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To Thine Own Self Be True

All Boys Aren't Blue by George M. Johnson

December 26, 2022 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

All Boys Aren’t Blue is George M. Johnson’s memoir manifesto. I’d been hearing about it since it was tragically banned in way too many US states. Well, jokes on those haters who are way too obsessed with censorship. It was picked in September for my Mocha Girls Read book club and our Cannon Book Club. Through a series of essay chapters, we learn about George’s life from childhood to now. We learn about their identity issues that started with their name. In early childhood, the […]

Filed Under: Biography/Memoir, Young Adult Tagged With: #memoir, All Boys Aren't Blue, banned books, banned books week, book censorship, essays, George M. Johnson, LGBTQIA, lgbtqia authors, memoir-manifesto, non-binary author, queer authors, queer books, YA books

teresaelectro's CBR14 Review No:12 · Genres: Biography/Memoir, Young Adult · Tags: #memoir, All Boys Aren't Blue, banned books, banned books week, book censorship, essays, George M. Johnson, LGBTQIA, lgbtqia authors, memoir-manifesto, non-binary author, queer authors, queer books, YA books ·
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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 Banned Books #CannonBookClub We’re With The Banned

August 24, 2022 by faintingviolet 2 Comments

Cannon Book Club is live! Join in any or all of our three discussion posts: The 1619 Project: A New Origin Story by Nikole Hannah-Jones All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas   It is a little hard to believe, but we are a little over three weeks away from our Banned Books #CannonBookClub. (Where has this summer gone?) In honor of Banned Books Week’s 40th birthday we are reading All Boys Aren’t Blue by George M. Johnson, The 1619 […]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: All Boys Aren't Blue, Angie Thomas, banned books, banned books week, CannonBookClub, Challenged Books, George M. Johnson, Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project, the hate u give

Genres: Book Club · Tags: All Boys Aren't Blue, Angie Thomas, banned books, banned books week, CannonBookClub, Challenged Books, George M. Johnson, Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project, the hate u give ·
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“Intentions always look better on paper than in reality.”

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

August 20, 2022 by faintingviolet Leave a Comment

Another review of a Book Club choice, 2017’s The Hate U Give. A peek behind the scenes: this one almost got left off the voting, having been popular over the years but as it’s the 30th most challenged book of the decade 2010-2019 and the fifth most challenged in 2021 the argument to include it felt justified. This YA novel was challenged and banned in school libraries and curriculums because it was considered “pervasively vulgar” and because of drug use, profanity, and offensive language. Other […]

Filed Under: Book Club, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: Angie Thomas, banned books, Cannon Book Club, CannonBookClub, cbr14bingo, challenged book, elephant, the hate u give

faintingviolet's CBR14 Review No:53 · Genres: Book Club, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: Angie Thomas, banned books, Cannon Book Club, CannonBookClub, cbr14bingo, challenged book, elephant, the hate u give ·
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#CannonBookClub September Book Club Announcement

June 10, 2022 by faintingviolet 4 Comments

Our September Book Club will be discussing Banned or Challenged Books on September 16-17, just ahead of Banned Book Week (September 18-24, 2022). Forty years ago, Banned Book Week began as a response to a sudden surge in book challenges in 1982. With the current push to limit access to books dealing with sexuality, gender identity, and race, we asked you what you wanted to read; and we’ve tallied up the votes for the top three. The books selected for our discussion come from a […]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: All Boys Aren't Blue, Angie Thomas, banned books, book club, CannonBookClub, Challenged Books, George M. Johnson, Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project, the hate u give

Genres: Book Club · Tags: All Boys Aren't Blue, Angie Thomas, banned books, book club, CannonBookClub, Challenged Books, George M. Johnson, Nikole Hannah-Jones, The 1619 Project, the hate u give ·
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Voting for September #CannonBookClub – Banned Books

May 27, 2022 by faintingviolet 3 Comments

For our September Book Club we’ll be discussing Banned or Challenged Books on September 16th – 17th just ahead of Banned Book Week (September 18-24, 2022). Our plan is to celebrate our freedom to read by reading a selection of challenged books for this discussion. We’ll be doing a ranked vote to narrow our selections down to three with an eventual Discussion Post for each. As usual I hope you find more than one interesting selection in our group below. Make sure you scroll all […]

Filed Under: Book Club Tagged With: banned books, CannonBookClub, Challenged Books, voting

Genres: Book Club · Tags: banned books, CannonBookClub, Challenged Books, voting ·
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