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’d love to read either Fight Club, The Handmaid’s Tale or Brave New World. Thank you for the giveaway, enjoy your day. 🙂
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I know why the caged bird sings by May Angelou.
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Choices are between Catcher in the Rye, Persepolis or Of Mice and Men
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If I could get it in hardback, I’d choose a Harry Potter book. If not, I might choose The Giver by Lois Lowry
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Probably Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
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I’m not sure which book I’d pick but I’m sure I’ll see several that I’d like! 🙂
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The Perks of Being A Wallflower or maybe To Kill a Mockingbird!
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I love 1984 by Orwell.
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I loved The Giver by Lois Lowry! Thanks for this amazing giveaway – I would love to win!
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Any romantic book 🙂
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I’d love to read ‘Eleanor & Park’ or ‘I Hunt Killers’! Thank you for the opportunity! 🙂
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I haven’t read the Hunger Games but heard it was good.
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My favourite book from this genre is Harry Potter <3 And the book I would choose is probably The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
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I’d love to win Eleanor and Park!!!
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I love To Kill a Mockingbird, but would probably choose The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian by Sherman Alexie.
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Possibly Looking for Alaska or Eleanor and Park. Thanks.
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To Kill A Mockingbird is one of my favorites. I really enjoy the raw predictiments it places you in and making you relate the story to your morals and judgements.
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The most recent favorite banned book would have to be Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell!
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The ones I liked on the list were Eleanor & Park by Rainbow Rowell, Looking for Alaska by John Green. Blood and Chocolate by Annette Curtis Klause, and Forever by Judy Blume! Thank you for this amazing giveaway! 🙂
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I would love to read I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings.
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I would choose Looking For Alaska
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I am always amazed at what people consider inappropriate – and that they would force their decisions on others. I would choose The Hunger Games.
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I’d most likely choose Looking for Alaska. Thanks for the great giveaway!
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I’d pick Crank by Ellen Hopkins
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The Hunger Games! I love them so much! 🙂
