Who would ever think to ban a book?

Telling me a book is banned is like telling a toddler not to touch something.  The first thing I am going to do is stick my pudgy little finger out, even if for just a second, to get even the tiniest bit closer to it. 

      Today while performing one of my favorite activities, playing around on Pinterest, I discovered a list of 40 banned books, and since "Banned Book Week" begins tomorrow I thought why not share this list with everyone.  Let's break some rules people!
     Once I looked over the list, I thought to myself "Why ban a book? What could a book possibly have done to make you hate it so much you want to prevent others from reading it?  Are you just jealous that J.K. Rowling is now a billionaire, because she created a teenage wizard?"  Then being the rebel that I am (I guess that is only funny if you know me and know that I won't even cross the street when that little red hand is up.) I counted all the books on the list that I have read throughout my lifetime.  I was shocked to find that I had only read 15 out of 40!  BUT, I am happy to say that most of those 40 were recommended to me by my dear old Mom.  Way to go, Mom!  Way to be a bad ass!
     Now I want to Google why some of these books are so horrible.  How is searching for Waldo anything other than a time consuming activity on rainy days?  Most of these books were written so that people would think.  Heaven forbid, THINKING!  I don't know about the rest of you, but I don't want to be a mindless drone.  Books were created to allow people to escape from their lives and find adventures all across time and space.  With a book you can travel back through history or discover what the world will be like 1,000 years in the future.  You can have a world wind  romance with the most amazing man in the world or start a rebellion to assert your feminism.   Books are the worlds greatest form of escapism, so check out this list.  See what trouble you can get in to!  40 Banned Books by HPB.com               

Doctor Who and Agatha Christie: A Perfect Pairing

     Recently, I have been having a Doctor Who marathon with the help of Netflix.  My little brother got me addicted and like some kind of British crack addict, I found as much Doctor Who as I could on Netflix to watch.  I googled it to find out more information about the series, it's actors and it's writers.  I became a Whovian.
     Now most of the time I am sitting in my bed, eyes glued to the television too scared to move from that one spot, but the other day I came upon the most amazing episode ever!  The Doctor and his companion, Donna, travel back in time and get to meet Agatha Christie.  At first I thought, "Shucks!  Where are the scary British children?  Or the statues that have me staring at garden gnomes like they are going to rip me limb from limb?"  Well, as it turns out,  Agatha Christie is more badass than all those other aliens and creatures put together! 
     Now Doctor Who has met some amazing people on his adventures, including playwright William Shakespeare, but for some reason this episode made me want to read as much Agatha Christie as I could get my greedy little pregnant hands on.  So I did what any broke book lover without a library card would do,  I went to as many Goodwill stores as I could!  I was very disappointed to only be able to find 3 of her novels on my most recent excursion.  But fear not! I will be going back to the thrift stores once a week to see if I can find anymore. 
     I have already begun reading The Mysterious Affair at Styles.  I have been having a lot of trouble sitting still with this giant belly.  Even during my Who marathons I have to move about every 15 minutes, so it might take me longer to finish these novels then it would normally.  But in any case, wish me luck as I embark on an adventure with one of the best selling authors of all time!