Literary Links: March 9th Edition

The next best thing to reading an actual book.

Suit Says Sherlock Belongs to the Ages: A modern controversy over Sherlock Holmes. An update on the Doyle estate law suit.

Source: www.ala.org

Alarm over secondary school reading habits: Does it really matter what books high school students are reading, as long as they're reading? According to this study, yes, it does!

"Men's Fiction" vs. "Mommy Porn": As the popularity of books like Fifty Shades of Grey grows, a new genre is born. I smell hypocrisy and sexism...

The 11 Most Surprising Banned Books: I can almost understand about the dictionary, but Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Seriously???

The 15 Most Overrated Contemporary American Writers: Do you agree? Why or why not?