Just 34 Seconds of Your Time...Like public radio, we're ad-free, but unlike public radio, we don't want your money. However, we do want 34 seconds of your time. It's a fair trade, isn't it, all these book recommendations for less than a minute? The 10 Most "Challenged" Books of 2008a book list by Peter, the avid reader who runs Flashlight Worthy
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Each year, the American Library Association's Office for Intellectual Freedom compiles a list of the top ten books most frequently challenged as "too offensive" to appear in a public library. Below is the top ten list for 2008. 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. Note that the ALA doesn't claim comprehensiveness in recording challenges — research suggests that for each challenge reported, there are as many as four or five which go unreported. Finally, I noticed the ALA received a total of 513 challenges in 2008 — a 22% increase over 2007. Also, in 2007, a full half of the books listed reflected an undercurrent of racism in the challenges, yet this year, racism isn't cited for any of the books. It's nice to see that the close-minded people of our nation have diversified the number of issues they find offensive. ;-)
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