tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683496075979568913.post3472585888844960459..comments2023-12-14T23:40:24.503-05:00Comments on A library is a hospital for the mind...: Banned Books Week: A Blogger's EditorialSarah M.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08658247100019831005noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683496075979568913.post-60462591714040671442008-10-03T02:30:00.000-04:002008-10-03T02:30:00.000-04:00re: not reading LOTR series--I quit after the firs...re: not reading LOTR series--I quit after the first one. I didn't like Tolkien's style and figured the movies were well adapted (based on what I had read and what my sister, who did read them, said).Jenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832420356107544084noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683496075979568913.post-68816667445333260862008-10-02T19:43:00.000-04:002008-10-02T19:43:00.000-04:00Safelibraries, thanks for your comment. The point ...Safelibraries, thanks for your comment. The point of my article was not to herald "Banned Book Week" as a current problem -- I really haven't paid any attention to it -- my point was to discuss a book that has been "banned" by certain groups of people. I also wanted to discuss why I believe it's important to keep an open mind and not just leap after hearing one person's point of view.<BR/><BR/>Sarah M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08658247100019831005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683496075979568913.post-34677197786939953532008-10-02T19:11:00.000-04:002008-10-02T19:11:00.000-04:00Hi Sarah,I think this is a great topic of discussi...Hi Sarah,<BR/>I think this is a great topic of discussion. I, too, avoided anything having to do with the infamous, "evil" Harry Potter books for many years. I am still sorting out how I feel about them especially after reading the first book a few years ago. I was required to read it for a Children's Literature class (at a religious college of all places). I continue to think it was a Jessica Rodartehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05769159020043047996noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683496075979568913.post-17915183362679821512008-10-02T19:10:00.000-04:002008-10-02T19:10:00.000-04:00No book has been banned in the USA for many decade...No book has been banned in the USA for many decades. Read "<A HREF="http://safelibraries.blogspot.com/2008/09/thomas-sowell-on-banned-books-week-bbw.html" REL="nofollow">National Hogwash Week</A>" and the many links contained therein.SafeLibraries®https://www.blogger.com/profile/06756725065032196698noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683496075979568913.post-57560705044827398442008-10-02T16:50:00.000-04:002008-10-02T16:50:00.000-04:00Yeah, I know, I know... horrors that I've not ...Yeah, I know, I know... horrors that I've not read Lord of the Rings. I hated the first movie, tolerated the second and was relieved by the third. Perhaps I'd feel differently about the books? I've just never thought to try them. I suppose I should add them to my "To Be Read" list for 2009... if you can make it through W&D and be bored and you can take on Bleak House, Sarah M.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08658247100019831005noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-683496075979568913.post-20377060745298876782008-10-02T16:31:00.000-04:002008-10-02T16:31:00.000-04:00Excellent post and thoughts. I haven't read the Ha...Excellent post and thoughts. I haven't read the Harry Potter series. I DID read the first one and thought it was entertaining. Then as it grew darker in subject matter I became less enthralled. I don't necessarily have anything AGAINST Harry.....precisely because I haven't read the series well enough to know it! But I tend to stay away from dark spiritual warfare (for my own personal reasons/Carriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08772667430500306088noreply@blogger.com