Adult Summer Reading

 

Week 5!  16 people joined the fun this week, bringing the total up to 134 people.  Of those, 44 read 136 books during this week, bringing the total of books read to 611 for the summer!  It's not too late to join the program.  Sign up at the circulation desk.  We still have signing prizes available, as well.

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Book reviews from participants July 29: 

Knowing God Intimately by Joyce Meyer:  I really loved this because prayer is everyday and any time and any place.  It's really simple.

Simple prayer simple life by Joyce Meyer:  I loved this book.  God is so good I feel so refreshed after reading  this book.

Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer:  Loved the book, great finish to the saga.

Eclipse by Stephenie Meyer:  Loved the drama, going to read on.

Host by Stephenie Meyer:  I loved the internal conflict within the main character.

New Moon by Stephenie Meyer:  Loved it, will read on.

Twilight by Stephenie Meyer:  The book was slow in the start but I loved it and will read on.

Twilight (graphic novel) by Stephenie Meyer:  I loved it!!

Homeland by George Obama:  An extraordinary story.  A story of triumph overcoming .  It makes you look at you and your life and appreciate what you have-to know you are truly blessed and that with hard work and determination you can and will achieve.

Your best life now by Joel Osteen:  Exceptional people live exceptional lives that are pleasing  to the Lord.

Baking Cakes in Kigali by Gaile Parkin:  A delightful book-not a mystery, who-done-it but a relaxing novel by an author born in  Zambia and writes about a lady who bakes cakes that her many different experiences and she knows the African setting.

Across the Years by Tracie Peterson:  This is book 2 of a series of 3-Desert Roses takes  place in  1920's in  Arizona.   Christian historical romance.  About the Harvey Hotels and Harvey Girls that were waitresses.  Would highly encourage reading.  Very iinspirational message.  Teenage girls would like it (I think).  And educational.

Seize the Day By Marcinko, Richard Author DeFelice, Jim 2009-10 - Forge 9780765317940 Check Our Catalog The #1 "New York Times" bestselling authors of the Rogue Warrior series return with an explosive tale of international intrigue. In "Echo Platoon, " Marcinko is called upon to undertake a critical mission: uncover the hidden motives and players behind the recent attempts at the destabilization of Azerbaijan, the former Soviet republic that holds the key to the oil-rich Caspian Sea. …More

Nina's Journey: A Memoir of Stalin's Russia & the Second World War By Markovna, Nina 1989-12 - Regnery Publishing 9780895265500 Check Our Catalog A powerful autobiography written in the grand Russian tradition telling the story of how Nina Markovna endured life under Stalin and the tumult of World War II, being tossed back and forth between the opposing German and Soviet armies. …More

Scent of Roses By Martin, Kat 2007-01 - Thorndike Press 9780786291977 Check Our Catalog Bestselling author Martin creates a tale of old rivalries, dark secrets, and an unexplained presence, in which a family counselor helps a migrant family who claims they are being warned by a ghost. In doing so, she tangles with the owners--two estranged brothers--and discovers a disturbing secret about the property. Original. …More

Hark! By McBain, Ed 2004-08 - Simon & Schuster 9780743250351 Check Our Catalog With the same electric style that continues to garner raves, McBain again fuses gritty crime narrative, dead-on comic timing, and rich characterization to deliver one of his most satisfying capers to date. The detectives of the 87th Precinct must scramble to foil the Deaf Man's ingeniously meticulous scheme and stop him from committing the perfect crime. …More

Roses By Meacham, Leila 2010-01 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446550000 Check Our Catalog With expert, unabashed, big-canvas storytelling, "Roses" covers 100 years, three generations of Texans and the explosive combination of passion for work and longing for love. …More

Knowing God Intimately: Being as Close to Him as You Want to Be By Meyer, Joyce 2003-04 - Faithwords 9780446531931 Check Our Catalog The bestselling author of "Secrets to Exceptional Living" now explores the four levels of intimacy with God and how each individual chooses their level of relationship. …More

Breaking Dawn By Meyer, Stephenie 2008-08 - Little, Brown Young Readers 9780316067928 Check Our Catalog 2009 Children's Choice Book Award Teen Choice Book of the Year New York Times -bestselling author Meyer returns to her teen vampire Twilight saga with this much-anticipated fourth book in the series. In this riveting novel, questions will be answered and the fate of Bella and Edward will be revealed. …More

Eclipse By Meyer, Stephenie 2007-08 - Little, Brown Young Readers 9780316160209 Check Our Catalog 2009 Colorado Blue Spruce Award Winner 2008 Teen Buckeye Book Award- Winner The author of the "New York Times" bestsellers "Twilight" and "New Moon" delivers the much-anticipated third novel in this engrossing series. As Seattle is ravaged by a string of mysterious killings and a malicious vampire continues her quest for revenge, Bella Swan once again finds herself surrounded by danger. …More

The Host By Meyer, Stephenie 2008-05 - Little Brown and Company 9780316030243 Check Our Catalog The author of the bestselling Twilight series delivers her brilliant first novel for adults that's also suitable for teen readers: a gripping story of love and betrayal with the fate of humanity at stake, featuring what may be the first love triangle involving only two bodies. …More

New Moon By Meyer, Stephenie 2006-09 - Megan Tingley Books 9780316160193 Check Our Catalog 2007 Teens' Top Ten Winner This follow-up novel to the "New York Times" bestseller "Twilight" proves to be another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. Star-crossed lovers Bella and Edward face new obstacles in this vampire love story. …More

Twilight By Meyer, Stephenie 2005-10 - Megan Tingley Books 9780316160179 Check Our Catalog 2008 Grand Canyon Reader Award- Teen Winner 2007 Gateway Readers Award Winner 2007 Rhode Island Teen Book Award Winner 2006 ALA Young Adult Top Ten Selection BookPage Notable Title Isabella Swan's move to Forks, a perpetually rainy town in Washington, could have been the most boring move she ever made. When she meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen--a vampire--her life takes a thrilling and terrifying romantic turn. Young Adult. …More

Twilight: The Graphic Novel, Vol. 1 By Meyer, Stephenie Illustrator Kim, Young Adapted by Kim, Young 2010-03 - Yen Press 9780759529434 Check Our Catalog When Isabella Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edward Cullen, her life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With his porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edward is both irresistible and impenetrable. Up until now, he has managed to keep his true identity hidden, but Bella is determined to uncover his dark secret... Beautifully rendered, this first installment of "Twilight: The Graphic Novel "is a must-have for any collector's library. …More

Return to Sender By Michaels, Fern 2010-05 - Wheeler Publishing 9781410421982 Check Our Catalog Beloved "New York Times"-bestselling author Fern Michaels delivers a superb new novel--an unforgettable story about love, friendship, family, and the courage it takes to let go of the past. …More

A Year in High Heels: The Girl's Guide to Everything from Jane Austen to the A-List By Morton, Camilla 2008-11 - Harper Paperbacks 9780061673603 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title From rocking red shoes in summer to perfecting your post holiday thank-you notes, A Year in High Heels is the ultimate style guide for all fashion-forward females. …More

Bite Me: A Love Story By Moore, Christopher 2010-03 - William Morrow & Company 9780061779725 Check Our Catalog While some young lovers are born to run, Jody and Tommy are born to bite. Well, reborn, that is, now that they're vampires, in this newest hit from the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "You Suck" and "Fool." …More

Homeland: An Extraordinary Story of Hope and Survival By Obama, George Hussein With Lewis, Damien 2010-01 - Simon & Schuster 9781439176177 Check Our Catalog "Homeland" tells the remarkable story of George Obama, the youngest son of the Obama clan and President Obama's Kenyan half-brother. …More

Your Best Life Now for Moms By Osteen, Joel 2007-04 - Faithwords 9780446581004 Check Our Catalog Bestselling author Joel Osteen uses his principles from "Your Best Life Now" to inspire moms to enjoy this exhausting stage of life and to capture the best of motherhood every day. …More

Baking Cakes in Kigali By Parkin, Gaile 2009-08 - McClelland & Stewart 9780771069017 Check Our Catalog In a land where human tragedy is wrought in epic proportions due to AIDS, famine, and genocide, one woman has a gift for fighting hardship one cake at a time. …More

The Big Bad Wolf By Patterson, James 2003-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316743846 Check Our Catalog The 19th national bestseller by Patterson marks Alex Cross's debut with the FBI. His first case: beautiful women across the country are being kidnapped and possibly sold into slavery. Behind this depraved scheme stands The Wolf, a master criminal who brings a new reign of terror to organized crime. …More

Cross Country By Patterson, James 2008-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316018722 Check Our Catalog When the home of Alex Cross's oldest friend, Ellie Cox, is turned into the worst murder scene Alex has ever seen, the destruction leads him to believe that he's chasing a horrible new breed of killer. "Cross Country" is the most heart-stopping, electrifying Alex Cross thriller yet. …More

Season of the Machete By Patterson, James 1977-10 - Ballantine Books 9780345271051 Check Our Catalog FROM THE BESTSELLING, EDGAR AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR JAMES PATTERSON COMES HIS CLASSIC THRILLER. Cool and glamorous, they could be a successful couple on a holiday. But Damian and Carrie Rose are psychopathic murderers for hire. Their new venue is a picture-perfect vacation island. Their adversary will be Peter Macdonald, the dashing young American who forsakes a life of leisure for a confrontation with cold-blooded terror. And risks everything only to discover that he alone suspects the hideous truth about... …More

The Rifle By Paulsen, Gary Author Honeywood 1995-10 - Harcourt Children's Books 9780152928803 Check Our Catalog Chilling and thought provoking, this novel from Newbery Honor author Gary Paulsen challenges the notion that "Guns don't kill people; people kill people". The history of a magnificent rifle is followed, from its creation by a revered gunsmith in 1768 to its final resting place in a fisherman's gun case in 1994. …More

The Winter Room By Paulsen, Gary 1996-05 - Laurel Leaf Library 9780440220312 Check Our Catalog A young boy growing up on a northern Minnesota farm describes the scenes around him and recounts his old Norwegian uncle's tales of an almost mythological logging past. …More

Rutland Place By Perry, Anne 1986-08 - Fawcett Books 9780449212851 Check Our Catalog "When Anne Perry puts Thomas and Charlotte Pitt on the case, we are in exemplary Victorian company." THE NEW YORK TIMES When Charlotte Pitt, well-born wife of Thomas Pitt, the police investigator, learned of her mother's distress in losing a locket with a compromising picture, she did not know it was the beginning of several bizarre events that would end in sudden death. For hidden behind the sumptuous elegance of Ruthland Place were terrible secrets. Secrets so horrifying that only murder could conceal them. And only the dogged persistence of Charlotte and Thomas could reveal them.... …More

Across the Years By Peterson, Tracie 2003-01 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764225185 Check Our Catalog The last ten years have been difficult for Ashley Reynolds. Living with her grandfather and raising her daughter, Ashley has finally found an element of peace while working as a Harvey Girl in Winslow, Arizona. When a crew of architects come to build a massive resort hotel, bringing a mysterious man into her life, her world unexpectedly changes. …More