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Tomorrow is the start of banned book week, and each day I will be making a post highlighting one banned/challenged books. Happy reading! (literature.cafe)

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I will be pulling from the ALA as well as other sources, as well as listing reasons why it was challenged or banned if I can. I've read quite a few, and I have some thoughts.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I read Venus in Furs after I learned where the word masochism comes from, and that sent me down this path of reading a bunch of banned books to see what the big deal was. The only books I think should be banned are ones which are poorly written, but there are a lot of those.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

Great book! I also read some De Sade after Venus. He's a great author too but boy howdy, his concepts are intense.