2 If you’ve been someone who peeks in at this blog over the years, you know I am not an ebook fan at all. I like having a tangible book – the feel, the smell, being able to see your physical progression. However, as I am getting older I am all […]
PEN America recently published a report about the spiking in book bans in schools over the last year. They found that it had spiked 33% in the last year, compared to the previous one. And which state has the most book bans? Florida, which accounted for 40% of the bans. […]
As the 1st of October brings Banned Books Week, starting with what exactly a modern book ban to set the stage would be helpful! Book banning is a form of censorship. The Encyclopedia Britannica defines it as, “the practice of prohibiting or restricting the reading of certain books by the […]
With a new month rapidly approaching, it means Banned Books Week is right around the corner! With all the book banning going on right now, this year it seems to be bigger than ever. So many libraries and book stores are having events, pushing out information and encouraging people to […]
With the book bans, book censoring and book restricting going on right now, you may be asking how you are able to help. I wanted to share a great post written by the Authors Guild over on United Against Book Bans. A post was written titled “Fighting For The Freedom […]
A classic historical book rich with Anglo British and Indian tension, a story of unlikely relationships and historical challenges. Summary “Among the greatest novels of the twentieth century, E. M. Forster’s sweeping tale of prejudice and racial tension is set in colonial India at the turn of the century. As […]
Schools in Florida, the state where book access is rapidly declining, are removing Romeo and Juliet from schools because of the ‘raunchiness’. Schools will only be using specific excerpts from the book in class school. Due to Florida Parental Rights in Education Act, also known as the ‘Don’t Say Gay” bill, certain […]
There are new concerns just beginning to be realized connected to book banning. On top of the wrongness of book banning (you can read some of my posts about it here), bookstores are now worried how this will impact them. In a new article, Texas booksellers have expressed their concern with […]
Summary “A novel of intense power and intrigue, Jane Eyre has dazzled generations of readers with its depiction of a woman’s quest for freedom. Having grown up an orphan in the home of her cruel aunt and at a harsh charity school, Jane Eyre becomes an independent and spirited survivor-qualities that […]
Due to Senate File 496 in Iowa, there are potentially hundreds of books to be banned in the Urbandale school district. According to the Senate File, it is establishing a parent’s or guardian’s right to make decisions affecting the parent’s or guardian’s child, authorizing the parent or guardian of a […]
During, and following, COVID many things that once were in person had to pivot to become virtual. And some of these things stayed that way, or opened up a new door with countless possibilities. One of these things was the transition of book clubs from gathering in person to online. […]
1 A Dark Mafia Romance – Made of Mayhem Duet Book 1 MATURE READERS ONLY! Read TW on authors website. Summary “When this sheltered mafia princess meets a bratva devil on the run, neither of them will ever be the same. When my cousin bets me in a poker game, I […]
Recently a fantastic essay came out on BookRiot on “How Should We Feel About Barnes & Nobel Now?” and it has been doing it’s round. If you haven’t given it a read, I highly recommend that you do. The TL;DR is essentially that Barnes & Nobel is coming back and […]
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Summary “The Salpêtrière Asylum: Paris, 1885. Dr. Charcot holds all of Paris in thrall with his displays of hypnotism on women who have been deemed mad and cast out from society. But the truth is much more complicated—these women are […]
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. With January 25th comes Burns Night, the day when people celebrate the life and poetry of the famous Scottish poet Robert Burns. As someone with Scottish heritage (my grandmother’s family line) I celebrate this day with my family. Normally we […]
Summary “During the biggest Brooklyn snowstorm in living memory, Richard Bowmaster, a lonely university professor in his sixties, hits the car of Evelyn Ortega, a young undocumented immigrant from Guatemala, and what at first seems an inconvenience takes a more serious turn when Evelyn comes to his house, seeking help. […]
Summary “The Archangel of Death and the Archangel of Disease may be gone but their legacy of evil lives on – especially in Africa, where the shambling, rotting creatures called the reborn have gained a glimmer of vicious intelligence. It is up to Titus, archangel of this vast continent, to […]
1 Summary “When Condé Nast offered Ruth Reichl the top position at America’s oldest epicurean magazine, she declined. She was a writer, not a manager, and had no inclination to be anyone’s boss. Yet Reichl had been reading Gourmet since she was eight; it had inspired her career. How could she say […]
Like always, I’m a little bit late to the party (I’ll blame life and totally not being on-top of it) but this week, 18-24 September, is Banned Book Week. This week is so incredibly important, although fighting and acknowledging banned books is a constant thing. Especially now. PEN America, “a nonprofit […]
This post contains affiliate links. Please see my full disclosure here. Summary “The year is 1896. The city is New York. Newspaper reporter John Schuyler Moore is summoned by his friend Dr. Laszlo Kreizler—a psychologist, or “alienist”—to view the horribly mutilated body of an adolescent boy abandoned on the unfinished Williamsburg […]
