There are more than one community reading programs in San Diego county. Just as One Book, One San Diego announced the book selection for their 2017 program, Coronado has opened up voting on the nominees for their 2018 program. Called the Coronado Community Read, the program aims to bring the entire community together via the shared reading of one book. A joint project of the Coronado Public Library and the Coronado Cultural Arts Commission, the Coronado Community Read program strives to bring the community closer together with the reading of one book and a variety of discussions and programs centered around the themes of the novel.
The event was first held in January of this year. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks, by Rebecca Skloot, was the book chosen for 2017. In January and February, the Coronado Public Library and Coronado Cultural Arts Commission hosted a number of book discussions and programs throughout the community based on Skloot's book. Once those events ended, the Community Read Committee solicited recommendations for the 2018 Coronado Community Read.
Forty-two titles were nominated for the 2018 program. A subcommittee of reading volunteers narrowed the list of nominees down to six titles:
Ready Player One, by Ernest Cline
Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, by William Finnegan
And The Mountains Echoed, by Khalid Hosseini
The House At Sugar Beach, by Helene Cooper
The Book Of Joy, by HH The Dalai Lama & Archbishop Desmond Tutu
The Wright Brothers, by David McCollough
Voting is now open to choose the 2018 Coronado Community Read book. Cast your vote for one of these six books by August 31st. The winning title will be announced in September, and the next Coronado Community Read events will take place in February 2018.
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