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.

And the selection for today is A Light in the Attic by Shel Silverstein. The book is nothing more than a collection of poems written by the author. Some poems could be outright silly, like my favorite "The Mehoo with an Exactlywatt". And others, like "The Little Boy and the Old Man" are sweet and have a deeper meaning to them. But I guess we can't have kids reading poems that tell them to drop dishes on the floor so that they don't have to wash them, or to send away for brand new parents, or tell stories about little girls who actually die because they don't get ponies and then hint to kids to tell their folks that story if their parents won't by them something they won't.

And in other news, found that my library has a copy of Son of a Witch now on the shelves.

You'd better believe I grabbed that puppy.

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...