Archive for September, 2008

I Choose To Read

Sep 29, 2008

Posted by: John Admin

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It is our choices, Harry, that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities. (p 358 Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets Bloomsbury paperback) Happy Banned Books Week! I’ve got to admit that, living so far away from the USA, I don’t quite know how this whole deal works, and I don’t …read more!

Changing the World, One Project at a Time

Sep 28, 2008

Posted by: SuperJenn

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As my children grow older, I seem to spend more and more time on the go. Football games, baseball games, school plays, band festivals, church functions – you name it, my two boys are probably involved in it. It’s all too easy to, along the way, lose sight of just who and what I am. …read more!

Celebrate Banned Book Week – Checked Out Banned or Challenged Books

Sep 28, 2008

Posted by: Doris

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“Restriction of free thought and free speech is the most dangerous of all subversions. It is the one un-American act that could most easily defeat us.” -Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas Just a reminder that if you would like to have your Banned Book blog/vlog featured on my blog tomorrow please get those links …read more!

Celebrate Banned Book Week – Read Challanged Books

Sep 28, 2008

Posted by: Doris

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What progress we are making. In the Middle Ages they would have burned me. Now they are content with burning my books. ~Sigmund Freud, 1933 To celebrate “Banned Book Week” today I’d like to ask you to read a challenged book in public. Express your right to read at home, school, church or any other …read more!

Even More Glimpses of “Half-Blood Prince” Calendars

Sep 27, 2008

Posted by: SueTLC

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Andrews McMeel, publishers of the US editons of the Harry Potter calendars, have now updated their website with new photos from the 2009 “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” items. As seen starting here in our image galleries, you can see the covers of a few, as well as a new photo of Dumbledore and …read more!

Dan Radcliffe a “Breakout” in “Equus,” More Reviews of Opening Night Performance

Sep 27, 2008

Posted by: EdwardTLC

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Last night, actors Dan Radcliffe (Harry Potter) and Richard Griffiths (Uncle Vernon) opened the revival production of the play “Equus” at the Broadhurst Theatre on Broadway. More reviews are now online of that opening night performance in New York City. MTV has an article online which further reviews the play and goes into some more …read more!

Banned book week

Sep 27, 2008

Posted by: John Admin

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I’m taking a slight break from the normal Snape love to help out with banned book week/awareness. I was asked to read from a banned book and explain why I read what I did, and I chose the Bible.

Banned book week

Sep 27, 2008

Posted by: John Admin

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I’m taking a slight break from the normal Snape love to help out with banned book week/awareness. I was asked to read from a banned book and explain why I read what I did, and I chose the Bible.

Banned book week

Sep 27, 2008

Posted by: John Admin

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I’m taking a slight break from the normal Snape love to help out with banned book week/awareness. I was asked to read from a banned book and explain why I read what I did, and I chose the Bible.

Roy and Silo are Gay…and Dumbledore Makes Three!

Sep 26, 2008

Posted by: abandonedboyjon

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Happy Banned Books Week, everyone! This week, in celebration, I’m blogging about the most challenged book of 2006 and 2007, And Tango Makes Three by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell (illustrated by Henry Cole, Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers, 2005). In case you are unfamiliar, Tango is the story of two male penguins, …read more!



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