In summer 2020, the library started hosting a book club and movie/tv club to discuss all of your favorite books, audiobooks, movies and television series! We are please to continue offering this programming and cannot wait for you to join us, let us know what you think, and give us (and each other) your recommendations, meet our hosts and make new friends! All students, staff, faculty and public patrons are welcome to REGISTER HERE to reserve their seat today! You may also register by e-mailing us at library@reynolds.edu.
Upcoming Schedule
Friday March 12th @ Noon
Books on Spring Planting and Flowers
Thursday, March 25th @ 6:30 PM
Period Pieces, focus on Marie Antoinette (2006) for Women’s History Month
Friday, April 9th @ Noon
Books on the Environment for Earth Day & Keep America Beautiful Month
Thursday, April 29th @ 6:30 PM
Kaiju Films, focus on Godzilla (1954) in celebration of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month*Kaiju is a Japanese genre of film featuring giant monsters.
Past Discussions
– Classic Sci Fi movies/tv, focus on Alien (1979)
– Favorite genres/books/authors, Quarantine reads kick-off
– Disaster movies/tv, focus on Jurassic Park (1993)
– Summer/Beach reads
– Coming of Age movies/tv, focus on Eighth Grade (2018)
– Middle Grade & Young Adult novels
– Rom-com movies/tv, focus on When Harry Met Sally (1989)
– Comics, Manga & Graphic Novels
– Horror movies/tv, focus on Get Out (2017)
– Ghost Stories– Books vs Movies: Modern Sci Fi, focus on Blade Runner 2049 (2017) & Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? (1968) by Philip K. Dick
– Romance novels and chick lit
– Children’s Movies, focus on An American Tail, 1986
– Action/Adventure Books
– Classics in Suspense (Film), focus on Strangers on a Train, 1951
– Books versus Movies: Stephen King adaptations
– Anime movies/series with Reynolds Anime Club, focus on Howl’s Moving Castle (2004)
– Parody film classics, focus on Airplane! (1980)
– Indigenous Literature
– Martial Arts Films (focus on Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon 2000)
– “Pulp Fiction” Lit
– “Bad Movies” (focus on Room 2003)
– True Crime & Thrillers
– Mystery (focus on Knives Out 2019)
– American History
– Documentaries (focus on King of Kong, 2008)
– Books about Chocolate for Valentine’s Day
– Black Directors for Black History Month (focus on Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, 2020)
