Gratitude Giveaway Hop! Start Hopping to Win!!

November 15 - 30

Thanks and gratitude go out to Mary @ Bookhounds for hosting this wonderful hop! This hop is a way for us bloggers to say "Thank You!" to our followers.

I started The Book Bag 10 years ago and so appreciate each and every one of you who have found me over the years and am grateful for the one's who have stuck with me. I love reading and blogging and I am having the time of my life!

So as a way to thank you, we have 40 blogs participating in this hop. There are some wonderful things you could win. For a chance to win here at The Book Bag, all you have to do is follow me in some way.

Enter the rafflecopter here and then check out all the other blogs for more fabulous prizes!

This giveaway is for any book of your choice up to $15, from either Amazon (US) or The Book Depository (INT) if they deliver to your country. Winners have 48 hours to respond to an email or another winner will be selected.

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Gratitude #Giveaway Hop!

November 15th to 30th

Thanks and gratitude go out to Mary @ Bookhounds for hosting this wonderful hop! This hop is a way for us bloggers to say "Thank You!" to our followers.

I love reading and blogging and I am having the time of my life!

So as a way to thank you, over 60 blogs are participating in this hop. There are some wonderful things you could win. All you have to do is follow.

Enter the rafflecopter here and then check out all the other blogs for more fabulous prizes!

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Now start hopping!

Be sure to check the sidebar for 

all of my current giveaways!

Banned Books Week Giveaway Hop 2016

I want to give a big shout out to the hosting blog of this awesome hop, Bookhounds. 

Libraries and books have been a huge part of my life ~ my entire life. Growing up, I was a regular patron at our small town library and as an adult, I have worked in libraries for over 24 years now.

Banned Books Week is the national book community's annual celebration of the freedom to read. Hundreds of libraries and bookstores around the country draw attention to the problem of censorship by mounting displays of challenged books and hosting a variety of events. The 2016 celebration of Banned Books Week will be held from September 25 - October 1.

Banned Books Week was launched in 1982 in response to a sudden surge in the number of challenges to books in schools, bookstores and libraries. There were 275 challenges reported to the Office of Intellectual Freedom in 2015, and many more go unreported.

Over this recent past decade, 5,099* challenges were reported to the Office for Intellectual Freedom.

• 1,577 challenges due to "sexually explicit" material;
• 1,291 challenges due to "offensive language";
• 989 challenges due to materials deemed "unsuited to age group";
• 619 challenged due to "violence"' and
• 361 challenges due to "homosexuality."

The ALA's Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) receives reports from libraries, schools, and the media on attempts to ban books in communities across the country. They compile lists of challenged books in order to inform the public about censorship efforts that affect libraries and schools.

Source: ALA 2015 Book Challenges Infographic

For my giveaway, the winner can select any banned book they want (up to $15) from the list of top 10 books challenged in 2015. (see above) OR.... you know what? Let's go broader. The winner can pick ANY book that made the Top Ten Challenged Books Lists by Year: 2001-2014!

Top Ten Challenged Books of 2015

1. Looking for Alaska by John Green

Reasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group.

2. Fifty Shades of Grey by E. L. James

Reasons: Sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, and other (“poorly written,” “concerns that a group of teenagers will want to try it”).

3. I Am Jazz by Jessica Herthel and Jazz Jennings

Reasons: Inaccurate, homosexuality, sex education, religious viewpoint, and unsuited for age group.

4. Beyond Magenta: Transgender Teens Speak Out by Susan Kuklin

Reasons: Anti-family, offensive language, homosexuality, sex education, political viewpoint, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group, and other (“wants to remove from collection to ward off complaints”).

5. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon

Reasons: Offensive language, religious viewpoint, unsuited for age group, and other (“profanity and atheism”).

6. The Holy Bible

Reasons: Religious viewpoint.

7. Fun Home by Alison Bechdel

Reasons: Violence and other (“graphic images”).

8. Habibi by Craig Thompson

Reasons: Nudity, sexually explicit, and unsuited for age group.

9. Nasreen’s Secret School: A True Story from Afghanistan by Jeanette Winter

Reasons: Religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group, and violence.

10. Two Boys Kissing by David Levithan

Reasons: Homosexuality and other (“condones public displays of affection”).

This giveaway is for any challenged book from 2001-2015 ~ up to $15 (INT). The book will be shipped from Amazon or The Book Depository, if they ship to your country. Winners have 48 hours to respond to an email or another winner will be selected. 

And don't forget to hop on over to the rest of the blogs for more chances to win!

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Be sure to check the sidebar for my current giveaways!

Gratitude #Giveaway Hop!

November 15th to 30th

Thanks and gratitude go out to Mary @ Bookhounds and Bookhounds YA for hosting this wonderful hop! This hop is a way for us bloggers to say "Thank You!" to our followers.

I love reading and blogging and I am having the time of my life!

So as a way to thank you, over 70 blogs are participating in this hop. There are some wonderful things you could win. All you have to do is follow.

Enter the rafflecopter here and then check out all the other blogs for more fabulous prizes!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

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Be sure to check the sidebar for my current giveaways!

Freedom to Read Giveaway Hop!

A huge Thank you! goes out to Mary at BookHounds and Kathy at I am a Reader, Not a Writer for hosting this wonderful hop. There are over 120 blogs signed up so there are a lot of chances to win! 

And since this is the Freedom to Read Hop, I am giving one lucky person the freedom to read any book they choose! (as long as it is under $15 and as long as Amazon or The Book Depository can send to you)

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Be sure to check the sidebar for my current giveaways!

And now go hop on over to more blogs for more chances to win!!