I hope that everyone’s Christmas/holiday celebrations were fabulous, and that you didn’t overeat too much (I know I did). The countdown into the New Year is winding down, which means that I’ve spent the last day or so thinking back over the past year. Despite my occasional grumblings, it’s been a good one — just…
Category: Review
I Refuse to Read This.
In a recent “chain letter” that has swept through my Facebook feed, people are given a list of 100 “classic” books and asked to indicate which they’ve read, either in full or bits and pieces. You may or may not be surprised to learn that I’ve read, from cover to cover, 33 of those 100….
5 (Surprisingly) Banned Books
A lot of the books I’ve been talking about during Banned Books Week are the “big” ones; no one is surprised when I say that authors like Maya Angelou, Ayn Rand, and J.D. Salinger have been removed from classrooms and library shelves. But what about those authors whose works you’d never expect to be particularly…