Next, and I know you will all be familiar with at least a few, are the 10 top “challenged” titles of 2011 and the reasons attributed to them by those seeking censorship: The mission of Banned Books Week, as best described by them is to, “celebrate the freedom to read” and to raise awareness of the problem of censorship. Yes, in 2012 there are still those who not only want to tell us what is bad for us to read, which, of course, is their First Amendment right BUT additionally, they want to remove those books from bookshelves and that goes against our and, ironically, the same First Amendment right, freedom of speech. I was not aware, however, that certain people, groups and organizations continue to work diligently to ban certain books. I have even mentioned one or two of them in past posts. I am aware, of course, that there have been some books released over the years that have stirred up a lot of controversy. (Guess I’m not over it – Picture me shaking a finger at myself.) Just in case there are a few of you who, like myself, are in the dark on this one, here are a few tidbits:īanned Books Week runs from September 30-October 6. As it turns out, I’m probably the only one who hasn’t! Shame on me! :*( Today I found out that next week is, Banned Books Week.
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