From the Bookshelf: Sharing our love of literature with yours!
Jared Conti is a non-traditional senior majoring in English with an emphasis in writing. He will be interviewing readers around campus to find out who, what, and why they read, so that fellow book lovers can discover new material to enjoy.
Jared Conti
Issue date: 11/5/09 Section: Arts & Entertainment
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Q. So, Sarah, what's up with the temperature of the library today?
A. Roasty, then cold. It's the complete opposite of the outside temperature. It's like dressing for a sauna, but know you'll freeze if you leave.
Q. So, what're you reading right now?
A. I'm reading "Touch of Dead" by Charlaine Harris. It's a collection of short stories that take place between different Sookie Stackhouse novels. I LOVE it. Pure fluff, no thought required. It's not right for an English major to say, but you have to have that time.
Q. And what do you think about the television show, True Blood?
A. I like it, I know that they're going to stay true to the books. I like the characters they've added, but the books are much better. Superior.
Q. You're reading something else, too? What you call "multi-booking"?
A. Yeah, shorts are much easier to read during the week. I'm also reading "V for Vendetta."
Q. There's a movie about that, no?
A. It's originally a graphic novel by Alan Moore and illustrations by David Lloyd. I'm at the part where she is dressed as a Catholic school girl. I love the depth and the graphics. Love that the movie stayed close to the graphic novel. The idea of civil disobedience is relevant today and still as strong.
Q. Speaking of civil disobedience, what can you tell us about what's up in the library?
A. You mean like the usptairs? I think it would be a great idea to make it a unified learning center, but to get rid of 60,000 books? Too many. A FLOOR. To put offices upstairs is a waste of space. We have too many students to put offices up there.
Q. So, if you had a favorite book, one that would save you from a bullet should you be involved in an uprising of any kind, what would it be?
A. "Fahrenheit 451" by Ray Bradbury, the one where the books burn.
Q. Interesting, this is getting to be so appropriate. The way popular culture is affected by our reading habits and if they take them away from us, what's to be left of culture at all?
A. I'm reminded of an old Twilight Zone episode called "The Obsolete Man". It's about state control over power and knowledge. They find the librarian obsolete because the state has found the knowledge that there is no God. It should be the people without knowledge that should be concerned, not those telling you what to think.
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