College Book 2012 Results

The College Book for Spring 2012 will be The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot.

Thanks to all who participated in the College Book selection for this year: those who nominated books, those who read and assessed them, those who voted, and Pati Hinck who sent out the global emails.

Here are the results of the balloting:

• Art of Racing in the Rain 19 votes
• Book Thief 18
• Half Broke Horses 11
• Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 39

The Library is acquiring and will place on 7-day Reserve six copies of Henrietta. They will be available by the beginning of Spring semester.

The following four people have won copies of Henrietta in a random drawing among those who voted for any of the four finalists. The winners are:

Freddie Ball
Sheila Hearvey
Thelma Llorens Corrao
Angelica Preciado

Diane Gustafson, Chair of the College Book Committee, will deliver the copies to the winners when the books have been received.

Between now and the beginning of Spring semester, Diane will create discussion questions, essay prompts, etc. based on Henrietta for as many disciplines as possible. If you have ideas for your discipline, contact Diane at dgustafson@swccd.edu.