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Five Ways to Survive in a Dystopia
dys·to·pi·a (dĭs-tō’pē-ə) n. An imaginary place or state in which the condition of life is extremely bad, as from deprivation, oppression, or terror.
My favorite genre of novels is filled with horror, death, ugliness, sadness, pitiful living conditions, and violence. In college for my senior paper, I picked The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood. With this choice [...]
Ten Banned Books: Cursing, Sex, and Religion
1. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part‑Time Indian by Sherman Alexie
Why? Masturbation
2. The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky
Why? Homosexuality, Drug use, and Sex
3.Girl, Interrupted by Susanna Kaysen
Why? Sex and Cursing
4. Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
Why? Rape and Sex
5. The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Why? Rape and Cursing
6. The Golden [...]
Another Book List to Make Me Feel Uneducated
I found this list of books from I’m Lost in Books who found the list from Lit and Life who found it from Laura’s Reviews and now I’m copying it. Ah the glories of the internet, the only place where we can copy material from others shamelessly and freely, and the only requirement is to [...]
Booking Through Thursday: Fifteen Books That Stick
Booking Through Thursday Challenge for June 4th, 2009:
“This can be a quick one. Don’t take too long to think about it. Fifteen books you’ve read that will always stick with you. First fifteen you can recall in no more than 15 minutes.”
The Time Traveler’s Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
What Stuck: The overall feeling in the novel [...]
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