Tag: Banned books

• Links for readers: Ebooks vs paper redux

  “The pile of unread books we have on our bedside tables is often referred to as a graveyard of good intentions. The list of unread books on our Kindles is more of a black hole of fleeting intentions.” — Craig Mod The New York Times says print is far from dead, and Craig Mod asks…

  Shannon Turlington

  October 7, 2015

  Notebook

  Atlantic, Banned books, Craig Mod, E-books, Halloween, infographics, Jeff VanderMeer, Kindle, Margaret Atwood, monsters, Paper books, Print publishing, Reader’s Corner, realistic fiction, Southern Reach trilogy

• 12 Banned Books to Read

  This is the week that we celebrate books that have been banned or challenged. Usually, the books are banned from school libraries or from being taught in school. The reasons given seem valid–sexual content, dirty language, racism–but dig a little deeper and you’ll generally find that the true reason is that these books seem dangerous.…

  Shannon Turlington

  September 26, 2014

  Reading

  12 Books, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Animal Farm, Anne Frank, Banned books, Catcher in the Rye, Challenged books, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Diary of a Young Girl, Fahrenheit 451, George Orwell, Harper Lee, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, JD Salinger, JK Rowling, JRR Tolkien, Lewis Carroll, Lois Lowry, Mark Twain, Ray Bradbury, Reading list, Richard Adams, Roald Dahl, The Giver, The Hobbit, To Kill a Mockingbird, Watership Down