Here's the wicked dorky picture of yours truly that will be part of our BBW display this year:
All of those books next to me (and behind me, and on the arm of the couch) are books I've read that have been challenged in this country at some point over the last five years.
(Well, they're the ones that happened to be checked in at the time of the photo.)
Links:
Challenged and Banned Books Google Map
The ALA's Most Challenged Books of 2008 list
The ALA Banned Books Week page
Wikipedia's List of Books Banned by Governments
Cool! I'd already been mining your Books-Challenged link for titles for my display & contest.
Posted by: Jackie Parker | 25 September 2009 at 02:09 PM
Your library has a great couch.
You have great shoes.
And it's sort of DAUNTING to see all the BB's together in one spot like that. Five year's worth.
Seriously. Ridiculous.
Posted by: tanita | 25 September 2009 at 03:33 PM
I love my shoes, even though the soles are so worn that it hurts my feet to walk across gravel.
And remember, those are just the ones that were checked in and that the library owns and that I've read!
Posted by: Leila | 25 September 2009 at 03:35 PM
Awww... all those poor little banned books... at least they get some love now!
Great picture :D
Posted by: Kay | 26 September 2009 at 02:15 AM
Haha! Power in numbers! What an excellent idea for a display!
Posted by: Rachel | 26 September 2009 at 10:48 PM
I saw a bumper sticker the other day that read "reading is sexy". This photo prooves the case.
Posted by: tim | 29 September 2009 at 01:31 AM