I know a way to celebrate banned books week for you guys...

RosieBaggins

RosieBaggins

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It is that time of year again, the part where my library puts up a banned book display and encourages the reading of them. Many great books are on the list of banned books, so it is not surprising that Lord of the Rings is #40 on the American Library Association's list of banned books. The Hobbit is on the list as well. Anyone else going to celebrate the week and your freedom by reading by reading one of those wonderful, "shocking" books?
 
http://bannedbooks.world.edu/2011/03/13/banned-book-awareness-lord-rings-jrr-tolkien/ Many of the books that are on the banned book list are there for little reason.
 
I had no idea it was Banned Books week, so thanks for raising awareness. By browsing ALA's list and the Banned Books site, it seems that some of the greatest books ever written are also some of the most frequently challenged. Shame that not everyone can be convinced that LOTR isn't satanic or Huckleberry Finn is purposefully racist.
 
In my opinion, banning books is a horrible thing to begin with. I am so glad my local library doesn't support the "banning" of books. I am homeschooled, and literature was a big part of my schooling. Many of the 'controversial' classics are my favorites. I am so glad I live in a free country, and that my library doesn't support banning books :) Besides, I firmly believe that those who don't remeber the past are doomed to repeate it., and thus many horrible things in the past should be remembered for that reason, so that we don't fall in the trap again.
 
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makes me so mad! A born again Christian I work with once had the nerve to say that LOTR was a bad book and I shouldn't read it. I was talking to a friend about books and movies (the friend is a Harry Potter fan). We just looked at each other and rolled our eyes.[;)]
 
If you don't want to read the book, goody for you, just don't pester me about how bad the book is and why I shouldn't read it. I am a christian as, but it doesn't mean I can't have fun as well, and Lord of the Rings is one of the cleanest books out there.
 
makes me so mad! A born again Christian I work with once had the nerve to say that LOTR was a bad book and I shouldn't read it. I was talking to a friend about books and movies (the friend is a Harry Potter fan). We just looked at each other and rolled our eyes.[;)]
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I'm surprised you didn't hit the person with the news that, not only was Tolkien a devout Christian, but he also converted his friend C.S. Lewis (previously an Athiest) to Christianity. Then again, the born-again is probably convinced that all Catholics are bound to Hell anyway.
 
quick on my feet. I don't think well when I'm mad or emotional so I never think of the right thing to say till after the fact.
 
Donations in past years included "Daddy's Roommate" and "Heather Has Two Mommies". For some reason books like these keep getting checked out and "lost".

Still, everyone wants to censor something. That's just the way people are.
 
It just boggles the mind how someone would think The Hobbit should be banned. It is such a cute story!. Does it seem ironic to anyone else that Fahrenheit 451 and 1984 are banned as well?
 
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