Monday, July 18, 2011

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Welcome to Summer Reading 2011! At the end of 3 weeks we had 311 people signed up.

This week, 23 new people participated, 45 people read 102 books, which brings the totals for the summer to 330 books and 102 readers.



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Sh*t My Dad Says
Sh*t My Dad Says
By Halpern, Justin
2010-05 - It Books
9780061992704 Check Our Catalog

In the vein of bestselling humor collections by Chelsea Handler, David Sedaris, and Laurie Notaro, "Sh*t My Dad Says" is a chaotic, hilarious, true portrait of a father-son relationship from a major new comic voice. …More

Misery Bay
Misery Bay
By Hamilton, Steve
2011-06 - Minotaur Books
9780312380434 Check Our Catalog

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Acclaimed Edgar Award-winning author Hamilton returns to the series that made him a legend--with Alex McKnight hunting a bloodthirsty killer through frostbitten Michigan.

HPL patron: Steve Hamilton series set in Michigan U.P. never fails to please. His characters are flawed, believeable, and entertaining. This latest entry is one of the best.

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The Summer I Turned Pretty
The Summer I Turned Pretty
By Han, Jenny
2009-05 - Simon & Schuster Children's Publishing
9781416968238 Check Our Catalog

Belly has spent her summers at the beach house with Conrad and Jeremiah, who had never noticed her noticing them. Every summer Belly hoped it would be different. This time, it is. The summer that Belly turns pretty is the summer that changes everything--for better and for worse.

HPL patron: This book really captures the torn feelings a girl can have between boys. I loved how she ended up with teh boy that seemed more like her unrealistic fantasy. It surprised me and adding another boy at an unexpected time in the book was a nice twist.

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Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think about Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man: What Men Really Think about Love, Relationships, Intimacy, and Commitment
By Harvey, Steve
With Millner, Denene
2009-02 - Amistad Press
9780061728976 Check Our Catalog

From the host of the popular "Steve Harvey Morning Show" comes a funny, honest, and foolproof guide for all women that takes them inside the heads of men and shows how men think about love, sex, and commitment. …More

Vegan Diner: Classic Comfort Food for the Body and Soul
Vegan Diner: Classic Comfort Food for the Body and Soul
By Hasson, Julie
2011-03 - Running Press Book Publishers
9780762437849 Check Our Catalog

Real comfort food is hard to find, and even harder to replicate sans meat and dairy. With 125 recipes and 25-30 food photos, "Vegan Diner" aims to introduce healthy comfort foods, both savory and sweet. …More

American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America
American Fascists: The Christian Right and the War on America
By Hedges, Chris
2007-01 - Free Press
9780743284431 Check Our Catalog

From the celebrated author of "War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning" comes a startling expos of the political ambitions of the Christian Right--a clarion call for everyone who cares about freedom. …More

Broken Wing
Broken Wing
By James, Judith
2008-11 - Medallion Press
9781933836447 Check Our Catalog

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Eve
Eve
By Johansen, Iris
2011-04 - St. Martin's Press
9780312651206 Check Our Catalog

In her newest novel of breathtaking suspense, #1 bestselling author Johansen begins a trilogy that will answer questions that have haunted her legion of fans for more than a decade. With a brilliant narrative that goes back to Eve Duncan's early life, exploring her history and motivations like no other novel before, "Eve" reveals long-guarded secrets and is guaranteed to leave Johansen fans panting for more. …More

In Spite of Killer Bees
In Spite of Killer Bees
By Johnston, Julie
2002-11 - Tundra Books (NY)
9780887766015 Check Our Catalog

I"n Spite of Killer Bees is a novel about not giving in and not giving up. Aggie and her two sisters have had to move to the small village that had been their father's childhood home. Their mother is long gone, and their father - who'd been in and out of prison - has died. Although the village holds little charm for the girls, they have hopes. It seems that their late grandfather has made them heiresses.
In the small, judgmental village, Aggie must fight to keep her diminishing family together. By refusing to abandon those she loves and comes to love, she risks more than her happiness.

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The Merlin Conspiracy
The Merlin Conspiracy
By Jones, Diana Wynne
2003-04 - Greenwillow Books
9780060523183 Check Our Catalog

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From the bestselling fantasy author comes a new epic, tumultuous tale. Three young people from different worlds meet in one and travel to a myriad of others in an attempt to unseat the false Merlin of Blest and unravel a conspiracy that threatens all of the magic in the multiverse.
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The Complete Guide to Creating Oils, Soaps, Creams, and Herbal Gels for Your Mind and Body: 101 Natural Body Care Recipes
The Complete Guide to Creating Oils, Soaps, Creams, and Herbal Gels for Your Mind and Body: 101 Natural Body Care Recipes
By Jones, Marlene
2011-03 - Atlantic Publishing Group Inc.
9781601383693 Check Our Catalog

HPL patron: This book covered all the bases in making body care products. Lists of essential oils, what they are food for and how to use them. Some of the ingrediants seem as though they would be hard to find in a local store, online would be the way to go. The process of creating these looks to be time consuming for me personally, but it was very interesting to read.

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Compulsion
Compulsion
By Kellerman, Jonathan
2008-03 - Ballantine Books
9780345465276 Check Our Catalog

Now in a tall Premium Edition, Kellerman's latest thriller follows Detective Milo Sturgis and psychologist Alex Delaware as they square off against the most sadistic murderer they've ever encountered.

HPL patron: This time psychologist Alex Delaware plays a "ride along" to homicide detective Milo Sturgis. Follw the 2 as they work to solve seemingly unrelated murders in L. A.

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The House on Malcolm Street
The House on Malcolm Street
By Kelly, Leisha
2010-09 - Fleming H. Revell Company
9780800733285 Check Our Catalog

Bestselling author Kelly returns with an inspiring story of a young widow whorediscovers hope in Illinois in the 1920s. …More

Leaving
Leaving
By Kingsbury, Karen
2011-03 - Zondervan
9780310266990 Check Our Catalog

The book you've been waiting for from New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury ... Leaving is the first volume in a new series that features members of the popular Baxter family and finally completes the Bailey Flanigan/Cody Coleman story. …More

The Cypress House
The Cypress House
By Koryta, Michael
2011-01 - Little Brown and Company
9780316053723 Check Our Catalog

A journey to Florida's coast becomes an inescapable nightmare in the newest supernatural thriller from international bestseller Koryta ("So Cold the River").

HPL patron: After reading all of Koryta's other books, I was excited to read this one. He didn't let me down. This book is definitely recommended (as are all his others.)

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The Journal of Professor Abraham Van Helsing
The Journal of Professor Abraham Van Helsing
By Kupfer, Allen C.
2004-05 - Forge
9780765310118 Check Our Catalog

At last unearthed, the personal story of the greatest vampire hunter of all time is revealed in his own words. …More

Veils of Time
Veils of Time
By Kurland, Lynn
Joint Author Ray, Angie
Joint Author Weaver, Ingrid
1999-06 - Berkley Publishing Group
9780425169704 Check Our Catalog

In four stories about special weddings, readers find out what happens when a Scottish nobleman awakens in a bridal shop, a con man is freed from prison with a wedding proposal, a time machine journey transports characters to Regency England, and a Celtic warrior claims to be the long-lost betrothed of a museum curator. …More

The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
The Devil in the White City: Murder, Magic, and Madness at the Fair That Changed America
By Larson, Erik
2003-02 - Crown Publishing Group (NY)
9780609608449 Check Our Catalog

Two men, each handsome and unusually adept at his chosen work, embodied an element of the great dynamic that characterized America's rush toward the twentieth century. The architect was Daniel Hudson Burnham, the fair's brilliant director of works and the builder of many of the country's most important structures, including the Flatiron Building in New York and Union Station in Washington, D.C. The murderer was Henry H. Holmes, a young doctor who, in a malign parody of the White City, built his "World's Fair Hotel" just west of the fairgrounds--a torture palace complete with dissection table, gas chamber, and 3,000-degree crematorium. Burnham overcame tremendous obstacles and tragedies as he organized the talents of Frederick Law Olmsted, Charles McKim, Louis Sullivan, and others to transform swampy Jackson Park into the White City, while Holmes used the attraction of the great fair and his own satanic charms to lure scores of young women to their deaths. What makes the story all the more chilling is that Holmes really lived, walking the grounds of that dream city by the lake.
The Devil in the White City draws the reader into a time of magic and majesty, made all the more appealing by a supporting cast of real-life characters, including Buffalo Bill, Theodore Dreiser, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, and others. In this book the smoke, romance, and mystery of the Gilded Age come alive as never before.
Erik Larson's gifts as a storyteller are magnificently displayed in this rich narrative of the master builder, the killer, and the great fair that obsessed them both.
To find out more about this book, go to http: //www.DevilInTheWhiteCity.com.
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The Hazards of Hunting a Duke
The Hazards of Hunting a Duke
By London, Julia
2006-05 - Pocket Star Books
9781416516156 Check Our Catalog

From a "USA Today" bestselling author comes the first novel in a sexy, humorous new Regency-era trilogy about three aristocratic sisters who resort to desperate means to keep up appearances when they are left destitute by their stepfather. Original. …More

The Perils of Pursuing a Prince
The Perils of Pursuing a Prince
By London, Julia
2010-01 - Pocket Books
9781439187173 Check Our Catalog

Desperate to avoid marriage to the first bidder, Lady Greer Fairchild journeys to the Welsh countryside in search of an inheritance supposedly controlled by Rhodrick Glendower, Earl of Radnor, a ruthless man rumored to be a murderer. …More

The Things That Need Doing: A Memoir
The Things That Need Doing: A Memoir
By Manning, Sean
2010-12 - Broadway Books
9780307463241 Check Our Catalog

An only child and a son of divorce, Manning left New York City to return to his childhood home in Ohio to be with his mother during her long battle with cancer and to pick up the pieces after her death. Ultimately, the experience led him to a profound sense of self-discovery. …More

Spirit Bound
Spirit Bound
By Mead, Richelle
2010-05 - Razorbill
9781595142504 Check Our Catalog

Although Dimitri has become an evil vampire, his true love Rose and her best friend Lissa are determined to find him and restore his soul. …More

The Dog Who Came in from the Cold: A Corduroy Mansions Novel
The Dog Who Came in from the Cold: A Corduroy Mansions Novel
By McCall Smith, Alexander
2011-06 - Pantheon Books
9780307379733 Check Our Catalog

In the heartwarming and hilarious second installment in the Corduroy Mansions series, surprising canine hero, Pimlico terrier Freddie de la Hay--belonging to failed oenophile William French--has been recruited by MI6 to infiltrate a Russian spy ring.

HPL patron: What we have come to expect from McCall Smith: interesting people, interesting tensions between some of the people-and a varitety of concerns over everyday ethics.

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