Summer Reading

Welcome to Summer Reading 2011! At the end of 7 weeks we had 366 people signed up. This week, 4 new people participated and 41 people read 125 books, which brings the totals for the summer to 158 people and 917 books.

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Picturing Hemingway's Michigan By Federspiel, Michael R. 2010-05 - Wayne State University Press 9780814334478 Check Our Catalog A compilation of personal photographs, historical images, and written excerpts illuminating Ernest Hemingway's significant ties to northern Michigan. …More

The Memory of Love By Forna, Aminatta 2011-01 - Atlantic Monthly Press 9780802119650 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Adrian Lockheart is a psychologist escaping his life in England. Arriving in Freetown in the wake of civil war, he struggles with the intensity of the heat, dirt and secrets this country hides. A story unfolds about ordinary people in extraordinary circumstances and the indelible effects of the past. HPL patron: An intense portrayal of an African country torn apart by Civil War, the years following and the "post traumatic stress"-the world's/individual attempts to heal/help. …More

Yule Be Mine By Foster, Lori 2010-10 - Zebra 9781420119756 Check Our Catalog A collection of four Christmas love stories. …More

The Bone House By Freeman, Brian 2011-03 - Minotaur Books 9780312562830 Check Our Catalog A year after Mark Bradley was accused of a torrid affair with a student, another teenage girl is found dead--and once again Mark faces a hostile town convinced of his guilt. Mark's wife Hilary is determined to prove that Mark is innocent, but she's on a lonely, dangerous quest. …More

Golden Lies By Freethy, Barbara 2004-11 - Large Print Book Company 9781596880054 Check Our Catalog The "USA Today" bestselling author is back with a novel of three remarkable families--the 50-year-old promise that binds them together; the fiery betrayal that tears them apart; and the ancient bronze dragon that could destroy their future. Original. …More

Taken By Freethy, Barbara 2006-06 - Signet Book 9780451218735 Check Our Catalog When her husband disappears on their wedding night, Kayla fears that she's an easy mark for deception. Then she meets Nick, a stranger who also crossed paths with Kayla's husband. Together Kayla and Nick embark on a journey to uncover the secrets of their pasts. Original. …More

How to Grow Food: A Step-By-Step Guide to Growing All Kinds of Fruits, Vegetables, Herbs, Salads and More By Gianfresco, Richard 2011-01 - Firefly Books 9781554078066 Check Our Catalog A comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to kitchen gardening on any scale. HPL patron: This book covers a wide range of topics, from types of gardens (including container gardening which is good for city living) to composting and some canning information. Great pictures and easy to read! HPL patron: Very informative information and loaded with plenty of photos. Great book! …More

Water for Elephants By Gruen, Sara 2006-05 - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 9781565124998 Check Our Catalog Alex Award Winner - 2008 BookPage Notable Title A veterinary student during the Great Depression who almost earned his degree, Jacob Jankowski is put in charge of caring for the circus menagerie. There he meets Marlena, the beautiful young star of the equestrian act, who is married to August, the charismatic but twisted animal trainer. He also meets Rosie, an elephant who seems untrainable until he discovers a way to reach her. …More

Kissing Arizona By Gunn, Elizabeth 2011-02 - Severn House Publishers 9780727869616 Check Our Catalog The new 'Sarah Burke' mystery from the creator of Jake Hines - As Sarah Burke and her crew of police detectives investigate an apparent murder-suicide in a well-known family of local merchants, their facade of diligent respectability explodes in a burst of violence that rips the cover off long-concealed family secrets. In a second case, Southern Arizona's diverse population streams collide as border crossers and drug smugglers, federal agents and local cops fight for turf and answers in a beautiful valley that's been loved and battled over for centuries. HPL patron: Female sleuth-on multiple cases-why and how. Insight into illegal immigrants and challenge to our humanity vs society "rules" …More

Unmasked: The Final Years of Michael Jackson By Halperin, Ian 2009-10 - Pocket Books 9781439183489 Check Our Catalog In late December 2008, Ian Halperin told the world that Michael Jackson had only six months to live. His investigations into Jackson's failing health made headlines around the globe. Six months later, the King of Pop was dead. Whatever the final autopsy results reveal, it was greed that killed Michael Jackson. Friends and associates paint a tragic picture of the last years and days of his life as Jackson made desperate attempts to prepare for the planned concert series at London's 02 Arena in July 2009. These shows would have earned millions for the singer and his entourage, but he could never have completed them, not mentally, and not physically. Michael knew it and his advisors knew it. Anyone who caught even a fleeting glimpse of the frail old man hiding beneath the costumes and cosmetics would have understood that the London tour was madness. After an intense five year investigation, New York Times bestselling author Ian Halperin uncovers the real story HPL patron: Didn't like. …More

The Outlaw Demon Wails By Harrison, Kim 2008-03 - Eos 9780060788704 Check Our Catalog In this riveting new tale in the bestselling Hollows series, vampire and bounty hunter extraordinaire Rachel Morgan must play a dangerous game in which the prize is her immortal soul. …More

White Witch, Black Curse By Harrison, Kim 2009-02 - Eos 9780061138010 Check Our Catalog The "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Outlaw Demon Wails" returns to the sexy, supernatural adventures of Rachel Morgan. …More

Old Man and the Sea By Hemingway, Ernest 1996-06 - Scribner Book Company 9780684830490 Check Our Catalog The last novel Ernest Hemingway saw published, The Old Man and the Sea has proved itself to be one of the enduring works of American fiction. It is the story of an old Cuban fisherman and his supreme ordeal: a relentless, agonizing battle with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream. Using the simple, powerful language of a fable, Hemingway takes the timeless themes of courage in the face of defeat and personal triumph won from loss and transforms them into a magnificent twentieth-century classic. …More

Strictly Confidential Attraction By Jackson, Brenda 2005-09 - Silhouette Books 9780373766772 Check Our Catalog …More

Taking Care of Business By Jackson, Brenda 2006-02 - Silhouette Desire 9781426836756 Check Our Catalog …More

The Authorized Ender Companion By Card, Orson Scott Author Black, Jake 2009-11 - Tor Books 9780765320629 Check Our Catalog A complete and in-depth encyclopedia of all the persons, places, things, and events in Orson Scott Card's Ender Universe, "The Authorized Ender Companion" is an invaluable resource for readers of the series. …More

Betrayal of Trust By Jance, J. A. 2011-07 - William Morrow & Company 9780061731150 Check Our Catalog From "New York Times"-bestselling author Jance comes the 20th mystery featuring J.P. Beaumont, in which the Seattle P.I. uncovers a crime that has a devastating effect on two troubled teens and becomes even more of a firestorm when it reaches into the halls of state government. HPL patron: Enjoyed another Beaumont story-lots of twists and turns. …More

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 (FL) 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. HPL patron: Lots of information and background on every herb imaginable. I wish I had the time and resources to create many of these recipes. …More

Hotwire By Kava, Alex 2011-07 - Doubleday Books 9780385532013 Check Our Catalog Maggie, who's supposed to be attending a Denver law enforcement conference, helps investigate a crime scene that's left two teenagers dead and five others mysteriously injured as well as bizarre cattle mutilations in the Nebraska Sandhills. A surviving teen's suicide compels Maggie to stay involved, despite the disapproval of her "politically correct and politically connected new boss. …More

The Wolves of Andover By Kent, Kathleen 2010-11 - Reagan Arthur Books 9780316068628 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title From the author of the bestselling "The Heretic's Daughter" comes a story of love and intrigue, set in the harsh wilderness of colonial Massachusetts. …More

What the Night Knows By Koontz, Dean R. 2010-12 - Bantam 9780553807721 Check Our Catalog In the late summer of a long ago year, a killer arrived in a small city. His name was Alton Turner Blackwood, and in the space of a few months he brutally murdered four families. His savage spree ended only when he himself was killed by the last survivor of the last family, a fourteen-year-old boy. Half a continent away and two decades later, someone is murdering familiesagain, recreating in detail Blackwood��s crimes. Homicide detective John Calvino is certain that his own family��his wife and three children��will be targets in the fourth crime, just as his parents and sisters were victims on that distant night when he was fourteen and killed their slayer. As a detective, John is a man of reason who deals in cold facts. But an extraordinary experience convinces him that sometimes death is not a one-way journey, that sometimes the dead return. Here is ghost story like no other you have read. In the Calvinos, Dean Koontz brings to life a family that might be your own, in a war for their survival against an adversary more malevolent than any he has yet created,with their own home the battleground. Of all his acclaimed novels, none exceeds What the Night Knows in power, in chilling suspense, and in sheer mesmerizing storytelling. HPL patron: This is a great way to help one realize that life after death can be as amazing or terrifying as one brings about by belief. It also shows what one can do for true honest love. …More

Symptoms of Withdrawal: A Memoir of Snapshots and Redemption By Lawford, Christopher Kennedy 2005-10 - William Morrow & Company 9780060732486 Check Our Catalog In this autobiography filled with dozens of never-before-seen private photos, Lawford offers a deeply inspirational, candid, and explosive account of what it's really like to be a member of America's first family. Published to coincide with "The World's Fastest Indian," a major motion picture starring Lawford and Anthony Hopkins. 16-page photo insert. 30 b&w photos. HPL patron: Interesting. …More

The Soldier's Wife By Leroy, Margaret 2011-06 - Voice 9781401341701 Check Our Catalog A gripping tale of passion and courage set in World War II-occupied Guernsey, "The Soldier's Wife" tells the story of housewife and mother Vivienne de la Mare, as she is torn between loyalty and love. …More