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A fight over books depicting sex and homosexuality has riled up a small Wisconsin city, cost some library board members their positions and prompted a call for a public book burning.

http://www.cbc.ca/arts/books/story/2007/10/04/sci-fi-collection.html

HARTFORD, Connecticut (AP) -- Author Madeleine L'Engle, whose novel "A Wrinkle in Time" has been enjoyed by generations of schoolchildren and adults since the 1960s, has died, her publicist said Friday. She was 88. http://www.cnn.com/2007/SHOWBIZ/books/09/07/obit.lengle.ap/index.html#cnnSTCText

Don't know if any of you have heard of this website. You can sign up and everyday they send you a bit of a book to read by email. By the end of the week, you have received 1 or 2 chapters to sample and the next week they start a new book. It's another way to maybe find a book you would like to...

Just wondering how long people wait to start a new book after finishing one. I usually start one the next day.

Hi everyone. I've been here about 3 weeks now and have posted a few things, but have not said hello yet. So, hello everyone. I've been slowly going through old posts and threads catching up on what's been going on around here. Anyways, back to work for me. See you all later.

Here is a news story I found about a used bookstore owner burning his books in a kind of protest about declining sales. Sorry if it is too long, I don't have enough posts yet, so I am not able to just put in the link. KANSAS CITY, Missouri (AP) -- Tom Wayne amassed thousands of books in...