Most Challenged Books

Sippan · Post by **Sippan** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 4:34 pm

DEVO-Bot wrote:
sippan wrote:I read "The secret diary of Laura Palmer" in 4th class. It wasn't a school thing, I just liked Twin Peaks, so I read it on my own. It is not a book for children @.@

And I'd love to participate in this thread, btu first I must ask: what the heck is a "challenged book"?
*gasp* other people here like Twin Peaks??!?!!?

As if there were people that don't like Twin Peaks =)

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 6:32 pm

Phalanx wrote:
MissAlaina wrote:Even though I like the books, I can't believe Rowling's richer than the queen of England. Where's the justice in that? Her writing's not even that good! (It's the story I like)
I highly doubt anyone reads a book just for the sake of the beautiful writing.

One guy reccomended Jane Kempion to me: "It's not much of stories, but it's a good writing". Charles Dickens also.
He's the guy I always ask for recomendations since he's majoring english literature.

ZOMBIE USER 18017 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 18017** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 7:35 pm

Phalanx wrote:
MissAlaina wrote:Even though I like the books, I can't believe Rowling's richer than the queen of England. Where's the justice in that? Her writing's not even that good! (It's the story I like)
I highly doubt anyone reads a book just for the sake of the beautiful writing.

I guess I'm just old-fashioned. A truly good book, to me, has to have beautiful writing.

Warren · Post by **Warren** » Sat Mar 06, 2004 10:07 pm

I prefer Arial over Times New Roman.
It's purtier.

Heffaloop · Post by **Heffaloop** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 4:14 am

I prefer tahoma over arial and arial over times new roman

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Sun Mar 07, 2004 5:02 am

sippan wrote:
DEVO-Bot wrote:
sippan wrote:I read "The secret diary of Laura Palmer" in 4th class. It wasn't a school thing, I just liked Twin Peaks, so I read it on my own. It is not a book for children @.@

And I'd love to participate in this thread, btu first I must ask: what the heck is a "challenged book"?
*gasp* other people here like Twin Peaks??!?!!?
As if there were people that don't like Twin Peaks =)

I always had an impression that it was not very popular in USA. Unlike here, where it's peen rerunned at least ten times.

missAlaina wrote:I guess I'm just old-fashioned. A truly good book, to me, has to have beautiful writing.

Dotto to that. So much books are ruined for me because writer has too dry, tooo linear style - by that I mean, he knows his story and goes along the lines, without digressing for even a bit, if just for make writing more aestethic - which is actually equally wrong as those writers who like to brag through their writing about how much they know about science or history or whatever.
Be is baroque style as Nabakov's or minimalistic as Carvers, it's gotta be beautiful.

YarpsDat · Post by **YarpsDat** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:22 am

[...] Harry Potter [...]

I hate that thing.

When I'm reading good book, I can see the characters, I feel their intentions, and everything.
When reading HP all I can see and feel is Rowling giggling in her lair
"and now we'll make letters fall in through the chimney! That's so magical! *giggle* The kids will love it *giggle* *dances*"
"and now we'll make an ugly brother to bully him, so all the poor kids feel for him, and then get happy when he wins *giggle* that will be soo good *dances*"
"oh, and I make all the characters terminally stupid, so that the readers don't get jealous *claps hands* *dances*"

And I hate when people claim she did a great job portraying magic.
Pfah!
I think hers is one of the worst magics around!
Wheel of Time, now that's a magic I like. And that's just an example.

What Rowling gives us is a handfull of tricks, and a bunch of morons using them.
I've only read first two books, and that Hermione girl was the only person with a brain. Come on, you have a class that teaches you how to summon magic powers and wreak havoc, and you skip it?
And using magic powers is forbidden without supervision, and it actually stops the kids from playing with it.

PieceOfSkunk · Post by **PieceOfSkunk** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 7:58 am

I'm surprised no one's questioned Where's Waldo's entry on that list yet. How in the world does someone try to ban that book? Do they think "looking for Waldo" is some type of euphemism?

Not to mention "How to Eat Fried Worms." That was the ultimate test of literary endurance in elementary school. Its forty-odd chapters seemed especially daunting since we ignored the fact that many of them were only one or two pages long. Although I could see "eating worms" as euphemistic now, I can't imagine that the thought would have occurred to me anytime before the 6th grade.

Luprand · Post by **Luprand** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 10:39 am

Yarps: the problem is likely that you're at a higher reading level than the average HP fan. Just because you think of something as too simple doesn't mean that it's trash, just that it's not for you. [/Orson Scott Card]

And besides, I kinda like the HP books. And not just because the main char has the same name as my great(-great?) grandfather.

--Sij

KittyKatBlack · Post by **KittyKatBlack** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:19 pm

heffaloop wrote:I prefer tahoma over arial and arial over times new roman

Woohoo! Tahoma rocks. I used to type everything in Tahoma.

Keffria · Post by **Keffria** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 1:55 pm

*blinks* I like Times New Roman...

Wasn't Harry Potter featured on the Rosie O'Donnell show or something? Maybe it was like that Koosh fad, when she had one of the slingshot koosh thingummies and suddenly, everyone in the world wanted one.

I don't mind the books... I've read the first four, and I think I'm around #60 on the library's hold-list for the latest. But I can't quite figure out what all the hype is...

Is Robert Jordan done with his Wheel of Time series, yet? I promised myself not to try to read any more of his books until he was all done writing them all. They're so long and drawn-out that you read one, wait a year for the next to come out, and then you've forgotten everything that happened...

Post by **Mercury Hat** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:33 pm

Harry Potter's mindless entertainment. It's the kind I like. The story's not terribly original (orphaned boy who's normal and miserable turns out to be OH SO SPECIAL) but it's a fun way to spend a day. I'm a bit of a fanatic with the series, I was upset when XXXXXX happened in the fifth one (since it still might be a spoiler for some) and I did a little mini-dance in my chair when I saw the preview for the third movie.

PieceOfSkunk wrote:I'm surprised no one's questioned Where's Waldo's entry on that list yet.

There's a naked lady in one of them (though I'm not sure if that's the reason why it's on the list).

A site I shouldn't link to here wrote:This particular twopage spread includes one female sunbather who has undone the top of her bikini, been splashed with water, and is lifting herself up, showing her breast. She is, you understand, about three-quarters of an inch long, head to toe. Waldo, by the way, is not even in the vicinity.

If I recall correctly, I pulled out my old "Where's Waldo?" book and did find the picture. I think it's in the one with the blue-ish-green cover and she's in one of the corners but I can't be positive.

Google search so far brings up nothing, but I did find this and all I've got to say is ?!?!?!??!?!

Mr.Bob · Post by **Mr.Bob** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 2:47 pm

Mercury_Hat wrote: If I recall correctly, I pulled out my old "Where's Waldo?" book and did find the picture. I think it's in the one with the blue-ish-green cover and she's in one of the corners but I can't be positive.

I have that "where's Wally" book.
It's on the upper right of the right hand page. A kid is throwing cold water on her back so making her arch her back in shock - thereby exposing a profile of her breast. Janet Jackson could do better.
Crazy people.

Okie · Post by **Okie** » Thu Mar 11, 2004 3:36 pm

*gasp* other people here like Twin Peaks??!?!!?

I bought the VHS collection when it first came out. Everyone should watch the whole thing start to finish once in their life... takes about 24 hours...

The collection didn't include the pilot or Fire Walk With Me though.

I never saw a Twin Peaks shirt until I went to London. My friends both bought "I Killed Laura Palmer" T-Shirts.

McDuffies · Post by **McDuffies** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 11:27 am

YarpsDat wrote:
[...] Harry Potter [...]
I hate that thing.

When I'm reading good book, I can see the characters, I feel their intentions, and everything.
When reading HP all I can see and feel is Rowling giggling in her lair
"and now we'll make letters fall in through the chimney! That's so magical! *giggle* The kids will love it *giggle* *dances*"
"and now we'll make an ugly brother to bully him, so all the poor kids feel for him, and then get happy when he wins *giggle* that will be soo good *dances*"
"oh, and I make all the characters terminally stupid, so that the readers don't get jealous *claps hands* *dances*"

And I hate when people claim she did a great job portraying magic.
Pfah!
I think hers is one of the worst magics around!
Wheel of Time, now that's a magic I like. And that's just an example.

What Rowling gives us is a handfull of tricks, and a bunch of morons using them.
I've only read first two books, and that Hermione girl was the only person with a brain. Come on, you have a class that teaches you how to summon magic powers and wreak havoc, and you skip it?
And using magic powers is forbidden without supervision, and it actually stops the kids from playing with it.

I didn't read it. Although, I think it's kinda cool that it made so much children actually read something, I figure if they read Harry Potter Harry when 12, they'll be reading Borges when they're 20.
That's why I hate making a film. Isn't there already enough childred sitting in front of screen nowadays?

Rkolter · Post by **Rkolter** » Fri Mar 12, 2004 12:54 pm

PieceOfSkunk wrote:I'm surprised no one's questioned Where's Waldo's entry on that list yet. How in the world does someone try to ban that book? Do they think "looking for Waldo" is some type of euphemism?

Not to mention "How to Eat Fried Worms." That was the ultimate test of literary endurance in elementary school. Its forty-odd chapters seemed especially daunting since we ignored the fact that many of them were only one or two pages long. Although I could see "eating worms" as euphemistic now, I can't imagine that the thought would have occurred to me anytime before the 6th grade.

"How to Eat Fried Worms" taught me a variety of recipes for worms, and convinced a young me to try eating batter-fried worm.

A clue to those who consider it - make sure you fry it long enough, otherwise the worm is all liquidy. *shudder*

Bright spark · Post by **Bright spark** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:17 pm

On Harry P-
Did any one see a really bad Sam Niel movie "into the mouth of madness". It about this guy who was the only one who could tell that the devil had written this book. The book became more widely sold then the bible (familair anyone?) and made people into his crzy slaves. Now when I think about it, it was made many years ago, but was almost a prophetic vision of HP in many ways.

Harry Potter, it's like crack for children (I myself am an addict).

Nd · Post by Nd » Sat Mar 13, 2004 7:25 pm

Keffria wrote: Is Robert Jordan done with his Wheel of Time series, yet? I promised myself not to try to read any more of his books until he was all done writing them all. They're so long and drawn-out that you read one, wait a year for the next to come out, and then you've forgotten everything that happened...

He's only put out 10. He'll end the series at 12. 11 comes out next Januaryish. He published a Prequel this past January. So... 2 more prequels and 2 more of the main series. You're looking at 4 years roughly until they're all wrapped up. I hate him.

ZOMBIE USER 18017 · Post by **ZOMBIE USER 18017** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 8:36 pm

mcDuffies wrote: I didn't read it. Although, I think it's kinda cool that it made so much children actually read something, I figure if they read Harry Potter Harry when 12, they'll be reading Borges when they're 20.

True dat. Reading's reading's reading.

I remember when I was ~12, I was reading the Alvin Maker Series by Orson Scott Card and trashy romance novels (they were just always around); but at least I was reading.

Chaos Cricket · Post by **Chaos Cricket** » Sat Mar 13, 2004 10:24 pm

I think at age 12, I was reading C.S. Lewis (the Chronicles of Narnia own you), Hardy Boys novels, and Charles Dickens. I was a weird child, and now I'm a weird young adult.