Campus Read 2017 Activities

We have lots of ideas inspired by the Spring 2017 Campus Read book, Ready Player One by Ernest Cline. Tentative plans include:

• Retro Gaming Night
• Create a Game Contest (computer games, board games, or otherwise)
• Gaming through the Decades (dress as your favorite gaming character)
• Panel Discussion: Why I Game
• Cast the Movie (film adaptation directed by Steven Spielberg; release date: March 30, 2018)
• Movie Nights featuring Gaming-themed Films
• Campus Read Essay Contest (Scholarship Prize)

If you have ideas or want to be part of the "Why I Game" panel, let us know!

 

Marlene Anderson & Kim Crowley, Campus Read Co-chairs
bsccampusread@hotmail.com

 

 

Campus Read 2017

Announcing the Spring 2017 Campus Read ...

"In the year 2044, reality is an ugly place. The only time teenage Wade Watts really feels alive is when he's jacked into the virtual utopia known as the Oasis. Wade's devoted his life to studying the puzzles hidden within this world's digital confines -- puzzles that are based on their creator's obsession with the pop culture of decades past and that promise massive power and fortune to whoever can unlock them. But when Wade stumbles upon the first clue, he finds himself beset by players willing to kill to take this ultimate prize. The race is on, and if Wade's going to survive, he'll have to win -- and confront the real world he's always been so desperate to escape." -- Back cover

Campus Read Finalists

We will make a decision soon. Watch this space for the announcement!

Another Campus Read 2016-17 Finalist

BSC Library KF 373 .S74 A3 2015

We added one more book to the list of Campus Read 2016-17 finalists ...

Just Mercy: a Story of Justice and Redemption by Bryan Stevenson

               Read more about it ...

Campus Read Finalists

Help us choose the next Campus Read book! All are available at your BSC Library.

Campus Read Update

We're flipping things around for 2016-17!  Campus Read will be a Spring 2017 focus instead of something we do during fall semester.

Six books are being considered for the 2016-17 Campus Read and committee members are busy reading.  The selection will be announced in late September or early October. YOU are invited to read these books, too, and let us know what you think.

Title	Author	BSC Library Location
Blind Your Ponies	West, Stanley Gordon	PS 3573 .E8255 B58 2001
The Ogallala Road: a Story of Love, Family, and the Fight to Keep the Great Plains from Running Dry	Bair, Julene	S 589.757 .K2 B35 2015
Ready Player One	Cline, Ernest	PS 3603 .L548 R43 2011b; also in EBSCO ebook collection
Redeployment	Klay, Phil	PS 3611 .L4423 A6 2014
Stiff: the Curious Lives of Human Cadavers	Roach, Mary	R 853 .H8 R635 2003; also in Beyond Library Walls ebook collection
The Walk Across North Dakota	Bold, Jeremy, Gwendolyn Hoberg, Richard Hoberg, and Bruce Ringstrom	F 641 .A2 B65 2016

Essay Contest Winner

We are pleased to announce that Jessica Schmeichel submitted the winning essay for the Campus Read essay contest. 

Congratulations, Jessica!