Summer Reading

Welcome to Summer Reading 2011!  At the end of 8 weeks we had 368 people signed up. This week, 2 new people participated and 37 people read 143 books, which brings the totals for the summer to 166 people and 1175 books.

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Executive Privilege By Margolin, Phillip 2008-06 - Harper 9780061236211 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"-bestselling author Margolin is back, this time with a deadly game of intrigue and murder that twists through Washington, D.C.'s, halls of power and leads straight to the White House. HPL patron: A page turner :) with dangerous tendency.  …More

Eye Contact By McGovern, Cammie 2006-07 - Center Point Large Print 9781585477692 Check Our Catalog Adam, a nine-year-old autistic boy, is discovered hiding near the body of his classmate. They had wandered away from the school playground hours earlier, and now Adam is the only witness to an appalling crime. But he can't tell the police what he saw or heard. Barely verbal on the best of days, Adam has retreated into the silent world that Cara, his mother, knows well. With her community in shock and her son unable to help with the investigation, Cara tries to decode the puzzling events. Adam has never broken the rules before, so why did he disappear with the little girl? Cara, a single mother, has devoted her life to opening paths of communication between her son and the outside world. Now, she must interpret the changes in Adam's behavior to help him through the trauma, and to catch a killer. HPL patron: Being an educator in the field of special education, I appreciate that Cammie McGovern researched and used the correct special education related terminology throughout her book.  Interesting story line. …More

The 17 Day Diet: A Doctor's Plan Designed for Rapid Results By Moreno, Mike Author Moreno, Dr Mike 2011-03 - Free Press 9781451648652 Check Our Catalog Presents a revolutionary program adjusts your body metabolically so that you burn fat day in and day out. The program is structured around four 17 day cycles, one of which helps flush sugar and fat storage from your system. Every phase comes with an extensive list of foods, recipes, and sample meal plans to help make grocery shopping a breeze. HPL patron: Very good information.  Good diet plan and I'm going to buy the book. …More

The Gypsy Moon By Morris, Gilbert 2005-06 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764226878 Check Our Catalog Dr. Gabriele Winslow joins the Underground in Holland to help smuggle Jews out of the country but she is stunned when the new commander of the Nazi occupation forces turns out to be a man she almost married. HPL patron: The book was easy to get into.  Gibert Morris did an outstanding job keeping the reader's attention. …More

The Hesitant Hero By Morris, Gilbert 2006-07 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764229459 Check Our Catalog Will they ever make it to the coast? It all depends on... the HESITANT HERO When Tyler Winslow is expelled from college in New York, he decides to study art in Paris. When he fails at that as well, and with no family or career to return to in the States, he settles further south in France, painting for his own pleasure and pursuing a woman he had dated in college. Jolie Vernay has no interest in Tyler, but their lives are soon entwined with those of several Jewish orphans. As the conflicts of World War II come dangerously close, Tyler starts to understand that the world doesn't revolve around him. He and Jolie agree that they must flee the country and get the children to safety. Then a baby is also thrust into their care, further complicating the already desperate situation. Can they hope to escape the Nazis when all the odds are against them? (House of Winslow Book 38) HPL patron: Great book, very interesting. …More

The High Calling: 1940 By Morris, Gilbert 2006-01 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764228254 Check Our Catalog Sent to London for missionary training, Katherine Winslow is reunited with Derek, a former beau now in the RAF. As the Battle of Britain heats up, Derek is missing in action, leaving Kat to wonder about the certainty of her calling. HPL patron: Very intriguing, kept reader's attention! …More

Custard's Last Stand By Myers, Tamar 2003-02 - New American Library 9780451207821 Check Our Catalog A brand-new mouthwatering mystery with "all the right ingredients" ("Mostly Murder"), including hilarious heroine Magdalena Yoder. HPL patron: I laughed all the way through it.  A very funny book.  The story and characters keep you interested.  I plan to check out another book of Ms. Myers right today.  It's a quick, enjoyable and light read. …More

The Snowman By Nesbo, Jo Translator Bartlett, Don 2011-05 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307595867 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Internationally acclaimed, bestselling Norwegian writer Nesb appears on the Knopf list for the first time with a bone-chilling new thriller about a serial killer who takes Harry Hole--Nesb's irascible police investigator--to the brink of insanity. HPL patron: Very intense with so many twists and turns. …More

From the Streets to the Sheets: Urban Erotic Quickies By Noire 2008-08 - One World 9780345508485 Check Our Catalog header: Establish your street cred: Hard-hitting street dramas and urban erotic fantasies from One World BooksNoire--the undisputed Queen of Urban Erotica--brings readers a bold collection of stories from today's hottest authors: street drama with a sheet-drenching twist. …More

G-Spot: An Urban Erotic Tale by By Noire 2006-08 - One World 9780345486875 Check Our Catalog "Her man demanded loyalty, but her body wouldn't obey. "Have you ever rolled over in the middle of the night and realized you were doing things you swore you'd never do? Sexing brothers you vowed you'd never touch? Bending backwards and stooping lower than you ever thought you'd stoop? Well if you can feel me even a little bit, then let me hit you with a story that just might blow your mind. . . . Nineteen-year-old Juicy Stanfield is the sexy young girlfriend of Granite "G" McKay, owner of Harlem's notorious G-Spot Social Club. A drug dealer with a lethal streak, he runs Harlem with an iron fist. But even the cash and the bling can't keep Juicy from getting restless, and while G fulfills her every material desire, she's burning up with unrequited sexual energy. To cheat on him would mean a death sentence; so Juicy finds pleasure in secret ways: fantasizing on crowded subways or allowing her eyes to hungrily take in the male dancers on the club's ladies night. But as Juicy's sexual cravings grow stronger, one thing becomes frighteningly clear: She's a virtual prisoner in G's dangerous world. As G begins to suspect her of playin' him, he pulls the reins he keeps on her even tighter. If she's ever to escape and get a life of her own she must find a way to start stashing away some of G's cash. But doing that under G's watchful eye is a challenge she might not live up to-especially when her appetite tempts her with the deadliest desire of all: G's very own son. . . . …More

Hittin' the Bricks: An Urban Erotic Tale By Noire 2009-01 - One World 9780345508782 Check Our Catalog From Noire, the queen of urban erotica and the #1 bestselling author of "G-Spot," comes a sensual new novel set in Spanish Harlem about a woman torn between family and love. …More

Thong on Fire: An Urban Erotic Tale By Noire 2007-03 - Atria Books 9781416533023 Check Our Catalog From the streets to the sheets, bestselling urban erotic fiction phenomenon Noire spins the torn-from-the-headlines story of a sassy stripper with an attitude that raises her up and then brings her down--hard. …More

Unzipped: An Urban Erotic Tale By Noire 2010-03 - One World 9780345508799 Check Our Catalog A #1 "Essence"-bestselling author delivers a steamy new tale from the streets in her seventh solo novel, set against a Harlem backdrop teeming with drama and sex at every turn. …More

Beast Master's Ark By Norton, Andre Author McConchie, Lyn Joint Author McConchie, Lyn 2003-07 - Tor Classics 9780765340092 Check Our Catalog The adventures of Beast Master Hosteen Storm, hero of Andre Norton's "Beast Master" and "Lord of Thunder, " have thrilled SF readers for decades. Now, introduced in a terrific new adventure, is Tani, daughter of a heroic Beast Master who died to save a planet from the same Xik invaders who destroyed Storm's homeworld, Earth. …More

Beast Master's Circus By Norton, Andre Author McConchie, Lyn 2004-02 - Tom Doherty Associates 9780765300423 Check Our Catalog Since the dreaded Xik destroyed Earth, the corps of Beast Masters and the animal teams with which they have telepathic rapport have served as sentinels against the Xik and other threats to colony worlds throughout the galaxy. Now a conspiracy with ties to the Thieves Guild is trying to kidnap the Beast Masters' team animals. …More

The Meeting Place By Oke, Janette Joint Author Bunn, T. Davis 1999-04 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764221767 Check Our Catalog Two young women, their lives shadowed by nations in conflict, begin a friendship that will propel them on a journey from which they can never turn back.... The year was 1753, and the lines of separation were firmly drawn. The French had named the region Acadia, their "beloved home". When the British came soon after, they battled with the French on the new continent as they had in Europe for centuries. The settlers of Acadia were either French or English, and though their villages might be but a stone's throw apart, most could go an entire lifetime without speaking to someone from the other side. And then the chance encounter in a meadow of wild flowers... The Meeting Place …More

The Tender Years By Oke, Janette 2008-08 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764205279 Check Our Catalog Caught in that difficult period between childhood and adulthood, Virginia struggles against what she considers to be unreasonable restrictions and expectations. A lively new girl arrives at school, and a day comes that neither girl will ever forget. …More

Body Work By Paretsky, Sara 2010-08 - Putnam Adult 9780399156748 Check Our Catalog The enigmatic performer known as the Body Artist takes the stage at Chicago's Club Gouge and allows her audience to use her naked body as a canvas for their impromptu illustrations. Days later, the woman is shot outside the club and dies in V.I.'s arms. As V.I. seeks answers, her investigation will take her from the North Side of Chicago to the far reaches of the Gulf War. …More

Sixkill By Parker, Robert B. 2011-05 - Putnam Adult 9780399157264 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title On location in Boston, bad-boy actor Jumbo Nelson is accused of the rape and murder of a young woman. As the case grows darker and secrets about both Jumbo and the dead girl come to light, it's Spenser--with Nelson's bodyguard Zebulon Sixkill at his side--who must put things right. …More

Don't Blink By Patterson, James Author Roughan, Howard 2010-09 - Little Brown and Company 9780316036238 Check Our Catalog While conducting a once-in-a-lifetime interview with a legendary baseball bad-boy, reporter Nick Daniels accidentally captures a key piece of evidence that lands him in the middle of an all-out war between Italian and Russian mafia forces. HPL patron:  How is a murder in a NY steakhouse related to other crimes.  Follow investigative reporter Nick Daniels  who investigates in depth rather than accepting "facts" at face value. …More

Toys By Patterson, James Author McMahon, Neil 2011-03 - Little Brown and Company 9780316097369 Check Our Catalog Hays Baker and his wife Lizbeth possess super-human strength, extraordinary intelligence, stunning looks, a sex life to die for, and two beautiful children. Of course they do--they're Elites, endowed at birth with the very best that the world can offer. The only problems in their perfect world: people, their toys, and the battle to save humanity. …More

Face of Terror By Pendleton, Don 2009-02 - Gold Eagle 9780373643639 Check Our Catalog A cadre of violent bank robbers is wreaking havoc in the Midwestern states. While everyone thinks an Arab terror cell is to blame, Mack Bolan discovers he's fighting an enemy nobody wants to suspect--American soldiers. Original. HPL patron: The executioner is faced with an operation where he faces a group of former US military posing as terrorists to get enough money to buy a nuclear backpack bomb. …More

I, Monster: Serial Killers in Their Own Chilling Words By Philbin, Tom 2011-01 - Prometheus Books 9781616141639 Check Our Catalog Using court transcripts and police interviews, a veteran true-crime and crime-fiction writer has compiled the testimony of 20 infamous serial killers. Read exactly what goes through the dark minds of notorious killers as they commit horrible crimes. HPL patron: I love it.  I love anything on serial killers. HPL patron: This is a disgustingly graphic  book.  One would think the subtitle would leave the readerduly warned, but I was not prepared for how disturbing the minds of these people truly were.  More heartbreaking (for the  victims and those who loved them) and sickening (descriptive) than scary. …More