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#BannedBookSkyClub Pin the feed to your home page to get updates and join the discussion December 2025: A Wizard of Earthsea, Ursula Le Guin January 2026: Their Eyes Were Watching God, Zora Neale Hurston February 2026: Paradise, Toni Morrison March 2026: Frankenstein, Mary Shelley

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Retired-Librarian
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1 day ago
The January 2026 #BannedBookSkyClub book is #TheirEyesWereWatchingGod by Zora Neale Hurston. I will start sharing talking points Thursday, January 15, 2026 (or possibly the night before depending on my schedule). Please join us! Link to feed in replies. #BookSky
Photo of the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. The cover has an illustration of part of a pear tree with a cabin in the background.
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7 days ago
The #BannedBookSkyClub 2025 year in review! Great books. Great discussions. Fantastic participants. No deadlines; join the conversations anytime. Check out the Banned Book Club feed for updates, talking points, and discussion replies. Join us! (Link to feed in replies.) #BookSky
Photo of all 11 books the #BannedBookSkyClub read in 2025.
The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros
The Fire Next Time by James Baldwin
Parable of the Sower by Octavia Butler
Banned Book Club by Kim et al. 
The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon by Stephen King
The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula Le Guin
Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi
1984 by George Orwell
Parable of the Talents by Octavia Butler
A Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin
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10 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky Is there anything else you'd like to share about the novel The Wizard of Earthsea by Ursula Le Guin?
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10 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky Did you notice any examples of foreshadowing and/or the use of metaphors in the novel The Wizard of Earthsea? Explain.
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11 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky What does the novel, A Wizard of Earthsea, teach the reader about trust?
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11 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky What do you think the dragon meant when he told Ged to run from the shadow, if Ged did not want the shadow to come close? (2012 ed. p. 106)
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12 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky Are there any lessons learned from A Wizard of Earthsea that can be applied to contemporary life and the current challenges? Explain.
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12 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky "From that time forth [Ged] believed that the wise man is one who never sets himself apart from other living things, whether they have speech or not, ..." (2012 ed., p. 98). Do you agree? Why or why not?
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13 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky Why do you think Ged's summoning spell released the Shadow in the novel The Wizard of Earthsea?
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13 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky Talk about the Shadow in The Wizard of Earthsea and what it represents.
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14 days ago
"Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board." The first line of the novel #TheirEyesWereWatchingGod by Zora Neale Hurston. The #BannedBookSkyClub discussion of the novel will be in January 2026, exact start date TBA. Link to feed in replies. #BookSky
Photo of the book Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston. The cover has an illustration of part of a pear tree with a cabin in the background.
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14 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky Why do you think the Master Namer "was called by a name that had no meaning in any language" (2012 ed., p 53)?
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14 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky Which character in the novel A Wizard of Earthsea did you respect the most? Why?
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15 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky Is there a moral to the story of The Wizard of Earthsea? Explain.
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15 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky Have you read other books in the Earthsea series or are you planning to? If you have, what did you think? Would you recommend the series? Explain.
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16 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky Le Guin's impetus for writing A Wizard of Earthsea was a request from a publisher to write a novel for teenagers. Do you think the book is for an age-specific audience? Why or why not?
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16 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky What is your interpretation of the "Balance and the Pattern which the true wizard knows and serves" (p. 6, 2012 ed.)? When do you think Ged became a "true wizard"?
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16 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky How effective was the first paragraph of A Wizard of Earthsea in setting up the story and making you interested? Explain.
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16 days ago
The #BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin has begun. If you've read the book feel free to join in. Link to feed in quoted post below. If you haven't read the book, discussions never end and talking points are always available, so you can join in whenever. #BookSky
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16 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky I've sent out talking points to start the discussion of A Wizard of Earthsea. I'll send out more for about a week or so. To join check the hashtags or pin/like the feed (go to link; click on 3 dots).
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#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky If you were recommending the book A Wizard of Earthsea to someone, what would you say? If you wouldn’t recommend it, why not?
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16 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky What is it about wizards that bring out the book banners?
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16 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky Talk about Ged’s growth from a child to a working wizard. Did he learn from his mistakes? Explain.
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16 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky What did you think of Le Guin’s world building in the book A Wizard of Earthsea. Were you able to imagine the various lands and seas? Explain.
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16 days ago
#BannedBookSkyClub discussion of #AWizardOfEarthsea by Ursula Le Guin #BookSky Talk about the significance of names and naming in the book A Wizard of Earthsea.
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