Banned Books Week!

[solaria]

Totally forgot that tomorrow is the Banned Books Week read-out at work. Any suggestions on what I should read this year? Apparently my exerpt from The Clan of the Cave Bear last year made me a YouTube star.

Also should mention that a library of most of the books I own is here, but we should have most of the classics and the like at work as well.

Comments

[scruffyrebel]

And Tango Makes Three

a ridiculously cute picture book about gay penguins raising an egg...I kid you not. Someone had balls to get that published. I found it in the store like a year or so ago when it first came out and it was so cute...wasn't too surprised to find it ended up on a banned list though.

mmmm, maybe Lolita or In Cold Blood? just throwing out some at random from the list.

[solaria]

I might have a copy of Lolita somewhere, but if not, all the classics have pretty much been banned or challenged at some point. Good idea.

[solaria]

Also, it just struck me as funny...since we're an academic library we pretty much don't go near children's or picture books...CENSORSHIP! :-D

[a_lonewolf]

What? How did I miss your meteoric rise to stardom on YT? When was this?

[solaria]

Because I never advertised it and NEVER WILL. I've never even looked at it; just the librarian in charge of it tells me about the comments and views it gets.

[a_lonewolf]

Well, I just found it. :) I had no idea you were on YouTube. You did a good job reading the passage.

[solaria]

AUGH! Curse you!

;-)

Supposedly it has good metadata, and that's why it's so easy to find.