This isn’t exactly a new conversation…<\/p>\n
According to KCBD, over 130 book challenges were filed as of August<\/a>, with some groups in our community arguing that certain titles contain material that is inappropriate for students.<\/p>\n Lubbock ISD maintains that it’s still following Texas law, including Senate Bill 13, which sets requirements for reviewing school library materials.<\/p>\n But who should make the final decision? I’m really not the one to answer that question.<\/p>\n I’d probably let every book ever written hang out in my own personal library.<\/p>\n But I guess parents should have a say in what their kids read. Different families have totally different boundaries, though, and that’s where things seem to get sticky.<\/p>\n One family’s boundaries shouldn’t determine what every child can check out.<\/p>\n Read More: Can Lubbock Stores Legally Refuse Your Cash?<\/a><\/p>\n I get wanting to “protect your kids” or whatever…but, honestly, my parents did ANYTHING they could to get me interested in reading. Anything.<\/p>\n Handing me a couple of questionable titles is probably actually what got me hooked on books. It wasn’t until I came across drugs, sex, and rock and roll in literature that I gave a crap about it.\u00a0Now, I’m an avid reader.<\/p>\n Sometimes, subject matter is supposed to make you uncomfortable. It’s supposed to make you ask questions. It’s supposed to make you want to keep turning the page.<\/p>\n Lubbock ISD already offers tools for parents to monitor and restrict their child’s library selections<\/a>, so why are we going down this rabbit hole again?<\/p>\n Talk to me, Lubbock. Lubbock, what do you think?<\/p>\n I want to hear from you.<\/p>\n Reach me at Chrissy.Covington@townsquaremedia.com and tell me where you’re at with this whole silly book banning nonsense, then keep scrolling for more odds and ends in the galleries below…<\/p>\n Books that Have Recently Been Challenged in School Systems Across the USAcross the country, legislators and school administrators are seeing a spike in efforts to prohibit certain materials from being available in libraries. As a result, books that explore topics such as race, gender, sexual orientation, and other social issues are being targeted. The\u00a0American Library Association<\/a>\u00a0received over 330 reports in the last year alone, containing multiple books that are being challenged all over the U.S.<\/p>\n Check out the following gallery to see some of the books that are currently in hot seats across the country.<\/p>\n Click on the below links to read an additional synopsis of each book. *As Amazon associates we earn on qualifying purchases. <\/p>\n![\"White](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793144446_19_photo-1765112879694-04d88759cb19.jpeg\")
Photo by Stephen Harlan<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>White question mark painted on concrete pavement<\/p>\n![\"A](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1793144446_249_photo-1618365908648-e71bd5716cba.jpeg\")
Photo by Shiromani Kant<\/a> on Unsplash<\/a>A large pile of various self-help and business books scattered on a surface<\/p>\n