I cannot read any more of this Ann Rinaldi book. How on earth did this woman's books get to be so popular? Blech.

I have not read The Buffalo Tree, the subject of this article on the banning of the book in Muhlenberg, PA, but I have read three of Adam Rapp's other books, Under the Wolf, Under the Dog, 33 Snowfish, and Little Chicago, and all I ( Read more... )

Were we all so busy looking at Alabama that we forgot about Oklahoma? Once again, library laws brought to us courtesy of people who have probably never been in a library. Otherwise, they'd know that there's no such thing as a section of a library that's restricted to adults. Interestingly enough, there are sections restricted to children and ( Read more... )

Happy birthday,
ashfae

Tomorrow I'm swapping friendslists with affectedmangoo, so everyone be good. I think I will bore her heinously with the many LIS feeds, though.

Censorship link of the day: The Giver challenged in Kansas City. This I love:

Although he could not speak specifically about The Giver, Peter Sprigg, a senior director with the conservative Family ( Read more... )

From the "What do you think I do all day?" files, this article regarding Jenna Jameson's book at the Houston Public Library.

[City Councilwoman Pam] Holm said Houston's libraries should "absolutely" have a system of rating books and determining if they are suitable for children, like movie rating systems ( Read more... )

Censorship link of the day: Whale Talk challenged in Georgetown, South Carolina. Whale Talk is not a favorite of mine by any stretch of the imagination, but this is just insane. Maybe I'm just less selfish than most, but I don't think my beliefs should be put upon others if they don't want them.

On a bright note, librarians are loved at Johns ( Read more... )

Shattering Glass is one of my favorite YA novels, and one of the few novels, adult or YA, that I refuse to reread because I'm afraid to spoil the feeling I have about the book. (Of course, The House of the Scorpion was like that for me, too, but I survived the reread.) I checked YALSA-BK today and there was a message from the author of Shattering ( Read more... )