It's that time of year again where we celebrate the books that get banned or challenged in the US. You can learn more about Banned Book Week on the American Library Association's Web page and be sure to check out this year's press kit with art and press releases that show how you can help promote awareness during this week and beyond.
Here at PTB we're going to be highlighting some of our favorite banned or challenged books all week long with little mini reviews, but we're starting off the week with a giveaway! One lucky winner will be able to choose a book from ALA's banned/challenged list (By Year - by Decade - 1990-1999 & 2000-2009) that's under $15 that we'll ship directly to you from The Book Depository.
- The giveaway is open internationally
- All of our other regular rules apply.
- Use the rafflecopter widget below to enter
We definitely need those banned books around. In fact, if you ban books, isn't that a sign of oppression? (Starts eyeing my dystopia collection)
ReplyDeleteI'm seriously surprised at a few of the books on the list. Seriously? Harry Potter? A Wrinkle in Time? Those are fantastic works of literature not just for kids, but for people of all ages and should be shared around the world.
Harry Potter
ReplyDeleteHis Dark Materials
Harry Potter
ReplyDeleteThe Perks of Being A Wallflower
Well, Harry Potter, obviously. To Kill a Mockingbird, a classic.
ReplyDeleteThere are so many books on those lists that I've been wanting to read.
I like Harry Potter and The Hunger Games. And I think this is an awesome idea! I totally read banned books!!!
ReplyDeleteI love all the support for Banned Books and this week helps people see just how many there are.
ReplyDeleteThe Outsiders and The Hunger Games are my favorite banned books!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite banned books would be Harry Potter and The Hunger Games (seems like they're the most popular answers today). They are books that just need to be read by EVERYONE. They shouldn't be banned at all. What's the harm in people reading a book . . . it should be celebrated!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite banned books would have to be The Twilight Saga, The Hunger Games Trilogy & the Harry Potter series.
ReplyDeleteMy top favorite books of all the time are the Harry Potter saga too:) I loved the Hunger Games and Twilight too.
ReplyDeleteMine are Of Mice and Men, The Outsiders, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Hunger Games.
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter
ReplyDeleteThe Outsiders
Catcher in the Rye
The Hunger Games
My favorite banned books are Twilight and The Hunger Games. Can't believe these books are banned :O Books shouldn't be banned at all, none of them.
ReplyDeleteI love Kiss of the Wolf. It's so sexy it's gotta be banned!
ReplyDeleteI love The Hunger Games :)
ReplyDeletemy favourite one is the harry potter books. i also liked the outsiders.
ReplyDeleteMy favourites are probably Harry Potter, but there are a lot of good books on the list.
ReplyDeleteThe Hunger Games, To Kill A Mockingbird, Of Mice and Men, Snow Falling On Cedars, Twilight, The Giver...and more!
ReplyDeleteTo Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee
ReplyDeleteThe Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins
Harry Potter by Suzanne Collins
The Giver, The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, The Hunger Gams
ReplyDeleteI'm always surprised when I see something like How to Eat Friend Worms on these lists. We read what we want and like, sometimes vocab/age gets in the way, but those seem to be a better guide to the appropriateness of a book.
ReplyDeleteFirst time to the blog - I love these hops, they introduce me to so many new bloggers!
ReplyDelete1) Your header graphic is amazing - I love it.
2) There are so many banned books we should all read, they broaden our perspectives. I'm personally excited about re-reading To Kill a Mockingbird and to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
i love hunger games, harry potter, 1984, carawling(at)hotmail(dot)com
ReplyDeleteMy favourite banned books are Harry Potter, The hunger games, The giver, Bridge to Terabithia and Speak.
ReplyDeleteMy favorite banned books To Kill a Mockingbird, Water for Elephants, Harry Potter The Hunger Games Slaughterhouse Five The Bible
ReplyDeleteI love Twilight, Hunger Games, To Kill a Mockingbird, just to name a few. julierupert@gmail.com
ReplyDeleteWater for Elephants, Twilight, Harry Potter and of course, The Hunger Games! Thanks!
ReplyDeleteI loved The Giver and the Hunger Games trilogy! Thanks for this amazing giveaway - I would love to win!
ReplyDeleteLotr and the Harry potter books!
ReplyDeleteI hate the idea of banning books. I'm a pretty conservative reader, but I feel like it's not my place to say what others can and cannot read. I decide what my children should read as well, but just because I don't think a book is suitable, it doesn't mean that others shouldn't be able to make that choice for themselves.
ReplyDeleteI love Perks of Being a Wallflower, and the Harry Potter series. Many of the books that I loved in high school have been banned, such as The Color Purple, and Catch-22.
Harry Potter:) My favorite:)
ReplyDeleteThank you:)
I think it's great, that week of banned books makes people more aware. I grew up in a system, where lot of books were not only banned, but prohibited and illegal. So I appreciate the freedom of speech and freedom of choice for authors to write and readers to make their own choices what to read.
ReplyDeleteI would choose One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest by Ken Kesey.
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter series and To Kill a Mockingbird.
ReplyDeleteI love the Twilight series.
ReplyDeleteBrave New World and Are You There God, It's Me Margaret
ReplyDeleteI have read so many of these banned books. Until today, I didn't realize they had been banned. I also find it hard to believe that they were. Such censorship..it's ridiculous. If ya don't like a book, then don't read it. Many of the banned books we were even required to read in school. Such negativity in some people's minds. Can you tell I disagree with banning books? LOL Thanks for the hop!
ReplyDeleteI love Fahrenheit 451, Go Ask Alice, and Speak.
ReplyDeleteI love harry Potter, twilight and The Hunger Games.
ReplyDeleteI love Crank by Ellen Hopkins
ReplyDeleteCrank and Speak are my favorites!
ReplyDeleteI think this hop is awesome and it's nice to celebrate the freedom to read and also encourage it, as many places still ban books!
ReplyDeleteI recommend the Harry Potter series which I adore!
Harry Potter!!!!!! XD
ReplyDeleteI love so many challenged/banned books but I would have to say that To Kill a Mockingbird is my favorite :)
ReplyDeleteMy favorite banned books are Twilight and Hunger Games.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the international giveaway!!
Rafflecopter name - Rosemarie D
I love Harry Potter and The Giver. :)
ReplyDelete-Len of Musings of a Reader Happy
My favorites are Harry Potter, Hunger Games and To Kill a Mockingbird.
ReplyDeletesome of my fav banned/challenged books are HG trilogy, tkam, catcher in the rye, the perks of being a wallflower and some other ones
ReplyDeletethanks for the giveaway! :)
My favourites are The Hunger Games and The Outsiders.
ReplyDeleteThe Hunger Games trilogy and To Kill a Mockingbird.
ReplyDeletethank you for the giveaway
The Hunger Games and Brave New World. Thanks! :)
ReplyDeleteThe Harry Potter series and To Kill a Mockingbird. Thanks so much for the chance to win!
ReplyDeleteBanned Books Week is the opportunity to give people the opportunity to discuss the freedom to choose for oneself what to read and not to sit back and allow others to limit our choices.
ReplyDeleteSome of my favorite banned books are Perks of a Wallflower and the Harry Potter series.
ReplyDeleteIt always surprises me to see some of the books on the list. I really don't think there should be a list!!
ReplyDeleteI want to read Water for Elephants and Go Ask Alice.
Gossip Girl! I liked the series
ReplyDeleteThe HP and Gossip Girl series!
ReplyDeleteSome of my favorite banned books are Harry Potter, Twilight, Hunger Games, Bridge to Terabithia, and Thirteen Reasons Why.
ReplyDeleteI love The Giver.
ReplyDeleteMy favourite banned book is The Hunger Games, and then Harry Potter.
ReplyDeleteI loved Harry Potter and Twilight!
ReplyDeleteMy favourite books are Harry Potter series and The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Thank you. :)
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter, Twilight, Hunger Games, Fahrenheit 451, To Kill a Mockingbird to name a few! lol
ReplyDeleteMy favorites: The Diary of Anne Frank, The Bible, An American Tragedy
ReplyDeleteI hope that the outcome of this week around the country has people seriously considering the broader implications of banning books. Sadly, those that should pay the most attention are the ones that feel that certain books need to be banned... Ultimately, it's going to be the regular people who protest loudly and refuse to allow it to happen...I hope. I personally don't like every book, every movie, every tv show...every bit of music, but I don't feel that my opinions should determine someone else's opportunity to experience these things for him or her self.. :)
ReplyDeleteMy Sister's Keeper by Jodi Picoult, Lolita by Vladmir Nabokov
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!
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ReplyDeleteTo Kill a Mocking Bird, Harry Potter Series, Fahrenheit 451
ReplyDeletethanks for the giveaway!
For the coming week, I hope I'll be more productive than ever. Need a lot of things to do. :D I'm a mommy to a toddler.. I also work. Everything is a bit hectic.. but I just hope that I'll be more productive next week,
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway. - Ara
I love Banned Book week and I'm so disappointed that my school's librarian doesn't do anything for it. : ( Some of my favs include: The Hunger Games, Harry Potter, Twilight, Unwind, The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian and A Wrinkle in Time.
ReplyDeletethanks for the giveaway!
I don't understand why some of these books are banned/challenged--A Wrinkle in Time and Harry Potter are some of my favorites!
ReplyDeleteLoved Harry Potter and many others. I don't want to tell anyone else what to think/read, so I don't want anyone telling me!
ReplyDeleteI always find it amazing that Animal Farm was banned at one time.
ReplyDeleteI just RECENTLY read "A Wrinkle In Time" - and I cannot, for the life of me, believe that it is on that list! I believe "The Perks of Being A Wallflower" and "A Wrinkle in Time" - along with HP, and Twilight would be my favorites! :D
ReplyDeleteThanks for your generosity, and being part of this blog hop! :D
- Hira
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THG definitely, along with Perks, HP, To Kill a Mockingbird, and The Giver. Ugh, so many wonderful books on that list.
ReplyDeleteThe Hunger Games and Crank! They're such good books I can't believe they're in the Banned Books list
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter is one of my favorites. Sometimes people are crazy!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite banned books are Harry Potter and To Kill a Mockingbird.
ReplyDeleteI dislike the idea of banning books. People should be able to read whichever books they choose to read.
ReplyDeleteI like The Hunger Games books!
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter and Fahrenheit 451
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter and The Hunger Games.
ReplyDeletethe hunger games series...
ReplyDeletei love this series...i don't care they are banned ;p
I loved Hunger Games. :)
ReplyDeleteA few of my favorite banned books: The Giver, The Outsiders, the Harry Potter series, A Bridge to Terabithia!
ReplyDeleteI loved the Harry Potter series!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway! :)
The Hunger Games!
ReplyDeleteharry potter and the hunger games
ReplyDeleteWhale Talk, Twilight, Vampire Academy, Harry Potter, Hunger Games, & Gossip Girl.
ReplyDeletecassandrahicks1989@yahoo.com
The metamorphosis
ReplyDeleteI love What My Mother Doesn't Know and To Kill a Mockingbird. I like the idea of banned books, but only because it causes debates. I love to argue :)
ReplyDeleteBrave New World!
ReplyDeleteMy favorite banned books are The Twilight, The Hunger Games & the Harry Potter series.
ReplyDeleteThanks for the giveaway!!!
I loved Twilight, The Hunger Games and Harry Potter series, also To Kill a Mockingbird and Water for Elephants. They're really good books and I love this week because everyone should have the right to read whatever they feel like it :)
ReplyDeleteDefinitely The Harry Potter series. There are still so many challenged/banned books I have yet to read, should get on them right away!
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter
ReplyDeleteTwilight
Carrie
For classics, it would have to be To Kill a Mockingbird, but of course I love HP and a lot of the modern banned books.
ReplyDeletei love twilight
ReplyDeleteMy favorite is To Kill a Mockingbird
ReplyDeleteTwilight and The Hunger Games
ReplyDeleteI've always loved Harry Potter, A Wrinkle in Time, and The Giver...those are the only books I've read that were (apparently) banned.
ReplyDeleteI admit, that I don't really follow what's been banned and what has not. I just read what sounds interesting to me and leave it at that.
Throughout history, we have banned books for a variety of reasons and I think this awareness week keeps people aware that governments, churches, & organizations are still doing so.
ReplyDeleteSalman Rushdie is one of my favorite banned authors.
Honestly, I have not thought much about banned books before this was brought to my attention. I went to schools which regularly had these types of books on the required reading lists, while I didn't always enjoy them, I cannot see any reason to ban them.
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter, Twilight, Hunger Games, To kill a Mockingbird, lord of the flies and more!!
ReplyDeleteTo Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Rings (and Flies) are some of my favorite banned books!
ReplyDeleteSome of my favorites: His Dark Materials, A Wrinkle in Time, Harry Potter series, and Bridge to Terabithia are just a few!
ReplyDeleteTo Kill A Mockingbird, Harry Potter and The great Gatsby
ReplyDeleteThe Hunger Games Trilogy and the Harry Potter series..
ReplyDeleteThe hunger games
ReplyDeleteHarry Potter and the Hunger Games :)
ReplyDeleteI absolutely love Farenheit 451
ReplyDeleteLisa hackney
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Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI'm a big fan of The Hunger Games and Harry Potter.
My favorites include To Kill a Mockingbird, a Handmaid's Tale, and Bridge to Terebithia.
ReplyDeleteMy favorites are :
ReplyDelete. Animal Farm
. Lord of the Flies
. Blubber
Thanks :)
I really like Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley!
ReplyDeleteI really loved THE KITE RUNNER by Khaled Hosseini.
ReplyDeleteI loved To Kill A Mockingbird and Lord of The Flies
ReplyDeleteI am strongly against banning books and while I agree you have the right to read what you want and have a say in what your kids read, that doesn't mean you can decide what others read (including other kids). I have read and loved several banned books including Harry Potter, To Kill a Mockingbird, The Great Gatsby, The Hunger Games, The Giver, and The Kite Runner.
ReplyDeleteThis severely inhibits our right to choose what to read in this country. How dare these closed minded people to try and tell us Americans what we can and cannot read. Sorry, we live in America for a reason.
ReplyDeleteTo Kill a Mockingbird, Lord of the Flies, Of Mice and Men. Those were required reading when I went to school. Why are they now banned? Kids need to read the classics.
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The Harry Potter series are my favorites. I like a lot of banned classics too. Thanks for the giveaway!
ReplyDeleteI loved the Twilight series (It is the reason why I started and continue to read books)
ReplyDeleteHunger Games trilogy--definitely!
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