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The SCC Book Corner is a reading group dedicated to reading fiction and nonfiction works.

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The Best of the Millennium

The Millions selected fifty-six people for a special panel. Each panelist could name up to five books available in English with a publication date no earlier than January 1, 2000. Books were ranked according to number of votes received. The SCC Libraries have a few of these books available for you to check out and enjoy.

#16. Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides PS3555.64 M53 2003

#11. The Brief, Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz          PS3554.I259 375 2008

 #2. The Known World by Edward P. Jones PS3560 .04813 K58 2003

#1. The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen PS3556. R352 C67 2002B

Do you agree or disagree?

I ask you, what are the best books of fiction of the millennium, so far?

www.themillions.com

January’s Booklist @ SCC Library

Stop by the SCC Libraries and explore the Popular Fiction Collection.

Romance Fiction

Author:                                        Title:

Danielle Steel                               Coming Out

Robert James Waller                    Slow Waltz in Cedar Bend

           

Mystery Fiction

            Author:                                        Title:

            Janet Evanovich                            One for the Money 

            Chester Himes                              A Rage in Harlem

            Sparkle Hayter                              Nice Girls Finish Last

 

Fantasy/Science Fiction

            Author:                                        Title:

            M. T. Anderson                             Feed  

            Lois Lowry                                    The Giver

            Terry Brooks                                 Running with the Demon

           

African American Fiction   

           Author:                                         Title:              

           Jacqueline Woodson                      Feathers

            Walter Mosley                              47

            Dori Sanders                                 Clover

            Angela Johnson                            Toning the Sweep

            Nikki Grimes                                 The Road to Paris


 

Religious Fiction

            Author:                                        Title:

            Fred Chappell                               I am One of You Forever

            Lynne Hinton                                Friendship Cake

            Francine Rivers                             Unveiled

Kick 2009 Off Right

New Year’s Resolution is a commitment that an

individual makes to a project or the reforming of

a habit, often a lifestyle change that is generally

interpreted as advantageous.  The most popular

goals are listed below:

  1. Lose Weight
  2. Pay Off Debt(s)
  3. Save Money
  4. Get a Better Job
  5. Get Fit
  6. Eat Right
  7. Get a Better Education
  8. Drink Less Alcohol
  9. Quit Smoking
  10. Reduce Stress Overall
  11. Reduce Stress at Work
  12. Take a Trip
  13. Volunteer to Help Other
  14. Love their sprouse

The SCC Libraries have the right books to kick 2009 off right.

Lose Weight and Get Fit

Fitness and Exercise Sourcebook by Amy Sutton

GV436. F53 2007

Nutrition and Fitness: Lifestyle Choices for Wellness

by Dorothy West  RA784. W48 2000

Fitness Walking for Dummies by Liz Neporent

RA781.65 .N46 2000

Pay Off Debt(s) and Save Money

Personal Finance by Jeff Madura

HG179. M252 2001

Pay Yourself First: the African American Guide

to Financial Success and Security by Jesse Brown

HG179. B76 2001

Rich Dad, Poor Dad: What the Rich Teach Their Kids

About Money — That the Poor and Middle Class

Do Not! by Robert Klyosaki

HF5386. K62 2000

Get a Better Job and Get a Better

Education

The Right Job, Right Now: the Complete Toolki

for Finding Your Perfect Career by Susan Strayer

HF5381. S883 2007

Career Wisdom for College Students: Insights You

Won’t Get in Class, on the Internet, or From Your

Parents by Peter Vogt

HF5381. V58 2007

300 Best Jobs Without a Four-Year Degree

by Michael Farr HF5381. F4562 2006

Eat Right

Get a Healthy Weight for Your Child: a Parent’s

Guide to Better Eating and Exercise by Brian McCrindle

RJ399. C6 M425 2005

Techniques of Healthy Cooking by Culinary

Institute of America  TX820. T384 2008

Drink Less Alcohol

Drinking Behavior: Oral Stimulation, Reinforecemnt,

and Preference by J Weijnen QP150. D74

Controlling Your Drinking: Tools to Make Moderation

Work for You by William Miller

HV5278. M55 2005

Quit Smoking

The Tobacco Dependence Treatment Handbook:

a Guide to Best Practces by David Abrams

RC567. T634 2003

How  to Help Your Patients Stop Smoking: a

National Cancer Institute Manual for Physicians

by Thomas Glynn RC567. G58 1998

Reduce Stress Overall

Finding Your Smile Again: a Child Care Professional ‘s

Guide to Reducing Stress and Avoiding Burnout

by Jeff Johnson HQ778.63 J64 2007

Anxious 9 to 5: How to Beat Worry, Stop Second-

Guessing Yourself, and Work with Confidence

by Larina Kase HF5548.85 .K37 2006

Managing Workplace Stress: a Best Practice Blueprint

by Steve Williams HF5548.85 .W555 2002

Take a Trip

The Appalachian Trail Reader

by David Emblidge F106. A63 1996

Hiking Trails of the Smokies

by Bill Beard GV199.42.G73 H55 1994

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for

Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia

by Elizabeth Gillbert G154.5 .G55 A3 2007

Volunteer to Help Others

Volunteerism by Gary Wiener

HN49 .V65 2008

Last Moon Dancing: a Memoir of Love and Real

Life in Africa

by Monique Maria Schmidt  DT541.83 .S36 A3 2005

Reaching Out: America’s Volunteer Heritage

by Michael VanBuren HN49. V64 V3 1990 C.1

Love their Sprouse

Couples who Cope: Sustaining Love Through

Difficult Times by Jane Ives

HQ 801. I94 1999

The Seven Principles for Making Marriage Work

by John Gottman  HQ734. G7136 1999

I’m Every Woman: Remixed Stories of Marriage,

Motherhood, and Work by Lonnae Parker

E188.86 P37 2005

2008’s Top 10 Favorite Authors

During the Welcome Back Bash, students were asked, “Who is your favorite author?” Below are the results from the survey.

Stephen King                                   

Stephenie Meyer                              

Maya Angelou                                 

Terry McMillan                              

Walter Dean Myers                         

James Patterson                               

Nora Roberts                                    

J.K. Rowling                                    

Ann Rule

Nicholas Sparks                                          

                                                

You can find these authors and more at the SCC Libraries.

September’s Booklist @ SCC Library

If you enjoy Tom Clancy’s books try……..

Dead Heat

Joel Rosenberg

PS3618. O832 D43 2008

 

American the Beautiful

Laura Hayden

PS3558. A8288 A8 2008

 

Stone Cold

David Baldacci

PS3552. A446 S76 2007

 

Lost Lake

Philip Margolin

PS3563 .A649 L67 2005

 

The Plot Against America

Philip Roth

PS3568. O855 P58 2005

 

Mr. Muo’s Traveling Couch

Sijie Dai

PQ2664 .A437 C6613 2005

 

Balance of Power

Richard North Patterson

PS3566. A8242 B3 2004

 

End of State

Neesa Hart

PS3558. A68357 E63 2003 

 

August’s Booklist @ SCC Library

If you enjoyed “Who Moved My Cheese” by Spencer Johnson, M.D. try ………. 

Fish! For Life: a Remarkalbe Way to Achieve Your Dreams

By, Stephen C. Lundin

BJ1597 .L86 2004

 

Life Strategies: Doing What Works, Doing What Matters

By, Phillip McGraw, Ph. D.

BF637. C4 M34 1999

 

All I Really Need to Know, I Learned in Kindergarten

By, Robert Fulghum

BD 431. F85 2004

 

Don’t Sweat the Small Stuff…And It’s All Small Stuff

By, Richard Carlson

BF637. B4 C35 1997

 

June’s Booklist @ SCC Library

If you enjoy Eric Jerome Dickey, try…..

Waking with Enemies

PS3554. I319 W35 2007

Gideon’s lifestyle turns into a deadly game of cat and mouse. Gideon must try to track down and stop a mysterious hit man before someone gets hurt. Will Gideon sacrifice himself or pay the ultimate price to protect the woman he loves? This is a whole other side to Eric Jerome Dickey’s writing.

Chasing Destiny

PS3554. I319 C465 2006

Eric Jerome Dickey takes readers back to the streets of Los Angeles. We are introduced to Billie, Keith, Carmen, and Destiny. Billie is a beautiful and love riding her yellow motorcycle. Keith is involved with Billie and married to Carmen. Destiny is Keith’s and Carmen’s teen aged daughter. This novel is a classic love triangle story by the author. Readers are not disappointed.

Other titles available at the SCC Libraries:

Genevieve

PS3554. I319 G46 2005

The Other Woman

PS3554. I319 O86 2004

Drive me Crazy

PS3554. I319 D75 2004

 

May’s Booklist @ SCC Library

Don’t know what to read between semesters?

Try some books from our Popular Fiction collection.

Nowhere to Run

      Clark, Mary Jane B.

       PS3553. L2873 N68 2003A   

                                                             

 

Abduction
    Cook, Robin

     PS3553.O5545 A63 2000

 

Acceptable risk
       Cook, Robin

       PS3553.O5545 A64

 

From Potter’s Field
   Cornwell, Patricia Daniels

   PS3553.O692 F76 1995

 

 

 Point of Origin
     Cornwell, Patricia Daniels

     PS3553.O692 P57 1998

 

The Silent Cradle
    Cuthbert, Margaret

    PS3553. U785 S55 1998

 

Brain Dead

       Dreyer, Eileen

       PS3554. R486 B7 1997

 

 

 

 

Spring Break Reading

Don’t know what to read during Spring Break?

Try a book by Sidney Sheldon from our popular fiction collection.

  • Nothing Lasts Forever                 PS3569. H3927 N67 1994
  • The Sky is Falling                         PS3569. H3927 S58 2001
  • The Stars Shine Down                 PS3569. H3927 S7 1992x
  • Windmills of the Gods                  PS3569. H3927 W5 1987b
  • Morning, Noon, and Night             PS3569. H3927 M67 1995
  • The Best Laid Plans                      PS 3569. H3927 B47 1997

The SCC Book Corner’s author of the month for April is Sidney Sheldon. Read a Sidney Sheldon book and join us on April 21st @ 12:30 pm in the lobby of the SCC Library Building to talk about this author’s exciting works.

March’s Booklist @ SCC Library

If you liked “Having Our Say: the Delany Sisters’ First 100 Years” by Sarah and Elizabeth Delany try…..

The Delany Sisters’ Book of Everyday Wisdom

Sarah Delany

E185.96 .D368 1994

 Peacework: Oral Histories of Women Peace Activists

Judith Adams

JX1965. A33 1990

 Labor of Love, Labor of Sorrow: Black Women, Work, and the Family from Slavery to the Present

Jacqueline Jones

HD6057.5 .U5 J66 1986

 Within the Plantation Household: Black and White Women of the Old South

Elizabeth Fox-Genovese

HQ1438.A13 F69 1988

 In the Company of Educated Women:  a History of Women and Higher Education in America

Barbara Solomon

LC1752.S65 1985

 The Day the Women got the Vote: a Photo History of the Women’s Rights Movement

George Sullivan

HQ1236.5 .U6 S85 1994

 Down from the Mountaintop: Black Women’s Novels in the Wake of the Civil Rights Movement, 1966-1989

Melissa Walker

PS374.N4 W35 1991

 Half Sisters of History: Southern Women and the American Past

Catherine Clinton

HQ1438. S63 H35 1994

 The Southern Lady: from Pedestal to Politics, 1830-1930

Anne Scott

HQ1418. S38 1995

 Doers of the Word: African-American Women Speakers and Writers in the North (1830-1880)

Carla Peterson

PS153.N5 P443 1995

 African American Women and the Vote, 1837-1965

Ann Gordon

JK1924. A47 1997

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