Summer Reading Week 6

Welcome to the results of Week 6 of Summer Reading 2012.  We have 357 people signed up.  This week 41 people read 134 books (17 submitted entries for the first time this week.)  So far, 392 people have read 757 books!

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The Norse King's Daughter By Hill, Sandra 2011-09 - Avon Books 9780061673511 Check Our Catalog The third book in this fantastic and fun new Viking series from a "New York Times"- and "USA Today"-bestsellling author. Original. …More

Sweeter Savage Love By Hill, Sandra 2006-08 - Love Spell 9780505522122 Check Our Catalog Modern-day psychologist Harriet Ginoza is cast back to the Old South, and meets her dream lover. But to her disappointment, Etienne Baptiste refuses to ravish her--or fulfill her other secret wishes. Reissue. …More

This Year's Christmas Present By Hill, Sandra Author Bangs, Nina Author Joy, Dara 2008-10 - Love Spell 9780505527905 Check Our Catalog Contemporary holiday tales by three bestselling authors are gathered in this special collection that is sure to remind readers of the greatest gift of all: love. Includes the stories Man with a Golden Bow by Bangs, Fever by Sandra Hill, and Santa Reads Romance by Dara Joy. Original. …More

Down the Darkest Road By Hoag, Tami 2011-12 - Dutton Books 9780525952398 Check Our Catalog Hoag returns once more to Oak Knoll for the third installment of her bestselling series. Through Leone's pioneering, science-based investigatory skills, Hoag explores the early days of forensic police work. And through the chilling case at the heart of "Down the Darkest Road," she hooks ever more readers into the meticulously crafted, all-too-terrifying world of Oak Knoll, where the scariest secrets of all can be found . . . Down the Darkest Road. …More

A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty By Jackson, Joshilyn Read by Jackson, Joshilyn 2012-01 - Hachette Audio 9781611139921 Check Our Catalog A GROWN-UP KIND OF PRETTY is a powerful saga of three generations of women, plagued by hardships and torn by a devastating secret, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of family. Fifteen-year-old Mosey Slocumb-spirited, sassy, and on the cusp of womanhood-is shaken when a small grave is unearthed in the backyard, and determined to figure out why it's there. Liza, her stroke-ravaged mother, is haunted by choices she made as a teenager. But it is Jenny, Mosey's strong and big-hearted grandmother, whose maternal love braids together the strands of the women's shared past--and who will stop at nothing to defend their future. …More

American Dreams By Jakes, John Afterword by Jakes, John 1999-06 - Signet Book 9780451197016 Check Our Catalog America's master storyteller first introduced readers to the Crown family in "Homeland." As the second generation comes of age, the Crowns strive to find their place in a turbulent America at the dawn of a new century. From the speedways of Detroit to the glamour of young Hollywood to the daring heights of early aviation, theirs is a story of passion and adventure, glory and ambition. …More

The Magnificent Rogue By Johansen, Iris 2012-04 - Bantam 9780345536464 Check Our Catalog From the glittering courts of Elizabethan England to the storm-tossed cliffs of the Scottish Highlands comes a dazzling tale of seduction, danger, and desire by one of America's bestselling and beloved authors. Reissue. …More

Christine By King, Stephen 1983-11 - Signet Book 9780451160447 Check Our Catalog Arnie Cunningham is in love with his car. Christine, the car, is in complete control. "Vintage King . . . breathtaking, awesome. Carries such momentum the reader must force himself to slow down."--"New York Times Book Review" …More

The Long Walk By King, Stephen Author Bachman, Stephen Author Bachman, Richard 2001-01 - Turtleback Books 9780613173506 Check Our Catalog On the first day of May, 100 teenage boys meet for an event known throughout the country as "The Long Walk." If you break the rules, you get three warnings. If you exceed your limit, what happens is absolutely terrifying. Reissue. …More

Rose Madder By King, Stephen 1996-06 - Signet Book 9780451186362 Check Our Catalog Rose Daniels saw the single drop of blood on the bed sheet -- and knew she must escape from her macabre marriage before it was too late. But escape was not as easy as fleeing to a new city, picking a new name, finding a new job, lucking out with a new man. Her husband, Norman, was a cop, with a cop's training, a cop's technology, a cop's bloodhound instincts. And even worse, Norman was -- well, Norman. Rose knew she had been married to a savage brute. Now she realized she was being tracked down by a terrifying monster -- but the only place she found to hide could be the most dangerous of all.... …More

Coming Home: A Story of Undying Hope By Kingsbury, Karen 2012-06 - Zondervan 9780310266983 Check Our Catalog As the Baxter's make plans to come together for a summer lakeside reunion, the unthinkable happens. When the family rallies together, memories come to light that bring healing and hope during a time when darkness might have the final word. From bestselling author Karen Kingsbury, Coming Home---a stand-alone novel---can serve as either a grand introduction or a beautiful conclusion in the saga of the Baxter Family. …More

Twenties Girl By Kinsella, Sophie 2010-03 - Dial Press 9780385342032 Check Our Catalog Lara Lington has always had an overactive imagination, but suddenly that imagination seems to be in overdrive. Normal, professional, twenty-something young women don't get visited by ghosts. Or do they? …More

Everything You Need to Survive the Apocalypse By Klauss, Lucas 2012-01 - Simon Pulse 9781442423886 Check Our Catalog Phillip's sophomore year is off to a rough start. One of his best friends ditches him for a group of douchebags. His track coach singles him out for personalized, torturous training sessions. And his dad decides to clean out all of the emergency supplies from the basement, even though the world could end in disaster at any moment...and even though those supplies are all Phillip has left of his dead mom. Not that he wants to talk about that. But then Phillip meets Rebekah. Not only is she unconventionally hot and smart, but she has seriously great boobs. And she might like him back. As Phillip gets closer to Rebekah, he tries harder and harder to turn himself into the kind of person he thinks she wants him to be. But the question is, can he become that person? And does he really want to? …More

Deaths-Head Revisited By Serling, Rod Author Kneece, Mark Illustrator Lie, Chris 2009-05 - Walker & Company 9780802797230 Check Our Catalog Location: Dachau concentration camp, years after World War II. A retired German SS captain returns to reminisce about his days in power--until he finds himself at the mercy of those he tortured, on trial by those who died at his hands. Justice will finally be served . . . in the Twilight Zone. One of most ground-breaking shows in the history of television, "The Twilight Zone "has become a permanent fixture in pop culture. This new graphic novel series re-imagines the show's most enduring episodes, in all their original uncut glory, originally written by Rod Serling himself, and now adapted for a new generation--a generation that has ridden Disney's Twilight Zone Tower of TerrorTM ride, studied old episodes in school, watched the annual marathons, and paid homage to the show through the many random take-offs that show up in movies and TV shows everywhere. …More

The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street By Serling, Rod Illustrator Ellis, Rich Adapted by Kneece, Mark 2008-12 - Walker & Company 9780802797131 Check Our Catalog Maple Street--late on a Saturday afternoon a mysterious flash of light results in a power outage. But this is no ordinary power failure, and the neighbors on Maple Street will soon find themselves in the dark with an enemy of their own creation . . . in the Twilight Zone. …More

Light in Shadow By Krentz, Jayne Ann 2003-09 - Jove Books 9780515136180 Check Our Catalog Krentz's "New York Times" bestselling tale of false identities, double crosses, and daring passions involves a successful interior designer who senses that one of her clients may be hiding a dark secret. …More

All for You By Kurland, Lynn 2012-04 - Jove Books 9780515150650 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "One Magic Moment"--called Oone of romance's finest writersO ("Oakland Press")--comes an enchanting time-travel romance. Original. …More

Kabbalah for Dummies By Kurzweil, Arthur 2006-11 - For Dummies 9780471915904 Check Our Catalog "Kabbalah For Dummies" presents a balanced perspective of Kabbalah as an "umbrella" for a complex assemblage of mystical Jewish teachings and codification techniques. "Kabbalah For Dummies" also shows how Kabbalah simultaneously presents an approach to the study of text, the performance of ritual and the experience of worship, as well as how the reader can apply its teaching to everyday life. Many good introductions to this captivating Jewish mysticism. …More

The Capture of the Earl of Glencrae By Laurens, Stephanie 2012-01 - Avon Books 9780062068620 Check Our Catalog From "New York Times"- and "USA Today"-bestselling author Laurens comes the wild and satisfying conclusion to her trilogy about three Cynster sisters tracking down their perfect matches. Includes a bonus short story. Original. …More

Perelandra By Lewis, C. S. 2003-04 - Scribner Book Company 9780743234917 Check Our Catalog Pitted against the greatest of human weaknesses, temptation, Dr. Ransom must battle evil on a new world--Perelandra--when it is invaded by an evil force. Will Perelandra succumb to this being's influence or will it throw off the yoke of corruption and achieve a spiritual perfection as yet unknown to man? Not as interesting as other book I read by this author-laborious at times. …More

Mr. G: A Novel about the Creation By Lightman, Alan P. 2012-01 - Pantheon Books 9780307379993 Check Our Catalog "As I remember, I had just woken up from a nap when I decided to create the universe." So begins Lightman's playful and profound new novel, "Mr g," the story of Creation as narrated by God. The first half is great.  The second half is pretty slow. …More

Darkness Calls By Liu, Marjorie M. 2009-06 - Ace Books 9780441017300 Check Our Catalog Demon hunter Maxine Kiss, inked with living tattoos, is on a mission to rescue the man she loves from a bloodthirsty army. To save him, Maxine has only one choice: to lose control--and release her own powers of darkness. Original. …More

The Last Twilight By Liu, Marjorie M. 2011-05 - Avon Books 9780062019875 Check Our Catalog A young doctor finds herself caught up in a bioweapons plot, and only Amiri, a shape-shifting member of Dirk & Steele, can protect her--and win her heart. …More

Summer Reading Week 6

Welcome to the results of Week 6 of Summer Reading 2012.  We have 357 people signed up.  This week 41 people read 134 books (17 submitted entries for the first time this week.)  So far, 392 people have read 757 books!

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The Wild Road: A Dirk & Steele Novel By Liu, Marjorie M. 2011-06 - Avon Books 9780062020185 Check Our Catalog In this loosely linked sequel to "Dark Dreamers," a new plot by the Consortium brings a beautiful athlete into concert with a man she soon discovers is a gargoyle--and the love of her life. …More

Gilt By Longshore, Katherine 2012-05 - Viking Children's Books 9780670013999 Check Our Catalog In 1539, Kitty Tylney and her best friend Catherine Howard--the audacious, self-proclaimed "Queen of Misrule"--both servants to the Duchess of Norfolk, move to the court of King Henry VIII, who fancies Cat. When Cat becomes queen, Kitty must learn to navigate the complexities and dangers of the royal court. …More

Scotland: A Concise History By MacLean, Fitzroy 2001-03 - Thames & Hudson 9780500282335 Check Our Catalog Magnificently illustrated, this look at Scotland's history is a brisk account enlivened with both wit and scholarship. Pictures from authentic contemporary sources illuminate the romantic figures and bloody battles, the country's politics and religion, and provide a rich visual record of Scotland's art, craftsmanship, and intellectual life. Updated by Magnus Linklater, former editor of "The Scotsman". 250 illustrations. …More

The Season By MacLean, Sarah 2010-06 - Orchard Books 9780545048873 Check Our Catalog Strong-willed and sharp-tongued, 17-year-old Lady Alexandra had to learn to hold her own growing up in a houseful of brothers in Regency England. But soon Alex finds herself in the middle of a murder mystery just as ball season begins. …More

Wickedly Ever After By Marcos, Michelle 2009-06 - St. Martin's Press 9780312948511 Check Our Catalog After discovering her fiance in the arms of a parlor maid, Lady Athena McAlister comes to a frightful realization: Most men prefer the company of their mistresses to their wives. How can she, and other brides-to-be, become both wife and mistress to a man? In her quest for knowledge, she begs her wealthy grandfather for money to start a finishing school for marriageable young ladies. There she and her friends discreetly invite London's most notorious rakes to educate them on the art of seducing a man. Marshall Hawkesworth's sister has become far too knowledgeable about the ways of sex, and he suspects that her new finishing school is to blame. Marshall poses as a lecturer on several topics, including sensual kissing, and he soon finds Lady Athena to be a most apt pupil. But before he has her school shut down for good, he's determined to give her a few private lessons she won't soon forget... …More

Real Wifeys: Get Money: An Urban Tale By Mink, Meesha 2012-01 - Touchstone Books 9781451640823 Check Our Catalog This book shows how you can be so hell bent on getting even that you lose yourself.  Some things aren't worth trying to even fight about.  In the end the lesson:  you're not going to always get what you want. …More

Real Wifeys on the Grind By Mink, Meesha 2011-01 - Touchstone Books 9781439173114 Check Our Catalog The first of a new series featuring the scandalous life of a hood-fabulous wifey who uses her sex appeal and street smarts to make it big. This book makes you take a look at life from Goldie's view.  She had a lot of things to go through to she herself worthy of being happy. …More

To Tame a Highland Warrior By Moning, Karen Marie 1999-12 - Dell Publishing Company 9780440234814 Check Our Catalog Only her love could gentle his savage soul-- He was born to a clan of warriors of supernatural strength, but Gavrael McIllioch abandoned his name and his Highland castle, determined to escape the dark fate of his ancestors. Hiding his identity from the relentless rival clan that hunted him, he called himself Grimm to protect the people he cared for, vowing never to acknowledge his love for ravishing Jillian St. Clair. Yet even from afar he watched over her, and when her father sent an urgent summons, "Come for Jillian," he raced to her side--into a competition to win her hand in marriage. Why had he run from her so many years before? And why return now to see her offered as a prize in her father's manipulative game? Furious, Jillian vowed never to wed. But Grimm was the man she loved, the one who urged her to marry another. He tried to pretend indifference as she tempted him, but he could not deny the fierce desires that compelled him to abduct her from the altar. She was the only woman who could tame the beast that raged within him--even as deadly enemies plotted to destroy them both.... …More

The Center of Everything By Moriarty, Laura 2003-07 - Hyperion Books 9781401300319 Check Our Catalog In Moriarty's extraordinary first novel, a young girl tries to make sense of an unruly world spinning around her. Growing up with a single mother who is chronically out of work and dating a married man, ten-year old Evelyn Bucknow learns early how to fend for herself. Accelerated Reader: Reading Level 5, 18 Points. …More

The Chaperone By Moriarty, Laura 2012-06 - Riverhead Books 9781594487019 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title A captivating novel about the woman who chaperoned an irreverent Louise Brooks to New York City in 1922, and the summer that would change them both. …More

The Rest of Her Life By Moriarty, Laura 2008-06 - Hyperion Books 9781401309435 Check Our Catalog From the critically acclaimed author of "The Center of Everything" comes this luminous, provocative, and ultimately redemptive look at how even mothers and daughters with the best intentions can be blind to the harm they do to each other. …More

Cat Fear No Evil By Murphy, Shirley Rousseau 2004-12 - Avon Books 9780061015601 Check Our Catalog When the strange disappearance of antiques and valuables leads to a murder, crime-solving cats Joe Grey and Dulcie detect the unmistakable scent of their yellow-eyed feline nemesis, Azrael. …More

Batter Off Dead By Myers, Tamar 2009-02 - New American Library 9780451225924 Check Our Catalog During a church breakfast, Minerva J. Jay, known for her prodigious appetite, slumps over after ingesting several stacks of pancakes. Police Chief Chris Ackerman wonders if the serving of the fatal flapjacks is a case of assault and batter. …More

Hades: Lord of the Dead By O'Connor, George 2012-01 - First Second 9781596437616 Check Our Catalog …More

People Who Eat Darkness: The True Story of a Young Woman Who Vanished from the Streets of Tokyo--And the Evil That Swallowed Her Up By Parry, Richard Lloyd Author Parry 2012-05 - Farrar Straus Giroux 9780374230593 Check Our Catalog In 2000, a tall, blonde, 21-year-old went missing in Tokyo, and her remains were found several months later. Questions arose about her friendships, her career, and her intentions. …More

11th Hour By Patterson, James Author Paetro, Maxine 2012-05 - Little Brown and Company 9780316097499 Check Our Catalog When millionaire Chaz Smith is mercilessly gunned down, Lindsay Boxer discovers that the murder weapon is linked to the death of four of San Francisco's most untouchable criminals. And it was taken from her own department's evidence locker. …More

Kill Me If You Can By Patterson, James Author Karp, Marshall 2011-08 - Little Brown and Company 9780316097543 Check Our Catalog A poor art student living in New York City finds a duffel bag filled with diamonds during a chaotic attack at Grand Central Station. Plans for a worry-free life with his gorgeous girlfriend fill his thoughts--until he realizes that he is being hunted, and that whoever is after him won't stop until they have reclaimed the diamonds and exacted their revenge. …More

Now You See Her By Patterson, James Author Ledwidge, Michael 2012-04 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446574709 Check Our Catalog A successful lawyer and loving mother, Nina Bloom would do anything to protect the life she's built in New York--including lying to everyone about her past. When an innocent man is framed for murder, she can't let him pay for the real killer's crimes. …More

Private Games By Patterson, James Author Sullivan, Mark 2012-02 - Little Brown and Company 9780316206822 Check Our Catalog Private, the world's most renowned investigation firm, has been commissioned to provide security for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. The opening ceremony is hours away when Private investigator and single father of twins, Peter Knight, is called to the scene of a ruthless murder. A high-ranking member of the games' organizing committee has been killed. It's clear to Peter that this wasn't a crime of passion, but one of precise calculation and execution. …More

Run for Your Life By Patterson, James Author Ledwidge, Michael 2009-02 - Little Brown and Company 9780316018746 Check Our Catalog A calculating killer who calls himself The Teacher is taking on New York City, killing the powerful and the arrogant. Discovering a secret pattern to The Teacher's lessons, Detective Mike Bennett realizes he has just hours to save New York from the greatest disaster in history. …More

Step on a Crack By Patterson, James Author Ledwidge, Michael 2007-02 - Little Brown and Company 9780316013949 Check Our Catalog Meet Patterson's most compelling hero yet: Detective Michael Bennett, father of ten, as he pursues the most diabolical criminal ever to terrify New York City. …More

Fall from Grace By Patterson, Richard North 2012-03 - Scribner Book Company 9781451617054 Check Our Catalog The novel begins with the arrival of Adam Blaine at the funeral of his estranged father, Ben Blaine, a famous and charismatic writer who left behind him a string of secret legal and financial arrangements. Using his training as a CIA operative, Adam seeks to find the truth of his father's death, even if it means exposing one or more of his own family members as the killer and discovering secrets about himself that he was never supposed to know. …More

The Dante Club By Pearl, Matthew 2004-02 - Random House Trade 9780812971040 Check Our Catalog The New York Times Bestseller Boston, 1865. A series of murders, all of them inspired by scenes in Dante's Inferno. Only an elite group of America's first Dante scholars--Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Oliver Wendell Holmes, James Russell Lowell, and J. T. Fields--can solve the mystery. With the police baffled, more lives endangered, and Dante's literary future at stake, the Dante Club must shed its sheltered literary existence and find the killer. …More