Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre dive back into their favorite segment The Book Report! Danielle goes into one of the newest pieces of legislation against books in the United States, Texas law HB900. Deirdre goes for something lighter exploring the history of the beach read.
Sources:
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-05-15/15-most-banned-books-2022-2023
https://www.bookweb.org/news/abfe-statement-governor-abbott-signing-hb900-law-1629599
https://ncac.org/project/the-kids-right-to-read-project
https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4504#m60419
https://bookriot.com/what-makes-a-book-a-beach-read/
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/02/beach-read-summer-books-holiday-vacation
https://www.michigandaily.com/statement/beach-reads-and-the-construction-of-a-guilty-pleasure/
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/books/a-brief-history-of-summer-reading.html
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/06/02/issue.html
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1897/06/05/issue.html
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