Banned Book Week
In honor of Banned Book Week, I started reading Steinbeck's The Grapes of Wrath. The writing, especially the descriptions of landscape, are amazing.
"To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahomas, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth." First line. Always a good test for what's to follow.
It's monumental and funny and sweeping and personal and American in many different ways.
Go here to take a look at what's been banned and what's being fought over in 2006, and perhaps to choose a banned book to read this fall. They come in all shapes and varieties, just like Americans.
I chose Grapes of Wrath because I wanted something long and loved Travels with Charley (a book Steinbeck wrote toward the end of his career about traveling America with his dog Charley) when I read it in high school. Your choice might be short or long, serious or funny: something that's right for you. Anyone who reads the Captain Underpants stories gets special honors!
And though my readers are a quiet bunch, I'd love to hear what you're reading. Just send me an email or post a comment with the name of the book, and anything else you want to add.
"To the red country and part of the gray country of Oklahomas, the last rains came gently, and they did not cut the scarred earth." First line. Always a good test for what's to follow.
It's monumental and funny and sweeping and personal and American in many different ways.
Go here to take a look at what's been banned and what's being fought over in 2006, and perhaps to choose a banned book to read this fall. They come in all shapes and varieties, just like Americans.
I chose Grapes of Wrath because I wanted something long and loved Travels with Charley (a book Steinbeck wrote toward the end of his career about traveling America with his dog Charley) when I read it in high school. Your choice might be short or long, serious or funny: something that's right for you. Anyone who reads the Captain Underpants stories gets special honors!
And though my readers are a quiet bunch, I'd love to hear what you're reading. Just send me an email or post a comment with the name of the book, and anything else you want to add.
Comments
I reread the first Harry Potter the other night looking for something. I've been spending more time than I'd like with my English/Spanish dictionary and my verb book. I reread "Make Way for Ducklings" when I ran across it in my room yesterday. I have a copy of... um... author is Libba Bray, can't remember the title, waiting for the first good day after I finish packing my room. I think that's it.
Question for you... would you have any interest in a pattern book for various purses? I won it as a door prize months ago and found it again as I was going through my bookshelves. I can absolutely guarantee that I will never be knitting myself a purse other than the one (not from that book) that I already have yarn for, so I'm offering it around to see if anyone might want it.
C.