Ah Autumn....the smell of censorship is in the air.

I can't believe it! I forgot to mention Banned Books Week! The last week of September the American Library Association publishes the list of books that have received the most requests to be removed from shelves in schools, public libraries, and retail stores. Of course, it never happens.

The ALA celebrates Banned Books Week in order to bring attention to the books. Take a look at the list. Have you read any of them? I sure have. :) I have already read the red ones, and the blues ones are on my list for this year.

Alexie, Sherman. "The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian."
Anderson, Laurie Halse. "Twisted."
Angelou, Maya. "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings."
Block, Francesca Lia. "Baby Be-Bop."
Boyle, T. Coraghessan. "The Tortilla Curtain."
Brown, Marc Tolon. "Buster's Sugartime."
Burroughs, Augusten. "Running with Scissors."
Cast, P.C. and Kristin Cast. "House of Night." (Series)
Chbosky, Stephen. "The Perks of Being a Wallflower."
Comfort, Alex. "Joy of Sex."
Crutcher, Chris. "Deadline."
Drill, Ester. "Deal with It! A Whole New Approach to Your Body, Brain, and Life as a gURL."
Dubberley, Emily. "Sex for Busy People: The Art of the Quickie for Lovers on the Go."
Ehrenreich, Barbara. "Nickle and Dimed: On (Not) Getting by in America."
Frank, Anne. "Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl."
Fuentes, Carlos. "Aura."
Garrison, Eric Marlowe. "Mastering Multiple Position Sex."
Hahn, Mary Downing. "The Dead man in Indian Creek."
Harding, Kat. "Lasbian Kama Sutra."
Hartinger, Brent. "Geography Club."
Hemingway, Ernest. "Hills Like White Elephants: A Short Story: The Complete Short Stories of Hemingway."
Hitler, Adolf. "Mein Kampf."
Irving, John. "A Prayer for Owen Meany."
Johnson, Maureen. "The Bermudez Triangle."
King, Stephen. "Survivor Type. A Short Story from Skeleton Crew."
Kingsolver, Barbara. "The Bean Trees."
Klausen, Jytte. "The Cartoons That Shook the World."
Knowles, Jo. "Lessons from a Dead Girl."
Lee, Harper. "To Kill a Mockingbird."
Lippman, Laura. "The Crack Cocaine Diet: A Short Story from Hardly Knew Her."
Martin, Michael. "Kurt Cobain."
McDonald, Brian. "In the Middle of the Night."
Mead, Richelle. "Vampire Academy." (Series)
Merriam-Webster Editorial Staff. "Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary."
Meyer, Stephenie H. "Twilight." (Series)
Moore, Alan. "The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: Black Dossier."
Morrison, Toni. "Song of Solomon."
Myracle, Lauren. "ttyl"
Richardson, Justin, and Peter Parnell. "And Tango Makes Three."
Schrag, Ariel, ed. "Stuck in the Middle: Seventeen Comics from an Unpleasant Age."
Scott, Elizabeth. "Living Dead Girl."
Sedaris, David. "I Like Guys: A Short Story from Naked."
Seierstad, Asne. "The Bookseller of Kabul."
Selzer, Adam. "How to Get Suspended and Influence People."
Shusterman, Neal. "Unwind"
Sliverstein, Charles, and Felice Picano. "The Joy of Gay Sex."
Snyder, Zikpha Keatley. "The Egypt Game."
Sones, Sonya. "One of Those Hideous Books Where the Mother Dies."
Toriyama, Akira. "Dragon Ball: the Monkey King."
Von Ziegesar, Cecily. "Only in Your Dreams: A Gossip Girl Novel."
Walker, Margaret. "Jubilee."
Walls, Jeannette. "The Glass Castle: A Memoir."
WritersCorps. "Paint Me Like I Am: Teen Poems."

On a side noet I am pleased that I have met THREE of the authors listed above: Marc Brown, Toni Morrison, and Barbara Kingsolver.