Good morning, everyone! I hope that you are having a wonderful weekend so far! It's been a pretty exciting week here at The Unapologetic Bookworm. In addition to completing this year's POPSUGAR Reading Challenge at the beginning of the week, the site has reached a huge milestone. The Unapologetic Bookworm officially has more than 100…
Earlier this week, I issued a challenge, which was to spend some time talking about censorship and/or a banned book that had a significant positive impact on you as a reader. As I was thinking about my own response to this challenge, it occurred to me that many of the books that had the greatest…
There are a lot of different activities that you could take part in during this year's Banned Books Week. Probably the most popular activity is to read a book that has been banned or challenged, which is something I definitely recommend (and not just during Banned Books Week). You could also attend a virtual event,…
Banned Books Week has officially begun! This week on The Unapologetic Bookworm, we're going to be focusing on the topic of censorship, as well as the importance of reading banned books. "Banning books gives us silence when we need speech. It closes our ears when we need to listen. It makes us blind when we…
Good morning, everyone! I hope that you are having a wonderful weekend so far! This week turned out a little differently than I had anticipated, mostly because I ended up having to see my doctor regarding some pain that I've been experiencing in my ribs and back. It does seem to be a muscular/skeletal issue,…
"It was a pleasure to burn."Fahrenheit 451 (Bradbury 1) Fahrenheit 451 is the story of a fireman by the name of Guy Montag, whose job is to burn materials that have been deemed dangerous to society...namely books. He's good at his job and, given the first line of the novel (which is quoted above), seems…
Here on The Unapologetic Bookworm, Banned Books Week has been focused on sharing some of my favorite challenged/banned titles, as well as drawing attention to censorship. I've spent time discussing why certain books have been challenged, and also given some reasons for reading them. I've even issued some challenges of my own this week, including:…
Of all the books I have read during 2019, The Hate U Give, by Angie Thomas, is the book that I was most impressed by. The Hate U Give is about a teenager named Starr Carter. After witnessing her unarmed friend being shot and killed by a police officer, Starr finds herself in a difficult…
Happy National Comic Book Day! As some of my followers already know, I have a thing about comic books...namely that I adore them. I first started reading comic books when I was a kid. I used to be able to get new issues at the grocery store newsstand (and collector packages at Toys 'R Us),…
When I think about all the books I have read over the course of my lifetime, the ones I remember the most vividly are the stories that challenged me in some way. Many of them are novels (or nonfiction texts) that helped to shape my values and sparked interests, caused me to pursue certain career…
