Saturday, September 24, 2011

Banned Book Blog Hop Giveaway


One Winner wins: a $5 dollar gift certificate to Amazon
great for a Banned Kindle book or five.
This is from one of our visitors...  Thanks
The American Library Association website for banned/challenged books--short list for classics only--includes To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee; 1984, by George Orwell; A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway; Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell; and Sophie’s Choice, by William Styron. The first four were required reading in my school days.
Gone with the Winds and 
To Kill a Mocking Bird are some of my favorite books ever.

We try to keep up with the latest banned books and read them.  See some of our past posts, more modern banned books.   We have a copy of TTYL on goodreads swap.

Enter this contest by Following this blog: any of these GFC, Twitter, Network Blogs.
and commenting with contact info like: lisapeters at yahoo dot com. This is the first entry.

Extra entries include. You must be a GFC follower or a Networked Blog follower first
 and then add additional ways of
following for extra entries:
Add to comment all the ways you follow


for extra entries, if you have the time, not mandatory.
Follow on Twitter on the side bar =+2
Comment on any post=+1
Thanks

Thanks and Good Luck to you all, ends October 1 at midnight.

77 comments:

  1. Thanks for the awesome giveaway!

    reflectionsofabookaholic[at]gmail[dot]com

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  2. Thank you so much for the giveaway! There are some "classics" that are banned/challenged books that I really need to read.

    GFC Spaz
    zsaz1029.at.yahoo.dot.com

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  3. Old GFC follower - rickimc
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  4. I'm a GFC follower

    Margaret
    singitm(at)hotmail(dot)

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  5. I also follow by RSS feed and via email

    Margaret
    singitm(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  6. Thanks for the giveaway!

    Margaret
    singitm(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  7. I also follow reviews on goodreads

    Margaret
    singitm(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  8. I follow by cenya2.
    I love gift card giveaways and appreciate the chance to win one.

    cenya2 at hotmail dot com

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  9. I follow GFC Aimee Brown

    I also follow Twitter as aimeejbrown +2

    I am your friend on Goodreads as Aimee Brown +2

    brandonaimee At gmail Dot com

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  10. new follower-booktalkwithcharla
    twitter-charlawilson
    goodreads-charlawilson
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  11. Thanks for the giveaway! I'm an old GFC follower (SusieBookworm).

    susanna DOT pyatt AT student DOT rcsnc DOT org

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  12. wow when i went to school they were on the required list to read, thanks for having this tour.
    Julie

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  13. Happy Banned Books Week! :D

    ycantujustfocus[at]gmail[dot]com
    gfc: bookstacksondeck
    +twitter: hrrrthrrrdm
    +goodreads: Heather (BookStacksOnDeck)
    -Heather

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  14. Thank you!
    GFC pinkflower
    twitter: pinkflower636
    goodread emma lin

    emilymeimei204 AT yahoo DOT com

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  15. Thank you for participating this year!

    Jen

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  16. I follow you via GFC (Throuthehaze)

    +2 follow on twitter @throuthehaze

    +2 goodreads-Raelena aka Throuthehaze

    throuthehaze at gmail dot com

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  17. Not entering giveaway but wanted to thank you for your post.

    The American Library Association website for banned/challenged books--short list for classics only--includes To Kill a Mockingbird, by Harper Lee; 1984, by George Orwell; A Farewell to Arms and For Whom the Bell Tolls, by Ernest Hemingway; Gone with the Wind, by Margaret Mitchell; and Sophie’s Choice, by William Styron. The first four were required reading in my school days.

    A commenter on Murder She Writes, however, took me aback by mentioning the Bible, which of course is banned in some places.

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  18. I follow via GFC as strs4u2000
    Thanks for the giveaway!

    strs4u2000[at]yahoo.com

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  19. Thanks for the giveawway!
    GFC- audreyclair
    thebookanalyst[at]hotmail[dot]com

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  20. GFC Follower :) and goodreads follower
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  21. +1 GFC follower: Carly W.
    Thanks for the opportunity!
    -Carly Waid
    carlymartellowaid(at)yahoo(dot)com

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  22. I'm a follower here!


    taffy(dot)lovell@gmail.com

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  23. Thanks for the giveaway!
    GFC - The Romanceaholic
    Twitter - RomanceaholicBr
    Goodreads - Jess the Romanceaholic

    Jess
    Romanceaholic at gmail dot com

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  24. GFC: Leigh Ann
    twitter: ashenowl
    Goodreads: Leigh Ann G.
    insanityisnormal(at)gmail(dot)com

    Thanks!

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  25. Thank you for the giveaway!
    gfc - jbronderblogs
    twitter - @jbronder
    jbronderblogs at aol dot com

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  26. GFC- Lisa Richards
    twitter @alterlisa
    FB- Lisa Ann Richards

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    alterlisa AT yahoo DOT com
    http://lisaslovesbooksofcourse.blogspot.com/

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  27. Thank you for the giveaway!
    I am a GFC follower as melora brock
    melorabrock {at} gmail {dot} com

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  28. I would love to have these books.
    I am a gfc follower
    debbie
    twoofakind12@yahoo.com

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  29. I remember loving To Kill a Mockingbird in school too!

    I am a GFC follower!

    mmafsmith at gmail doc om

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  30. I also follow via Twitter - @Maria_Smith_76

    mmafsmith at gmail dot com

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  31. I'm a Goodreads friend too! - Maria (pronounced Mariah)

    mmafsmith at gmail dot com

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  32. Thanks for the giveaway!
    GFC Amanda M.
    Twitter @Pages_turned
    Goodreads Amanda

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  33. ^^and my email is amercnchic (at) aol (dot) com

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  34. Thanks for the giveaway!

    I'm gfc follower kel
    Itzkelseyd on twitter
    Kelsey on goodreads

    Poisnivyred AT gmail.com

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  35. GFC Krystal Larson
    Goodreads Krystal Carson
    twitter Icecream1891
    Thank you so much for the awesome giveaway! edysicecreamlover18@gmailDOTcom

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  36. GFC follower: Alicia
    aliciacald at gmail dot com

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  37. Twitter follower: @aliciacald
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  38. Thanks for the giveaway. Old GFC follower
    lenasledge(at)gmail(dot)com

    Here's Mine. Hope you'll stop by and enter as well: Read Banned Books Week Hop and Giveaway

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  39. thanks for the giveaway!

    gfc follower: Katie

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  40. Thanks for the giveaway.
    GFC follower CrystalGB
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  41. I follow you on twitter as sbshortie. Thanks! sbcashortie at hotmail dot com

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  42. Support the right to read!!! Thanks for the giveaway!

    GFC: butterflyboo123

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  43. GFC- ashley

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  44. april at pinebelt DOT net
    GFC - aprilharvell
    NB - April Harvell
    Twitter - AprilDAH
    GoodReads - April Harvell

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  45. GFC: slehan
    slehan at juno dot com

    Thanks for the contest.

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  46. GFC Follower: Deranged Pegasus

    derangedpegasus@gmail.com

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  47. Thank you. One of my favorite challenged/banned books when I was young was THE OUTSIDERS by SE Hinton.
    GFC follower: June M.
    manning_j2004 at yahoo dot com

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  48. Network blogs follower: June Manning
    manning_j2004 at yahoo dot com

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  49. Twitter follower #1: JuneAnnM
    manning_j2004 at yahoo dot com

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  50. Twitter follower #2: JuneAnnM
    manning_j2004 at yahoo dot com

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  51. Goodreads follower #1: June Manning
    manning_j2004 at yahoo dot com

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  52. Goodreads follower #2: June Manning
    manning_j2004 at yahoo dot com

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  53. im a gfc follower - ramblings of a part time druid

    raynekitten@gmail.com

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  54. I'm an old GFC follower. I have to agree that a bunch of the books on the banned list that I've read were assigned reading in my schools.
    jessangil at gmail dot com

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  55. i love Just Listen by sarah dessen. a great book!

    gfc follower: kristina shields
    networked: kris

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  56. heather hebremne at yahoo dot com thanks I follow

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  57. gfc follower (Ruth)
    follow you on twitter (ruthhill74)+2
    goodreads friend (Ruth Hill)+2
    ruthaw_1974@yahoo.com

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  58. Please enter me in the draw, and thanks for the giveaway!

    GFC Darlene
    darlenesbooknook at gmail dot com

    +1 follow on Networked Blogs (Darlene's Book Nook)
    +2 follow on Twitter (@DarleneBookNook)
    +2 Goodreads friend (Darlene)

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  59. Thanks for the giveaway!

    gfc: brookea_2006

    brookea_2006 at yahoodotcom

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  60. Thanks so much for the giveaway!

    GFC : K M
    Karaliene24[@]gmail[.]com

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  61. (#1) Twitter follower : @creatingfantasy

    Karaliene24[@]gmail[.]com

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  62. (#2) Twitter follower : @creatingfantasy

    Karaliene24[@]gmail[.]com

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  63. I follow on gfc as Laura P.
    bookloon at gmail dot com

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  64. I follow on Twitter as Bookloon.
    bookloon at gmail dot com

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  65. I follow on Twitter as Bookloon.
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  66. I follow via GFC as Julie D.
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  67. I follow on twitter @giveawaysetc (1)
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  68. I follow on twitter @giveawaysetc (2)
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  69. I'm friends with you on Good Reads as Julie D. (1)
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  70. I'm friends with you on Good Reads as Julie D. (2)
    luckyjd2k at gmail dot com

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  71. I am a GFC follower (Kristi)

    Twitter - kherbrand
    Goodreads - Kristi @ Books and Needlepoint

    Thanks!
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