Title: The Unlikely Disciple: A Sinner’s Semester at America’s Holiest University Author: Kevin Roose Genre: Non-fiction, journalism Publication Date: 2009 Purchase Price: $13.99 (paperback) After experiencing the twenty thousand-member Thomas Road Baptist Church (run by Jerry Falwell) as part of his job as a writer’s assistant, 19 year-old Brown University sophomore Kevin Roose is flummoxed….
On Lending Books
To lend, or not to lend: that is the question. Book lending is a touchy subject amongst avid readers; often our fear or a lost or damaged book is at war with our desire to spread the book love to all our friends and family. The answer to the question, “Do you lend books?” will…
“A man sits in a room, manipulating his kneecaps.”
Title: Bonk: The Curious Coupling of Science and Sex Author: Mary Roach Genre: Non-fiction, science Publication Date: 2008 Purchase Price: $14.95 (paperback) I know I’ve mentioned this before, but Mary Roach is one of my favorite authors. Not only does she write books on topics that are interesting, she does so with aplomb and a…
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…
My Favorite Banned Books
As I mentioned a few days ago, I actually read many challenged or banned books in high school. I can’t decide if this is because I happened to be in a more “liberal” district, or because I was in the AP English program and all we did was read the classics (“classics” often being a…