Introduction

Books & Ideas is a Flex activity which provides a forum for the College community to discuss books (both fiction and non-fiction). Books & Ideas sessions are held six times a year (twice in Spring and Fall Semester and once in Winter Session and Summer Session). Anyone can suggest a book at one of the sessions and the group will decide whether or not to read the suggested title. The titles chosen will be announced early in the semester, providing sufficient time for faculty, staff, students and community members to read the selections. The person who selected the title will give a brief critique and then lead a discussion. Contact Leslie Bretall at leslie.bretall@canyons.edu for more information about Books and Ideas, or to suggest a book.

2011-2012:

July 6 2011: The Cloud Atlas by David Mitchell (presented by Jan Keller), 2:30pm in LIBR-206.

October 4, 2011: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (presented by Lisa Malley); 2:30pm in LIBR-206.

November 29, 2011: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls (presented by Brad Reynolds and Sherrill Pennington); 2:30pm in LIBR-206

2010-2011:

July 7, 2010: Wine and War by Don and Petie Kladstrup (presented by Diane Ayres); noon at Mimi's Cafe

September 29, 2010: Zeitoun by Dave Eggers (presented by Alene Terzian); 2:30 pm in LIBR-206

November 9, 2010: Anthill by Edward O. Wilson (presented by Lisa Malley): 2:30pm in LIBR-206

February 1, 2011: Naming Infinity by Loren Graham and Jean-Michel Kantor (presented by Dennis Morrow and Bob Patenaude); 2:30pm in LIBR-206

March 15, 2011: The Sea by John Banville (presented by Jan Keller); 2:30pm in LIBR-206

May 4, 2011: Cutting for Stone by Abraham Verghese (presented by Diane Ayres); 2:30pm in LIBR-206

2009-2010:

July 15, 2009: Five Quarters of the Orange by Joanne Harris (presented by Diane Ayres and Lea Templer); 2:30 pm in LIBR-206.

September 30, 2009: The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Waoby Junot Diaz (presented by Pierre Etienne); 2:30 pm in LIBR-206.

November 3, 2009: The Angel Maker by Stephan Brijs (presented by Jan Keller)

January 20, 2010: The People of the Book by Geraldine Brooks (presented by Lea Templer)

March 9, 2010: Loving Frank by Nancy Horan (presented by Diane Ayres)

April 21, 2010: The Women by T.C. Boyle (presented by Sherrill Pennington)

2008-2009:

July 1, 2008: Valis by Philip K. Dick (presented by Ron Karlin)

October 21, 2008: The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini (presented by Susan Cooper and Diane Ayres). The Kite Runner is the College of the Canyons' Book of the Year.

December 3 2008: The Last Lecture by Randy Pausch (presented by Anne Marenco).

January 29, 2009: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (presented by Susan Cooper and Diane Ayres).

March 11, 2009: The Elegance of the Hedgehog by Muriel Barbery (presented by Jan Keller).

April 29, 2009: The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova (presented by Sherrill Pennington).

Past Selections:

2007/08: Suite Francaise, Everything Bad is Good for You, March, A Doll's House, The Widow of the South, and The Triple Bottom LIne.

2006/2007: Ask the Dust, My Sister's Keeper, Saturday, The Plague, and the Tender Bar.

2005/2006: Disgrace, Galileo's Daughter, Pale Fire, Reefer Madness, and Zorro.

Reading Suggestions from the Campus Community:

The Sea by John Banville

The Art of Racing in the Rain by Garth Stein

Anthill by Edward O. Wilson

The Solitude of Prime Numbers by Paolo Giordano

The Namesake by Jhumpa Lahiri

Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows

The Indian Clerk by David Leavitt

What is the What? by Dave Eggers

Night Villa by Carol Goodman

The Immortal Life of Henrietta Sacks by Rebecca Skloot