Insomnic Dreams

September 26th through October 3rd is Banned Books Week and is dedicated to bringing awareness of ongoing censorship and promote freedom of speech.

Head over to BannedBooksWeek.org to get more information about how prevalent book banning and censorship really is and how you can help prevent it.

You will also find many events scheduled at your local library and book sellers  if you would like to participate in your local community.

Here, for your perusal, is the list of 10 most challenged books:

1. And Tango Makes Three, by Justin Richardson and Peter Parnell
   Reason: anti-ethnic, anti-family, homosexuality, religious viewpoint,
   and unsuited to age group
2. His Dark Materials trilogy, by Philip Pullman
   Reason: political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, and violence
3. TTYL; TTFN; L8R, G8R (series), by Lauren Myracle
   Reason: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age  group
4. Scary Stories (series), by Alvin Schwartz
   Reason: occult/satanism, religious viewpoint, and violence
5. Bless Me, Ultima, by Rudolfo Anaya
   Reason: occult/satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint,
   sexually explicit, and violence
6. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
   Reason: drugs, homosexuality, nudity, offensive language, sexually
   explicit, suicide, and unsuited to age group
7. Gossip Girl (series), by Cecily von Ziegesar
   Reason: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age
   group
8. Uncle Bobby’s Wedding, by Sarah S. Brannen
   Reason: homosexuality and unsuited to age group
9. The Kite Runner, by Khaled Hosseini
   Reason: offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited to age group
10. Flashcards of My Life, by Charise Mericle Harper
    Reason: sexually explicit and unsuited to age group