pickA visually informative exploration of literary censorship across history. It covers a wide range of works, from ancient texts like THE ART OF LOVE by Ovid to modern controversies such as THE HATE U GIVE by Angie Thomas. This breadth ensures that readers gain perspective on how censorship has evolved over centuries. Due to its broad approach, the book often provides only brief summaries of each text‘s controversy rather than in-depth analysis.
I was tempted, except nobody but me would see them under my pant legs. 😜
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"And even though, time and time again, books had been presented to him as evil agents plotting to take over the world, and even though books had almost thrown him out of the house-not to mention biting his wife-he couldn't bear the thought of burning them. Banning them was punishment enough."
pickI‘m not usually a fan of satires, but I liked this one. Though it was a bit too close for comfort to our potential medium term future in the US. #tob25
pickThis was a read. While I am not giving it 5 paws this will stick with me for a long while. Also Poirot said it passed inspection.
pickA short book in translation about book censorship. It gets a pick from me, but I‘m glad it was short because it‘s all just been a lot lately.
I guess if all I‘m up for is books about cats solving mysteries I shouldn‘t be reading #TOB short list titles 😂
On to George!
The alternative is resistance, but you‘re too busy reading novels.
