[trystan830]

according to goodreads there are 28 books in the Anita Blake series. i read up to 24, which was published in 2015 (looks like i skipped 23 though). there's quite a number of "between the books" books as well - theres's also a book #22.5 and #22.75 story as well!

i understand why Hamilton changed her writing style - it was in a blog post several novels after she'd first introduced the ardeur. apparently her publisher (or editor - i don't remember which) said that nice girls don't write "that stuff" (aka porn) and to dial it back. no one wants to be told what to do, no matter what it is. so she went *shrug*, created the ardeur as a plot device to explain all the porn. and that's her prerogative...but if that's not what i want to read, then i won't read it *shrug*

i have, however, read Hamilton's Merry Gentry series. sure, there's sex scenes in there, but when you have a story about the fae, and that's how they do stuff, it's expected. but Anita? not so much in my mind.

as for book banning, the conservatives and concerned parents who support book banning want to keep everyone ignorant. knowledge is a powerful weapon, and when people learn things, they're empowered. and a lot of conservatives want to keep their people ignorant so that these conservatives can stay in power. i love my library, and i let my kids read whatever they wanted. my parents let me read whatever - my dad would also read my books i read for english, and with at least one of them, he thought was aimed much older than high school reading because he asked me if i understood what i read, but i had no clue! (still don't. also never reread it...) as for music, i didn't really start listening to rock music on the radio when i was in high school, so... yeah.