It’s Banned Books Week once again and, of course, I couldn’t pass up participating in this year’s Banned Books Week Giveaway Hop. This giveaway hop is hosted by BookHounds and I Am A Reader, Not A Writer and runs from September 21st to the 27th.
What is Banned Books Week all about?
Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –- librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types –- in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular.
By focusing on efforts across the country to remove or restrict access to books, Banned Books Week draws national attention to the harms of censorship. Check out the frequently challenged books section to explore the issues and controversies around book challenges and book banning. The books featured during Banned Books Week have all been targeted with removal or restrictions in libraries and schools. While books have been and continue to be banned, part of the Banned Books Week celebration is the fact that, in a majority of cases, the books have remained available. This happens only thanks to the efforts of librarians, teachers, students, and community members who stand up and speak out for the freedom to read.
For my giveaway, I’m giving away a Kindle copy of any book from the list of frequently challenged books (must not go over $10 in value). Open to anyone who can receive Amazon Kindle gifts. Winner can opt for a paperback copy if the price of the book plus shipping fees do not go over $10.
Enter via the Rafflecopter! Good luck! Don’t forget to check out the other blog giveaways in this hop.
Parents can ban books in their private home. Otherwise not ok. But I do wish books had warnings/disclaimers like movies have (sexually explicit, heavy language, etc).
I’m against banned books. I think it’s our right to read what we want and the “reasons” behind banning are often seriously ludicrous. >_< I would love to win Looking for Alaska!
I think it’s crazy!! I would love to read The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big, Round Things, by Carolyn Mackler, thanks for the chance!
I love many books on the banned books list so I am really not a fan of it. I would love to read Looking for Alaska by John Green! Thanks!
I would pick 13 reasons why and I think a lot of books were banned for no reason…
My mother was a librarian and we always celebrated Banned Books week by reading one or two from the current list. My favorite banned book is The Color Purple.
Thanks for the contest.
Thank you so much for this giveaway! I would really love to win anything from you. :)
Banning books is silly. If you are threatened by something in a book, what would you do it in real life? Books expand minds- there is nothing scary about that . Unless you think people should believe what you do.
There are many books on my list.
I would like to get across the universe. i have seen the movie and am curious to how the book will read. books are always better then the movie so i am sure the book is very good!
I’m not sure which book I’d pick- I’m always surprised by many of the books that are frequently challenged!
I’m a reader and don’t believe in banning books. For some, they’ll be taboo and popular due to being banned, but who’s to say it should be banned.
I’d love Eleanor and Park!!!
They shouldn’t be banned. I’d pick Looking For Alaska
Just because a book makes you uncomfortable and you don’t like doesn’t mean everyone feels that way. Every time I hear about someone trying to ban a book I get very heated in defense of it. Everyone should have to right to read whatever they dang well please.
No idea what I’ll pick if I win but I’m against banning books. Thanks for the great giveaway!
Unless the content is in some way illegal, I can’t see a reason to ban a book. I would probably get Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut
There are so many I want, it’ll be hard to decide on just one!
The Bluest Eye, by Toni Morrison
Everyone’s standards are different, and I’m sure that even the most innocuous thing could be offensive to someone. Making your own decisions is a part of intellectual freedom!
There should be a “book rights”. Come one, if the book is not directly attacking/harming something or someone, why should they be banned? It’s the reader’s choice. There should be a freedom to read.
I have read some banned books, and I would choose a sequel to the Hunger games .
I do not agree with banning!! Many of the books that are now banned, were mandatory when I was in high school in the 60’s.
books shouldn’t be banned; not sure yet
It is something that should never be done… It’s Middle Ages all over again?!? =/
I’d love to get The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
Thanks so much for the giveaway and the chance to win xD
Books should never be banned. I’d like to get Looking For Alaska.
I don’t think books should be banned, its our choice to read them or not. I would pick Fifty Shades of Grey
I don’t think we should be banning books in the U.S. because it limits free will and access to knowledge. :) I’m thinking I would probably get The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian or a challenged/banned graphic novel.
People should choose what books to read for themselves. And some of the books on the list are ridiculous. I mean, come on. Harry Potter? The Hunger Games? Gone with the Wind? Crazy.
I might choose Beloved if I win, but that could change.
Thank you so much for the giveaway! Fingers crossed. :-)
My thoughts are no books should be banned. We all should have the right to read what we want. I would get the Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger.
I’m not sure yet:)
There must be people waiting out there just for the year’s banned books. I mean, I feel the same as Mare Bookworm: the more you don’t want people to read it, the more people want to read it! (does that sentence even make sense? :P)
I’d really like to read Eleanor and Park by Rainbow Rowell. I’ve heard so many people raving about it!
Thanks for the giveaway :)!
I think it’s counterintuitive, because the more you warn against something, the more people get curious about it!
Haven’t decided yet–that’s a along list of banned books!