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October 1, 2008

Celebrate banned Books Week!

Banned Books Week

Below is a list of titles that have been banned:
Title Author
Handmaid’s Tale Atwood, Margaret
Clan of the Cave Bear Auel, Jean
Fahrenheit 451 Bradbury, Ray
Clockwork Orange Burgess, Anthony
As I Lay Dying Faulkner, William
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain, Mark
One Hundred Years of Solitude García Márquez, Gabriel
Lord of the Flies Golding, William
Ordinary People Guest, Judith
Catch 22 Heller, Joseph
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest Kesey, Ken
Separate Peace Knowles, John
To Kill a Mockingbird Lee, Harper
Beloved Morrison, Toni
Bluest Eye Morrison, Toni
Lolita Nabokov, Vladimir
Close Range Proulx, Annie
Portnoy’s Complaint Roth, Philip
Catcher in the Rye Salinger, J.D.
Grapes of Wrath Steinbeck, John
Of Mice and Men Steinbeck, John
Color Purple Walker, Alice
Native Son Wright, Richard

April 28, 2008

The Golden Compass

The Golden Compass
Starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig
Rated PG-13

Fantasy/Drama

A young girl ventures into a perilous parallel universe to rescue her best friend and fight the forces of darkness in director Chris Weitz’s adaptation of the first installment of author Philip Pullman’s best-selling fantasy trilogy. Screen newcomer Dakota Blue Richards stars as young heroine Lyra Belacqua, Casino Royale star Daniel Craig appears as Lyra’s ruthless adventurer uncle, Lord Asriel, and Nicole Kidman assumes the glamorous guise of the villainous Mrs. Coulter.

Releases on April 29, 2008

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December 15, 2006

Introducing something new!

I would like to extend a welcome to you! We hope you will use this blog to:

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