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Banned Books and Author's Bookbox Journal
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Registered by Bluestocking88 of -- Wild released somewhere in the state, Washington USA on Tuesday, September 25, 2007
Average 7 star rating by BookCrossing Members 

status (set by Bluestocking88): to be read


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Journal Entry 1 by Bluestocking88 from -- Wild released somewhere in the state, Washington USA on Tuesday, September 25, 2007

This book has not been rated.

This is journal is for the Banned Books and Author's Bookbox. This box is leaving with the following books:

Beloved Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye Toni Morrison
The Catcher in the Rye J. D. Salinger
The Color Purple Alice Walker
Daddy's Roommate Michael Willhoite
Flowers for Algernon Daniel Keyes
Forever Judy Blume
Franny and Zooey J. D. Salinger
Go Ask Alice Anonymous
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone
Heather Has Two Mommies Leslea Newman
I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings Maya Angelou
Song of Solomon Toni Morrison
To Kill a Mockingbird Harper Lee
Tortilla Flat John Steinbeck

Please keep this box for no more than 2 weeks, also plese record which books you remove and add to the box, and when you mail the box off to the next person. Thank you.

Shipping order:

bluesneak
hopi100
ExemploDucemus
reulte
jenptcfan
pyrospiglet
Tribefan
HeresDeb

Box is traveling home to Bluestocking88 

Journal Entry 2 by Bluestocking88 from -- Wild released somewhere in the state, Washington USA on Wednesday, September 26, 2007

This book has not been rated.

Mailed to bluesneak this morning. USPS Media Mail Delivery Confirmation #0306 2400 0000 8245 0657
 

Journal Entry 3 by bluesneak from Lawrenceville, Georgia USA on Wednesday, October 03, 2007

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It's here!! What a cool idea to include a little notebook inside the box. I cannot wait to explore these books.

bluesneak 

Journal Entry 4 by bluesneak from Lawrenceville, Georgia USA on Thursday, October 11, 2007

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Sending on to hopi100. I took out "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" and added "Brave New World."

USPS Delivery Confirmation: 0307 0020 0001 8220 8991 

Journal Entry 5 by hopi100 from Alexandria, Virginia USA on Wednesday, October 17, 2007

7 out of 10

The bookbox arrived today! I can't wait to peruse all of these books before sending it on its way. Thanks! :) 

Journal Entry 6 by hopi100 from Alexandria, Virginia USA on Saturday, October 27, 2007

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Hi, everyone! Just an update to let you know I'll be sending this box on early next week (and I'll journal it when I do). It's been raining nearly all week and I haven't wanted to get the box wet on a 30-minute walk to the post office! Anyway, just didn't want anyone to think it had gotten stalled. 

Journal Entry 7 by hopi100 from Alexandria, Virginia USA on Thursday, November 15, 2007

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Put this package in the mail this morning! It's on its way to ExemploDucemus. I apologize again for the delay, but I had a great time rifling through these treasures.

Also, I added "Lord of the Flies" and "Slaughterhouse-Five" to the mix, taking out "Go Ask Alice" and "Forever." Enjoy! :) 

Journal Entry 8 by ExemploDucemus on Sunday, November 18, 2007

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Received the Box Yesterday. Took out Lord of the Flies, and added Fahrenheit 451.

Will be mailing to reulte as soon as I have an address 

Journal Entry 9 by ExemploDucemus on Monday, November 19, 2007

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Reulte asked to be skipped so the box is now on the way to jenptcfan

DC 0307 0020 0002 0787 1070 

Journal Entry 10 by jenptcfan from Conway, Arkansas USA on Wednesday, November 21, 2007

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Received today. Perfect timing since I'm leaving for Thanksgiving soon.

I'll get this back out in the mail sometime next week. I'll have to find a new box for it.

I can't wait to dig through and make my selections. I'll list the books I've added/removed later. 

Journal Entry 11 by wingSBrewingOBCZwing from Conway, Arkansas USA on Monday, November 26, 2007

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OK,

I took out Fahrenheit 451 and To Kill a Mockingbird.

I'm adding:
The Earth, My Butt, and Other Big Round Things (4th most banned book of 2006)

The Valley of the Horses (series is #19 on The 100 Most Frequently Challenged Books of 1990–1999)

Call Waiting by R.L. Stein (author is #9 on Top Ten Challenged Authors 1990 to 2004)

Then Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume (The most frequently challenged author in 2005)

The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds by Paul Zindel (Author is #14 on The most frequently challenged authors in 2000) This is a Pulitzer Prize winning play.

I already have the next participant's address and I plant get this out in the mail this week. I'll edit this with the DC number at that time.

I really enjoyed this box. If you decide to do a Round 2, I'd like to be included.

**ETA--This is Jenptcfan. I forgot I was logged in under my OBCZ's ID. Sorry for any confusion.


Delivery Confirmation: 0307 0020 0002 3223 3966 mailed 11/27. 

Journal Entry 12 by pyrospiglet from North Little Rock, Arkansas USA on Saturday, December 08, 2007

This book has not been rated.

Received the box about a week ago, but as always, I've been out of town.

I'm taking:
Then Again, Maybe I Won't by Judy Blume
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes
The Earth, My Butt and Other Big Round Things by Carolyn Mackler
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison

I'm adding:
The Canterbury Tales by Chaucer
Molly Flanders by Daniel Defoe
Frankenstein by Mary Shelley

Happy Reading! 

Journal Entry 13 by lostbookisland on Sunday, March 02, 2008

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This book has washed ashore at the Lost Book Island after not being heard from for many months. This new arrival will be shown to a room and be allowed a bit of rest before being introduced to the many fun things to do here at the island.

All around there are books sipping cool drinks under shady palms while other books participate in a wide variety of beach sports. There is plenty of sand, surf and sun here for all of the lost and wayward books to enjoy.

It is hoped that very soon a new journal entry will come to rescue this book from the island and send it back out into the BookCrossing world so that it may continue on its journey. It is hoped that the new journal entry will tell all the interested parties where this book has been this long time and where it will be traveling to next.
 

Journal Entry 14 by wingTribefanwing from Lakemore, Ohio USA on Friday, April 25, 2008

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Has finally arrived safe and sound! 

Journal Entry 15 by HeresDeb from Grayslake, Illinois USA on Monday, May 12, 2008

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I received the box this past week. I had trouble finding books to put in it, because it seems like I owned every banned book that Bluestocking88 had started the box with! I certainly didn't want to send copies of the same books back to her. So I visited some bookstores this week and hopefully found some NEW reading material for you :-)

Taking out:
--Summer of My German Soldier by Bette Greene
--Moll Flanders by Daniel Defoe
--Go Ask Alice by Anonymous

Putting in:
--Beach Music by Pat Conroy
--The Face on the Milk Carton by Caroline B. Cooney (The sequel to this is already in the box.)
--The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy



 

Journal Entry 16 by HeresDeb at Mailed to next particpant in by mail, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases on Wednesday, June 04, 2008

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Released 3 yrs ago (6/2/2008 UTC) at Mailed to next particpant in by mail, A Bookbox -- Controlled Releases

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This box is on its way back home! Thank you so much Bluestocking88 for starting this bookbox. I got new material and also learned something along the way. I hadn't realized how many books are banned and why.

I hope you find some interesting new reading material as well. Happy Reading :-) 

Journal Entry 17 by Bluestocking88 from -- Wild released somewhere in the state, Washington USA on Wednesday, June 11, 2008

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And home again home again, jiggity jog. Thank you to everyone for keeping this moving and seeing it home safely. How nice that the box looks completely different than when it left here in September. I have a lot of reading to do. I hope to start a round two in the fall, so please let me know if you are interested.

I love the journal, that's a keeper! 



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