Banned Books Week

Banned Book Week is officially today! Are you taking part? If so, which books are you going to read that are on the banned books/challenged list? I am taking part of it, but I don't have the time to necessarily sit down and read one of them, but I am going to mark each one off my list (and plan on reviewing each) as I am done. I posted a list of the reads I am going to read that are banned. I am sure you were shocked or surprised to see some of them on there as was I.
You can go to ALA.org to see the top 100 banned/challenged books and find out why there are banned/challenged as well as other information. Banned Book Week starts today September 25 - October 2.
I am going to not only this week, but until my list is finished, read the 'banned/challenged' book and try to help get the word out there that there are a lot of books on the list like The Color Purple or Gone With The Wind or Huckleberry Finn that I think we can all agree shouldn't be on that list. What do you think of Banned/Challenged Books?
Have a great Saturday Everyone!

Banned Books List

I said I would have my list of books I am going to read that are banned, and I swear I did it already but it is nowhere to be found!? ARG! So, here is my list:

1. ( even though I didn't like the first book I read of hers, I will give her another try)
I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, by Maya Angelou

2. Fallen Angels, by Walter Dean Myers

3. It’s Perfectly Normal, by Robie Harris

4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain

5. The Color Purple, by Alice Walker 

6. To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee 

7. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini

8. A Time to Kill, by John Grisham 

9. Are You There, God?  It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume 

10. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain 

11. Always Running by Luis Rodriguez  
 
12. Pillars of the Earth, by Ken Follett (I don't know why, I can't get rid of the italic! lol)

13. Gone With The Wind by by Margaret Mitchell 

14. The Freedom Writers Diary by Zlata Filipovic with Erin Gruwell
(I saw the movie years ago, powerful and great movie. But at the time I didn't know it was a book first. I knew it was about a teacher (and I want to be a teacher, hence part of why I wanted to see it) and it is based on a true story (the other half of the reason to why I wanted to see it). 


Any suggestions?  Have you read any of these?

Banned Books Project

I've joined the Banned Books Project and I encourage you to do the same.
If you want to join, click here  to go to the banned books blog. There you will find out a lot more about this project and find out more about banned books and challenged books. The rules/guidelines are simple. Read banned/challenged books. For those book bloggers/reviewers out there, blog about the books, review them.I will a post up later with the list of books I am going to read. Have fun reading everyone!