Friday, October 16, 2009

Banned Books

I know, I know, Banned Book Week was September 26 - October 3 and I'm a bit late to the game, but at least I got here. I was checking blogs this morning, and I saw that one of my favorite authors, Richelle Mead (I know, I should change the name of this blog to the I (heart) Richelle Mead Blog), has been banned at a school in Texas. Which got me to thinking about banned books all over again.

I don't just read banned books during Banned Book Week, I read them all year. Feel free to take one (or more) for yourself!
Patti swooned at 11:52 AM
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7 comments:

  1. HannahOctober 16, 2009 at 6:57 PM

    More to come ...

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  2. ~ames~October 16, 2009 at 8:46 PM

    Those are great!!

    I love Richelle Mead too. Haven't read her YA books yet though. But her Succubus series is awesome. :P

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  3. DanielleOctober 16, 2009 at 10:15 PM

    I was actually quite shocked to discover that Richelle Mead's 'Vampire Academy' series has been banned in Texas (well, one district of).
    I wonder if lots of supernatural/urban fantasy books would be banned in the Bible belt simply because it's Heathen to think that vampires and werewolves actually exist (then again, Lazarus did rise from the dead...)???

    I really can't wrap my mind around the idea of a state in the U.S of A banning books. Don't you guys have a little thing called the first amendment?

    ** Vampire Academy SPOILER **

    I would be really interested to know what their justification was for banning Mead's books. Was it the fantasy angle, or the fact that a student has an affair with her teacher? Or that there is teenagers having sex?

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  4. Patti (@TheLoveJunkee)October 17, 2009 at 9:24 AM

    **Vampire Academy Spoiler**

    Danielle - I wondered too if it was the student/teacher relationship too. Or the sex/drinking angle. Either way, it's really not a good reason to ban it...

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  5. Cecile Smutty HussyOctober 18, 2009 at 9:31 PM

    Patti, I hope you don't mind, but I did take one... And I will post up at my place after the birthday party... because I actually went online and bought two banned books that I have been wanting to get in my collection... But I agree with you... I not only read banned books during those weeks, but all year long! I hope you had a wonderful weekend my friend. And I am glad that you are feeling better!

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  6. A Buckeye Girl ReadsOctober 19, 2009 at 8:53 AM

    Those are great buttons! Like you, I read banned books all year long. Do you mind if I use one of you buttons?

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  7. Patti (@TheLoveJunkee)October 19, 2009 at 9:57 AM

    Yes Buckeye Girl - please take a button!!! :)

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