Olivia's Banned Books Library (Olivia's BBL)

  "We hasten to alienate the very fates we intend to woo." "Nowadays you have to be a scientist if you want to be a killer." "I am sufficiently proud of my knowing something to be modest about my not knowing all." "My American sweet immortal dead love; for she is dead and immortal if you are reading this." Hello to whomever I decided to share with blog with! Welcome to the first entry. I have been itching to read Lolita for quite some time and am very happy I finally got the chance. Now I know it sounds weird - any time I told someone I was reading Lolita I was hit with a very wary "okay.... why?" This is obviously because Lolita is widely known for its pedophilic story. I wanted to read it because the book has created two different cultures - an eating disorder culture amongst young girls online, and, unsurprisingly, a culture of a bunch of men looking for their own "nymphets."  Both of these cultures are terrible, both of ...