By Molly Lynch & Ava Grippo – News Editors

Law’s Library Media Specialist Ms. Mundy is hosting a “Wrapped Reads” project located in the TLC. 

There are various wrapped books spread across the table near Mundy’s desk, each wrapped in brown paper with different key themes written on the front. The goal of this project is to encourage students and faculty to pick up a book that they would not normally choose to read. 

“I wanted to pick themes that I thought would appeal to the Law community,” Mundy said. “So I thought that cozy mysteries were a good theme, as they are usually engaging to read, quick reads for people who are busy, and new year, new you for people interested in learning something new or improving something in their life.”

The mystery of choosing a book solely by the words written on the front helps Mundy get an idea of what themes are most interesting to the Law community and what types of books she should use in future projects. 

“I have the bar code written on the back so I can check out the books to people,” Mundy said. “I keep a spreadsheet too, and I’m collecting data on what gets checked out. This way when I do it again I can see what works and what doesn’t.”

Mundy hopes that this project inspires people within the Law community who don’t normally check out books to do so. 

“I hope students or staff who don’t normally check out books get intrigued enough to check something out,” Mundy said. “Or someone picks up something they might nor normally read because the words written on the front appeal to them.”

Senior Kiki Tavarez grabbed one of these wrapped reads and was very pleased with her choice.

“I got the novel, ‘All of this is True,’ by Lygia Day Peñaflor,” Tavarez said. “It’s a novel about an author manipulating teens so she could read a story about them. So far, I am happy with what I got and am excited to see the twists of this story.”