Last post for Summer Reading!

Welcome to Summer Reading 2011!  At the end of 10 weeks we had 368 people signed up. This week, 3 new people participated and 31 people read 138 books, which brings the totals for the summer to 173 people and 1438 books.  A banner year!

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The Help By Stockett, Kathryn 2009-02 - Amy Einhorn Books 9780399155345 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title In Jackson, Mississippi, in 1962, there are lines that are not crossed. With the civil rights movement exploding all around them, three women start a movement of their own, forever changing a town and the way women--black and white, mothers and daughters--view one another. HPL patron: Best book I've read in a long time.  Love it. HPL patron: Four stars.  Quite  a look at our history. HPL patron: Loved this book, a true aspect of the past.  …More

The Secrets of People Who Never Get Sick By Stone, Gene 2010-10 - Workman Publishing 9780761158141 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title A bestselling health-savvy journalist who's investigated, firsthand, virtually every form of regimen, diagnostic test, therapy, and fad, tells the stories of 25 people who each possess a different secret of excellent health--and shows how anyone can all use these insights to change his or her life for the better. …More

Beautiful Lies By Unger, Lisa 2006-12 - Three Rivers Press (CA) 9780307336828 Check Our Catalog In this sexy, fast-paced literary thriller, Unger takes readers on a breathtaking ride in which a young New York writer's good deed has terrible consequences and leaves her running for her life. …More

Jericho Cay By Wall, Kathryn R. 2011-04 - Minotaur Books 9780312601850 Check Our Catalog While restoring her Hilton Head home after a brush with a hurricane, P.I. Bay Tanner must unravel a suspicious death and even more suspicious disappearances from a secluded private island. …More

Best Friends Forever By Weiner, Jennifer 2010-05 - Washington Square Press 9780743294300 Check Our Catalog With incomparable humor and heart, Weiner presents her latest novel, which depicts the nuances of female friendship. …More

The List By Whitlow, Robert 2000-02 - Thomas Nelson Publishers 9780849916403 Check Our Catalog As a struggling young attorney fresh out of law school, Renny Jacobson was pining for the day he could afford the fast cars and sprawling homes of the partners in his Charlotte firm. And with news of his father's death and an ancient, secret inheritance, Renny's life was sure to change forever. But the inheritance and membership in the clandestine society which provided it soon threatens to change him in more ways than one. Renny's life -- and the life of the woman he loves -- depends on supernatural deliverance from the curse of "The List." HPL patron:  It was refreshing to read a mystery that was clean- no bed jumping, no swearing-just an interesting mystery-that took very few twists.  More of that would have been a better mystery. …More

City Girl By Wick, Lori 2008-03 - Harvest House Publishers 9780736922425 Check Our Catalog City girl Reagan Sullivan may know her way around New York City, but when the gentle rancher Cash Rawlings comes into her life, Reagan finds herself intrigued with the man and his faith, but love and commitment are adventures this city girl has vowed never to embark upon. …More

Every Little Thing about You By Wick, Lori 2008-03 - Harvest House Publishers 9780736922401 Check Our Catalog Acting deputy of Shotgun, Texas, Liberty Drake is drawn to Slater Rawlings, a former Texas Ranger. Can Liberty give up her position when so many townspeople have come to rely on her? …More

A Texas Sky By Wick, Lori 2008-03 - Harvest House Publishers 9780736922418 Check Our Catalog Texas ranger Dakota Rawlings is unprepared for the seemingly easy task of escorting Miss Darvi Wingate to the town of Stillwater and on to Aurora. When Darvi becomes a pawn in one of the biggest rackets in town, she wonders if even a Texas Ranger can get her out of this one. …More

Robopocalypse By Wilson, Daniel H. 2011-06 - Doubleday Books 9780385533850 Check Our Catalog In the near future, at a moment that no one will notice, all the dazzling technology that runs our world will unite and turn against us. "Robopocalypse" is a brilliantly conceived action-filled epic, a terrifying story with heart-stopping implications for the real technology all around us. …More

A Thousand Voices By Wingate, Lisa 2008-01 - Center Point Large Print 9781602851085 Check Our Catalog Dell Jordan sets off on a journey into Oklahomas Kiamichi Mountains, drawn bythe only remaining link to her origins--a fathers Native American name on herbirth certificate. In the voices of her Choctaw ancestors, shell discover thekeys to a future she could have only imagined. HPL patron:  Good …More

Is It Hot in Here? or Is It Me? the Complete Guide to Menopause By Kantrowitz, Barbara Author Wingert Kelly, Pat 2006-01 - Workman Publishing 9780761138082 Check Our Catalog At last, a deeply optimistic guide to all the long, often mysterious years of menopause - the role of hormones and the controversy over hormone therapy - the truth about hot flashes . . . and how to deal with one in the middle of a meeting - the impact on sexuality and how to counteract that wavering libido. There are chapters on memory (how to protect it), moods (how to ride them out), and sleep (how to get what you need). And finally, why this period can be a natural springboard to staying healthy, feeling great, and looking beautiful for that next act in your life. HPL patron:  "Is it hot in here or is it me?'  This is a book I wanted to read the first time I asked myself that question. …More

The Uncoupling By Wolitzer, Meg 2011-04 - Riverhead Books 9781594487880 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "The Ten-Year Nap" comes a funny, provocative, revealing novel about female desire. …More

Driftwood Cottage By Woods, Sherryl 2011-03 - Mira Books 9780778329473 Check Our Catalog Presenting the first book in a new trilogy, "New York Times"-bestselling author Woods again brings her signature heartwarming style to the community of Chesapeake Shores. Original. HPL patron: Great story. …More

Moonlight Cove By Woods, Sherryl 2011-04 - Mira Books 9780778329794 Check Our Catalog Jess O'Brien has overcome a lot, and her friends persuade her to join a dating service--but she gets no takers! Which is fine with her childhood friend, psychologist Will Lincoln, who's already chosen the perfect man for Jess--himself. Original. …More

The Cheapskate Next Door: The Surprising Secrets of Americans Living Happily Below Their Means By Yeager, Jeff 2010-06 - Broadway Books 9780767931328 Check Our Catalog He's at it again, but this time he's not alone. America's Ultimate Cheapskate is back with all new secrets for how to live happily "below" your means, a la cheapskate. …More