Summer Reading Week 10

Welcome to the results of Week 10 of Summer Reading 2012.  We have 370 people signed up.  This week 37 people read 127 books (4 submitted entries for the first time this week.)  So far, 156 people have read 1243 books!

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The Witness By Roberts, Nora 2012-04 - Putnam Adult 9780399159121 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title The daughter of a controlling mother, Elizabeth finally let loose one night, drinking at a nightclub and allowing a strange man's seductive Russian accent lure her to a house on Lake Shore Drive. The events that follow change her life forever. …More

2312 By Robinson, Kim Stanley 2012-05 - Orbit 9780316098120 Check Our Catalog The year is 2312. Scientific and technological advances have opened gateways to an extraordinary future. But a sequence of events will force humanity to confront its past, its present, and its future. …More

Moonshell Beach By Ross, JoAnn 2012-07 - Signet Book 9780451237385 Check Our Catalog …More

Bedroom Bully By Russell, Trista 2010-01 - Pocket Books 9781416553922 Check Our Catalog Russell, author of "Going Broke" and "Dead Broke," turns up the heat in this erotic urban tale featuring a powerful attraction between a fugitive and the woman he is holding captive. Bedroom Bully is the story of a woman who falls in love with an accidental killer with a big heart.  Dean and Audra had a fairytale without the happy ending.  This is a story of true love in the most unbelieveable way. …More

Beyond the Sea of Ice By Sarabande, William 1987-11 - Domain 9780553268898 Check Our Catalog Stunningly visual, extraordinarily detailed, powerfully dramatic, here is the first volume of a remarkable new series . . ."The First Americans. When humans first walked the world, when nature ruled the earth and sky, a proud tribe is threatened by a series of natural disasters. A bold young hunter named Torka, who lost his wife and child to a killer mammoth, leads the survivors over the glacial tundra on a desperate eastward odyssey to the save their clan. Through attacks of savage animals and encounters with strangers not unlike themselves, they must brave the hardships of a foreign landscape and learn to live in an exotic new world of mystery and danger. Toward the land where the sun rises they must travel."Beyond The Sea Of Ice, toward a new day for their clan--and an awesome future for the American. …More

The Alchemyst By Scott, Michael 2007-05 - Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers 9780385733571 Check Our Catalog 2009 Rhode Island Teen Book Award According to legend, Nicholas Flamel discovered the secret of eternal life from the powerful book of Abraham the Mage--a book he has protected since his death in 1418. In the wrong hands, it will destroy the world. When the book is stolen, Sophie and Josh Newman find themselves in the middle of the greatest legend of all time. …More

Come Home By Scottoline, Lisa 2012-04 - St. Martin's Press 9780312380823 Check Our Catalog From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Save Me" and "Look Again" comes an explosive new novel about a woman faced with the ultimate choice: Should she confront her past at the expense of her future? …More

Between Shades of Grey Signed Edition By Sepetys, Ruta 2011-04 - Puffin Books 9780857572301 Check Our Catalog …More

Use of Native Craft Materials By Shanklin, Margaret Eberhardt 2011-09 - Nabu Press 9781245585613 Check Our Catalog …More

Julia Child: A Life By Shapiro, Laura 2009-07 - Penguin Books 9780143116448 Check Our Catalog Written by the award-winning author of "Perfection Salad," this biography portrays one of the most beloved figures in 20th-century American culture: Julia Child, the buoyant chef who has taught millions of Americans to cook with confidence and eat with pleasure. …More

Seating Arrangements By Shipstead, Maggie 2012-06 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307599469 Check Our Catalog A deliciously absorbing social comedy, set on an exclusive island off Cape Cod, that tracks a catastrophic three-day wedding weekend with an irresistible mix of wit and tenderness--a pitch-perfect debut from a hugely talented young writer. …More

Saturday Morning By Snelling, Lauraine 2010-08 - Waterbrook Press 9780307459046 Check Our Catalog Broken by life's disappointments, four women forge a friendship that leads in unexpected directions. Hope Benson is determined to do all she can for the broken souls who come to Casa de Jesus, a women's shelter in the heart of San Francisco. When a difficult pregnancy forces her to relinquish control, she draws support and strength from an unlikely group of women, each struggling with her own heartbreak. Andy Taylor, a reluctant transplant to California, was compelled to leave behind her lavender-growing business and her home of twenty-some years to support her workaholic husband's pursuit of career success. Attorney Julia Collins is searching for her teenage granddaughter, believed to be living on the streets. And Clarice Van Dam's life has been shattered by the disappearance of her husband, who appears to have relieved her of all earthly possessions except a fur coat and her overnight bag. Drawn together at the weekend market held in the shelter's parking lot, the women pool their resources to fend off an unscrupulous conglomerate that threatens to replace the facility with a commercial development. As they fight to retain this haven for women in need, they find their own longings for home answered by the solace of faith and friendship. …More

Whispers in the Wind By Snelling, Lauraine 2012-08 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764204166 Check Our Catalog With a secretive widow, a love-struck cowboy, and a suspicious rancher standing in her way, will Cassie ever fulfill her father's last wish? …More

The Taste of Salt By Southgate, Martha 2011-09 - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 9781565129252 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Award-winning novelist Martha Southgate (who, in the words of Julia Glass, can write fat and hot, then lush and tender, then just plain truthful and burning with heart ) now tells the story of a family pushed to its limits by addiction over the course of two generations. …More

Matters of the Heart By Steel, Danielle 2010-05 - Dell Publishing Company 9780440243311 Check Our Catalog In a spellbinding blend of suspense and human drama, Steel tells a powerful and unusual story of one woman's journey from darkness into light, as she fights to escape a mesmerizing sociopath who holds her in his thrall. …More

Sand Castles By Stockenberg, Antoinette 2002-05 - St. Martin's Press 9780312981549 Check Our Catalog After winning a lottery, Wendy and Jim Hodene feel they can secure their son's college education and renovate a cozy, antique New England home that has been in the family for generations. As soon as Wendy becomes certain life can't get any better, a surprise changes her world forever. (May) …More

Creative Black and White Photography: Advanced Camera and Darkroom Techniques By Suess, Bernhard J. Author Press, Allworth 2003-03 - Allworth Press 9781581152647 Check Our Catalog This revised edition of a master craftsman's guide explains how to solve a wide range of challenging aesthetic problems encountered in black-and-white photography. With uncanny clarity and insight, a series of step-by-step illustrations demonstrate dozens of sophisticated techniques such as film exposure and development control; print contrast, dodging, and burning; bleaching; camera filters; and more. Plus, this updated edition features a brand-new inside perspective on digital vs. traditional black-and-white photography. More comprehensive and authoritative than any other book of its kind, this master course will bring the work of every photographer to new artistic heights. …More

Defiance: The Bielski Partisans By Tec, Nechama 1994-10 - Oxford University Press 9780195093902 Check Our Catalog The author, a holocaust survivor, tells of the largest armed rescue of Jews by Jews during WWII, describing an extraordinary hidden forest community of 1200 Jews, who were led by peasant-turned-partisan Tuvia Bielski. Winner of the 1990 Christopher Award. 11 halftones; 2 line drawings. WWII Russian Jews and others create their own resistance in the forest-true story. …More

Dancing Under the Red Star: The Extraordinary Story of Margaret Werner, the Only American Woman to Survive Stalin's Gulag By Tobien, Karl 2006-06 - Waterbrook Press 9781400070787 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Written by her son, this inspiring chronicle of faith, defiance, and personal triumph tells the unforgettable true story of Margaret Werner, the only American woman to survive Stalin's Gulag. A part of history I never knew. …More

The Age of Miracles By Walker, Karen Thompson 2012-06 - Random House 9780812992977 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title A haunting and unforgettable coming-of-age debut for fans of speculative fiction set against the backdrop of a world where the earth has slowed, and the days grow longer. Julia is coping with the fissures in her parents' marriage, the hopeful anguish of first love, and the bizarre behavior of her grandfather who is convinced of a government conspiracy. …More

Lover Enshrined By Ward, J. R. 2008-06 - Signet Book 9780451222725 Check Our Catalog Ward's "New York Times"-bestselling series continues. As Primale of the Chosen, the fiercely loyal Phury has sacrificed himself for the good of his race. But his first mate, the Chosen Cormia, wants not only his body but his heart for herself. As tragedy looms over the Brotherhood's mansion, Phury must decide between duty and love. Original. …More

Before I Go to Sleep By Watson, S. J. 2011-06 - Harper 9780062060556 Check Our Catalog In this gripping psychological thriller in the vein of "Shutter Island" and the film "Memento," an amnesiac attempts to reconstruct her past by keeping a journal and discovers the dangerous inconsistencies in the stories of her husband and her secret doctor. …More

Only for a Knight By Welfonder, Sue-Ellen 2005-07 - Warner Forever 9780446613828 Check Our Catalog From the bestselling author of "Wedding for a Knight" comes another sensual tale of romance in medieval Scotland--the story of two star-crossed lovers who must resist the love that burns in their hearts and the desire that consumes their souls. Original. …More