Summer Reading Week 7

Welcome to the results of Week 7 of Summer Reading 2012.  We have 358 people signed up.  This week 36 people read 114 books (8 submitted entries for the first time this week.)  So far, 147 people have read 871 books!

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The Harry Bosch Novels, Volume 2: The Last Coyote/Trunk Music/Angels Flight By Connelly, Michael 2003-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316614566 Check Our Catalog There are 5.2 million copies of Connelly's books in print and his sales have never been stronger. This is his second anthology of Bosch novels. Very intense and shows a different side to Harry Bosch! …More

The Casserole Queens Cookbook: Put Some Lovin' in Your Oven with 100 Easy One-Dish Recipes By Cook, Crystal Author Pollock, Sandy 2011-08 - Clarkson N Potter Publishers 9780307717856 Check Our Catalog As seen on Food Network's "Throwdown with Bobby Flay," Pollock and Cook--the Casserole Queens--share their best casserole recipes while throwing in a side of retro-cool style. Includes simple and delicious recipes along with expert tips. Easy casserole recipes.  Uses ingredients most people already have on hand.  I copied down several of them to try! …More

Undead and Undermined By Davidson, MaryJanice 2011-07 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425241271 Check Our Catalog All-new in the "New York Times" bestselling drop-dead funny series. Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor thought she couldn't die. So what's she doing in the morgue? It could have something to do with a time- traveling trip she made, and a foe with a wicked agenda that could finally be the real death of Betsy-if she's not careful. …More

Undead and Unfinished By Davidson, MaryJanice 2010-07 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425234358 Check Our Catalog Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor returns in the ninth novel in Davidson's "New York Times"-bestselling series, and she's having a tough time getting through the "Book of the Dead"--until the Devil strikes a bargain. …More

The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution By Dawkins, Richard 2009-09 - Free Press 9781416594789 Check Our Catalog In a brilliant follow-up to his blockbuster "The God Delusion," world-renowned evolutionary biologist and author Dawkins lays out the evidence for evolution. …More

Xo: A Kathryn Dance Novel By Deaver, Jeffery 2012-06 - Simon & Schuster 9781439156377 Check Our Catalog Internationally bestselling author Deaver delivers the latest sensational thriller in his wildly popular series. Special Agent Kathryn Dance must use her considerable skills at investigation and body language analysis to stop a celebrity stalker set in the world of country music. …More

The Silent World of Nicholas Quinn By Dexter, Colin 1988-01 - Crimeline 9780553272383 Check Our Catalog When a member of the Foreign Examinations Syndicate is murdered, something tells Inspector Morse that it is an inside job. But who is responsible? Ties in to the six-episode PBS Mystery! series beginning in February. Previously published by Dell Books. Reissue. …More

An Accidental Affair By Dickey, Eric Jerome 2012-04 - Dutton Books 9780525952343 Check Our Catalog What's a financially successful screenwriter to do when his movie-star wife stars in an extremely explicit sex video? Can he possible believe her claim that it was all an accident? Dickey's latest novel drops the reader into a very hip world starring characters ready-made for the screen. Fast moving whodunnit revolving aroudn Hollywood lifestyle.  Stunner of a resolution.  Compelling and engaging. …More

Hot Six By Evanovich, Janet 2001-06 - St. Martin's Press 9780312976279 Check Our Catalog Bounty hunter Stephanie Plum goes after bail jumper, Ranger--who happens to be Carlos Manoso, former Special Forces Agent turned soldier of fortune, and Stephanie's mentor. Now Stephanie must test her skills against the master, and also deal with her grandmother, two goons on her tail, and three corpses. Martin's Press. …More

Seven Up By Evanovich, Janet 2002-06 - St. Martin's Press 9780312980146 Check Our Catalog New Jersey bounty hunter Stephanie Plum is on the trail of semi-retired bail jumper Eddie DeChooch, an old man who can still slip out of sight. When a corpse is found in Eddie's garden and two of her friends vanish, Stephanie finds herself making a devil's bargain with her mentor, the Ranger, who'll give her all the help she needs--if she gives him everything he wants. Martin's Press. …More

Smokin' Seventeen: A Stephanie Plum Novel By Evanovich, Janet 2011-11 - Bantam 9780345527707 Check Our Catalog Dead bodies are showing up in shallow graves on the empty construction lot of Vincent Plum Bail Bonds. No one is sure who the killer is, or why the victims have been offed, but what is clear is that Stephanie's name is on the killer's list. Short on time to find the murderer, Stephanie is also under pressure from family and friends to choose between her on-again-off-again boyfriend, Trenton cop Joe Morelli, and the bad boy in her life, security expert Ranger. …More

Body Language By Fast, Julius 2002-04 - M.Evans & Company 9780871319821 Check Our Catalog A classic that has sold over three million copies. The first to feature the phrase "body language, " this book introduces "kinesics, " the science of nonverbal communication, which is used to analyze the common gestures we use and observe every day. …More

Thursday Next: First Among Sequels By Fforde, Jasper 2007-08 - Viking Books 9780670038718 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title It's been fourteen years since Thursday pegged out at the 1988 SuperHoop, and Friday is now a difficult sixteen year old. However, Thursday's got bigger problems. Sherlock Holmes is killed at the Rheinback Falls and his series is stopped in its tracks. And before this can be corrected, Miss Marple dies suddenly in a car accident, bringing her series to a close as well. When Thursday receives a death threat clearly intended for her written self, she realizes what's going on�—there is a serial killer on the loose in the Bookworld. And that's not all�—The Goliath Corporation is trying to deregulate book travel. Naturally, Thursday must travel to the outer limits of acceptable narrative possibilities to triumph against increasing odds. …More

My Life Next Door By Fitzpatrick, Huntley 2012-06 - Dial Books 9780803736993 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title When Samantha, the 17-year-old daughter of a wealthy, perfectionistic, Republican state senator, falls in love with the boy next door, whose family is large, boisterous, and just making ends meet, she discovers a different way to live. But after her mother is involved in a hit-and-run accident, Sam must make some difficult choices. …More

Gone Girl By Flynn, Gillian 2012-06 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780307588364 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Flynn's toxic mix of sharp-edged wit with deliciously chilling prose creates a nerve-fraying thriller that confounds readers at every turn. When his wife disappears on their anniversary, Nick starts having cringe-worthy daydreams and becomes oddly evasive, eschewing his golden boy past. …More

Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet By Ford, Jamie 2009-10 - Ballantine Books 9780345505347 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Set in the ethnic neighborhoods of Seattle during World War II and Japanese American internment camps of the era, the times and places are brought [stirringly] to life (Jim Tomlinson, author of "Things Kept, Things Left Behind"). …More

Clans and Families of Scotland: The History of the Scottish Tartan By Fulton, Alexander 1999-04 - Booksales 9780785810506 Check Our Catalog Traces the history and origin of Highland dress and of tartans explaining how and when they should be worn. Main body of the book is an extensive list of family names, details of the leading families that have tartans and illustrations of 265 tartans. …More

Haunted By Graham, Heather 2003-09 - Mira Books 9781551667508 Check Our Catalog After his guests and staff complain of a ghostly presence in the Colonial manor Melody House, owner Matt Stone hires paranormal investigator Darcy Tremayne to explore the house. But Darcy soon unveils more than a tormented ghost. Original. …More

The Last Noel By Graham, Heather 2007-11 - Mira Books 9780778325253 Check Our Catalog A family Christmas turns into a hostage standoff when two violent criminals break into the OBoyles familys home. Knowing that psychology and not brawn will be the safest way to get through this, Mom Skylar offers the men a Christmas dinner. But one of the men has a few surprises of his own. …More

The Broker By Grisham, John 2012-03 - Dell Publishing Company 9780345532008 Check Our Catalog #1 "NEW YORK TIMES "BESTSELLER In his final hours in office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems that Backman, in his heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance system. Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane, given a new name, a new identity, and a new home in Italy. Eventually, after he has settled into his new life, the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis, the Russians, the Chinese, and the Saudis. Then the CIA will do what it does best: sit back and watch. The question is not whether Backman will survive--there is no chance of that. The question the CIA needs answered is, Who will kill him? …More

Arcadia By Groff, Lauren 2012-03 - Voice 9781401340872 Check Our Catalog A mesmerizing second novel from the bestselling author of "The Monsters of Templeton, Arcadia" is the lyrical and haunting story of a great American dream--the progress of a utopian community and its lasting impact on a gifted young man. A well writen and well characterized tale of 60's commune life and its consequences.  Impossible to put down. Excellent read! …More

Love Finds You in Sunset Beach, Hawaii By Gunn, Robin Jones 2011-10 - Summerside Press 9781609360283 Check Our Catalog Sierra came to Sunset Beach forrelaxation not for world-class surfingand certainly not for romance!When a wealthy friend offers Sierra Jensen avacation at an oceanfront beach house, sheenvisions a quiet retreat where she can plan hernext move. Instead, she arrives at the start of thenoisy surfing competitions and is surprised to learnthat her friend had an ulterior motive namely, introducing Sierra to Jordan Bryce, the tenantstaying below them. Jordan is a photographerwhose lens and attention are focused on the surfers, and he is not willing to let anyone get in his way oflanding the next cover shot for Surf Days magazine.Sierra and Jordan came to Sunset Beach looking fordifferent things. But as the surf pounds the NorthShore, will they discover something better thaneither of them had imagined? …More

The Red House By Haddon, Mark 2012-06 - Doubleday Books 9780385535779 Check Our Catalog The set-up of Haddon's brilliant new novel is simple: a wealthy doctor invites his estranged sister and her family to join him for a vacation. The stage is set for seven days of resentment and guilt, but because of Haddon's extraordinary narrative technique, the stories of these eight people are anything but simple. …More