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Mom Returns 'Gossip Girl' Library Books After Nearly 2 Years
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Spotted: Four delinquent books finally returned. XOXO, Gossip Girl. Credit: Jacob Langston, Orlando Sentinel / MCT
The Florida-mom-turned-reading-renegade has finally returned four "Gossip Girl"-inspired books to her local library after nearly two years.
Tina Harden, who has three teenagers, says she refused to return the books because she thought they were too racy for teens and she wanted people to be made aware of her point of view through media attention, UPI reports.
"There was a certain amount of good that could come from me holding the books to make a statement, and I felt like that was achieved," Harden says. "I feel like I had done my part to help focus attention on this."
What about the $85 fine she amassed? Harden hasn't paid it, and she tells UPI she hopes the library will waive the fine.
Good luck with that. Seminole County library services manager Jane Peterson says she cannot forgive the fines, but she is glad the books have been returned, UPI reports.
Related: Mom Turns Library Scofflaw to Prevent Kids from Reading 'Gossip Girl' Series
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5-10-2010 @ 12:39PM
Lia said...Send that bill to collections! She states she can deal with collection agencies, so let her. Why people feel it is their duty to enforce their moral codes on the world always amazes me. While she was "hiding" the books in her home, I can pretty much guarantee that her daughter read every word of them when she wasn't looking.
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5-10-2010 @ 1:13PM
Vicky said...pay the fines, you fool. no one twisted your arm and forced you to keep the books.
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5-10-2010 @ 3:32PM
MikeInIndy said...What a twit. I hope the library does NOT waive the fine. If some self-righteous idiot thinks not returning books is a good idea, then she can pay for her brainstorn. What gives her the right to decide for everyone else who might want to read those books whether or not they should be allowed to have them? This is censorship, folks. She didn't ask for reconsideration. She just made sure they weren't available. This kind of stupidity does not deserve consideration. She can probably get some similarly-addled prig to pay them for her anyway.
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5-10-2010 @ 5:07PM
hallchc said...I don't see the point in insulting the woman. Yeah, she should pay the fine. She wanted to make a statement by not returning the books, and she should deal with the obvious repercussions of that.
But calling her an idiot and insulting her morals just makes you seem petty and that you can't get along with someone who subscribes to different morals than yourself.
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5-10-2010 @ 8:15PM
Anubis said...Precisely, my feelings exactly. Unfortunately, that is the only way how many members of the human race know how to act with each other.