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Amy Shannon
Jul 13, 20222 min read
Alice Walker- The Color Purple
Genre: Black & African American Historical Fiction/LGBTQ 5 Stars Brilliant What a brilliant story in The Color Purple by Alice Walker. It...
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Amy Shannon
May 16, 20221 min read
Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Scarlet Letter
4 Stars Another Classic, or is it? What a classic story in The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne. I have read other Hawthorne...
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Amy Shannon
Apr 24, 20222 min read
Amy's Bookshelf Reviews Amy Sonnie and contributors - Revolutionary Voices
Amy Sonnie and contributors - Revolutionary Voices: A Multicultural Queer Youth Anthology Contributors: Amy Sonnie, Ahimsa Timoteo...
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Amy Shannon
Apr 23, 20222 min read
The Handmaid's Tale by Margaret Atwood
Last night on The After Show with McKensie Stewart & Amy Shannon, they ran their first segment called "Literary Censorship" which will...
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Amy Shannon
Apr 3, 20222 min read
Amy's Bookshelf Reviews Review of Anne Frank- Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl
5 Stars Heartbreaking and yet, very interesting The Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl book is not just about a young girl and most of her...
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Amy Shannon
Mar 28, 20222 min read
Amy's Bookshelf Reviews: Abdiel LeRoy- The Covid Protocols
Abdiel LeRoy- The Covid Protocols: Upholding Your Rights in Authoritarian Times 5 Stars Very informative information! This title The...
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Amy Shannon
Mar 20, 20222 min read
Amy's Bookshelf Reviews Review B.P. Smythe - Mavis Bone and the Fledgling Killer
B.P. Smythe - Mavis Bone and the Fledgling Killer 4 Stars Enjoyed this story! What a grand story in Mavis Bone and the Fledgling Killer...
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Amy Shannon
Mar 2, 20222 min read
Amy's Bookshelf Reviews: Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale
Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale 5 Stars Incredible dystopian story that just makes you really think. What a remarkable story in The...
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Amy Shannon
Feb 28, 20221 min read
Updated Banned, Burned and Challenged book List
The list has been updated, and on this website, it now has the links to where it can be purchased, and the genres have also been added....
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Amy Shannon
Feb 27, 20221 min read
Amazon has a category for "Censorship & Politics"
If you did not know, Amazon has a category for "Censorship & Politics" There is a list of the best sellers and other more specific...
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Amy Shannon
Feb 26, 20221 min read
Article: Banning and Challenging books: It’s 2022 and a new, yet, old trend is emerging
All over the world, banning and challenging books is not a new trend, however, it has started coming back in full force. More books are...
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Amy Shannon
Feb 19, 20221 min read
Author Judy Blume on Censorship
Judy Blume, author of wonderful books, has several of her own books on banned books lists. I have recently added one of her books to be...
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Amy Shannon
Feb 18, 20221 min read
Start Trek: TNG and Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton response to banned books
Article from Hollywood Reporter https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/levar-burton-daily-show-book-banning-1235095065/
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Amy Shannon
Feb 17, 20222 min read
Amy's Bookshelf Reviews: Anonymous- Go Ask Alice
Anonymous- Go Ask Alice 5 Stars It's a powerful read, and it should be read by many Go Ask Alice is a powerful read, as it is the story...
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Amy Shannon
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Maia Kobabe - Gender Queer: A Memoir
Graphic Novel About the Book: In 2014, Maia Kobabe, who uses e/em/eir pronouns, thought that a comic of reading statistics would be the...
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Amy Shannon
Feb 16, 20221 min read
Banned Books Commentary by Amy Shannon
This is a video from Amy Shannon, owner and operator of the not for profit but Professional review site, Amy's Bookshelf Reviews. A cause...
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Amy Shannon
Feb 16, 20221 min read
Where you can buy banned, burned or challenged books
On both this blog and my Amy's Bookshelf Reviews website, there is a list of the banned, burned or challenged books that are linked to a...
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Amy Shannon
Feb 16, 20222 min read
Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings - I Am Jazz
Shelagh McNicholas (Illustrator) Genre: LGBTQA2S About the Book: The story of a transgender child based on the real-life experience of...
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Amy Shannon
Feb 15, 20221 min read
Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass
Genre: Classic, Poetry About the Book: When Walt Whitman self-published Leaves of Grass in 1855, he rocked the literary world and forever...
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