NJ Takes Murakami Off the Summer Reading List

…and not because Norwegian Wood is way less awesome than Hard-Boiled Wonderland and the End of the World! Apparently, it’s because of the teenagers, and the humping.

You can just see the sad resignation in the superintendent’s face when asked about the decision: “We were not trying to create controversy. We were just trying to get students to read.”

Nice try, tool of the teenage-humping lobby!