Summer Reading Week 11

Welcome to the results of Week 11, the final week of Summer Reading 2012.  We have 370 people signed up.  This week 27 people read 96 books.  Over the entire summer, 156 people read 1339 books.  Way to go Muskegon!

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South of Superior By Airgood, Ellen 2012-05 - Riverhead Books 9781594485763 Check Our Catalog A heartwarming debut novel, "South of Superior" explores the deep reward in caring for others, shows how one who is poor in pocket can be rich in so many other ways, and how little it often takes to make someone happy. …More

Coming Up Roses By Anderson, Catherine 2012-05 - Signet Book 9780451236548 Check Our Catalog The bestselling author of the Comanche trilogy sets this bittersweet, highly charged romance in the Oregon territory. Widow Kate Blakely knew nothing of love, and when she met her new neighbor, Zachariah McGovern, all she saw was danger. But Zach saw much more. Reissue. …More

Whiskers, Wit, and Wisdom: True Cat Tales and the Lessons They Teach By Anderson, Niki 2009-07 - Howard Books 9781416590682 Check Our Catalog Cats do the funniest -- and wisest -- things! From being brazenly courageous to delightfully optimistic, remaining sweetly loyal to having a fierce sense of honor, cats demonstrate that they have traits most people only hope for." Whiskers, Wit, and Wisdom" is a book for anyone who has a special bond with a furry friend and loves the lessons their pet can teach. Enjoy these special elements: Purr-rayer offers a prayer to reinforce the lessonThe Tail End gives practical information that is useful and fascinatingKitty Wit is a humorous quip to enhance the storyBio-note is a brief description of the cat's owner Brighten Your Day with a Cat's Whiskers, Wit, and Wisdom! …More

A Prisoner of Birth By Archer, Jeffrey 2008-12 - St. Martin's Press 9780312944094 Check Our Catalog International bestseller and master storyteller Jeffrey Archer is at the top of his game in this story of fate and fortune, redemption and revenge... "Archer plots with skill, and keeps you turning the pages." --"The Boston Globe" If Danny Cartwright had proposed to Beth Wilson on any other day, he would not have been arrested and charged with the murder of his best friend. But when the prosecution witnesses happen to be a group of four upper-crust college friends--a barrister, a popular actor, an aristocrat, and the youngest partner in an established firm's history--who is going to believe Danny's side of the story? "Thoroughly enjoyable."--"Publishers Weekly" Danny is sentenced to twenty-two years and sent to Belmarsh prison, the highest-security jail in the land, from where no inmate has ever escaped. But Spencer Craig, Lawrence Davenport, Gerald Payne, and Toby Mortimer all underestimate Danny's determination to seek revenge--and the extent to which his fiancee Beth will go in pursuit of justice. "Dynamite...plot twists and a slam-bang finale."--"The Washington Post" …More

Time Rogues By Austin, Kay 2005-02 - Love Spell 9780505526212 Check Our Catalog In this steamy, adventurous romance by a first-time author, a museum exhibit coordinator and her lover travel back to ancient Pompeii to save a fellow time-traveler's life. Original. …More

Blaze By King, Stephen Author Bachman, Richard 2008-01 - Pocket Books 9781416555049 Check Our Catalog Written under the Richard Bachman pseudonym months before Stephen King completed his first novel "Carrie", "Blaze" is one of the best lost novels ever to resurface--the story of a small-time delinquent who teams up with a seasoned pro in a kidnapping scheme. This Premium Edition includes Memory, the riveting opening of Kings latest novel, "Duma Key." A fun read. …More

Whispers in the Dark By Banks, Maya 2012-01 - Berkley 9780425246108 Check Our Catalog Nathan is being held captive and is in agony. His saving grace is the voice of an angel who eases his pain and helps him regain enough strength to escape. When he does, she leaves him with a void that he can barely stand. After he escapes and returns to the KGI, he hears her again--now "she" needs "him." Original. …More

The Sense of an Ending By Barnes, Julian 2011-10 - Alfred A. Knopf 9780307957122 Check Our Catalog 2011 Man Booker Prize Winner By an acclaimed writer at the height of his powers, "The Sense of an Ending" extends a streak of extraordinary books that began with "Arthur & George" and continued with "Nothing to Be Frightened Of" and, most recently, "Pulse." Maybe I'm dense, but I expected more enlightenment by the end of the book.  I don't think it should be necessary to reread a book to "get it", as one reviewer suggested.  I have other books I want to read. …More

Sinister Sprinkles By Beck, Jessica 2010-11 - Minotaur Books 9780312946128 Check Our Catalog Revenge is sweet at Donut Hearts, where owner Suzanne Hart serves hot coffee, delicious treats, and a heaping of justice to the morning rush. Original. …More

Tragic Toppings By Beck, Jessica 2012-03 - Wheeler Publishing 9781410445322 Check Our Catalog Donut shop owner Suzanne Hart sees customers come and go all day long. But after one of them disappears, the police start asking questions. It seems Suzanne is the last person to have seen newsstand operator Emily Hargraves. When Emily doesn't turn up, no news is "bad" news. Original. …More

Angels & Demons By Brown, Dan 2009-03 - Pocket Books 9781416578741 Check Our Catalog The first adventure featuring Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon is now available in this tall Premium Edition, just in time for the May 15th theatrical release of the film from Sony Pictures, in which Tom Hanks reprises his role as Langdon from "The Da Vinci Code." A lot more informative and a lot more detail than the movie. …More

Hush Now, Don't You Cry By Bowen, Rhys 2012-03 - Minotaur Books 9780312628116 Check Our Catalog In the latest installment of Bowen's award-winning historical series, Molly Murphy is supposed to give up sleuthing now that she's married, but the murder of an alderman puts her on the trail of a killer. …More

Captain's Fury By Butcher, Jim 2007-12 - Ace Books 9780441015276 Check Our Catalog After two years of bitter conflict with the hordes of invading Canim, Tavi of Calderon realizes that a peril far greater than the Canim exists--the terrifying Vord. Now, Tavi must find a way to overcome the centuries-old animosities between Aleran and Cane if an alliance is to be forged against their mutual enemy. …More

The Enemy By Child, Lee 2009-05 - Dell Publishing Company 9780440245995 Check Our Catalog Jack Reacher. Hero. Loner. Soldier. Soldier's son. An elite military cop, he was one of the army's brightest stars. But in every cop's life there is one case that changes everything. For Jack Reacher, this is that case. New Year's Day, 1990. In a North Carolina motel, a two-star general is found dead. His briefcase is missing. Nobody knows what was in it. Within minutes Reacher has his orders: ""Control the situation. Within hours the general's wife is murdered. Then the dominoes really start to fall. Somewhere inside the vast worldwide fortress that is the U.S. Army, Reacher is being set up as a fall guy with the worst enemies a man can have. But Reacher won't quit. He's fighting a new kind of war-against an enemy he didn't know he had. And against a conspiracy more chilling, ingenious, and treacherous than anyone could have guessed. HPL patron: Another action thriller-suspense start to finish.  Good plot.  Excellent action. …More

Persuader By Child, Lee 2009-05 - Dell Publishing Company 9780440245988 Check Our Catalog Jack Reacher. The ultimate loner. An elite ex-military cop who left the service years ago, he's moved from place to place...without family...without possessions...without commitments. And without fear. Which is good, because trouble--big, violent, complicated trouble--finds Reacher wherever he goes. And when trouble finds him, Reacher does not quit, not once...not ever. But some unfinished business has now found Reacher. And Reacher is a man who hates unfinished business. Ten years ago, a key investigation went sour and someone got away with murder. Now a chance encounter brings it all back. Now Reacher sees his one last shot. Some would call it vengeance. Some would call it redemption. Reacher would call it...justice. …More

Gideon's Sword By Preston, Douglas Author Child, Lincoln 2011-10 - Vision 9780446564311 Check Our Catalog New York Times"-bestselling authors Preston and Child launch a new series introducing Gideon Crew, who as a child witnessed his father's murder. He vowed revenge, but now that the day has come, Gideon finds the act unexpectedly catapults him into a new life as a rogue operative with only one year to live. HC: Grand Central Publishing. Exciting adventure of Gideon Crew who works diligently to save the world's economic structure from domination by dastardly sources. …More

They Came to Baghdad By Christie, Agatha 2002-06 - Minotaur Books 9780312981648 Check Our Catalog Victoria Jones has an adventurous streak, and connects with Edward, a handsome and mysterious traveler. However, no whirlwind affair can prepare Victoria for what happens in Baghdad. She witnesses the murder of a secret agent in her hotel room. And when she discovers a rival for Edward's affection arranged for her kidnapping, Victoria fears her impetuous nature could be the death of her. (June) …More

Married to the Game By Chunichi 2005-11 - Urban 9780974702599 Check Our Catalog In this urban tale of sex, money, murder, and the mayhem of the drug game, Crystal is a good-girl-turned-bad after her world is brutally destroyed. Consumed with her desire for revenge, she and her best friend Lisa, enter a life of drugs, fast money, and betrayal only to adopt the lifestyle that pushed them in the game in the first place. Enjoyed this book.  Like books by Chunichi …More

Payback Ain't Enough By Clark, Wahida 2012-04 - Cash Money Content 9781936399116 Check Our Catalog In this latest installment of her bestselling high-octane urban drama series, Clark delivers glamour, sex, and danger in a hip-hop drama--where the stakes are high, the rewards are dazzling, and the losers discover there's always a price to pay. Wahida Clark is my favorite author.  Enjoy everything I've read by her.  Definitely recommend her books to my friends. …More

Backfire By Coulter, Catherine 2012-07 - Putnam Adult 9780399157325 Check Our Catalog San Francisco Judge Ramsey Hunt, longtime friend to FBI agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich, is presiding over the trial of Clive and Cindy Cahill--accused in a string of murders--when the proceedings take a radical turn. …More

The Wench Is Dead By Dexter, Colin 1993-03 - Crimeline 9780553291209 Check Our Catalog Inspector Morse, recovering from an ulcer in Oxford's Radcliffe Hospital, comes across an old book recounting a sensational murder case that took place in Oxford 100 years earlier. Convinced that the two men hanged for the crime were innocent, Morse sets out from the confines of his bed to prove it. …More

The Girl Who Fell from the Sky By Durrow, Heidi W. 2011-01 - Algonquin Books of Chapel Hill 9781616200152 Check Our Catalog This debut novel tells the story of Rachel, the daughter of a Danish mother and a black G.I., who becomes the sole survivor of a family tragedy. Growing up in the 1980s, she confronts her identity as a biracial young woman in a world that wants to see her as either black or white. Just couldn not get into this one.  Sorry. …More

The Age of Desire By Fields, Jennie 2012-08 - Pamela Dorman Books 9780670023684 Check Our Catalog For fans of "The Paris Wife," a sparkling glimpse into the life of Edith Wharton and the scandalous love affair that threatened her closest friendship. …More