I liked today’s Unshelved.  Seems a good topic choice for a strip to kick off  Banned Books Week I’m really looking forward to this weeks Unshelved strips.  If you like Unshelved, I’d recommend signing up for e-mail delivery of the new strips.

I have added "The Thin Red Line" to the Other Blogs link area.   It’s run by Alan who describes himself as: "Library drone, writer, blogger and one of the oodles and oodles of bears in the Pacific Northwest."  

Homosexuality Tops Challenged Books Subject Matter The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) received a total of 546 challenges last year. A challenge is defined as a formal, written complaint, filed with a library or school, requesting that materials be removed because of content or appropriateness. "The number of challenges reflects only incidents  Read more »

Book bans continue…: NEW YORK — Not all penguin stories are equal in the public’s mind. "And Tango Makes Three," an award-winning children’s book based on a true story about two male penguins who raised a baby penguin, topped the American Library Association’s annual list of works attracting the most complaints from parents, library patrons  Read more »

Bookswim Beta opens : “Changing the Way America Reads” Could the price of books possibly have gotten any more expensive? During any given week, the average bestseller lists for more than $20. Read three of these in a month and you’re spending over $60! What you’re paying for is the right to own the book…  Read more »