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Virginia, it isn't always Virginia: 

Two classic American novels have been temporarily pulled from bookshelves in Accomack County Public Schools.

 

WAVY-TV reported that earlier this month, a parent filed a complaint about "To Kill a Mockingbird" and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" for their use of racial slurs.

Superintendent Chris Holland says the use of both novels in classrooms and libraries has been suspended per guidelines in the Accomack County Public Schools policy manual. A committee consisting of a principal, librarian, teacher, parent and potentially others will review the complaint and make a recommendation to the superintendent.

 

A racial slur appears 219 times in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and 48 times in "To Kill a Mockingbird."



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I think every good book I've read published before 1980 had the N word in it. The God Father, Lonesome Dove, Day of the Jackal......blah blah

Day of the Jackal and Lonesome Dove are probably some of the best books I've read. Now kids will have to waste hours of their lives reading Catcher in the Rye.

 



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Pipes doesn't like Holden Caulfield, goddamn it.

Got me to wondering how old Lonesome Dove is and learned that it's been 31 years since it was published.



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Many times when I finish a book, I'm like that was a good story. When I finished Catcher in the Rye, I was like damn so many hours I just wasted, then I angrily threw it across the room.

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Classic books are good if you read them at a certain age. When young, you don't give a rat's ass if some old fudd calls it a classic.

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J. D. Salinger stayed famous only because he never released any more works and remained reclusive. I remember reading Catcher in the Rye and laughing in the early parts of the book but, IIRC, it became repetitive and not all that great. Pipes, I don't recall ever throwing a book across the room out of disgust with it, though, but I remember slamming down a couple. Worst thing is, if I start a book, I almost always stick it out and finish it, even if it's slow going.

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I remember reading and getting closer and closer to the end thinking, man this is going to be epic. Then nothing.

I also liked the Hunger Games, the first one.

I used to read alot, but now with smart phones and LTE its all podcast and forums.

Now Netflix has "Download and Go". I'll probably never read a book again.

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I still read books but they're mostly entertainment, different series of mysteries and occasional biographies. I just finished a biography of Sam Phillips and I finally read all but the most recent Harry Bosch detective series. All the Jack Reacher books, too, as unbelievable as they get. I've got Tune In setting here, Part I of a thorough Beatles history, but haven't started yet.

Computers definitely cut into the amount of books I read, I once read a couple a week.

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