Comments on: What Do You Mean, I Can’t Read That? http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/what-do-you-mean-i-cant-read-that/ A ravenous reader blogs on all things bookish Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:26:24 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Sarah http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/what-do-you-mean-i-cant-read-that/#comment-1460 Sarah Sun, 12 Oct 2008 15:02:00 +0000 http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/?p=267#comment-1460 I love fREADom! I have the bumper sticker version on my car. I love fREADom! I have the bumper sticker version on my car.

]]> By: Wisteria http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/what-do-you-mean-i-cant-read-that/#comment-1449 Wisteria Sun, 05 Oct 2008 13:29:19 +0000 http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/?p=267#comment-1449 Great story! You had me chuckling over that one. It is so true and so few parents realize that the forbidden fruit does apply to books. This is why so many authors love the controversy of a book being challenged for content. It just puts their book on the top of the TBR pile. Students in my classes are always surprised by the concept of Banned Books. They are amazed at the list of books that have been challenged over the years and those that were also banned. I have a raffle for Banned Book Week also see my blog.. http:www.bookwormsdinner.blogspot.com Happy freadoming, Wisteria Great story! You had me chuckling over that one. It is so true and so few parents realize that the forbidden fruit does apply to books.
This is why so many authors love the controversy of a book being challenged for content. It just puts their book on the top of the TBR pile. Students in my classes are always surprised by the concept of Banned Books. They are amazed at the list of books that have been challenged over the years and those that were also banned. I have a raffle for Banned Book Week also see my blog..

http:www.bookwormsdinner.blogspot.com

Happy freadoming, Wisteria

]]> By: Imelda / Greenishlady http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/what-do-you-mean-i-cant-read-that/#comment-1448 Imelda / Greenishlady Sat, 04 Oct 2008 13:29:54 +0000 http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/?p=267#comment-1448 Ah... I don't think I have a post in me about banned books, but this did trigger a memory of sittig on a kitchen chair, feet up on another, immersed very deeply in Gone With the Wind. I must have been around 12. My Dad spotted my current read and enquired "Do you think you should be reading that?" I perused the cover for a moment, nodded "Yes" and returned to reading, intrigued as to what was in there that might be unsuitable for me. Never really figured that out! Ah… I don’t think I have a post in me about banned books, but this did trigger a memory of sittig on a kitchen chair, feet up on another, immersed very deeply in Gone With the Wind. I must have been around 12. My Dad spotted my current read and enquired “Do you think you should be reading that?” I perused the cover for a moment, nodded “Yes” and returned to reading, intrigued as to what was in there that might be unsuitable for me. Never really figured that out!

]]> By: Andi http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/what-do-you-mean-i-cant-read-that/#comment-1447 Andi Thu, 02 Oct 2008 23:02:15 +0000 http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/?p=267#comment-1447 Indeed. . . we love to do that secret stuff. . . great post. Indeed. . . we love to do that secret stuff. . . great post.

]]> By: lalber http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/what-do-you-mean-i-cant-read-that/#comment-1446 lalber Thu, 02 Oct 2008 19:15:33 +0000 http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/?p=267#comment-1446 Great post! Got me laughing over memories of ransacking my mother's paperback bookshelf in my early teens. She was lenient (perhaps too much so?) as I pulled down "The Exorcist," "Gone with the Wind," "The Andromeda Strain," "Dune," and "Eye of the Needle." I remember those books specifically but there were so many others. Still, I secreted away "Eye of the Needle" (Robert Ludlum) into the bushes out back because it had a most scandalous sex scene -- reading that scene was better than any abstinence programming, I'll tell you that much! Great post! Got me laughing over memories of ransacking my mother’s paperback bookshelf in my early teens. She was lenient (perhaps too much so?) as I pulled down “The Exorcist,” “Gone with the Wind,” “The Andromeda Strain,” “Dune,” and “Eye of the Needle.” I remember those books specifically but there were so many others. Still, I secreted away “Eye of the Needle” (Robert Ludlum) into the bushes out back because it had a most scandalous sex scene — reading that scene was better than any abstinence programming, I’ll tell you that much!

]]> By: Ann Darnton (Table Talk) http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/what-do-you-mean-i-cant-read-that/#comment-1445 Ann Darnton (Table Talk) Wed, 01 Oct 2008 08:03:41 +0000 http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/?p=267#comment-1445 I hope you remembered to put the book back where your mother had hidden it after you'd finished. Good deceptions have to be thought through to the last detail. I hope you remembered to put the book back where your mother had hidden it after you’d finished. Good deceptions have to be thought through to the last detail.

]]> By: Jeanie http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/what-do-you-mean-i-cant-read-that/#comment-1444 Jeanie Tue, 30 Sep 2008 21:16:44 +0000 http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/?p=267#comment-1444 This reminded me of when my mom got "Valley of the Dolls" and she hid it so I wouldn't read it. Well, of COURSE I found it! (She really didn't have the knack for good hiding places!) and managed to read it in bits and pieces in the summer, hidden in my beach towel as I headed out the door! I was definitely old enough (probably 17 or so, and by today's standards, kids read stuff like that much younger!). There is something divinely illicit in sneak-reading, guilty pleasures! Oh, what a lovely smile this post brought to my face! This reminded me of when my mom got “Valley of the Dolls” and she hid it so I wouldn’t read it. Well, of COURSE I found it! (She really didn’t have the knack for good hiding places!) and managed to read it in bits and pieces in the summer, hidden in my beach towel as I headed out the door! I was definitely old enough (probably 17 or so, and by today’s standards, kids read stuff like that much younger!). There is something divinely illicit in sneak-reading, guilty pleasures! Oh, what a lovely smile this post brought to my face!

]]> By: Kim L http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/what-do-you-mean-i-cant-read-that/#comment-1443 Kim L Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:28:26 +0000 http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/?p=267#comment-1443 Heehee, I did that once or twice. My mom had a habit of taking books of mine she didn't approve of. Although none were probably as innocent as Jane Eyre! Heehee, I did that once or twice. My mom had a habit of taking books of mine she didn’t approve of. Although none were probably as innocent as Jane Eyre!

]]> By: Kim L http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/what-do-you-mean-i-cant-read-that/#comment-1442 Kim L Tue, 30 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0000 http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/?p=267#comment-1442 You've been <a href="http://boldblueadventure.blogspot.com/2008/09/memage.html" rel="nofollow">awarded</a>! You’ve been awarded!

]]> By: beth kephart http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/2008/09/27/what-do-you-mean-i-cant-read-that/#comment-1441 beth kephart Mon, 29 Sep 2008 11:02:26 +0000 http://ravenousreader.wordpress.com/?p=267#comment-1441 As always, you put things into beautiful perspective. As always, you put things into beautiful perspective.

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