What you were Reading in 2012.

 

Top 25 Books checked out of the University Library in 2012--Adult/Young Adult

1)    Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins.

2)   The  Help  by Kathryn Stockett.
3)    Before I go to sleep: a novel by S.J. Watson.
4)    Girl who kicked the hornet's nest by Stieg Larsson; tr.from the Swedish by Reg Keeland
5)    Unbroken: a World War II story of survival, resilience, and redemption by Laura Hillenbrand
6)    Publication manual of the American Psychological Association.
7)    CliffsNotes Praxis II: elementary education (0011, 0012, 0014) test prep by Jocelyn L. Paris and Judy L. Paris.
8)    Praxis II middle school: Content knowledge (0146) exam secrets: study guide: your key to exam success

9)    Shock wave by John Sandford.   
10) Catching fire  by Suzanne Collins.
11) Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins.
12) Watchmen  by Alan Moore, writer; Dave Gibbons, illustrator
13) Brave new world  by Aldous Huxley.
14) CLEP: official study guide.
15) Perfecting the process: a guide to accommodations in higher education edited by Ed Filo.
16) Praxis II general science: content knowledge (0435) exam secrets: study guide: your key to exam success by  Mometrix Media LLC.
17) Praxis II school guidance and counseling (0420) exam secrets: study guide: your key to exam success.
18) Preparing students with disabilities for college success: a practical guide to transition planning edited by Stan F. Shaw, Joseph W. Madaus, and Lyman L. Dukes, III
19) Explain pain by David S. Butler and G. Lorimer Moseley ; [art by Sunyata].
20) Drop: a novel by Michael Connelly.

21) Lunatics by Dave Barry and Alan Zweibel.
22) Ready player one by  Ernest Cline.
23) Rope by Nevada Barr.
24) Safe haven by Nicholas Sparks.
25) Lots of feelings by Shelley Rotner.








Top 10 Juvenile Books Checked out in 2012

1) Foot book by Dr. Seuss.
2)    Green eggs and ham by Dr. Seuss.
3)    Lorax by Dr. Seuss.
4)    1, 2, 3 to the zoo by Eric Carle.
5)    Five little ducks illustrated by Ivan Bates.
6)    Little cloud by Eric Carle.
7)    Look out kindergarten, here I come! by Nancy Carlson.
8)    Artist who painted a blue horse by Eric Carle.
9)    My many colored days by Dr. Seuss ; illustrated by Steve Johnson with Lou Fancher.
10) Very busy spider Eric Carle.

What you were watching in 2012

Top 25 Feature Films checked out in 2012

1)    Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: part 2

 

2)    Tangled 

     (Disney's take on the Rapunzel fairy tale.)

3)    Dr. Seuss' Horton hears a Who! 

4)    Captain America: the first avenger

5)    Despicable me 

6)    The Help 

    (The movie version of the bestselling novel)

7)    Aladdin 

8)    Cars 2 

9)    Descendants 

     (George Clooney as a man who must decide the fate of his family legacy)

 

10) Eat, pray, love 

11) Hercules 

12) Lilo & Stitch 

13) Pirates of the Caribbean, on stranger tides 

14) Sherlock Holmes 

      (Robert Downey does Sherlock in a whole new manner) 

15) Sin City 

16) Up 

17) Babe 

18) Chocolat 

19) Ella enchanted 

20) Ides of March 

21) Inception 

      (A crazy kind of heist movie, where the crew steals memories and thoughts)

22) Iron Man 2 

23) Lion king  

24) Little mermaid 

25) Memoirs of a geisha 

 

 

 

 

Top 10 documentaries/non-fiction films checked out in 2012

1)    Killing us softly 4: advertising's image of women, a Media Education Foundation production.

2)    Understanding learning disabilities: how difficult can this be?

3)    Narrative therapy over time [presented by] American Psychological Association.

4)    Internal family systems therapy produced by Governors State University.

5)    Race: the power of an illusion produced by California Newsreel; in association with the Independent Television Service.

6)    Cave of forgotten dreams, written and directed by Werner Herzog.

     (Herzog shows us the oldest paintings known to man.)

7)    Techniques of play therapy: a clinical demonstration.

8)    What's race got to do with it?   Written, directed and produced by Jean Cheng.

9)    Color of fear, produced & directed by Lee Mun Wah.

10) Fish!  Catch the energy, release the potential, a film by Charthouse Learning.