Summer Reading Week 5

Welcome to the results of Week 5 of Summer Reading 2012.  We have 343 people signed up.  This week 46 people read 157 books (11 submitted entries for the first time this week.)  So far, 122 people have read 623 books!

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Here Today, Gone Tomorrow By Kaye, Marilyn 2009-10 - Kingfisher 9780753463109 Check Our Catalog Shy, dreamy Emily Sanders is able to foresee future events with the gift of premonitions, but they aren't always quite right. With frustration, Emily can not yet manage to control her visions, and the other students usually don't take her seriously. As Emily works on controlling her gift and her premonitions become clearer, her classmates find themselves in a situation where they are forced to listen to her, but will it be too late? I enjoyed reading how the author brought the teens together to hlep one another at the end, which meant they had to mature their gifts. …More

Out of Sight, Out of Mind By Kaye, Marilyn 2009-06 - Kingfisher 9780753462836 Check Our Catalog Queen of Mean Amanda Beeson is shocked to find herself in the body of one of her victims, Tracey Devon, who has the ability to become invisible. It soon becomes clear to Amanda that at Meadowbrook Middle School, the definition of "gifted" has a whole other meaning. I think we all can relate to the characters in this book, anyone who has wished to be invisible or someone else at some point.  The author has a good thought with this series. …More

Pontoon By Keillor, Garrison 2008-09 - Penguin Books 9780143114109 Check Our Catalog A fresh and funny Lake Wobegon novel about a woman with a secret life. After Evelyn dies in her sleep, it is revealed she has been in love for years with a Las Vegas man. "Pontoon" is a heartfelt and comic work by one of America's greatest storytellers. …More

Mystery By Kellerman, Jonathan 2011-03 - Ballantine Books 9780345505699 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Alex Delaware, the L.A. psychologist and crime-solver, returns to tackle another tricky case. A woman has been murdered, her body mutilated. Homicide detective Milo Sturgis, Delawares frequent partner, brings Alex into the case, hoping for some insight into the psychology of the killer. Alex is surprised to discover that the victim is familiar to him; Alex and his girlfriend saw her at a restaurant only hours before her death. But how can Alex and Milo expect to find any usable clues when the restaurant is now out of business? …More

Victims By Kellerman, Jonathan 2012-02 - Ballantine Books 9780345505712 Check Our Catalog Not since Jack the Ripper terrorized the London slums has there been such a gruesome crime scene. By all accounts, acid-tongued Vita Berlin hadn't a friend in the world, but whom did she cross so badly as to end up arranged in such a grotesque tableau? One look at her apartment-turned-charnel house prompts hard-bitten LAPD detective Milo Sturgis to summon his go-to expert in hunting homicidal maniacs, Alex Delaware. But despite his finely honed skills, even Alex is stymied when more slayings occur in the same ghastly fashion . . . yet with no apparent connection among the victims. Awesome.  I love Jonathan Kellerman and all his books.  I truly love Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis. …More

The Devil's Elixir By Khoury, Raymond 2011-12 - Dutton Books 9780525952435 Check Our Catalog What if there was an herb, previously lost to history in the jungles of Central America, capable of inducing an experience so momentous it could shake the foundations of Western civilization? What if powerful forces on both sides of the law got wind of that herb, and uncompromising pursuit to be the first to exploit it? And what if FBI agent Sean Reilly and his girlfriend Tess Chaykin were, unknowingly, the only two people who could keep the lid on this Pandora's box capable of destabilizing the world? …More

The Last Council By Kibuishi, Kazu 2011-09 - Graphix 9780545208871 Check Our Catalog Emily, Navin, and the crew arrive in the lost city of Cielis, but they soon realize it's not the utopia they expected to find. While Trellis and Luger are taken prisoner, Emily is forced to fight for her life in a series of tests that will determine who among the new generation of young Stonekeepers will join the Guardian Council. …More

The Colorado Kid By King, Stephen Translator Tyroller, Bettina Blanch 2006-03 - Debolsillo 9789875661479 Check Our Catalog SPA The world's most popular author turns from horror to noir with this novel. A novice newspaperwoman gains insight into the nature of mystery itself when her journalism mentors tell her about a 25-year-old unsolved investigation involving a man found dead on an island off the coast of Maine. Original. King sucks you in again with this quick read of mystery and not  so much mayhem.  You will find yourself finishing this book with more questions than just, "Who was the Colorado Kid?" …More

Dreamcatcher By King, Stephen 2001-11 - Pocket Books 9780743436274 Check Our Catalog In the haunted city of Derry, Maine, the setting for King's previous novels "It" and "Insomnia, " four young boys stood together and did a brave thing 25 years ago. The boys, now grown men, still get together once a year to hunt in the north woods of Maine. But when a man stumbles into their camp, muttering about lights in the sky, these old friends are plunged into a terrible struggle with a creature from another world. …More

Insomnia By King, Stephen 1995-09 - Signet Book 9780451184962 Check Our Catalog Old Ralph Roberts hasn't been sleeping well lately. Every night he wakes just a little bit earlier, and pretty soon, he thinks, he won't get any sleep at all. It wouldn't be so bad, except for the strange hallucinations he's been having. Or, at least, he hopes they are hallucinations--because here in Derry, one never can tell. Part of the "Books That Take You Anywhere You Want To Go" Summer Reading Promotion. …More

Misery By King, Stephen 1988-06 - Signet Book 9780451169525 Check Our Catalog Can a best-selling author escape from a psychotic nurse who wants him to respect her favorite literary character? …More

Pet Sematary By King, Stephen 2001-02 - Pocket Books 9780743412278 Check Our Catalog ""Sometimes dead is better...."" When the Creeds move into a beautiful old house in rural Maine, it all seems too good to be true: physician father, beautiful wife, charming little daughter, adorable infant son -- and now an idyllic home. As a family, they've got it all...right down to the friendly cat. But the nearby woods hide a blood-chilling truth -- more terrifying than death itself...and hideously more powerful. …More

The Tommyknockers By King, Stephen 1988-10 - Signet Book 9780451156600 Check Our Catalog Something was happening in Bobbi Anderson's idyllic small town of Haven, Maine. Something that gave every man, woman and child powers far beyond ordinary mortals. Something that turned the town into a death trap for all outsiders. "Wonderful creeping terror . . . A great storyteller!"--The New York Times Book Review. …More

Wastelands By King, Stephen 1993-12 - Penguin U S A 9780451174758 Check Our Catalog SPA The wait will soon be over for the millions of fans eagerly anticipating the next installment of Stephen King's riveting The Waste Lands. Enter the realm of the mightiest imagination of our time as the Last Gunslinger crosses the desert of damnation and approaches the Dark Tower of his dreams and nightmares. 12 full-color illustrations; line art throughout. …More

Wolves of the Calla By King, Stephen Illustrator Wrightson, Bernie 2005-01 - Scribner Book Company 9780743251624 Check Our Catalog Full-color illustrations continue the adventures of Roland, the last gunslinger and survivor of a civilized world that has "moved on." …More

Brother Odd By Koontz, Dean R. 2012-03 - Random House Large Print Publishing 9780739378519 Check Our Catalog Koontzs beloved hero leaves the small desert town of Pico Mundo for the solitude and peace of an isolated monastery as he tries to find a way to live fully again. But Odd Thomas has a knack for finding trouble and must confront an enemy who eclipses any he has yet encountered, in this third "New York Times" bestseller featuring this beloved hero. This third installment of the Odd Thomas series brings us to a secluded abby and Thomas in just as much hot water that he didn't ask for.  In the end, he is just as confused and expectant of the forseeable outcome. …More

Odd Hours By Koontz, Dean R. 2009-04 - Bantam 9780553591705 Check Our Catalog In his fourth adventure, literary hero Odd Thomas breaks new ground as he is drawn to a destiny he cannot imagine, traveling to undreamed-of new places where both the perils he will face and the stakes for which he fights surpass all that has come before Odd Hours  is what it is named.  Thomas is in the thick of it again, only this time he unwittingly knows the outcome will either mean life intensified like never before, or an earth shattering end, literally. …More

The Swan Thieves By Kostova, Elizabeth 2010-01 - Little Brown and Company 9780316065788 Check Our Catalog Kostova's masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy, from the late 19th century to the late 20th, from young love to last love to create a story of obsession, history's losses, and the power of art to preserve human hope. A great read with something for everyone--history, travel, art, relationships, but best of all-a mystery! …More

Monument 14 By Laybourne, Emmy 2012-06 - Feiwel & Friends 9780312569037 Check Our Catalog Ever wonder how strong your kids are if the unthinkable happened?   This book will tell you.  And at the end leaving you wanting more. …More

Stories I Only Tell My Friends: An Autobiography By Lowe, Rob 2011-04 - Henry Holt & Company 9780805093292 Check Our Catalog A teen idol at 15, an international icon and founder of the Brat Pack at 20, and one of Hollywood's top stars to this day, Lowe chronicles his experiences as a painfully misunderstood child actor in Ohio uprooted to the wild counterculture of mid-1970s Malibu, where he embarked on his unrelenting pursuit of a career in Hollywood. Loved it.  Quick listen. …More

Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of Seal Team 10 By Luttrell, Marcus With Robinson, Patrick 2007-06 - Little Brown and Company 9780316067591 Check Our Catalog Four U.S. Navy SEALs fought to the death against 150 armed Taliban in the Afghan mountains. Now, two years later, the lone SEAL survivor pens this spellbinding, first-hand account, a heartbreaking, yet inspiring story of heroism, courage, and sacrifice. 8-page b & w photo insert. …More

The Unbearable Lightness of Dragons By MacAlister, Katie 2011-05 - Signet Book 9780451233448 Check Our Catalog From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "In the Company of Vampires" comes the second irresistible novel in her Light Dragons trilogy. Original. Super sexy dragon shifters and their mates inhabit this world along with mages and wise cracking demon dogs.  Funny, sexy, and quirky, it is a good summer read.  Though reading the Bisleng Grey series first is recommended. …More

Coveted By Madison, Shawntelle 2012-04 - Ballantine Books 9780345529183 Check Our Catalog Charlaine Harris meets Janet Evanovich in this funny, sexy new urban paranormal romance from a debut author, featuring adorably klutzy and relatable werewolf heroine Nat Stravinsky. Original. An OCD werewolf?  Who knew an urban fantasy heroine could be so quirky yet loveable and most important, able to kick supernatural butt?