Site of the Week: Booktryst
Our Literary Cat says next week is Banned Books Week. Thanks for the reminder, cat!
For your viewing pleasure: a list of twelve books guaranteed to turn (almost) anyone into a censor from the great site Booktryst. We like this site because it tends to give us the oddball and offbeat side of the book world, as you can see from this post, or this post. And what about this post!?
We also like Booktryst because one of its contributors is a former Oklahoma librarian, Cokie G. Anderson. Cokie is basking in the sane temperatures of the Great Northwest now, but she still loves her some books!
OK, we’ve given you fair warning. Time to select a banned or challenged book to read sometime between September 25 and October 2.
And as always, do let us know what you’re reading. We love hearing from you.
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Comments
My Facebook Friend Deon writes:
“Speaking of Banned Books … read about Mark Twain’s debate with a librarian about Huck Finn vs. the Holy Bible. Brilliant!”
http://www.newsweek.com/2010/07/30/excerpt-from-the-autobiography-of-mark-twain.html
You’re welcome, Steve! I get my Booktryst updates by following Cokie. Always great and thoughtful writing on your collective blog!
Thank you for the kind words, Bill.
-Steve Gertz