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Banned Books Week: Judith Krug – Library Advocate

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 29, 2020 | OpEd

Judith Krug (from Wikipedia) was an American librarian, supporter of freedom of speech, and prominent critic of censorship. Krug became Director of the Office for Intellectual Freedom at the American Library Association in 1967. In 1969, she joined the Freedom to Read...

Banned Books Week: Why does it matter?

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 28, 2020 | OpEd

Why should you be interested in keeping ALL books on the shelves? Because we need to protect the freedom to read whatever we want; and, that includes explicit, suggestive, disgusting, violent, and everything else under the sun of which writing consists. You are not...

Banned Books Week: Are Challenges really still happening?

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 27, 2020 | OpEd

Yes, it’s still happening Ruth Graham wrote a column in Slate magazine titled “Banned Books Week is a Crock”, with the subtitle, “That’s good news! No one bans books anymore. We won!” Unfortunately, this kind of ignorant statement can be...

Into the Water by Paula Hawkins

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 12, 2020 | Book Review, Crime/Mystery/Thriller

Summary: A single mother turns up dead at the bottom of the river that runs through town. Earlier in the summer, a vulnerable teenage girl met the same fate. They are not the first women lost to these dark waters, but their deaths disturb the river and its history,...

The Christmas Train by David Baldacci

by Bubbly Bibbly | Sep 9, 2020 | Book Review, Holidays

Summary: Disillusioned journalist Tom Langdon must get from Washington to L.A. in time for Christmas. Forced to take the train across the country because of a slight “misunderstanding” at airport security, he begins a journey of self-discovery and rude...