October 2017. For some reason I was thinking it was pre-Trump Part 1! Time feels like it‘s collapsing on me. I saw it around July, I believe. Olivia Wilde made her debut in it as Julia (second from the left).

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Melismatic

1984 | George Orwell

Would you believe I never formally read this cover to cover before? I saw a play interpretation on Broadway about 10-ish years ago (considering current affairs in the US, weren‘t we naive then?). It blows my mind the unexpected foresight Orwell seemed to have. Published in 1949 and yet…

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Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler

The library goddesses have it in for me. Just as I started reading Animal Farm & 1984 for #withthebanned, my hold for Parable of the Sower came in after 4-ish months. I've finished all 3 last week, but I haven't had the mental capacity to post a review. After several days, this is still all I can come up with:
🤯🤯🤯🫢🫢🫢😬😬😬

I recommend all three, but not at the same time. 🫠
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lil1inblue #overcomingevilempires #readingispolitical #antifabookclub 3w

sarahbarnes My hold for Parable just finally came in too! 3w

lil1inblue @sarahbarnes Hooray! I have to say: Though I am an impatient person, it makes me glad that the book is being read by so many right now! 3w

BookmarkTavern Oof! That‘s an intense line up! 2w

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Animal Farm and 1984, Centennial Editions | George Orwell

I was looking on Libby for 1984 for #withthebanned, and the waitlist was a mile long. But the Animal Farm/1984 combo was available. Lucky for me, but did no one else realize they could just borrow this instead of waiting? 😂

ChaoticMissAdventures I have the same thing with Once and Future King! Months wait for the full audio, but there is also an option to get each book separately now, no wait! I think people just don't know what to look for. 1mo

lil1inblue @ChaoticMissAdventures Fair point. I believe I also searched by author, so if they search by title, it may not come up. At least I lucked out! 1mo

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My new lawn flag! Love it. #WithTheBanned @Jadams89 - please share with the group.

lil1inblue I WANT ONE!!!! 😍 😍 😍 1mo

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mcctrish This is perfect 1mo

Deblovestoread 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 1mo

AnnCrystal ✊🏼🥳📚💝💝💝. 1mo

MemoirsForMe 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 3w

Karisa 💗 Maybe only when Germany banned Mein Kampf after WWII 🤷🏻‍♀️ 2w

CatLass007 @Karisa You‘re right. 2w

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Jadams89

1984 | George Orwell

Hey, #WithTheBanned readers. Our July book is 1984 by George Orwell.
If you need to skip this month due to the current political climate, it‘s completely understandable.

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Bookwormjillk I‘ve been having trouble getting a lot of these from my library- long waits. Everyone in my city must have the same idea. My both recently read this one though so we should own a copy. 1mo

Amiable My library book club is doing a Read for Your Rights banned books club and this book is the October selection so I may wait until then. 1mo

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I read this one in March. Five 🌟s 1mo

Read4life Picked up my library hold this morning. 1mo

dabbe Just reread this a few months ago. The first time I read it was in a college literature course in the year 1984! It is prevalent now more than ever. 1mo

AllDebooks I'm going to skip this month, as I reread it recently. Such an incredible book but terrifying to read in the current political situation. 3w

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Gender Queer: a Memoir | Maia Kobabe

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AllDebooks It actually gave me a jolt, not from my perspective but my eldest child's pov. I think they had a very similar journey and are still figuring things out. It did open up a conversation between us, which is always good. 1mo

Karisa I could relate to some of the period and gyno scenes. Other parts were totally different perspective for me to consider. As a teacher, it feels important to try and understand more povs. I liked seeing so much through Maia‘s eyes—very brave and vulnerable 1mo

lil1inblue I liked how e included so many relatable experiences like getting your period, going to the gyno, navigating relationships and sex, etc., but then showed them from eir non-binary perspective. It helped to to understand 1mo

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