Banned Books Week - September 27

[ladyiapetus]

Meme stolen from akino_ame

September 24-October 1 is Banned Books Week. The 100 most frequently banned books according to the American Library Association. Each day, choose one of the books from that list that you've read and write a blurb on your thoughts, why you liked it or disliked it. Warning, there will be spoilers for any given book.

Even though I've come in about halfway through the week, I thought I'd give it a whirl. Maybe I'll play catch-up at the end of the week; who knows. Today's book of choice is The Headless Cupid by Zilpha Keatley Snyder. A boy named David and his three younger siblings have to adjust to having their new stepsister, Amanda, around for the summer. The kids bond through Amanda's interest in the occult and the unexplainable events happening around the house. In the end it turns out that the poltergiest activity was all a hoax perpurtrated by Amanda, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the house isn't haunted...

I used to own this book, and it was one of my favorites given my fascination with all things ghostly and haunted. One of the things I loved about it (other than the poltergiest activity) was that despite their misgivings, David and Amanda forged some sort of bond with each other. Unfortunately I never read any of the other books that focused on David, Amanda and the younger three so I don't know how that bond further developed or if it did.

Working noon to eight tomorrow...Lord give me strength...