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> Tag: banned book week

down to the wire (as always) – BOOK CLUB TIME!

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

September 16, 2022 by andtheIToldYouSos Leave a Comment

Why did I wait so long to read these two? This isn’t just a question of Book Club procrastination; this is a “what was I thinking?” moment! I had heard good things about both, I was enraged as ever when they (and others) showed up on lists of challenged and banned books, and they were both available on scribd! Also- why did I treat these books like homework? “oh man, I have to read these before I can move on to other things”- at the […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Book Club, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: adapt, adaptation, Angie Thomas, audio, audiobook, banned book week, banned books, CannonBookClub, cbr14bingo, coming-of-age, culture, family, generational trauma, George M. Johnson, heart, lgtbqia, queer, Race, trauma, violence, we're with the band, YA

andtheIToldYouSos's CBR14 Review No:46 · Genres: Audiobooks, Biography/Memoir, Book Club, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: adapt, adaptation, Angie Thomas, audio, audiobook, banned book week, banned books, CannonBookClub, cbr14bingo, coming-of-age, culture, family, generational trauma, George M. Johnson, heart, lgtbqia, queer, Race, trauma, violence, we're with the band, YA ·
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The book that inspired the Metallica video that freaked you the hell out in 1988

Johnny Got His Gun by Dalton Trumbo

October 26, 2018 by KimMiE" 2 Comments

CBR 10 Bingo: Fahrenheit 451! (banned and challenged books) There’s no shortage of books that have been turned into movies, but relatively few have been turned into music videos by heavy metal bands. To be more accurate, the 1939 novel Johnny Got His Gun, which was itself inspired by the true story of a Canadian soldier brutally injured in World War I, inspired a 1971 film by the same name, which inspired the Metallica song “One,” whose video features cuts from the film. Coincidentally, the book was […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: anti-war, banned book week, banned books, cbr10bingo, dalton trumbo, KimMiE", pacifist

KimMiE"'s CBR10 Review No:25 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: anti-war, banned book week, banned books, cbr10bingo, dalton trumbo, KimMiE", pacifist ·
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Stands up as allegory, less so as a novel

Lord of the Flies by William Golding

September 26, 2018 by Jen K 1 Comment

Bingo Square: Fahrenheit 451 Since I switched school districts (and states) between 9th and 10th grade, I ended up reading Lord of the Flies twice in high school English class.  And I despised it both times. Despite that, I noticed at some point that it is a novel I refer to more than some novels I actually enjoyed in school so I had been meaning to do a reread for a while.  After I chose it for the Fahrenheit 451 square, I realized it could […]

Filed Under: Fiction Tagged With: banned book, banned book week, cbr10bingo, classic school reading, lord of the flies, william golding

Jen K's CBR10 Review No:160 · Genres: Fiction · Tags: banned book, banned book week, cbr10bingo, classic school reading, lord of the flies, william golding ·
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