camwyn | Just 'cos

I was curious, I wandered over to the Banned Books Week thing to have a look and see what's on it that I might've read. My list's comparatively short. I think this is mostly because I really didn't like young-adult books, and an awful lot of stuff on the list was targeted at that age group.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - Enjoyed it.
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck - Not so much with the enjoyment.
Harry Potter (Series) by J.K. Rowling - Read it last year on disaster assignment in Wisconsin.
The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger - Did not understand why people seemed so taken with this book. Read it in, mmh, seventh grade.
Earth’s Children (Series) by Jean M. Auel - Clan of the Cave Bear was good, read that in grade 4, but the rest - eeeyagh. Three or four chapters of good plot spliced into forty chapters of angst and porn.
A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle - Enjoyed it.
Julie of the Wolves by Jean Craighead George - Loved it.
Deenie by Judy Blume - I had a mild scoliosis curve in my back and someone recommended this to me. God, the idea of the brace spooked me. Deenie's description of her 'special place' sounded like a foot massage to me at the time, so I thought nothing of it.
Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes - A little pissed at how this one ended. Brain surgery isn't supposed to work like that.
A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein - Enjoyed it.
Cujo by Stephen King - Not on my reading lists, but Firestarter was. In seventh grade. Go fig.
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl - Enjoyed it.
Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret by Judy Blume - Enh. More something I read because my aunt was named Margaret than anything else. Didn't particularly enjoy it.
Lord of the Flies by William Golding - This book is one of the many contributing factors to why I feel I have to be able to start civilization over again from jack-spit-nothing-at-all. Civilized forms of debate, gov't, and conflict resolution included.
Carrie by Stephen King - It was okay.
The Dead Zone by Stephen King - I liked this one way better than Carrie. no, haven't seen the movie, haven't seen the series.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain - Enjoyed it.
Where’s Waldo? by Martin Hanford - How did he draw those pictures without his hand cramping up and falling off?
How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell - Only dimly remembered, but I was more concerned with the viability of worms as a food source than anything else. I've got some lovely recipes in a book I bought for a college term paper. They don't involve frying, though.

Pretty much it, really. What can I say? The others just didn't ring my bells. I saw them on the shelves an awful lot - the 'young adult' ones, I mean - but at the time I felt 'why should I bother with these when there's Piers Anthony to be read?' and went and grabbed On A Pale Horse instead.