Welcome to the Banned Books Giveaway Hop hosted by I Am a Reader and BookHounds. This is a special time of year when we remember that there are still people actively censoring books for various reasons. This is a practice that goes so totally opposite of what free speech promises. If we permit someone to ban a book for a certain reason, before long, books will be banned for any reason. There are a lot of books out there I would never pick up and read. For example (and I’m sure people will be shocked at this), I would never pick up the Twilight series. I realized many do. I wouldn’t even read Harry Potter though my daughter read the entire series. So just because I don’t like the concept or what a book entails, should it be banned? No, indeed! I was a teacher at a school where Harry Potter was not even in the library because the librarian essentially made the decision to ban it. A new librarian took over, and she was shocked. If you don’t want to read a book, you don’t have to. And if you’re a parent, you need to be aware of and monitor what your child is reading. That’s your responsibility. Let’s not ban books!!
For my international giveaway, I am offering one book on any banned book list. There are a load of them out here, but here is a link to some. All you need to do is fill out the rafflecopter below by 9 P.M. on September 27, and you are in to win. Be sure to hop on for the opportunity to win even more books! Best of wishes to you!
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I would choose the Hunger Games
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I would choose 13 reasons why
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I would choose The Glass Castle
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Maybe Eleanor and Park or I Hunt Killers…
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A Storm of Swords Part 2!
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I absolutely love Harry Potter and cannot imagine my life without having read the books!
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The Naked and the Dead, by Norman Mailer
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I’d probably choose either Looking for Alaska or The Giver.
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Rumble by Ellen Hopkins
any of her books really’s amazing!
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I might try ELEANOR AND PARK.
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I would pick John Green’s Looking for Alaska. Thank you for being part of Banned Books Week!
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hunger games
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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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I think I’ll go for The Perks of Being a Wallflower. I’ve only seen the movie.
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I think I’d pick Fifty Shades of Grey.
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My favorite banned book is still Harry Potter. But I have my own copy, so I’ll choose something else if I win 🙂
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I would choose a Hunger games book, I have read some banned books in the past, its amazing what is on that list!
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Maybe it’s time I read Fifty Shades of Grey.
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cant find the list but my fav book of all times was the outsiders hope its not a banned book
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If I won, I might select To Kill a Mockingbird.
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My favorite banned book is To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Maybe The Hunger Games, have not read that yet!!!
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not sure yet; contemporary
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Fifty Shades of Grey
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I think I would like to read Looking for Alaska
