Banned Books Reading Challenge 2010.

I am not one to sign up for a lot of challenges. I mean, my personal project is ENOUGH of a challenge some days, but the Banned Book Challenge is something very important to me. Steph, at Steph Su Reads, is hosting the challenge.

The goals of the challenge are simple:

• To bring attention to books that have been challenged or banned
• To support authors whose freedom of expression have been questioned or challenged by buying and reading their books
• To increase awareness of censorship

And since some people don't realize that many, MANY classics have been challenged and banned in the past, I figured it was my duty to participate and read some of those banned and challenged books. I used this list from the ALA to reference my list and I encourage you to check their site for more information.

Between September 1 and October 15, I am planning on reading at least SIX novels from the following list (I am hoping for ten, but we'll see):

1. The Color Purple by Alice Walker
2. To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
3. Bless Me, Ultima by Rudolfo Anaya
4. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
5. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou
6. Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
7. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov
8. Lady Chatterley's Lover by D.H. Lawrence
9. A Separate Peace by John Knowles
10. Brave New World by Aldous Huxley
11. Native Son by Richard Wright
12. The Awakening by Kate Chopin
    

I hope you plan on joining in!