In observance of National Library Week, members of the Huntingdon faculty, staff and student body share their recommendations for a "summer reading" list (with a few films to view).
Suggested Summer Reading
Ben Cheney (Student)
Film:
- The Lion in Winter
Margaret Kinney(Library Associate – Head of Circulation)
Film: - The Four Feathers
Amanda Jo Napier (Student)
Entertainment/Beach Reading:—
- Harry Potter series by J. K. Rowling
- Gossip Girl series by Cecily von Ziegesar
- The Devil Wears Prada by Lauren Weisberger
- Everyone Worth Knowing by Lauren Weisberger
- Chasing Harry Winston by Lauren Weisberger
- His Dark Materials trilogy by Philip Pullman
More Intellectual Pursuits:
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Sex, Drugs, & Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman
- Ariel by Sylvia Plath
Brian Smith (Chaplain):
More Intellectual Pursuits:
- The Lost Choice by Andy Andrews (historical fiction--thought provoking)
- The Traveler's Gift by Andy Andrews (historical fiction--thought provoking)
- Dinner with a Perfect Stranger by David Gregory (spiritual)
- The Practice of the Presence of God by Brother Lawrence (spiritual)
- In His Steps by Charles M. Sheldon (spiritual--thought provoking)
Jesi Dunaway (Student)
Entertainment/Beach Reading:
- The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald: (Because the heat of
summer is the perfect backdrop for the sizzling drama of this Jazz Age
novel).
More Intellectual Pursuits:
- Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver: (This book will
inspire you to take advantage of all the fresh summer produce your local
farmer's market has to offer. It will also encourage you consider what
you can do to be a good steward of Earth's resources.)
Dr. Ed Trimmer (Dean, School of Arts & Humanities):
Entertainment/Beach Reading:
- Anything by Robert B. Parker (If you like interesting dialog and a "man's man".)
More Intellectual Pursuits:
- The Great Emergence: How Christianity is Changing and Why
by Phyllis Tickle (If the worship wars, the emerging church
and changing religious attitudes in America are your interest
this is a very readable and thoughtful book on those subjects and more.)
- How To Read The Bible by Steven L. McKenzie
(A book that reminds the regular Christian that the Bible
is full of different kinds of literature and what difference
that makes in reading and understanding the Bible.)
- A History of the World in Six Glasses by Tom Standage
(Beer, Wine, Spirits, Coffee, Tea, Coke, and Water how each
have had their day and shaped the world.)
Yvonne Williams (Library Associate: Technical Services):
Film:
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Eric A. Kidwell (Director of the Library):
Entertainment/Beach Reading:
- Southen Vampire Mysteries series by Charlaine Harris
(inspiration for HBO series True Blood)
More Intellectual Pursuits:
- Ishmael by Daniel Quinn
- Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
- The Rape of Europa: The Fate of Europe’s Treasures in the Third Reich
and the Second World War by Lynn H. Nicholas
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
- Fables (comic book series) by Bill Willingham
- The Good Book by Peter Gomes
Film:
- Planet Earth series
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
- The Birds