Guilty Pleasures  

This exhibit was on display last year, Summer 2010.  It is not the current exhibit.

Do you hide your graphic novel inside of your scholarly journal?  Is the latest Dean Koontz paperback in the bottom drawer of your desk stashed between your files?  Is the newest Nora Roberts novel on your laptop – just a click away from those annual reports?  These are examples of some guilty pleasures of the reading variety. 

This summer the Social Sciences & Humanities Library is celebrating the cheap thrills and quick reads that bring us so much pleasure!  Our Guilty Pleasures exhibit highlights books and facts from popular genres like romance, mystery, science fiction and horror.

Join us in celebrating the guilty pleasure of reading! Find the “fun” books in our collections. Share your favorites with other readers. Explore new genres and discover new favorite authors.

This exhibit was last year, 2010. This event has passed.

Can Bella Swan from the Twilight saga be the new Eve? Join us as literature professor Lisa Lampert-Weissig examines themes of forbidden desire, free will and equality in the Twilight books, Paradise Lost and Frankenstein.

Tuesday, August 24th, 2010
3:00 – 4:30 pm
Seuss Room, Geisel Library building
no RSVP required

Refreshments will be provided!

This exhibit was on display last year, Summer 2010.  It is not the current exhibit.

SSHL Guilty Pleasures Book Exchange

Check out the SSHL Book Nook shelves when you visit the exhibit.  Bring a book you've already read and exchange it for a new guilty pleasure! It works on the honor system. :)

ALA READ Posters

Like the ALA READ posters that are on display.  Enter the raffle to win one!  Entries will drawn on September 10, 2010 and winners will be notified by email.

Geisel Library building Self Checkout Machines

Use one of the Self Checkout Machines (located in Geisel Library lobby area) to enter a raffle to win 1 of 3 $15 Amazon gift cards! Entries will be drawn on September 10, 2010 and winners will be notified by email.

If the UCSD Library's copy is checked out or if we don't have the book you're looking for, you can request it and we'll borrow it from another library.    

CIRCUIT
Circuit checks local San Diego libraries so the books generally get here in 1-2 days.

NextGen Melvyl
NextGen Melvyl checks libraries around the US and world, including all the UC libraries. Requests take 4-10 business days.

Check out the following handouts to help you get started.

You can search the catalog by title or author.  But if you'd like to browse the shelves, there is a Popular Science section in the Science & Engineering Library (in Geisel).

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