Paul’s Book Reviews: Fiction, Science Fiction, Memoir
Six short book reviews: fiction, science fiction, memoir
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower by Stephen Chbosky In a recent banned book news roundup, I linked to an article about a Florida high school teacher who innocently picked up a young adult novel and was shocked by what she read: “It was a book that I had never heard of before. When I […]
Ordered 50 Shades, Got a chick Tract
This seems more like those “Christian” pharmacists who won’t sell you a morning-after pill, or recruiters for fake abortion clinics who lure patients away from real ones.
Goodbye, Columbus
I counted up the banned book reviews I’ve published here and the current total is 69.
Paul’s Book Reviews
Six short book reviews: science fiction, supernatural/horror, fiction, nonfiction.
Pacing Ourselves
Streaming TV was made for folks like me.
Peer Pressure?
At some point, I’ll have to confess in one of my banned book posts that I’m not wholly on the lefty side of things. They’ll probably kick me off Daily Kos.
You Can’t Read That! Banned Book Review: This Book is Gay
“This Book Is Gay” is one of a number of young adult books targeted by right-wing culture warriors. They view it, along with other LGBTQ-themed books, as insidious pro-gay propaganda designed to lure girls and boys into deviant sex and transgenderism. This book, in particular, billed as an “instruction manual” for LGBTQ youth (see the quote from the publisher’s blurb, above), is firmly in their crosshairs.