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One Campus, One Book: CSUN's Freshman Common Reading Program, 2010-2011
1/15/2010 Thanks to the Selection Committee, we have a winner! Got an opinion? Share it on the Common Reading Blog.
The Freshman Common Reading Selection Committee has chosen The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time by Mark Haddon as the winning title for CSUN's 2010-2011 program. Narrated by a 15-year-old boy who is determined to solve a mysterious murder, The Curious Incident offers readers several surprises: a Sherlock Holmes-worthy plot; an inside view of autism; an unforgettable lesson in probability (highly useful in case you're selected to play Let's Make a Deal, the long-running TV game show); the opportunity to appreciate prime numbers; great writing; and characters who grapple heroically with their circumstances.
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Mark Haddon, 2003.
Suggested by:
Kiren Dosanjh-Zucker and
Andrew Belinfante
Publisher's Reading Guide
Spring 2010 book groups for CSUN faculty and staff
Discussion in this year's Selection Committee was unusually vigorous--so vigorous that we have decided to recommend that the 2010 entering freshmen also consider reading a second book on their own: The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.
The Hunger Games
Suzanne Collins, 2008.
Suggested by:
Sharron A. Kollmeyer Gerfen
Scholastic Discussion Guide
The Three Other Semifinalists
Better: A Surgeon's Notes on Performance
Atul Gawande, 2007.
Suggested by:
Amy Reynolds
Journal of Clinical Investigation
The other nominees for 2010-2011 included these books, which were not chosen....
Picking Cotton
Jennifer Thompson-Cannino, Ronald Cotton, and Erin Torneo, 2009.
Suggested by:
Kitty Nard
Mistakes Were Made (But Not by Me)...
Carol Tavris and Elliot Aronson, 2008.
Suggested by:
Melanie Williams
These addtional books were also nominees not chosen for 2010-2011....
The Geography of Bliss
Eric Weiner, 2008.
Suggested by:
Ronit Sarig
And finally, these books, which conclude the list of titles nominated but not chosen for 2010-2011.
