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Amy's Bookshelf Reviews United Against Book Bans Community

Amy Shannon

Jul 23, 20221 min read

Amy's Bookshelf Reviews United Against Book Bans Community

Amy's Bookshelf Reviews has started a Facebook and LinkedIn group, inviting anyone who wants to join to create a virtual community that...

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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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Nathaniel Hawthorne - The Scarlet Letter

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's Bookshelf Reviews Amy Sonnie and contributors - Revolutionary Voices

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's Bookshelf Reviews Review of Anne Frank- Anne Frank Diary of a Young Girl

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's Bookshelf Reviews: Abdiel LeRoy- The Covid Protocols

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's Bookshelf Reviews Review B.P. Smythe - Mavis Bone and the Fledgling Killer

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's Bookshelf Reviews: Margaret Atwood - The Handmaid's Tale

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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Updated Banned, Burned and Challenged book List

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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Amazon has a category for "Censorship & Politics"

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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Article: Banning and Challenging books: It’s 2022 and a new, yet, old trend is emerging

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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Start Trek: TNG and Reading Rainbow's LeVar Burton response to banned books

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's Bookshelf Reviews: Anonymous- Go Ask Alice

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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Where you can buy banned, burned or challenged books

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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Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings - I Am Jazz

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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