More Summer Reading

June 17, 2011

Recently, faculty and staff members at the College sent in their summer reading recommendations. A previous story highlighted 12 of those suggestions but for more reading ideas, check out the full list of recommendations we received below.

South of Broad by Pat Conroy
-Tim Lawlor, Assistant Vice President for Advancement

The Innocent by Harlan Coben
-Kathy Fedorchuk, Administrative Assistant for Facilities Management

Secrets of Eden by Chris Bohjalian
- Mary Garland, Accounts Payable Coordinator

Someone to Watch Over Me by Judith McNaught
Fly Away Home by Jennifer Weiner
-Gabriela Roias, Facilities Management

Eat, Pray, Love by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Janet Carpenter, Systems Analyst

The Dead and the Gone by Susan Beth Pfeffer
- Shelley Leahy, Associate Director Academic Services

Why Mahler? How One Man and Ten Symphonies Changed the World by Norman Lebrecht
The Jesuit Guide to (Almost) Everything: A Spirituality for Real Life by Martin, SJ
-Rick Gribble, C.S.C., Associate Professor of Religious Studies

The Panic Virus- A True Story of Medicine, Science, and Fear by Seth Mnookin
-Sheila Barry, Medical Science Coordinator

The Emperor of All Maladies: A Biography of Cancer by Siddhartha Mukherjee
-Steve Muzrall, Special Gifts Officer

The Way Life Should Be by Christina Kline
-Joyce Vacchi, Library Circulation Assistant

The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo
The Girl Who Played With Fire
The Girl Who Played With The Hornet's Nest by Stieg Larsson
Full Dark, No Stars by Stephen King
-Katherine Giovanni, Campus Police Administrative Coordinator

Pillars of the Earth by Ken Follett
-Terri Mackey, Information Technology

Wesley the Owl by Stacey O'Brien
Into Thin Air by John Krakauer
-Susan Viera, Director of Space Planning and Design

Guns of August by Barbara Tuchman
-Douglas Smith, Director of Development

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond
-William Ewell, Assistant Professor of Political Science

A Last Resort by Mark Okrant
-Kim Cordeiro, Administrative Assist of Operations

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
-Lisa Conroy, Assistant Director of Human Resources

Guyland by Michael Kimmel
-Beth Devonshire, Director of Community Standards

The Help by Kathryn Stockett
-Shelly Morris, Head Field Hockey Coach

A Fine Balance by Rohinton Mistry
This Blinding Absence of Light by Tahar Ben Jelloun
The Storyteller by Mario Vargas Llosa
-David Sander, Assistant Professor of Religious Studies

Save Me by Lisa Scottoline
-Julie Murteira, Scheduling Assistant, Registrar's Office

Joy for Beginners by Erica Bauermeister
-Andrea Rounds, MacPhaidin Library

All that is Bitter and Sweet by Ashley Judd
-Patricia Leavy, Associate Professor of Sociology

In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick
- Kelly Treseler, Residence Director

The Rise of Theodore Roosevelt by Edmund Morris
-Ed Jacoubs, Instructor

The Story of Beautiful Girl by Rachel Simon
Townie: A Memoir by Andre Dubis III
Still Alice by Lisa Genova
Left Neglected by Lisa Genova
Stash by David Klein
Rescue by Anita Shreve
Body Surfing by Anita Shreve
House Rules by Jodi Picoult
The Darkest Child by Delores Phillips
- Terry Asci, Lead Teacher

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