Maeve
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When I was a kid, I would ride my bike into town every Saturday and go to the library. I spent hours there & then would get a slice of pizza and a soda, browse the shops, get candy and ride my bike home with my treasures. I can't imagine anyone trying to tell me what books I can and cannot read.
08:01 PM - Feb 18, 2023
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Thee NW F#@&ing Magpie
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In response to Maeve.
When I would check out books, my mother had only 1 rule: if I didn't understand something, I was to come and ask her. I rarely didn't understand what I was reading, and she trusted me. If she got a list of books I wasn't allowed to read, she would've bought them for me!
08:04 PM - Feb 18, 2023
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Susan Vavrick
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In response to Thee NW F#@&ing Magpie.
My mom would have done the same. And she never once told me I couldn’t read something.

That said, she might not have been quite as easygoing if she’d ever known what I read at the next door neighbor’s when I was baby-sitting LOL
08:11 PM - Feb 18, 2023
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Thee NW F#@&ing Magpie
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Out of curiosity, what was it?

A neighbor once lent me "The Children of Ham" by Claude Brown. But she balked at lending me, "I, Claudius" and "Claudius the God." Compared to "The Children of Ham," those books were elementary school readers. I got an education from all 3, though.
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08:24 PM - Feb 18, 2023
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