Comments on: Sunday Salon – March 23, 2008

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 14:57:05 +0000

Les: How cool the author wrote to you!

By: Les in NE

Les in NE — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 23:08:42 +0000

I’m glad you’re enjoying Belong to Me. I thought it was wonderful. At first I didn’t care at all for Piper, but she eventually became one of my favorite characters — right up there with Cornelia and Dev. I look forward to your review!! I got a very nice note from the author the other day. I need to see if she’ll let me post it on my blog.

By: Caribousmom

Caribousmom — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:06:03 +0000

Thank you all for your comments on book banning – it looks like we pretty much agree!

Wendy: Hope you got your laundry done – that is one task I’ve been avoiding and pretty soon I will have to do it!

Ann: Sorry to hear about your snow! Although we have been having nice Spring weather, it is not out of the question we could still get a winter storm up here in the mountains (hope that makes you feel better!!):)

Andi and Alisia: I hope you enjoy the brunch bake!

Julie: Thanks for the compliment! You are the second person who has told me that Uncle Tom’s Cabin reminds them of the movie The King and I!

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:51:51 +0000

Hi — I came via Sunday Salon and I love your blog!

I read Uncle Tom’s Cabin years ago. Now when I think of the book I’m always reminded of the movie The King and I. One of the king’s concubines (i.e. sex slave) reads the book, which gives her the courage to try to escape the palace (i.e. upset the “natural” order of things). Maybe the book banners weren’t just afraid of raising uncomfortable issues; they were afraid of fomenting rebellion.

By: bethany

bethany — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 02:08:54 +0000

oh! I am going to check out your review on Uncle Tom’s Cabin! I have read that book three times, well maybe two.

Great reading, happy easter to you too!

By: Alisia

Alisia — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 23:08:13 +0000

The people who try to ban books strike me as those who also think they can protect their children from all the bad things in the world, rather than educate them. Yet, every time I see a book banned, it blows my mind.

Thanks for the recipe! I’m keeping that one. I even have puff pastries in the freezer, left over from the pseudo-chicken pot pie type meal I made last night.

It seems to be the weekend for recipes, I just posted my Purim hamantaschen recipe earlier this weekend.

By: Katie

Katie — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 22:58:29 +0000

The book banning never ceases to amaze me. I agree wholeheartedly with you – it’s pointless. A book ending up on the banned list should be used as an educational tool. To Kill a Mockingbird is my all-time fave, and I first read it in high school, where we discussed exactly why it was banned. My teacher did everyone a great service by continuing to keep it in her plans for years to come!

By: Andi

Andi — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:33:33 +0000

The idea of banning is beyond me as well. I’m currently teaching a unit on censorship, freedom of speech, and intellectual freedom to my college Argument & Research students. So far they’re really enjoying debating the issue and digging into their research.

Thanks for the recipe, by the way. It sounds delicious!

By: Clare D

Clare D — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 20:23:27 +0000

Books often reflect the times that they are written in, and I think have to be read with the context in mind – so a good introduction explaining this is much preferable. If we ban books we are liable to understand even less.

By: Ann Darnton (Table Talk)

Ann Darnton (Table Talk) — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 19:53:36 +0000

What never ceases to amaze me when I look at lists of books that have been banned is how diverse they are. It almost seems as if someone wants to write a book someone else wants to ban it. And as you say, it is really rather pointless. Apart from anything else all you are doing is providing publicity for the cause you presumably dislike. Isn’t that sort of defeating the object?

By the way, I don’t think I’m speaking to someone who is going to sit in the sun on the porch and read. It’s snowing here!