Good morning.
There are times when I got nothin' and then a fellow Blogger inspires. Such is the case today. Sixpense, a longtime Faithful Reader, posted the American Library Association's (ALA) list of the most banned books of 2023.
The interesting thing about this list is the excuse for the challenge or ban.
#1 Most Challenged book of 2023
#10. Most Challenged book of 2023
Look close...see a pattern there?
LGBTQ+ and DEI content
purportedly "sexually explicit."
As Huntley, who occasionally stops by and comments here, said on Six's post:
Yes go to your local library and take these books out. Even if you don’t read them, TAKE THEM OUT!
I'm currently reading one that hasn't been banned. Yet.
But guaranteed it will face challenges this year.
The best way to fight back: make them more popular. Even if you have already read them. Even if you don't want to read them. Even if you don't plan to read them. Get them.
So, go get a book. And have a nice weekend.
12 comments:
At the very least, a trip to the bookseller once a week can't hurt.
Hugs and bisous, my darling Jean and Pat.
Have a glorious weekend.
Have a nice weekend your own self.
The ban books often do well surprisingly....just for the reason you stated. Even of people don't read it....they buy it anyhow and then donate them.
OMG! All of this books banning in USA is so regressive.
Cannot believe some states are in that old beginning of the 20th century censure mood.
Come on, if you cannot find them in libraries, internet will provide them so those books banned are still available.
All this is to be sure that your people remain in ignorance of a part of what real world is and to control the way people think.
USA «Land of the Free», an overstatement here..
Are these books banned by school districts, public libraries, or all of the above? It's always nice to see naked males, whether or not their dicks are hard or not. Your work is much appreciated, Pat. I like the topics that crop up as well as the cocks...Keep up the good work.
The comment window with my comment on Perks, Dying Girl, and Sold closed before I could click Post. I will wait for the comment to show up on your blog before re-posting.
I’ll check and see if these are e-books at my library. Happy weekend. Hugs and bisous.
Adore reading. Thanks for this. Have a fabulous weekend, my dear.
@ Big Dude - All of the above, actually. But mostly schools.
@ JiEL - Yeah, we are losing more freedoms here with each day that the Republicans remain in power.
love your reading men
I tried posting this before, but it never got to you.
I have seen and own the movies of "Perks of being a Wallflower" and "Me and Earl and the Dying Girl" and see nothing wrong with them whatsoever. I have not seen the movie made from "Sold", but have found that all three were rated PG-13. That puts them all in high school and junior high age range. Those books should be all good if the movies were faithful to the books.
I am told that "sold" included explicit rape, etc. scenes to emphasize the horror of being sex trafficked. Seems to me that upper high school ages should be able to handle such in that context. Kids of that age should be expected to have plenty of knowledge about sex. And they have been taught "stranger danger" since preschool. By high school and junior high, and even elementary school, They NEED to know the whys of stranger danger. These kids are often the targets of traffickers. Perhaps the subject should be given formal instruction (with assigned reading?) in the schools along with the other non-plumbing aspects of sex.
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