Groundbreaking Reads

Welcome to the results of Week 1, the first week of Summer Reading 2013.  99 people signed up this week and 21 of them read 62 books. 

The Butler's Guide to Running the Home and Other Graces By Ager, Stanley Author St Aubyn, Fiona Foreword by Alastair Bruce of Crionaich 2012-11 - Clarkson Potter Publishers 9780385344708 Check Our Catalog …More

Fate By Barnes, Jennifer Lynn 2009-03 - Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers 9780385735377 Check Our Catalog Bailey Morgan lives a double life: high school student by day, ancient mystical being by night. As the third Fate, Bailey literally controls the fate of the world. Then she meets the rest of the Sidhe. Before Bailey knows it, she's drawn into an otherworldly web. …More

Tattoo By Barnes, Jennifer 2007-01 - Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers 9780385733472 Check Our Catalog Four girlfriends hope their temporary tattoos will make a killing at their school dance. Unfortunately, killing is just what someone has in mind. Along with her tattoo, each girl receives a supernatural power that, together, they will have to use to defeat an ancient evil and save the world. …More

Powers Volume 3: Little Deaths By Bendis, Brian Michael Author Oeming, Michael Avon Illustrator Oeming, Michael Avon 2002-11 - Image Comics 9781582402697 Check Our Catalog …More

Robert B. Parker's Killing the Blues By Brandman, Michael 2012-10 - Berkley 9780425250457 Check Our Catalog Massachusetts police chief Jesse Stone's investigation of a violent series of car thefts is complicated by political pressures, the summer tourist season, and the questionable goals of an ambitious PR executive. Available in a tall Premium Edition. HPL patron:  Brandman's style is true to Parker's ability to tell a good story.  So glad Jesse Stone lives on. …More

A Clockwork Orange By Burgess, Anthony Introduction by Burgess, Anthony 1995-04 - W. W. Norton & Company 9780393312836 Check Our Catalog Anthony Burgess's modern classic of youthful violence and social redemption, reissued to include the controversial last chapter not previously published in this country, with a new introduction by the author. …More

The Christmas Quilt/The New Year's Quilt By Chiaverini, Jennifer 2008-10 - Pocket Books 9781439100257 Check Our Catalog …More

The Quilter's Kitchen By Chiaverini, Jennifer 2008-10 - Simon & Schuster 9781416583295 Check Our Catalog Continuing in the tradition of Chiaverini's bestselling holiday offerings, "The Christmas Quilt" and "The New Year's Quilt," this work tells the story of how Chef Anna, one of the newest members of the circle of quilters, comes to write the official cookbook for Elm Creek Quilts. …More

The Wedding Quilt By Chiaverini, Jennifer 2012-10 - Plume Books 9780452298491 Check Our Catalog Meditating on the weddings she has attended in Elm Creek Manor throughout the years, Sarah McClure evaluates the symbolic features on a wedding quilt designed to display the signatures of beloved guests. …More

Catching Fire By Collins, Suzanne 2009-09 - Scholastic Press 9780439023498 Check Our Catalog 2010 Children's Choice Award Winner-Teen New York Times bestselling author Collins continues the amazing story of Katniss Everdeen, in this second novel of the Hunger Games trilogy. HPL patron:  Love it-can't stop reading it. …More

The Hunger Games By Collins, Suzanne 2008-10 - Scholastic Press 9780439023481 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title An Indie Next Selection 2012 Nutmeg Teen Award Winner 2010 Rhode Island Teen Book Award The acclaimed author of the "New York Times"-bestselling Underland Chronicles series delivers equal parts suspense and philosophy, adventure and romance, in a stunning novel set in a future with unsettling parallels to the present. HPL Patron:  I bought these books for my granddaugher months ago and she told me I should read them-finally did and they are awesome. …More

The Big Little Book of Magick: A Wiccan's Guide to Altars, Candles, Pendulums, and Healing Spells By Conway, D. J. 2010-10 - Crossing Press 9781580910057 Check Our Catalog A bestselling Wiccan author explains how to enlighten and empower oneself using four different types of magick. A compilation of four popular titles in the "Little Book of Magic" series, "The Big Little Book of Magick" helps readers integrate magick into their lives and benefit from its many powers. Filled with diagrams, charts, and glossaries, this enlightening how-to guide is a must-have for readers looking to enliven, enrich, and enchant their everyday existence. …More

Decadence By Dickey, Eric Jerome 2013-04 - Dutton Books 9780525953838 Check Our Catalog "New York Times" bestselling author Eric Jerome Dickey returns to the life of Nia Simone Bijou (of "Pleasure" fame) as she embarks on a quest to enhance her artistic gifts through heightened sensory experience, Hollywood-style. …More

Preacher Vol 05: Dixie Fried By Ennis, Garth Illustrator Dillon, Steve Illustrator Fabry, Glenn 1998-09 - Vertigo 9781563894282 Check Our Catalog Reverend Jesse Custer's quest to locate God leads him, his gun-toting girlfriend Tulip, and the hard-drinking Irish vampire Cassidy to New Orleans and a violent encounter with a cult of vampire wannabes. …More

Preacher Deluxe Vol. 6. By Ennis, Garth 2012-01 - Titan Publishing Company 9781781160428 Check Our Catalog …More

Crescendo By Fitzpatrick, Becca 2012-01 - Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 9781416989448 Check Our Catalog The frantically anticipated follow up to the New York Times Bestseller, Hush, Hush, now in paperback! …More

The Hunt By Fukuda, Andrew 2012-12 - St. Martin's Griffin 9781250005298 Check Our Catalog Seventeen-year-old Gene has passed as a vampire for years, carefully following every rule, but now, just as he finds a girl worth fighting for, he is chosen to participate in the hunt for the last remaining humans among ruthless vampires who soon suspect his true nature. …More

Down the Up Escalator: How the 99 Percent Live in the Great Recession By Garson, Barbara 2013-04 - Doubleday Books 9780385532747 Check Our Catalog The Great Recession has thrown huge economic challenges at almost all Americans, save the super-affluent few, and we are only now beginning to reckon up the human toll it is taking. "Down the Up Escalator" is an urgent dispatch from the front lines of our vast collective struggle to keep our heads above water and maybe even--someday--get ahead. …More

Cross My Heart By Gould, Sasha 2012-03 - Delacorte Press Books for Young Readers 9780385741507 Check Our Catalog When Laura della Scala's older sister drowns, Laura leaves the shelter of the convent where she has spent the last six years and enters the upper echelons of sixteenth-century Venetian society, while she searches for the truth about what happened to her sister. …More

A Cold Day in Paradise By Hamilton, Steve 2012-05 - Minotaur Books 9781250012685 Check Our Catalog On a bitter cold night in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, ex-Detroit cop Alex McKnight answers a cry for help from wealthy Edwin Fulton--only to find the man--a compulsive gambler who had gone to meet with a bookmaker--in his motel room with his throat cut. HPL Patron:  After I bought Misery Bay at a church rummage sale and devoured it in 2 days I decided to make this writer my summer reading project, and went to the library for his 1st which won 2 Edgar Awards when it came out in 1998.  I love the use of MI UP weather, woods, and log cabins.  Alex McKnight is a great detective. …More

The Hunting Wind By Hamilton, Steve 2001-06 - Thomas Dunne Books 9780312268947 Check Our Catalog It's April in Paradise, a small town in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Alex McKnight is contacted by an old baseball minor league teammate--Randy Wilkins--who is on a quest to find Maria, his old true love. The only problem: Randy walked away from her in 1971 and hasn't seen or heard from her since. HPL Patron:  In this great series of Michigan mysteries detective Alex McKnight drives through Grand Rapids, Muskegon, Whitehall, and Montague looking for the bad guys.  Another fast read with lovable characters, the Great Lakes, humor alternating with fears.  I already started the next Steve Hamilton. …More

Crash and Burn By Hassan, Michael 2013-02 - Balzer & Bray/Harperteen 9780062112903 Check Our Catalog …More

Jennifer: An O'Malley Love Story By Henderson, Dee 2013-05 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764211126 Check Our Catalog After finding God and falling in love, life is good for Dr. Jennifer O'Malley. But can her faith--and her family--survive the challenges ahead? HPL patron:  I couldn't put this book down-great read! …More

Salvation of a Saint By Higashino, Keigo Translator Smith, Alexander O. With Alexander, Elye J. 2012-10 - Minotaur Books 9780312600686 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title From the author of the internationally bestselling, award-winning "The Devotion of Suspect X" comes the latest novel featuring Detective Galileo. The detective returns in a new case of impossible murder, where instincts clash with facts and theory with reality. …More