pickWanted to read a banned book, & I can see why this would be challenged by some horrified parent afraid their teen might get ideas. 🙄 Mostly memoir/part guidebook for teenagers about growing up & finding their identity & belonging as a LGBTQIA+ person. A couple of sex scenes from the author‘s first experiences. An interesting book, Johnson has good stories to tell.
Library haul! I borrowed All Boys & Rock, Paper, Scissors. The rest came from their book nook. 😍
pickRead this one because it‘s the most challenged book in the states. George shines a bright light on the lack of sex education for queer youth which underscores the absolute need for this book to be available in libraries. Hiding information from children and teens only puts them at risk.
#MarchWrapUp
#StoryGraph
This was a wild month. I read more books than there were days in the month (just). I read A LOT of good books, but also a fair share of meh books. Talk about an adventure.
pickSuch a beautiful soul!
This is such an emotional rollercoaster. It was beautiful and heartbreaking, but also funny in places. I seriously wish we could stop policing children and labelling it “class disruption.” Children being themselves is not a disruption. It is honest. Maybe oddly, I‘m angry. I‘m so angry for this amazing human being, I‘m angry for other people living it right now, who are left with zero information about themselves and reality
This has been in my library since 2020. It‘s time to actually read it already.
#GeorgeMJohnson #AllBoysArentBlue #audiobook #readbytheauthor
Feeling slumpy so calling it for March. Full of #banned dystopian paperbacks and LGBTQIA+ ebooks to cheer me up.
Edit: +1 Finished The Handmaid‘s Tale late last night/early this morning.
pickI think this should be not be banned, but accessible in schools, libraries, youth clubs… Johnson provides a thoughtful and personal account of gradually realizing that he is a gay man in a culture where he had no concept this was possible. It shares both his inner struggles and his relationships with his peers and family as he comes out, with varying levels of acceptance. The audio is a bit stiff at times, however.
#Nonfiction2024 #AllBoys
#Nonfiction2024 wrapup: thanks to Riveted_Reader_Melissa for organizing this! Not a full board, but lots of good reads and interesting ways of finding them.
