You Know Nothing, Jon Snow
Shit happens. Life happens. You know nothing, Jon Snow.
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review Lookback: Four for the Kids
Far from being isolated incidents of parents being shocked at something a child brought home from school, I believe these reports indicate an organized movement to force a specific Christian religious message on children.
Paul’s Book Reviews: Science Fiction
“A merry little surge of electricity piped by automatic alarm from the mood organ beside his bed awakened Rick Deckard. Surprised—it always surprised him to find himself awake without prior notice—he rose from the bed, stood up in his multicolored pajamas, and stretched. Now, in her bed, his wife Iran opened her gray, unmerry eyes, […]
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: Bless Me, Ultima
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring banned book reviews and news roundups.
Paul’s Book Reviews
“I told Agustus the broad outline of my miracle: diagnosed with Stage IV thyroid cancer when I was thirteen. (I didn’t tell him that the diagnosis came three months after I got my first period. Like: Congratulations! You’re a woman. Now die.) It was, we were told, incurable.” — The Fault in Our Stars, John […]
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review Lookback: Montana 1948
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring banned book reviews and news roundups. YCRT! News Wisconsin man banned from libraries. All libraries, that is. On the earth. “Carter was out in the open, not trying to conceal his act.” I wish I could report that his act involved a banned book, but alas, it did […]
Game of Thrones Bogdown
Today is book club day. It’s my turn to host, so I’ve been helping clean up for company. We’re going to be talking about The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie, which I reviewed here last week. But this short post is not about that. It’s about the two books I’m currently reading, A […]
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review Lookback: The Book of Negroes
You Can’t Read That! is a periodic post featuring banned book reviews and news roundups. YCRT! News In my last YCRT! post I mentioned Rudolfo Anaya’s novel Bless Me, Ultima, a frequently challenged and banned book now being made into a movie. Here are a few other banned books that have received the Hollywood treatment. Did […]