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niyad

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40. When the first Harry Potter books came out, there was an idiot pastor in

Mon Jan 31, 2022, 12:11 PM

Jan 2022

Alamogordo, NM, who announced a burning of those satanic, evil books. I happened to know the idiot, so it did not surprise me. I called him, and said that, on behalf of the author, I wanted to thank him. I explained that, first, the publicity of this stunt would increase sales. And second, in order to have the books to burn, one would actually have to purchase them. Or shoplift, which is a crime. In any case, he was giving the author free publicity, which was wonderful.

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Bette Midler FTW: Hey Teenagers, Read This [View all] Tommymac Jan 2022 OP

I read the 1st 5 H. Potter books in as many days SheltieLover Jan 2022 #1

She is divine. We are so lucky to have her. Tommymac Jan 2022 #4

Yes, she is! SheltieLover Jan 2022 #11

i read the entire series . my priest encuraged me. AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #20

I enjoyed the series immensely SheltieLover Jan 2022 #43

did . read one in several hours or sometimes a day. couldnt put them down. AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #44

Same here! SheltieLover Jan 2022 #45

When the first Harry Potter books came out, there was an idiot pastor in niyad Jan 2022 #40

Hahaha SheltieLover Jan 2022 #42

She rocks. Joinfortmill Jan 2022 #2

Big Time. Tommymac Jan 2022 #6

I've read all those books. So good. ananda Jan 2022 #3

Me too. I read most of them before I was 12. Tommymac Jan 2022 #5

DAMN! I was thinking I was doing okay having read 6 of them. bullwinkle428 Jan 2022 #17

K and r. BlackSkimmer Jan 2022 #7

K & R malaise Jan 2022 #8

K&R MustLoveBeagles Jan 2022 #9

I can't recommend "Gone with the Wind" Coventina Jan 2022 #10

I didn't like a lot of these either ... but they still need to be read, not burned Tommymac Jan 2022 #12

I'm against censorship as well. 100% Coventina Jan 2022 #24

How does it "celebrate" it? treestar Jan 2022 #31

Always like hearing other's opinions. I loved "Gone With the Wind". MotorCityBeard Jan 2022 #26

Scarlett may have been strong, but vomiting because of a n*****y smell by the slave quarters Coventina Jan 2022 #27

That is showing how she was treestar Jan 2022 #32

I read it in four days when I was ten years old. Demobrat Jan 2022 #50

I read GWTW over 50 years ago. ShazzieB Jan 2022 #28

people were racist in that time treestar Jan 2022 #33

Censor the book? Absolutely not Farmer-Rick Jan 2022 #36

The naive motivations of the songwriter, Robbie Robertson: Marcuse Jan 2022 #41

GWTW reads like a bad historic romance Farmer-Rick Jan 2022 #34

I had a similar reaction to seeing GWTW among those books EYESORE 9001 Jan 2022 #39

Rt TY Find out why they Cha Jan 2022 #13

Good advice for teenagers or anyone who ever was one. twodogsbarking Jan 2022 #14

Bette the Divine PennyC Jan 2022 #15

Of Mice and Men? milestogo Jan 2022 #16

Of Course It's On Their List! GB_RN Jan 2022 #18

No. They don't (or can't) read. FuzzyRabbit Jan 2022 #19

This Bayard Jan 2022 #21

friend of mine read death of a salesman in college . wrote an essay on it . and the teacher agreed AllaN01Bear Jan 2022 #22

Taught that play for a lot of years. I didn't read the paper, but it's not that simple. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2022 #46

👍 underpants Jan 2022 #23

God grant her many years! Jilly_in_VA Jan 2022 #25

They have to... /snark Whatthe_Firetruck Jan 2022 #29

James and the Giant Peach? Really? VWolf Jan 2022 #30

Banned in Wisconsin in 1986... Act_of_Reparation Jan 2022 #35

Not the onion???? OMG n/t VWolf Jan 2022 #38

I've read most of these books, but I have to confess that I could not finish Ulysses. Lonestarblue Jan 2022 #37

Ulysses is my favorite book and I re-read it every summer. Cuthbert Allgood Jan 2022 #47

LOL don't give them any ideas about Heart of Darkness FakeNoose Jan 2022 #48

It's just a retweet. maxsolomon Jan 2022 #49

That's what I did as a teenager IronLionZion Jan 2022 #51

I've read all but one of those. murielm99 Jan 2022 #52