tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post5072735930097849988..comments2024-03-18T05:15:30.666-04:00Comments on Foma*: Sarah's Book Clubyellojkthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09592683505688819187noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-45968723418146388852008-09-10T16:13:00.000-04:002008-09-10T16:13:00.000-04:00The Alvin Schwartz Scary Stories books! Those sca...The Alvin Schwartz Scary Stories books! Those scared the ever-living daylights out of me when I was little. The stories weren't bad at all, just the illustrations...yet I still had to force myself to look at them - like a gory car wreck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-29932133823685035862008-09-10T08:08:00.000-04:002008-09-10T08:08:00.000-04:00Not on the list, but I'd ban anything by Cormack M...Not on the list, but I'd ban anything by Cormack McCarthy (sp?) b/c his writing style bugs me so dang much.<BR/><BR/>Funny that you've read Huck, but not Tom. Same here. Tom's dull.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-77886062870625649582008-09-09T04:44:00.000-04:002008-09-09T04:44:00.000-04:00@ anonymous: The hoax is the list (originally just...@ anonymous: The hoax is the list (originally just a list of books which have been banned in the US), which has pretty much backfired and managed to obscure the fact of her actual request. Some of the books on this list weren't even published until after her tenure as mayor and that fact has let her defenders sweep the whole issue under the rug.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, I hit 28, but it's really 27 because Huck Finn is on there twice.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11920826.post-70540158374963856092008-09-08T23:26:00.000-04:002008-09-08T23:26:00.000-04:00Why do say Palin's book ban is a hoax? Not that sh...Why do say Palin's book ban is a hoax? Not that she followed through - what I heard was that she asked the librarian about it, the librarian told her no way. You should read Catch-22 - you'd love it. I wouldn't ban any books. I was reading adult books when I was 12, including my brother's Henry Miller collection, and look how I turned out. Oh, wait...<BR/><BR/>mostlylurkingAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com