What We're Reading: Righteous

Submitted by 麻豆影视 Library on
Title: Righteous Author: Joe Ide Genre: mystery Why did you choose to read this book? I enjoyed reading the first book in this series, IQ . What did you like about it? Like IQ , this is a fast-paced detective story featuring Isaiah Quintabe (鈥淚Q鈥), a self-made private investigator in Los Angeles. IQ uses a combination of reasoning, cunning, surveillance and lock-picking skills and Krav Maga in his pursuit of justice. Several characters return from Ide鈥檚 debut novel in this sequel. When IQ

Library Year in Review

Submitted by 麻豆影视 Library on
The 麻豆影视 Library accomplished a lot this year! We held 72 class instruction sessions in the library to teach 1221 students about information literacy, citations, and how to use our resources. Between the big windows and the stands on the lower level we put up 31 themed displays. Nine hundred and forty-seven new books and DVDs were added to our collection, and that doesn't even include donations from a variety of generous individuals. In cooperation with NC LIVE, we've added 59 new

What We're Reading: Monstress (Vol. 1 & 2)

Submitted by 麻豆影视 Library on
[gallery type="square" link="none" columns="2" size="full" ids="4267,4268"] This series was read by Meredith Lewis, Orange County Campus Librarian. Genre: Graphic Novel/Comic Book #ReadGreatThings2018 Category: A book that contains a supernatural creature [loads], occurrence [more than one], or event [very much yes] Find out more about the Read Great Things Challenge here. Why did you choose to read this book? I picked up Monstress Vol. 1 a year or so ago in an effort to check out some new

What We're Reading: Educated

Submitted by 麻豆影视 Library on
[caption id="attachment_4237" align="aligncenter" width="315"] Available at the Main Campus Library on the New Book Shelf (CT 3262 .I2 W47 2018)[/caption] Educated by Tara Westover was read by Susan Baker, a Reference Librarian at the Main Campus, and Meredith Lewis, the Orange County Campus Librarian. Genre: Memoir #ReadGreatThings2018 Category: A biography, autobiography, memoir, or a fictionalized account of a real person鈥檚 life AND A book you chose for the cover [seriously, look at those

#ReadGreatThings2018: Summer Reading Time!

Submitted by 麻豆影视 Library on
With the spring semester over and done*, summer reading is upon us! Looking for some light structure to your summer reading? Why not try the 麻豆影视 Library's Read Great Things Challenge? What is the Read Great Things Challenge? The Read Great Things Challenge is a reading challenge sponsored by the 麻豆影视 Library throughout 2018 that encourages folks to diversify or increase their reading goals by completing books that fit into at least 10 of the following 12 categories: A book being

What We're Reading: Woolly

Submitted by 麻豆影视 Library on
[caption id="attachment_4188" align="aligncenter" width="199"] Available at the OCC Library on new books shelf (QE 882 .P8 M49 2017)[/caption] This book was read by Meredith Lewis, the Orange County Campus librarian. Genre: Narrative Scientific Nonfiction [the author is telling a true story, but re-creates some of the dialogue and events as though he were there] #ReadGreatThings2018 Categor(ies): A popular science book Find out more about the Read Great Things Challenge here. What is this book

What We're Reading: IQ

Submitted by 麻豆影视 Library on
Title: IQ Author: Joe Ide Genres: mystery, street lit Why did you choose to read this book? I heard an interview with the author on public radio several months ago. He sounded interesting. I hadn鈥檛 read any detective fiction in a while. What did you like about it? IQ is a quick, easy read: fast-paced and entertaining throughout. The character Isaiah 鈥淚Q鈥 Quintabe is well developed: IQ is goal-oriented, intends to lead a life helping people and is dealing with the loss of a loved one. He applies

Library hosts third annual Student Art Exhibition

Submitted by 麻豆影视 Library on
The library is thrilled to be hosting our third annual Student Art Exhibition. Come see the amazing art by our extremely talented Associate in Fine Arts students. Drawings, paintings, watercolors, and sculpture are all featured. The art will be on display through May 4th. Enjoy photos of some of the art works in the exhibition here. [gallery type="slideshow" size="large" ids="4216,4215,4214,4213,4212,4211,4210,4209,4207,4206,4205,4204,4203,4202,4201,4198,4200" orderby="rand"] For more

What We're Reading: The Three-Body Problem

Submitted by 麻豆影视 Library on
Title: The Three-Body Problem Author: Cixin Liu Genre: science fiction Why did you choose to read this book? I am participating in Book Riot鈥檚 2018 Read Harder Challenge. Having read The Three-Body Problem allows me to check off the category 鈥淎 book of genre fiction in translation.鈥 Also, the book has been on display on the Special Collections area of the main campus library and I鈥檝e walked by it many times. The cover jumped out at me; this qualifies it for the library's Read Great Things