Stumble Upon brought me to this today, and for once I am astounded in a very good way at something on Yahoo! Answers. Man, I wish I were that cool during high school (granted I don't think my school banned any books, but they did censor our plays. Dicks). What a badass.
"If you don't like it, don't look at it ... " Just a few words from a woman who tirelessly fought against book bans, censorship on the Internet, and protecting access to information in the library.../ / www. nytimes. com/ 2009/ 04/ 15/ us/ 15krug.html?hpw (check out the last paragraph of this obituary)
"glitch" further explained as "translation error" by a tech at Amazon France. still doesn't explain a few issues, or Amazon's bad handling of the event, but could be a possibly excusable error. again, go see lilithsaintcrow 's journal for more information.
some of you may have heard about this. some of you may not. i didn't have a clue until tonight when i finally came back to my computer after a weekend at a con. in any case, the short story is that Amazon...this along. and tagging a few books. if nothing else, it will help Amazon figure out which books need to be rescued. and give people something to find them through until all the crap is sorted out.
Banned Books Week this year is September 26th to October 3rd - a little way off, sure. However, banned books always need love, and what would a book meme collection be without this list? I'll be sure to...Robert Peck #109 Ox-Bow Incident by Walter Van Tilburg Clark #110 Flowers for Algernon by Daniel Keyes The whole list won't fit in comments, so feel free to repost or take it to your own journals
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer Mark Twain The World’s Best Reading 1990 Some books are timeless in their appeal. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer is one of those books. Mark Twain gives us a true vision...about being a child. Read it aloud to your eight year old, they will love it. While Tom appears to be about 11 or 12 years old, I think that both preteens and teens will enjoy this book. 4 1/2 stars.
*Bliss* I'm not hungry. For the first time in three months, I'm not hungry. It is the best feeling ever . I'm serious - you know how when you've been out hiking all day in the cold, and you come...is that some animals get nachos and some don't, because to get nachos, you have to be able to hold them to dip them in the cheese dip. What can I say? We were drinking heavily at the time.)
And the winner of the Bliss shirt is...someone! Yaaaay! +mad applause for someone+ But really, why rush to the good part, especially when I have so much to say? Like: --it is cool to have an on-line...spit me out, you somewhat disgusting writer-person!" give me your snail mail addy (if yer a youngen, make sure it's cool with your parents first), and i'll mail you a shirt!!!!! congrats, sweetie
Remember the parable of Jesus and the Crossed-Out Myracle ? Well, I've got a new chapter for you. I went to Austin to do an exclusive interview with NBC...and confused eye-blinking ensued...to this entry by Sunday, November 30th, if you want to play. I'll put everyone's name in a bag (or something...maybe a turkey carcass?), and one randomly-picked contestant will win a BLISS shirt
A re-post from Banned Books Week: When a patron in Colorado filed a challenge against Uncle Bobby's Wedding last summer, library director Jamie LaRue responded with a letter that was hailed by the library...the upcoming Wimpy Kid movie . As she points out, the article includes some background about the books, too, including the fact that author Jeff Kinney originally intended them for an adult audience
