Today is the first day of 2024’s Banned Books Week! So celebrate your freedom to read by reading a banned book to see what the challenge really is all about. Learn what is actually IN the book in question to see for yourself why is made so many people so very uncomfortable – which is what banning is REALLY all about. I could say more, but anything I might come up with has been said better elsewhere, to take just one example, Stephen King’s essay from 1992 titled “The Book-Banners: Adventure in Censorship is Stranger Than Fiction”.
I’m going to change back to our usual run of cat and bookish news, inspired by this picture of George saying, “Make it stop, make it stop right MEOW!”
The schedule for this week is more or less solid, although the order may change as I’ve already finished Graveyard Shift – which was terrific in audio. The recap of last week includes a book (The Daughters’ War) that is certainly going to be on my “Best of the Year” list for this year as well as my Hugo nominations next year. Which I can’t believe I’m already thinking about, but now that it’s really, truly fall, even if the temperature is supposed to hit 90° today, the end of the year feels like it’s coming on fast.
Speaking of fall starting and summer ending, the Summer 2024 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop ended at midnight. I may, or may not, be awake and functional at that point. If I’m not awake – which I was not – the winner announcement read TBD but it has now been filled in with the name of the actual winner!
Current Giveaways:
Falling Into Leaves Giveaway Hop
$10 Gift Card or $10 Book PLUS EVENT-WIDE AMAZON/PAYPAL PRIZE in the Early Fall Giveaway Event
Winner Announcements:
The winner of the Summer 2024 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop is Michael
Blog Recap:
Falling into Leaves Giveaway Hop
A++ #AudioBookReview The Daughters’ War by Christopher Buehlman
#BookReview: The Sullivan’s Island Supper Club by Susan M. Boyer
A- #BookReview: Haunt Sweet Home by Sarah Pinsker
A- #BookReview: The Banned Books Club by Brenda Novak
Stacking the Shelves (619)
Coming This Week:
Fall 2024 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop
Murder at King’s Crossing by Andrea Penrose (#BookReview)
Queen Macbeth by Val McDermid (#BookReview)
The Lantern of Lost Memories by Sanaka Hiiragi (#BookReview)
Graveyard Shift by M.L. Rio (#AudioBookReview)
