Thoughts of Spring....
Your trusty editors have spring fever. What can we say? After the winter we 've had, we think thoughts of spring are justified. To help get you in the mood (if that's even necessary), Bibliofile took an informal poll of people around the SIS Building. The question was What is your favorite beach reading book? And here are the answers:
Valerie Sweeney-- Gone with the Wind. "It's brain candy. Don't let the classic thing fool you."
Katie Yelinek-- Beauty By Robin McKinley, or The Mermaids Singing by Lisa Carey
Ryan Robinson-- Blue Grass Destroyed My Life by John Fakey, or Catfish and Mandela by Andrew Phan
Laurel Povazan-Scholnick-- Jaws by Peter Benchley, or The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty, or
Pet Sematary by Stephen King
Serena Haroian-- anything on Buddhist philosophy or building a Zen garden
Dan Hood-- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe by Douglas Adams
Mike Bolam-- Neuromancer by William Gibson
Elizabeth Mahoney-- mysteries
Janie Weaver-- Fair and Tender Ladies by Lee Smith, or The Rhoda Stories by Ellen Gilcrest
Sue Alman-- Harry Potter
Dr. Chris Tomer-- Anthony Trollope
Alisha Johnson-- something Patricia Cornwellish
Arlene Taylor-- Barbara Kingsolver
Karen Gracy-- Bridget Jones's Diary
Marcy Walls-- Grand Avenue by Joy Fielding
Barbara Kovacs-- light reading, magazines like People or Entertainment Weekly
Laurie Davidson-- too much glare, can't read; but if she did, she would read romance novels
Regis Griffin-- John Grisham
Kristen Baginski-- Marian Keyes
Michele Tourney-- John Adams by David McCullough
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