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September 24, 2011

Banned Books Week Hop (Giveaway)



I don't believe in banning books (or anything at all). I believe that we are capable of thinking for ourselves and we are able (and have the right) to choose what we want to read/see/think/believe.

The Banned Books Week is basically a week where readers decide to defend their right to read whatever they want. It's the perfect week to decide four yourself it you want to read read that book some people is tying to challenge or ban...
Intellectual freedom—the freedom to access information and express ideas, even if the information and ideas might be considered unorthodox or unpopular—provides the foundation for Banned Books Week. BBW stresses the importance of ensuring the availability of unorthodox or unpopular viewpoints for all who wish to read and access them. More information about the Banned Books Week here.
I'm sure there is a lot to say about this topic. But I think if all can be resumed with this question: Are you the yellow eyed robot or the blue eyed robot?

Giveaway: One person will win 10$ to buy a banned book from Amazon or The Book Depository. It's open to everyone and ends 10/1.

In order to be eligible you have to leave a comment about a banned book you want to read, and fill out the form below.

If you're not sure about which books are being challenge, here is a list.


More giveaways:

131 comments:

  1. There are only 6 total entries allowed for this hop. Can you please delete 2 so you can remain on the linky. Thanks - Kathy

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  2. Thanks for this! And it's amazing to see so many others participate in such an awesome hop. I do not agree with book banning at all!

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  3. I'm not sure which book I would like. Maybe Crank. It is amazing to me how many book have been challenged.

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  4. So many books I would love to read it would be so hard to pick just one. Thank you for the giveaway

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  5. There are a lot of banned books I'd like to read, especially I'd love to re-read the classisc such as 1984.

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  6. hi, I'm in the same situation, there're a lot of banned and interesant books to read!, but I'll say the same that the predecessor commenter, 1984. Thanks

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  7. I would like to read The Hunger Games. I haven't read it yet and I'm curious about what the fuss is about.

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  8. i would like to read vampire academy series that i just discovered as challeged/banned

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  9. Thanks for having this great giveaway. How about The Perks of Being a wallflower. That looks like an interesting book to read.

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  10. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest sounds interesting. I've never seen the movie but I would like to read the book.

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  11. I would like to read 20 Boy Summer or Water for Elephants. I can't believe people are trying to ban books. You should be able to read what you want to read. People should be able to think for themselves and make the right decisions.

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  12. I would love to read The Perks of Being A Wallflower.

    Thanks for hosting the giveaway!

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  13. A few banned books I have my eye on are The Hunger Games, Crank, and the Perks of Being a Wallflower.. they all sound great! Thanks for the giveaway!

    I'm on the giveaway hop too: http://elle-lit.blogspot.com/2011/09/banned-books-week-hop-with-author.html

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  14. I would like to read The Hunger Games.

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  15. I am not sure but maybe The Hunger Games and/or Fahrenheit 451

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  16. I haven't read Perks of Being a Wallflower but I will before the movie comes out!

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  17. Thanks for hosting the giveaway! I would love to win To Kill A Mockingbird by Harper Lee.

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  18. Thanks for the giveaway.

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  19. I think I would read Hunger Games and Catcher in the Rye.... I've already read P.C. Cast book which was weird that they're considered to be banned/challendge books =)


    GFC Follower: SpadesHighReads

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  20. One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, by Ken Kesey
    The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen Chbosky
    Fahrenheit 451
    Water for Elephants...

    but I was really suprised by banned-book list :(

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  21. I've been working on reading the Vampire Academy series. I need book 5 of it so if that would count as a banned book that's the one I want.
    adsanders77 at gmail dot com
    GFC Library Lady

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  22. I'd like to read Water for Elephants.

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  23. I'd like to read Twenty boy summer

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  24. I want to read Will Grayson, Will Grayson by John Green and David Levithan. Thanks!

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  25. I´m not sure. Maybe Crank :)
    Thank you so much for the chance to win♥

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  26. i would like to read boy meets boy.

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  27. Hmmm...

    Probably Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian by Sherman Alexie

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  28. I'd like to read just listen.

    unforgetable_dreamer_always (at) hotmail (dot) com

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  29. The Notebook Girls sounds interesting! Thanks for the giveaway!

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  30. I would love to read The Claiming of Sleeping Beauty.

    kaylalovesandrew09@yahoo.com

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  31. I'd love to read The Grapes of Wrath.
    eeoshiel(at)uncg(dot)edu

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  32. I'd like to read Crank and Fahrenheit 451.

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  33. any book

    wow when i went to school they were on the required list to read, thanks for having this tour.
    Julie
    jbarrett5 at cox.net

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  34. thanks for the giveaway

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  35. I would like to read The Hunger Games or The Giver by Lois Lowry.
    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  36. I really want to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower! Especially with the movie coming out.
    Thanks for the giveaway, I'm a new follower, your blog is so cute!

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  37. I would like one of the book from the hunger games series from suzanne collins.

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  38. not really sure,

    but definitely somehing YA!

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  39. I'd love to get the first book of the Vampire Academy series :)

    kate1485 at hotmail.com

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  40. I want The hunger games by Suzanne Collins, well I want the whole trilogy...

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  41. I would like to read THE HUNGER GAMES. This is a wonderful giveaway thank you.

    marypres(AT)gmail(DOT)com

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  42. I've been wanting to read Animal Farm by George Orwell.

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  43. I have read plenty of classic banned books, so I would probably choose something "recent", such as Crank :)

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  44. Crank. My friend actually recommended it for me to read last year. she's not bookish but she loved it.

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  45. I would like to read The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene.

    Can't believe any of his boks would be banned !

    Thanks for the giveaway.

    Carol T

    buddytho {at} gmail DOT com

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  46. I'd like to read The Perks Of Being A Wallflower:)

    Janhvi

    justjanhvi at gmail dot com

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  47. I'd like to read Hunger Games
    msboatgal at aol.com

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  48. To pick one of the many great books on the list... too hard. Thanks for the great giveaway.

    your1chef at aol dot com

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  49. I'd like to read ttyl.
    Thanks for the giveaway!
    k_anon[at]hotmail[dot]co[dot]uk

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  50. I'd like to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Thanks for the giveaway!

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  51. There are several books on the list that I'd like to read, including Twenty Boy Summer and The Absolutely True Diary of A Part-Time Indian.

    Donna @ The Happy Booker
    ahappybooker at gmail dot com

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  52. I would love to read Scars or Speak!
    Thank you for the international giveaway!

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  53. I would love The Perks of being a wallflower

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  54. I'd like to read Awakened by P.C. Cast which is part of the House of Night series (The whole series has been banned)

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  55. I'd really like to read Twenty Boy Summer! I had no idea that it was a banned book.

    - Cialina at Muggle-Born

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  56. I'd like to read The Catcher in the Rye by J. D. Salinger.

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  57. I heard Twenty Boy Summer and ttyl are books (banned or challenged) Have heard so much abt them. I am no fan of banning books. Team #It'smychoice all the way.
    Thank you for this giveaway!
    Sasse (_yay_)

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  58. I would like Farenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury!

    books4me67 at ymail.com

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  59. I would like to continue The Hunger Games trilogy with Catching Fire. I really enjoyed The Hunger Games. Thanks for the giveaway!

    abbydillon16 AT yahoo DOT com

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  60. I'd like to read Scars or Speak:))

    maryanngacayan at yahoo dot com

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  61. I actually want to read Lady Chatterly's Lover lol

    Thanks for the giveaway!

    Jess
    Romanceaholic.com

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  62. I've heard a lot about To Kill a Mockingbird and I'd love to read it. Thanks for the giveaway!


    -Debbie W.

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  63. I would like to read slaughterhouse 5
    jenhedger at hotmail dot com

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  64. I would love to read Speak, TTYL (and the rest of the series), Crank, and Twenty Boy Summer. I didn't know these books had been challenged prior to learning about BBW and I definitely want to know what all the hoopla is about.

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  65. I'd like to read Hunger Games and/or Speak. Thanks!
    mandalarctic at gmail dot com

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  66. I want to read The Perks of Being A Wallflower.

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  67. There are many I would like to read on the banned book list Staying Fat for Sarah Byrne and even Speak to name a couple

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  68. I'd like to read twenty boy summer or To Kill a Mockingbird ^^

    @Tibiux

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  69. There are SO MANY but one of them is one of the Gossip Girl books I am missing from my collection. Also Hunger Games and some classics!

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  70. I'd like to read Catching Fire by Suzanne collins.

    spamscape [at] gmail [dot] com

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  71. I'd like to read Identical by Ellen Hopkins.

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  72. I read The Giver a long time ago, but don't own it. I would love to own it and read it again!

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  73. I want to read what I want to read and I don't want someone telling me not too...lisapeters at yahoo dot com thanks Lisa

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  74. I want to re-read The Color Purple & 1984
    Thanks for the contest.

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  75. I want to read Hunger Games.

    hopester777 at gmail dot com

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  76. I guess since I have The Hunger Games on my TBR list, I would pick that. I could not believe it was on a list.


    Judy
    magnolias_1[at]msn[dot]com

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  77. I would like to read Crank.

    Nichelle riann

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  78. I would like to read The Lord of the Flies.

    Jennelle S

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  79. I'd like to read The Color Purple

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    (='.'=)
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    alterlisa AT yahoo DOT com
    http://lisaslovesbooksofcourse.blogspot.com/

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  80. I'm starting to want to read the Awakening by Kate Chopin.

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  81. I´d like to read Hunger Games by Suzzane Collins.¨

    And thank you so much for this giveaway! :)

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  82. I'd love to read Twenty Boy Summer!

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  83. I'd love to read a book that i'm sure is banned on somebody's list: Forbidden.

    I can't believe the Hunger Games or Vampire Academy are banned. Love these.

    Thanks.

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  84. I'd like to read The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

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  85. I want to read The House of Night, by PC Cast. It was on my list, but I had no idea it was challenged until I joined the event!

    Ron @ Stories of my life

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  86. I would love to read the hunger games!

    misusedinnocence@aol.com

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  87. A banned book I would like to read is The Hunger Games!!

    Thanks for the giveaway

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  88. The Hunger Games
    jessicawedwards@gmail.com

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  89. I'd like to read 20 Boy Summer.
    Thanks so much!

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  90. I'd love to read Hunger Games

    quixoticdreamer(at)hotmail(dot)com

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  91. I'd like to read The Kite Runner.

    couponcookie at gmail dot com

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  92. I would like to read Speak

    lkish77123 at gmail dot com

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  93. I would love to read Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson.

    jmesparza821(at)gmail(dot)com

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  94. I would like to read 20 Boy summer.
    amandarwest atgmaildotcom

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  95. I have read the "classic" and adult banned/challenged books. I haven't read the YA ones. SO, I'd like to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower or Hunger Games or Crank.

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  96. I have read a few classics on the list and some of the newer books. So Im not sure really what I would pick, probably something more in between the two.

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  97. I want to read Crank! I'm so late to the awesome that is Ellen Hopkins, and I feel like crap because of it!

    Thanks for the giveaway,

    Elisquared

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  98. I'm not sure what I would choose. I have read alot of the older banned/challenged books, but only a few from recent ya.

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  99. I would love to read Twenty Boy SUmmer. It sounds good

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  100. Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson. It's like they don't want you to SPEAK. :-/

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  101. Thanks for this amazing giveaway! I would love to win and get a chance to read The Giver by Lois Lowry!

    susanw28 (at) mindspring (dot) com

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  102. I would like to read Slaughterhouse-Five... Thanks for this great giveaway... april@pinebelt.net

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  103. I would love to read A Wrinkle In Time. :) Thanks so much for the fantastic giveaway!

    Karaliene24[@]gmail[.]com

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  104. I would like to read The Giver and 1984 :) Thank you for taking part in the hop and for the giveaway!

    jaidahsmommy(at)comcast(dot)net

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  105. id like to read twenty boy summer :)
    ~Alisia

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  106. I would like to read speak.
    Thanks!
    -Antane

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  107. I wish to read Revolutionary voices.

    derangedpegasus@gmail.com

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  108. I would like to read Crank by Ellen Hopkins, Speak by Laurie Halse Anderson, or Looking for Alaska by John Green.

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  109. I would like to read The Hunger Games.

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  110. I want The Perk of Being a Wallflower!

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  111. I would love to read Perks of Being a Wallflower!

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  112. I'd like to read Unwind:) Thanks for the hop!

    bchild5 at aol dot com

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  113. Maybe Crank or Hunger Games. I'm not sure which book I would like.

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  114. I really want to explore banned classics more: Steinbeck, Lawrence, etc. I've been exploring more classics lately, and I've been enjoying reading them. I'm also curious to see how they compare to more modern banned books.

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  115. I'd love to read Cut or Speak or The Satanic Verses.

    Thanks for the giveaway!

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  116. I plan to read Looking for Alaska. It has been on my TBR pile for a while now.

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  117. I want to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower and on the older side I've been meaning to read In Cold Blood.
    bookloon at gmail dot com

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  118. Thanks for the giveaway:)

    I'd like to read The Perks of Being a Wallflower.

    Sarah Bibi Setar

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  119. Thank you so much I would pick Twenty boy summer! Great giveaway thanks for the chance!

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  120. I would like to read The Hunger Games trilogy. Thanks! sbcashortie at hotmail dot com

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  121. I would like to read Brave New World.

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  122. I would choose to read Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Many thanks, Ceri

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  123. I'm not sure if the giveaway is still open or not (I keep seeing till midnight EST, but Rafflecopter is closed), but here's my entry if it is. Thanks!

    I would love to read the Hunger Games.

    GFC follower SarahSparrow.
    Twitter follower @Sarah_Sparrow.
    Goodreads friend Amber.
    FB follower Amber Young.
    Tweeted: http://twitter.com/#!/Sarah_Sparrow/status/120256921541427200

    captainsarahsparrow at hotmail dot com

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