The Bride’s Farewell - Book Reviews

The Bride's Farewell is on the list of possible books to select for 2011 because it was a 2010 Alex Award winner. Some information:

• Alex Award Information
• Amazon information
• Information from Random House

Please post a comment to leave your review of this book and whether you think it would be a good selection for the SJSU Campus Reading program and why. Thanks.

The Help - Book Reviews

The Help is on the list of possible book selections for 2011 because of a strong recommendation by a faculty member who has been teaching frosh for many years and its placement on some best seller lists. Some additional information:

• Author's Website
• Amazon information
• New York Times review (2/09)
• Book group guide
  

Please post a comment to leave your review of this book and whether you think it would be a good selection for the SJSU Campus Reading program and why. Thanks.

The Good Soldiers - Book Reviews

The Good Soldiers is on the list of possible books to select for 2011 because it was a 2010 Alex Award winner. Some information:

• Alex Award Information
• Excerpt from Washington Post (9/10)
• Amazon description
• New York Times book review (10/09)

Please post a comment to leave your review of this book and whether you think it would be a good selection for the SJSU Campus Reading program and why. Thanks.

Possible Books for Fall 2011

While we have not yet experienced Fall 2010 and the campus reading of Sherman Alexie's Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, the Reading Program Committee is already working on the selection process for the book for 2011.

The titles we have under consideration so far:

a. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind: Creating Currents of Electricity and Hope
b. The Bride’s Farewell
c. Everything Matters!
d. The Good Soldiers
e. The Kids Are All Right: A Memoir
f. Stitches: A Memoir
g. The Help
h. What We Are by Peter Nathaniel Malae
i. Art of Racing in the Rain
j. The Girl Who Fell From the Sky by Heidi Durrow
k. Mindset by Carol S. Dweck

Most of these are from the 2010 Alex Award winner list. We are open to other books as well. Our criteria:

• less than 350 pages
• available in paperback
• not made into a movie
• something likely to be of interest to the entire campus
• a variety of discussion topics
• of some notoriety, such as a Bay Area author or an award winner or takes place in the Bay Area

If you have suggestions, please leave a comment with the title, author and why you think it would be a good selection for SJSU. Thanks.