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September 27, 2011
Just sent back proofing edits on Code Monkey! One step cl...
Just sent back proofing edits on Code Monkey! One step closer to a release date...
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege t...
Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so, too. ~Voltaire
September 25, 2011
Banned Books Week-Why it matters
Every year I do a series over the week of Banned Books Week. It's something I believe wholeheartedly in. I think once you start pulling books it becomes a slippery slope to an outright ban.
I have on occasion told my children to wait to read something. They have on occasion read a book with a very serious subject and we've talked about it later. Someone else may say their child can't read that particular book when I say it's okay for my child to read it. And that's fine. We all make decisions for our own children. But when that same parent goes to the school library or the public library and tries to make it so NO child (or adult) can read that book, I have a real problem with that. Don't want your child to read something, be the parent and don't let them. But don't try and dictate what everyone else's child should be doing.
I'm not a big fan of Twilight (*gasp* I know. I've really tried to like it too), which is #10 on the 2010 list of challenged books. I know people who adore it and I know parents who let their kids read it. Just because I don't like it and I think my child should be X years old before reading it, I'm not going to remove from a library.
No one book is going to be liked or "approved" by everyone. If everyone has books removed that make them uncomfortable or they don't like, what would be left on the shelves? Nothing. That's the scary part and the reason this subject matters.
Free people read freely.
Mechele Armstrong
I have on occasion told my children to wait to read something. They have on occasion read a book with a very serious subject and we've talked about it later. Someone else may say their child can't read that particular book when I say it's okay for my child to read it. And that's fine. We all make decisions for our own children. But when that same parent goes to the school library or the public library and tries to make it so NO child (or adult) can read that book, I have a real problem with that. Don't want your child to read something, be the parent and don't let them. But don't try and dictate what everyone else's child should be doing.
I'm not a big fan of Twilight (*gasp* I know. I've really tried to like it too), which is #10 on the 2010 list of challenged books. I know people who adore it and I know parents who let their kids read it. Just because I don't like it and I think my child should be X years old before reading it, I'm not going to remove from a library.
No one book is going to be liked or "approved" by everyone. If everyone has books removed that make them uncomfortable or they don't like, what would be left on the shelves? Nothing. That's the scary part and the reason this subject matters.
Free people read freely.
Mechele Armstrong
The most challenged books of 2010
Interestingly enough I told my oldest last year, I bet eventually the Hunger Games trilogy will make it on the list.
1) And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson;
2) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie;
3) Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley;
4) Crank, by Ellen Hopkins;
5) The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins;
6) Lush, by Natasha Friend;
7) What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones;
8) Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich;
9) Revolutionary Voices, edited by Amy Sonnie;
10) Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
From ALA
1) And Tango Makes Three, by Peter Parnell and Justin Richardson;
2) The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman Alexie;
3) Brave New World, by Aldous Huxley;
4) Crank, by Ellen Hopkins;
5) The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins;
6) Lush, by Natasha Friend;
7) What My Mother Doesn't Know, by Sonya Sones;
8) Nickel and Dimed, by Barbara Ehrenreich;
9) Revolutionary Voices, edited by Amy Sonnie;
10) Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer
From ALA
September 24, 2011
"Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just b...
"Censorship is telling a man he can't have a steak just because a baby can't chew it." -- Mark Twain
It's Banned Books week. It's a subject that matters to me...
It's Banned Books week. It's a subject that matters to me and I'll probably be blogging/updating on it all week. Celebrate by reading a book
September 22, 2011
Posted at Loose Ends on the merits of fall. http://ping.f...
Posted at Loose Ends on the merits of fall. http://ping.fm/xYbxY
September 21, 2011
Have two scenes to write today! Can't wait. Happy Wed eve...
Have two scenes to write today! Can't wait. Happy Wed everyone!
September 20, 2011
Wish it would rain instead of just being gray. Least ther...
Wish it would rain instead of just being gray. Least there was Castle last night... Off to write!
September 19, 2011
Definitely a Monday! But it still feels like fall!
Definitely a Monday! But it still feels like fall!
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