Book Club Discussion

Thank you to everyone who joined the October 2023 discussion of this book, one of the most challenged book in the United States over the last few years. As a follow up to our discussion, here are some resources related to current book ban attempts.

PEN America is currently engaged in litigation related to book bans: Book Bans - PEN America

The American Library Association offers statistics in bans [attempts are up 20% over the last year with data through 8/31/23]: Book Ban Data | Advocacy, Legislation & Issues (ala.org)

There have been 8 ban attempts in Colorado challenging 136 different titles.

The Brooklyn Public Library has a donation effort to support persons under 18 in getting a virtual library card to access restricted titles: Books Unbanned | Brooklyn Public Library (bklynlibrary.org). They also have a podcast mini series titled "Borrowed and Banned" that "tells the story of America's ideologica…

Our July 2023 selection was Get Good With Money by Tiffany Aliche. Her website is www.thebudgetnista.com, her IG handle is @thebudgetnista . Find tools to use with the book here: https://thebudgetnista.com/ggwm-toolkit/ and consider pre-ordering her companion workbook Made Whole coming in Nov 2023.

Feel free to drop comments or questions you'd like to discuss below.

Please join us on Thursday August 5th @ 5:30pm for our discussion of the August Book Club Selection: Appealing for Justice by Susan Berry Casey.

In honor of Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage month, our selection is The Making of Asian America: A History by Erika Lee. Please join us for a discussion of this book on Thursday June 3rd @ 530pm.

Additional resources will be posted in this thread after our discussion.