Here's this list of the top ten....
1. ttyl; ttfn; l8r, g8r(series), by Lauren Myracle
2. The Color of Earth (series), by Kim Dong Hwa
3. The Hunger Games trilogy, by Suzanne Collins
4. My Mom’s Having A Baby! A Kid’s Month-by-Month Guide to Pregnancy, by Dori Hillestad Butler
5. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie
6. Alice (series), by Phyllis Reynolds Naylor
7. Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley
8. What My Mother Doesn’t Know, by Sonya Sones
9. Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily Von Ziegesar
10. To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee
Well I've heard of two of them. But the first one caught my eye. Who is Lauren Myracle and why is she at the top of the list? Well from Wikipedia they say - Her books continue to be challenged in school libraries, usually for scenes of alleged sexuality, homosexuality, or alcohol use. Seems like typical middle schools stuff to me. What the problem?
Then it goes on to say about the book ttyl - ttyl was the first-ever novel to be written entirely in instant messages. Well... now I not only think her book should be banned I think she should be killed! I don't think I could look up a whole books worth of IM. Maybe she'll write a translated 800 page sequel.
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I think I saw that ttyl book. The way the print is set up is kind of cute, but annoying, just because, but then again, it is a middle schoolish kind of read.
The ttyl book was too cumbersome to follow very long.
Brave New World was published back in 1932. I am surprised that it is still being read.
At least bona fide classics likeHuckleberry Finn did not make the list.
To Kill a Mockingbird has been around for 50 years. It's amazing that it's still often on the required reading lists for schools, and that there are people out there that object to it.
I've read #5 and #10 but that's it.
#5 was funny, clever and smart.
We all know number 10. I haven't read it since high school though.
The rest....well I guess I'm a big loser because I wouldn't even want to read most of them. A book in IM I guess is just not my demographic. I prefer to read not decipher.
When I write my book, I hope it gets on a "most challenged" or "banned" list. That would be great publicity.
Jay
Most challenged, as opposed to banned? There's a sizeable amount of difference in the two. Some books might be challenged simply because they're poorly written, or passe.
MD - I'll take your word for it.
EPT - Huck Finn is in the top 100. Here's an all time list. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_most_commonly_challenged_books_in_the_United_States
D - The granite heads never give up.
MPP - You're right about deciphering it.
J - You're right about that.
GP - They don't say banned anymore because they're not banned. The granite heads are losing this fight.
I'm curious about that IM book now. I don't think I could go through a whole book that way but I still want to look at it.
The only book on the list that I've read is To Kill a Mockingbird and that was because it was on the school reading list.
A - Don't let the Secret Service see you reading it. They'll think it's code and that you're a terrorist.
The people who complain about an intrusive "nanny state" don't seem to have a problem with telling you and I what we can and can't read. I recognize the sound of cognitive dissonance when I hear it.
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