Introduction
Books & Ideas is a Flex activity which provides a
forum for the College community to discuss books and other media such as
films. Books & Ideas sessions are held twice each semester. Anyone can
suggest a book or film at one of the sessions and the group will decide
whether or not to read or view the suggested title. The only criterion
for a book is that it is available in paperback. The criterion for a
film is that it is available for rent. The titles chosen will be
announced early in the semester, providing sufficient time for faculty,
staff, students and community members to read or view 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.
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 Wao by Junot Diaz (presented by Pierre Etienne);
2:30 pm in LIBR-206.
November ?, 2009:
The Angel Maker by Stephan Brijs (presented by Jan Keller)
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:
Loving Frank
by Nancy Horan
What is the What
by Dave Eggars
The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot
Diaz
The Namesake
by Jhumpa Lahiri
American Gods
by Neil Gaiman
Wine and War
by Donald and Petie Kladstrup
Guernsey Literary and Potato
Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and
Annie Barrows
The Indian Clerk by
David Leavitt
