Hello world and welcome back to another week of, you guessed it, Sierra's Weekly Sayings! So this week an event has been brought to my attention, National Banned Book Week. In all honesty I had no idea this week even existed. I knew that some books were banned in the past but I never knew that it had a whole week dedicated to them. I took a look at the most recently challenged book list of 2015, and I am a little surprised about the novels that have been listed there. Out of all  the books on the list I have read three of them. Perks of Being a Wallflower, House on Mango Street, and The Complete Persepolis. I kinda agree with these three books being on the list. I have only read each of these books only once but the first time I did, I will admit it was a bit confusing, especially The Complete Persepolis. All three of these books each had different themes to them but they were all complex in their own ways. They all had a lot of ideas that might be difficult for people to understand because no one can fully understand what message the Author is trying to get across. I believe others might view these books as dangerous because it is showing people that it is ok to be different and that we are not all the same. Everyone is unique and in some cultures being different or standing out is considered dangerous. I am willing to risk everything in order to be able to read a book deemed illegal by my community. I would only stop if it ever put anyone I care about in harms way. I think the main reason I would still read it would be that I do not care what other people think and I would do it to be different. I love being unique and I would not trade who I am for the world.

Never forget to be unique and that it is ok to break the rules every once in a while, but for good reasons only. To end this post, a quote that I think is perfect for this weekly blog.
"A reader lives a thousand lives before they die, the ones who never read, live only one" -George RR Martin
Thanks for reading this weeks addition of Sierra's Weekly Sayings! Hope you read again next week!