Library Book Club
In February, 2008 the University Library launched a book club for the Regent/CBN community. The goal of the Book Club is to be a resource that will bring readers together and encourage reading for enrichment and pleasure. Our reading list includes classics of western literature as well as non-western masterworks that support the Quality-Enhancement Plan on global competence. We read one book each month and then meet to discuss it with the aid of book-appropriate refreshments.
Current Book Club Selections
| Month | Author | Title |
| January – February | Pearl Buck | The Good Earth Discussion: Thursday, February 21, 12PM, Library Conference Room |
| March | Willa Cather | My Antonia Discussion: Friday, March 15, 12PM, Library Conference Room |
| April | Sholem Aleichem | Tevya the Dairyman Discussion: Friday, April 19, 1PM, Library Conference Room (guest moderator: Rabbi Israel Zoberman) |
| May | Rebecca Skloot | The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks Discussion: Friday, May 31, 12PM, Library Conference Room |
| June - July | Barbara Kingsolver | The Poisonwood Bible |
For more information about the Library Book Club, including meeting times and our online discussion forum on LibraryThing, contact Harold Henkel at 757-352-4198 or harohen@regent.edu.
In addition to meeting on campus, we also have our own private group on LibraryThing where we can discuss Book Club selections or anything else members are reading. LibraryThing is an amazing site that allows you to create an online catalog (complete with book jacket photos) of your personal collection and then compare it against other collections to find like-minded readers. We hope that Book Club members will find LibraryThing to be a valuable resource beyond its function as a platform for our online discussions. Please contact Harold Henkel to become a member of the Regent Readers group. (For more information on LibraryThing, check out the Wikipedia article).
Past Book Club Selections
| Month | Author | Title |
| 2008 | ||
| February | Khaled Hosseini | The Kite Runner (inaugural Book Club selection) |
| March | Jane Austen | Pride and Prejudice |
| April | David McCullough | 1776 |
| May/June | C.S. Lewis | The Chronicles of Narnia |
| July | Mark Twain | The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn |
| August | Khaled Hosseini | A Thousand Splendid Suns |
| September | Barack Obama |
Dreams from My Father Faith of My Fathers |
| October | Daphne du Maurier | Rebecca |
| November | Wendell Berry | Fidelity: Five Stories |
| December | Charles Dickens | A Christmas Carol |
| 2009 | ||
| January | Leo Tolstoy | The Death of Ivan Ilych (official Big Read selection) |
| February | Edith Wharton | The Age of Innocence |
| March | Jane Austen | Persuasion |
| April | Jorge Luis Borges | Ficciones |
| May | Chaim Potok | My Name is Asher Lev |
| June/July | Charlotte Bronte | Jane Eyre |
| August | Azar Nafisi | Reading Lolita in Tehran |
| September | Jane Austen | Northanger Abbey |
| October | Chinua Achebe | Things Fall Apart (guest moderator: Dr. Bramwell Osula) |
| November/December | Nicolai Gogol | The Night before Christmas |
| 2010 | ||
| January | Amos Oz | The Amos Oz Reader (guest moderator: Rabbi Israel Zoberman) |
| February | William Shakespeare | Romeo and Juliet (guest moderator: Dr. Carlos Campo) |
| March | Chaim Potok | The Gift of Asher Lev |
| April | Steven Galloway | The Cellist of Sarajevo |
| May-July | Charles Dickens | Great Expectations |
| August | Anonymous | Tales from the Thousand and One Nights |
| October | Velma Wallace | Two Old Women (guest moderator: Dot Dalton) |
| November | Chinua Achebe | No Longer at Ease (guest moderator: Dr. Bramwell Osula) |
| December | Thomas Merton | Life and Holiness (guest moderator: Dr. Corné Bekker) |
| 2011 | ||
| January | Elie Wiesel | Night (Winter Common Read) |
| February | Sandra Cisneros | The House on Mango Street |
| March | Marilynne Robinson | Gilead |
| April | S.Y. Agnon | In the Heart of the Seas (guest moderator: Rabbi Israel Zoberman) |
| May/June | Jane Austen | Emma |
| July | Booker T. Mattison | Snitch (Video of Mattison during the National Library Week book launch here in the Library on April 12, 2011) |
| October | Alan Paton | Cry the Beloved Country |
| November | Georges Bernanos | The Diary of a Country Priest |
| December | Gabrielle Hamilton | Blood, Bones & Butter |
| 2012 | February | Desmond Tutu | No Future Without Forgiveness |
| March | Henri Nouwen | In the Name of Jesus: Reflections on Christian Leadership |
| April | David Grossman | Lion’s Honey: The Myth of Samson |
| May | Jane Austen | Sense and Sensibility |
| June - July | Kathryn Stockett | The Help |
| August – September | Jane Austen | Mansfield Park |
| October | William Shakespeare | The Tempest |
| November – December | James Joyce | Dubliners |
| November – December | John Huston, director | The Dead |
