Hello and welcome back to Books on the Brain. On this week's episode, Danielle and Deirdre dive back into their favorite segment The Book Report! Danielle goes into one of the newest pieces of legislation against books in the United States, Texas law HB900. Deirdre goes for something lighter exploring the history of the beach read. Sources: https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/books/story/2023-05-15/15-most-banned-books-2022-2023 https://www.bookweb.org/news/abfe-statement-governor-abbott-signing-hb900-law-1629599 https://ncac.org/project/the-kids-right-to-read-project https://www.bookbrowse.com/news/detail/index.cfm/news_item_number/3091/news/texass-new-book-sexual-rating-law-denounced https://www.shelf-awareness.com/issue.html?issue=4504#m60419 https://bookriot.com/what-makes-a-book-a-beach-read/ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/jun/02/beach-read-summer-books-holiday-vacation https://www.michigandaily.com/statement/beach-reads-and-the-construction-of-a-guilty-pleasure/ https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/books/a-brief-history-of-summer-reading.html https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/06/02/issue.html https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1897/06/05/issue.html Want your voice heard in any of these conversations? You can send us a DM or comment on our Instagram @booksonthebrainpodcast! You can also send us an email at [email protected] We upload weekly on Wednesdays, and you can find us individually Deirdre (she/her) @deirdrerosemorgan on Instagram & TikTok, Danielle (she/her) @d.j.books on Instagram

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