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Littlewolf1

Speak | Laurie Halse Anderson

This month #FriendsPick and #ReadBannedBooks

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The Bluest Eye - Toni Morrison: (New Edition). | Harold Bloom

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4.4⭐️ I had book of hangover after this read. You know the expression “walking in someone else‘s shoes”, well Morrison hit that feeling out of the park. It was emotional, gritty, and heartbreaking yet beautifully told. This painting added left me with a lot of emotions, and I almost didn‘t post it. However, I think emotions are important and I feel this painting is a wonderful depiction of the emotion stirred within this book. #ReadBannedBooks

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Littlewolf1

The Giver | Lois Lowry

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4.6⭐️ let me start by saying that this was my #ReadBannedBooks for July, and it was better than I thought it was going to be. I wish it would‘ve read this one so much sooner, especially since apparently there‘s four books of the series. I mean, I‘m glad there‘s more because that ending was not enough, but dang. Also, really scary similarities to what‘s going on right now. I will be continuing this one next month.

Viola2012 What does it talk about? 2mo

Littlewolf1 @Viola2012 its a dystopian that talks about how the government took control in order to create a sense of sameness. 2mo

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Littlewolf1

The Giver | Lois Lowry

My #ReadBannedBooks and #FriendsPick for July.

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Littlewolf1

Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches | Audre Lorde

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4⭐️ please don‘t misunderstand me, because I really like this book. It was inspiring and eye-opening. But I have been emotional lately and I don‘t think I was in the right headspace to connect the way I could‘ve. I feel like I should‘ve hit pause and gone back to finish the read another time. So that‘s what I plan to do, despite the fact that I have finished it, I‘m gonna pick it up again later this year and reread it. #ReadBannedBooks for May.

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Littlewolf1

Parable of the Sower | Octavia E. Butler

Here is the #ReadBannedBooks and the #FriendsPick reads for the month of June. I have not yet read anything by Octavia Butler, but I‘m really looking forward to this read.

FashionableObserver I just finished Parable of the Sower like two minutes ago. Absolutely fantastic! Enjoy! 3mo

Littlewolf1 @FashionableObserver I‘ve heard amazing things about it. I‘m glad you enjoyed it. 3mo

BookmarkTavern This is such an amazing read! I am a little jealous of you getting to read it for the first time! 💖 3mo

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ManyWordsLater

The Five Laws of Library Science | Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan

I‘m having difficulty articulating to friends the difference because library curation and banning books.

How do you guys explain the difference?

Thanks @Riveted_Reader_Melissa for the inspo.

#unbanbooks #readbannedbooks

Riveted_Reader_Melissa @shortsarahrose Thank you for answering on my post too. 4mo

shortsarahrose Copy/paste what I put on @Riveted_Reader_Melissa post: I‘ll add, as a library worker/person with a masters in library science, collection development has more to do with building a collection that reflects a wide range of viewpoints on any given topic - even those that we may not personally agree with or that the majority of our community may not agree with. Censorship is removing or refusing to purchase items that don‘t align with a certain view. 4mo

shortsarahrose Of course, there is more that goes into collection development than that (I took a whole semester long course on it!), but I think the above gets to the heart of what librarians try to do versus what censors do. Your local library should have a collection development policy that covers why they add/remove some things and not others. 4mo

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shortsarahrose And your local librarians would probably be happy to answer questions about this, too, as long as it was coming from a place of curiosity/good faith rather than hostility. 4mo

ManyWordsLater @shortsarahrose thank you for you explanation. It certainly is coming from a place of curiosity and good faith. (edited) 4mo

shortsarahrose I figured as much from how the question was put 🥰 glad I could help. 4mo

mcctrish I would think in a nutshell they‘d have to encompass a variety of views/voices on subject matters and meet a readership demand - books might be missing but not because they were banned but because of funding or popularity (edited) 4mo

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Readerann

Blankets: An Illustrated Novel | Craig Thompson

I‘m late making my #DeweysReadathon post (it started 9 hours ago), but I thought I‘d post my stack of next-up reads while taking a little break. I also have The Wedding People and Martyr! on Kindle. The tagged book is Banned in my state (along with 16 others!) so that one is a priority. 😠
#Deweys #readbannedbooks

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Read4life

The Perks of Being a Wallflower | Stephen Chbosky

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I‘m so happy I reread this one. It is just so good. I‘ve never watched the movie. My daughter told me she hasn‘t read the book or seen the movie. We plan on reading it together this summer & watching the movie afterwards. #raisingreaders #readbannedbooks

#readyourTBR #readyourebooks #WithTheBanned #WTB25