Snog, Marry, Kill: Mr. Darcy, Rhett Butler, or Holden Caulfield?

Okay, so the best ideas are borrowed…which is why I’m borrowing one from our friends over at Daemons TV They’ve started a fun game of “Would You Rather” with their favorite TV shows, and I’d like to try something similar with books. Let’s play a good ole’ fashion game of “Snog, Mary, Kill” with some of our favorite fictitious characters.
So here are your choices:

Mr. Darcy form Pride and Prejudice
Rhett Butler from Gone With The Wind
Holden Caulfield from The Catcher In The Rye
So, out of these 3 guys, who would you snog (trying to keep it PG folks), who would you marry, and who would you kill? Remember, each one has to be used only once, no exceptions. Here are my choices:
Snog: Rhett Butler (has a way with the ladies, but commitment issues)
Marry: Mr. Darcy (rich, faithful,handsome)
Kill: Holden (potty mouth, no ambition, currently lives in a mental institution)
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We Read Banned Books. Do you?

This week is Banned Books Week, the annual celebration of our freedom to read. If you are new to BBW, read my post from earlier this week for more information.
As a librarian, intellectual freedom is important to me and is something I take very seriously. Censorship may seem like an antiquated idea but books are still being banned in the US all too often. Just this month Ellen Hopkins, author of the books Crank and Glass, had a speaking engagement at an Okalahoma middle school canceled and her books pulled from the library after a parent complained. According to her blog, her books are based on her daughter’s addiction to drugs and are meant to be a cautionary tale. Librarian Sadie Mattox has written a wonderful response to this incident on her blog. Here’s an excerpt:
“The point is, by all means, guide your child’s reading. [...]

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THE CATCHER IN THE RYE Review

THE CATCHER IN THE RYE by J.D. Salinger

This story is about a young man named Holden Caulfield. He’s just been kicked out of prep school in New York and is dreading having to explain to his parents that he’s been thrown out of yet another school. Rather than going straight home he decides to spend a couple days on his own in New York, since his expulsion letter won’t reach his parents for a few days (this was before e-mail). Along the way, Holden has some adventures and basically uses the time to reflect on his life. Throughout the book we learn more about the Holden’s past and it helps us to understand his present situation.
I love this book for a million reasons, reasons that seem to keep changing as I get older. When I was a young teen I loved Catcher mostly [...]

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