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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Cinnamon Roll Murder By Fluke, Joanne 2012-02 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758234933 Check Our Catalog When Hannah learns that the Cinnamon Roll Six jazz band will be playing in Lake Eden, Minnesota, she bakes up a supply of their namesake confections to welcome them. But tragedy strikes when their tour bus overturns on its way into town. But minor injuries for the keyboard player turn deadly when someone plunges surgical scissors into his chest. …More

Last Man Standing By Gerard, Cindy 2012-01 - Pocket Star Books 9781451606829 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Special operative Joe Green has gone vigilante. His mission: avenge his Black Ops, Inc., brother's death during a bloody ambush years ago in Sierra Leone. He refuses to drag the BOI team or his lover, Stephanie Tompkins, into the hunt for the man responsible so when he finds himself beaten, starving, and alone after being falsely imprisoned for the murder of a Freetown priest, he knows he's as good as dead. Original. …More

You Will See Fire: A Search for Justice in Kenya By Goffard, Christopher 2011-12 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393077421 Check Our Catalog "You Will See Fire" is a nonfiction mystery dwelling on timeless themes of an individual's stand against corruption and the complexity of the human heart. A true story of a Catholic Priest and how he is treated in Kenya.  When he became outspoken trouble began.  It was a corrupt government. …More

Phantom Evil By Graham, Heather 2012-03 - Mira Books 9780778313182 Check Our Catalog OGraham expertly blends a chilling history of the mansion's former residents with eerie phenomena, once again demonstrating why she stands at the top of the romantic suspense category."--"Publisher's Weekly, " Starred Review. …More

Shadows of the Heart By Grant, Tracy 1996-10 - Dell Publishing Company 9780440221647 Check Our Catalog Leaving one man dead and the other running for his life, Paul risks everything to protect the mysterious beauty who, when she awakens, can remember nothing--not her own name, not that she was pregnant, and not why someone had tried to kill her. Original. …More

Nothing But Trouble By Griffin, Bettye 2006-03 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758207395 Check Our Catalog Both hilarious and poignant, Griffin's latest novel explores the lives and loves of three best friends who discover that there's nothing in the world they can't handle--as long as they stick together. …More

The Testament By Grisham, John 1999-02 - Doubleday Books 9780385493802 Check Our Catalog Troy Phelan is a self-made billionaire, one of the richest men in the United States. He is also eccentric, reclusive, confined to a wheelchair, and looking for a way to die. His heirs, to no one's surprise--especially Troy's--are circling like vultures. Nate O'Riley is a high-octane Washington litigator who's lived too hard, too fast, for too long. His second marriage in a shambles, and he is emerging from his fourth stay in rehab armed with little more than his fragile sobriety, good intentions, and resilient sense of humor. Returning to the real world is always difficult, but this time it's going to be murder. Rachel Lane is a young woman who chose to give her life to God, who walked away from the modern world with all its strivings and trappings and encumbrances, and went to live and work with a primitive tribe of Indians in the deepest jungles of Brazil. In a story that mixes legal suspense with a remarkable adventure, their lives are forever altered by the startling secret of The Testament. John Grisham's friend Carl , a Baptist Missionary, took him to the Pantanal region of Brazil.  The experience compelled him to weave a story combining the beauty of the rain forest, which included a great respect for the indigenous tribes of the area, with the legal woes of America.  He offered great descriptions of Brazil with both the beauty and terror of the rain forest.  This contrast of people happily living on bananas to a a family who experienced material wealth in America but knew no joy was very well done.  His lititous back drop was very compelling as the drama unfolded both in the jungle and in the court room. …More

The Monsters of Templeton By Groff, Lauren 2008-02 - Hyperion Books 9781401322250 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Wilhelmina Cooper is told that the key to her biological father's identity lies somewhere in her family's history. She buries herself in the research of her twisted family tree and finds that a chorus of voices from the town's past--some sinister, all fascinating--rises up around her to tell their side of the story. …More

15 Seconds By Gross, Andrew 2012-07 - William Morrow & Company 9780061655975 Check Our Catalog Gross delivers an electrifying, lightning-paced story of a desperate man on the run, trying to save his family from the faceless enemy that's determined to destroy them all. A gripping tale of a life turned upside-down is a must for fans of James Patterson, David Baldacci, and Lisa Gardner. …More

Deadlocked By Harris, Charlaine 2012-05 - Wheeler Publishing 9781410448224 Check Our Catalog With Felipe de Castro, the Vampire King of Louisiana, in town, it's the worst possible time for a body to show up in Eric Northman's front yard, especially the body of a woman whose blood he just drank. …More

Death's Excellent Vacation By Harris, Charlaine Editor Kelner, Toni L. P. Contribution by MacAlister, Katie 2010-08 - Ace Books 9780441018680 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"-bestselling authors Charlaine Harris, Katie MacAlister, Jeaniene Frost--plus Lilith Saintcrow, Jeff Abbott, and others--send postcards from the edge of the paranormal world to fans. Includes a brand-new Sookie Stackhouse story and 12 other original tales. …More

The Secret Ingredient By Heller, Jane 2008-11 - iUniverse.com 9780595535507 Check Our Catalog Elizabeth Baskin falls in love, and gets married and discovers six years later that the magic is gone-or rather, fading. Her husband, Roger, has grown a paunch, lost interest in sex, and seems allergic to conversation. What's a disgruntled wife to do? She scores an appointment with a Beverly Hills doctor to the stars who sells her a miracle packet of herbs. All she has to do is slip them in Roger's orange juice and he'll go from dud to stud. Little does she know that perfection-especially when it comes to husbands-is highly overrated. Offered to its readers in a "chick flick" style complete with shopping in CA, The Secret Ingredient was a fairly predictable folly of marital mishap.  There may be readers who enjoy fantasy that involves much more "style" development than plot, you will be happy to join in a romp of housewives who stage a "break in" but on no-they all are wearing heels and can't escape the police.  Filled with boutiques, trendy restaurents in LA, and celebrity watching, it may provide escapism for readers who enjoy "Desperate Housewives"-type genre. …More

Ellis Island & Other Stories By Helprin, Mark 1991-05 - Mariner Books 9780156283151 Check Our Catalog Winner of the National Jewish Book Award and nominee for both the PEN/Faulkner Award and the American Book Award, these ten stories and the celebrated title novella are "beyond compare . . . [Helprin's] imagination should be protected by some intellectual equivalent of the National Park Service" ("The Philadelphia Inquirer). Very imaginative at times fantastic descriptions and escapades of his varied stories as well as characters.  Wonderful Rabbis,  world explorers, and families fill his lush, charming descriptions and observations. …More

The Nick Adams Stories By Hemingway, Ernest 1981-02 - Scribner Book Company 9780684169408 Check Our Catalog The famous "Nick Adams" stories show a memorable character growing from child to adolescent to soldier, veteran, writer, and parent -- a sequence closely paralleling the events of Hemingway's life. Hemingway, known for his gritty, graphic prose, sets his characters in sites familiar to "Michiganders" as his Nick Adams traverses "St. Ignace", "Petoskey", and so on.  Riding the rails, fishing, the depression shape his young adventurer.  Very gritty and graphic. …More

Baltimore Chronicles By Hernandez, Treasure 2011-01 - Urban Books 9781601624291 Check Our Catalog From the author of the action-packed Flint series comes the second book in a powerful new street series chronicling both sides of Baltimore's black market. Liked this series.  Enjoy books by Treasure Hernandez. …More

Kiss of Pride: A Deadly Angels Book By Hill, Sandra 2012-04 - Avon Books 9780062064615 Check Our Catalog A "New York Times"- and "USA Today"-bestselling author begins an innovative new series about Viking vampire angels. OSandra Hill always delivers.ONChristine Feehan. Original. …More

Afraid to Die By Jackson, Lisa 2012-05 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758275103 Check Our Catalog Detectives Selena Alvarez and Regan Pescoli investigate after two women's bodies are found frozen and deliberately displayed with both victims wearing a piece of Selena's jewelry. …More

Charleston By Jakes, John 2003-07 - Signet Book 9780451207333 Check Our Catalog For the first time in paperback--the 16th bestselling novel from the preeminent novelist of American history. This stunning multigenerational saga of a powerful South Carolina dynasty spans the American Revolution through the turbulent antebellum years to the defeat of the Confederacy. …More

Judgment Call By Jance, J. A. 2012-07 - William Morrow & Company 9780061731167 Check Our Catalog The "New York Times"-bestselling author brings back acclaimed Sheriff Joanna Brady in an exciting and twisting mystery set against the beauty and isolation of the Arizona desert. …More

Left for Dead By Jance, J. A. 2012-02 - Touchstone Books 9781451628586 Check Our Catalog When violence from the drug wars with the Mexican cartels crosses the border into Arizona, severely injuring an old friend, Ali Reynolds steps in to investigate in "New York Times"-bestselling author Jance's newest mystery. …More

Wild Thing By Kaye, Robin 2011-12 - Sourcebooks Casablanca 9781402257278 Check Our Catalog Whitewater-rafting guide Hunter Kincaid lands his dream job-guiding sportswear models through Idaho's rugged wilderness for a photo shoot. When he meets Toni Russo, the goth New York manager of Action Models, there are enough sparks to set the forest ablaze. When Hunter finds Toni's book on how to marry the man of your choice, he studies it as a joke. Before long Hunter realizes he's never cared enough for a woman to bother working this hard to get her. But the last man in the world this city girl wants is a Survivor Man wannabe... …More

Potboiler By Kellerman, Jesse 2012-07 - Putnam Adult 9780399159039 Check Our Catalog Arthur Pfefferkorn is a has-been, or perhaps a never-was: a middle-aged college professor with long-dead literary aspirations. When his oldest friend and a bestselling thriller writer dies, Arthur reconnects with his friend's widow, setting off a shadowy realm of double crosses. …More

Eviction Notice By K'wan 2011-09 - St. Martin's Griffin 9780312536985 Check Our Catalog From #1 Essence bestselling author, K'wan, comes the next installment in his bestselling Hood Rat series Porsha: the ghetto princess. Boots: the scandalous baby mama. Frankie aka Francine: the con artist. These three girls live in one apartment and are into all kinds of hood foolishness while having fun. Until one day they find an eviction notice taped to their door. Now they have seventy-two hours to find out how to come up with all the money they owe in months of back rent. Of course Don B. is still up to his old tricks with Big Dawg ENT and trying to find an artist to replace Animal and he comes across a rapper from Newark named Lord Scientific who proves to be much more than even Don B. can handle. Meanwhile, the police and Gucci are still searching for Animal and they'll uncover something about him and his abduction that no one was prepared for. There goes the neighborhood, again! Love K'wan's work.  Would tell others about this book. …More