Welcome to 2023! On Mondays this year, let’s discuss and have fun with books. No I’m not writing book reviews. But this website is for writers, and writers like books right? So let’s have FUN with books!
Week #38 – Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, 1953
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In a future dystopian America where books have been outlawed, firemen burn any that are found. Guy Montag is a fireman who questions his role of destroying knowledge. He eventually quits his job and commits himself to preserving writings.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit_451
It was made into a movie in 1966
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060390/
And in 2018
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0360556/
Banned Book Week is October 1-7, 2023
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/banned
Lists of banned and frequently-challenged books
https://www.ala.org/advocacy/bbooks/frequentlychallengedbooks/top10
https://pen.org/report/banned-in-the-usa-state-laws-supercharge-book-suppression-in-schools/
https://www.rd.com/list/banned-books/
Have you read any banned books lately? Tell us in the comments!
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