Spoutible Banned Book Club

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Spoutible Banned Book Club @BannedBookClub

There's still time to join us for #SBBCMay2024 choose your own banned/challenge book! Check out @BannedBookClub profile page to see what other people here are reading.

I'm reading The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

A few #SBBCMay2024TalkingPoint (s) in this thread and more to come soon!
09:34 PM - May 08, 2024

09:35 PM - May 08, 2024

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I don't need a "cure"

@PawtisticPanth

In response to Unapologetically Beth.

I'm reading Blindness by José Saramago. Not the happiest book but it makes me think about what I take for granted maybe

09:37 AM - May 05, 2024

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Laura Belknap

@Lauraann14

In response to Unapologetically Beth.

I finally reached the top of the request list for The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store so that's my May pick.

09:41 AM - May 05, 2024

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Unapologetically Beth

@bostrawski

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On my TBR list.

09:11 AM - May 05, 2024

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SLS StickFigure

@SLS_StickFigure

In response to Unapologetically Beth.

I'm still rereading Toni Morrison's Song of Solomon. I just passed the part where Milkman walks into the barbershop to the news on the radio that Eugene Till was "stomped." 😢

09:10 AM - May 05, 2024

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Unapologetically Beth

@bostrawski

What are you reading?

I'm reading The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller. 📚

Spoutible Banned Book Club @BannedBookClub

#SpoutibleBannedBookClub #SBBCMay2024 #SBBC

GUIDELINES

Choose your own banned/challenged book to read in May 2024.

Optional #SBBCMay2024TalkingPoint (s) are included in this thread and more may be added periodically.

09:55 AM - May 01, 2024

08:15 AM - May 05, 2024

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I’m reading “Nickel and Dimed.”

01:47 PM - Apr 28, 2024

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Gibson59 💚 🌿 🌬

@Hooch62

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I’ll be reading Maus

09:53 AM - Apr 23, 2024

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Unapologetically Beth

@bostrawski

New Spouters:

Did you know we have a banned book club? Check out this thread and join @BannedBookClub !

Spoutible Banned Book Club @BannedBookClub

ATTN: #SpoutibleBannedBookClub

Choose your own banned/challenged book to read in May 2024.

I'll provide more information re: discussion by May 1, including general talking points. First here's a list to help you get started: https://www.ala.org/advoca...
08:09 PM - Apr 22, 2024

08:17 PM - Apr 22, 2024

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Dıanna

@u_go_grls

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I'll be reading Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany Jackson, if anyone's interested in discussing it.
(But may re-read The Kite Runner, too)

08:34 PM - Apr 22, 2024

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I’m reading Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich.

08:36 PM - Apr 22, 2024

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Deborah Conway

@stylisheducator

The Kite Runner is a great choice👇🏽 #SpoutibleBannedBookClub

Spoutible Banned Book Club @BannedBookClub

If you want to choose a book not on the list and aren't sure if the book has been challenged/banned, don't worry about it as long as it's similar to other banned books, meaning by or about BBIMP, LGBTQ+, etc.

I will be reading Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini if you'd like to read same. #SBBCMay2024
08:09 PM - Apr 22, 2024

08:13 PM - Apr 22, 2024

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Deborah Conway

@stylisheducator

Sharing 👇🏽

Spoutible Banned Book Club @BannedBookClub

ATTN: #SpoutibleBannedBookClub

Choose your own banned/challenged book to read in May 2024.

I'll provide more information re: discussion by May 1, including general talking points. First here's a list to help you get started: https://www.ala.org/advoca...
08:09 PM - Apr 22, 2024

08:15 PM - Apr 22, 2024

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In response to Spoutible Banned Book Club.

“When things were very bad his soul just crawled behind his heart and curled up and went to sleep.” Bailey had seen a dead black man pulled from a pond and was consumed by horror. #SBBC #cagedbirdtalkingpoint

01:12 PM - Apr 21, 2024

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Pam McSt

@pammcst

In response to Spoutible Banned Book Club.

I liked this this part, because I think she realized in this moment how important words and poetry can be.

“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.”
― Maya Angelou, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings
#SBBC #CagedBird

“Words mean more than what is set down on paper. It takes the human voice to infuse them with the shades of deeper meaning.”

09:14 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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Definitely. Kept going back until they gave in and hired her.

08:31 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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Yes, much more structure at their grandmother’s place. There was a predictable daily routine. Living in Chicago seemed to entail less routine. #SBBC #cagedbirdtalkingpoint

07:21 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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The brain abhors blank spaces and will fill in or interpret unfamiliar experiences anchored in any existing knowledge. Children understand disapproval and pleasing adults, so that is how even unpleasant events are framed. #SBBC #cagedbirdtalkingpoint

07:17 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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It took me a long time to try poetry again after reading it in school.

07:14 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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I prefer modern poetry overall much more than classic poetry. I especially enjoy books written as poetry. Brown Girl Dreaming by Woodson is wonderful.

07:01 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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They had many more opportunities with their parents and more resources. Better schools, clothing, and food. They also seemed to have more respect in general when they weren’t in Stamps.

07:00 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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I have read her poetry and like it but it has been so long I don’t remember which volumes I’ve read.

06:42 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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Angie Alexander

@AngieA

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Thanks.

06:15 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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Angie Alexander

@AngieA

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I read this book years ago. Maya Angelou went through a lot of hard things that she rose above. Not sure if it was this book or another of her writings but she told about telling a friend who joked about homosexuals to leave a social gathering she hosted (to educate him --her party, her rules).

06:04 PM - Apr 20, 2024

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Laura JG

@LauraJG

In response to Spoutible Banned Book Club.

I read it in my mid-30’s. As an abuse survivor I found much to relate to. Also, I lived in Little Rock in 1969-1970 (high school) and learned some eye-opening things about entrenched racism that I was oblivious to as a white teenager. I’ve also learned about racism seeing the book banned in schools.

05:16 PM - Apr 20, 2024 (Edited)

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Jo she/her Thompson

@Jojot253

I re read it for this month's book club and I will likely do it again. It's is beautifully written, poetic and emotionally.

Spoutible Banned Book Club @BannedBookClub

#SpoutibleBannedBookClub #CagedBirdTalkingPoint

Is this a book that you would re-read (if you haven’t already)?

#SBBC #CagedBird

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