{#Giveaway Hop} Banned Book Week

I love the fall for multiple reasons. Cooler weather, football, Halloween, and Banned Book Week. Ask anyone who knows me, I love to talk about Banned Books, protest the challenging or banning of books, and buy as many of them as I can. I'd like to say thank you to I Read Banned Books and I Am A Reader, Not A Writer for sponsoring this completely amazing giveaway hop.

The top 10 Banned or Challenged Book for 2011 are:

(According to the American Library Association)

1. ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r (series), by Lauren Myracle
   Reasons: offensive language; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
2. The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
   Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
3. The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
   Reasons: anti-ethnic; anti-family; insensitivity; offensive language; occult/satanic; violence
4. My Mom's Having A Baby! A Kid's Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler
   Reasons: nudity; sex education; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
   Reasons: offensive language; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit; unsuited to age group
6. Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
   Reasons: nudity; offensive language; religious viewpoint
7. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
   Reasons: insensitivity; nudity; racism; religious viewpoint; sexually explicit
8. What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones
   Reasons: nudity; offensive language; sexually explicit
9. Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
   Reasons: drugs; offensive language; sexually explicit
10. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
    Reasons: offensive language; racism

For this giveaway, I am giving away ANY banned or challenged book you would like to own. The 10 above are the MOST challenged of 2011. Other popular banned or challenged books include the Harry Potter Series, the Twilight Saga, Perks of Being a Wallflower, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, Crank by Ellen Hopkins, and so many others. 

If you happen to win and have a question about any book you think you would like, just let me know and I can give it a look-see. For information on Banned or Challenged Book, just click the link. Do a little research. Know why the books are banned or challenged. And remember...this blog believes in parental censorship, not governmental censorship...ever. Period. Keep reading, keep learning, keep growing!

Look for some special events coming this week. I'm going to review a couple books frequently challenged, and maybe even do a reading.

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Gearing up for Banned Book Week

Banned Book Week begins on September 30th and continues through October 6th! During this week, we at Better Read Than Dead and many other blogs, will be hosting giveaways, talking about our favorite banned books and emphasizing the reasons we disagree with book banning. It will be fun and educational...so be sure to check back soon.

The Mundie Moms' girls recommended a terrific video done by Bookmans called Bookmans Does Banned Books! The video is about 2 minutes time and well worth the watch! I also highly recommend checking out their website. And always, always stay tuned to Mundie Moms for the most up-to-date information about The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Movie.