Summer Reading-What Muskegon is reading this summer

The Love Letters By Lewis, Beverly 2015-03 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764213212 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: I like this author because she has so much knowledge of the lives of her interesting characters. I like learning how others worship and how their everyday lives are controlled by their sincere beliefs. …More

The Magician's Lie By Macallister, Greer 2015-01 - Sourcebooks Landmark 9781402298684 Check Our Catalog "Smart, intricately plotted...a richly imagined thriller."- PEOPLE magazine "This is a book in which storylines twist, spiral and come together again in an ending as explosive as a poof of smoke from your chimney...or a top hat." - Oprah.com "It's a captivating yarn.... Macallister, like the Amazing Arden, mesmerizes her audience. No sleight of hand is necessary. An ambitious heroine and a …More

Living Courageously: You Can Face Anything, Just Do It Afraid By Meyer, Joyce 2014-09 - Faithwords 9781455517480 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Very positive as always. A big fan of her and all of her teachings. …More

You Can't Make This Up: Miracles, Memories, and the Perfect Marriage of Sports and Television By Michaels, Al Author Wertheim, L. Jon 2014-11 - William Morrow & Company 9780062314963 Check Our Catalog One of America's most respected sportscasters--and the play-by-play voice of NBC's Sunday Night Football--gives us a behind-the-curtain look at some of the most thrilling games and fascinating figures in modern sports. No sportscaster has covered more major sporting events than Al Michaels. During the course of his forty-plus-year career, he has logged more hours on live primetime network …More

A Mercy By Morrison, Toni 2008-11 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307264237 Check Our Catalog Awards: ALA Notable Books (2010) A Mercy is a powerful tragedy distilled into a jewel of a masterpiece by the Nobel Prize-winning author of Beloved and is almost like a prelude to that story, set two centuries earlier. HPL patron: This is the first Toni Morrison book I have read. While I listened to this through the audio book program of Overdrive, I enjoyed the …More

The Slave Ship: A Human History By Rediker, Marcus 2007-10 - Viking Books 9780670018239 Check Our Catalog Awards: George Washington Book Prize (2008) Much is known of the American slave trade, but little of the ships that made it all possible. Award-winning historian Rediker draws on 30 years of research in maritime archives to create an unprecedented history of these vessels and the human drama acted out on their rolling decks. HPL patron: An interesting book-but also a sad book of tragedy and …More

Portobello By Rendell, Ruth 2010-09 - Scribner Book Company 9781439148518 Check Our Catalog From Rendell, "reigning queen of crime fiction" ("Time Out"), comes a psychologically intense novel about a small crime and its devastating aftermath. …More

Temptation in a Kilt By Roberts, Victoria Taylor 2012-09 - Sourcebooks Casablanca 9781402270062 Check Our Catalog This hot new series follows a trio of Highland lairds, who are driving King James crazy with their constant clan battles and uproarious way of life. Original. …More

Gathering Prey By Sandford, John 2015-04 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399168796 Check Our Catalog The extraordinary new Lucas Davenport thriller from #1 "New York Times" bestselling author and Pulitzer Prize winner John Sandford. They call them Travelers. They move from city to city, panhandling, committing no crimes they just like to stay on the move. And now somebody is killing them. Lucas Davenport s adopted daughter, Letty, is home from college when she gets a phone call from a …More

Indelible By Slaughter, Karin 2011-05 - HarperTorch 9780062021908 Check Our Catalog Sometimes a past comes back to kill . . . Two armed men enter the police station in tiny Heartsdale, Georgia, and open fire. When the shooting stops, an officer is dead, Police Chief Jeffrey Tolliver is seriously wounded, and the survivors--including a class of grade-school children and medical examiner Sara Linton--are held hostage. In a tense standoff that could erupt at any moment …More

Wild: From Lost to Found on the Pacific Crest Trail By Strayed, Cheryl 2012-03 - Knopf Publishing Group 9780307592736 Check Our Catalog Awards: Discover Great New Writers (2012), Indies Choice Book Awards (2013), Midwest Booksellers' Choice Award (2012), Oregon Book Awards (2013), Pacific Northwest Booksellers Association Award (2013) A powerful, blazingly honest, inspiring memoir: the story of a 1,100 mile solo hike that broke down a young woman reeling from catastrophe--and built her back up again. …More

Still Dirty By Stringer, Vickie M. 2009-06 - Atria Books 9781416563594 Check Our Catalog Following the phenomenal success of "Dirty Red, Essence"-bestselling author Stringer is back with a sizzling sequel featuring the notorious cast of characters--Red, Bacon, and Q--who made "Dirty Red" a hit. …More

Peacemaker By Swallow, James 2007-12 - BBC Books 9781846073496 Check Our Catalog The Doctor and Martha are about to find out if a sonic screwdriver is more powerful than a six-shooter in the latest in the bestselling series of Doctor Who novels. The peace and quiet of a remote homestead in the 1880s American West is shattered by the arrival of two shadowy outriders searching for 'the healer'. When the farmer refuses to help them, they raze the house to the ground using guns …More

Yu-GI-Oh! (3-In-1 Edition), Vol. 1: Includes Vols. 1, 2 & 3 By Takahashi, Kazuki 2015-02 - Viz Media 9781421579245 Check Our Catalog Tenth-grader Yugi always had his head in some game--until he solved the Millennium Puzzle, an Egyptian artifact containing the spirit of a master gambler from the age of the pharoahs Possessed by the puzzle, Yugi becomes Yu-Gi-Oh, the King of Games, and challenges evildoers to the Shadow Games...weird games with high stakes and high risks Let the games begin Meet Seto Kaiba, master of the …More

The Haunting of America: Ghosts & Legends of America's Haunted Past By Taylor, Troy 2001-09 - Whitechapel Productions 9781892523174 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: The most interesting story was the Dudley Town how everyone was cursed because of the Dudley Family. This book has legends that make you wanna jump out of your skin such as the Phelp House in Mass. This book was an interesting read. …More

Among the Mansions of Eden: Tales of Love, Lust, and Land in Beverly Hills By Weddle, David 2003-03 - William Morrow & Company 9780060198176 Check Our Catalog There is no place more synonymous with glamour and ostentatious displays of wealth than Beverly Hills. In "Among the Mansions of Eden, " a veteran journalist explores this wild, fascinating community that has become part of America's mythology. 16-page photo insert. HPL patron: It takes you behind the gates of the rich and famous. Interesting book. …More

Amber and Blood By Weis, Margaret 2008-05 - Wizards of the Coast 9780786950010 Check Our Catalog In the concluding volume of this post-War of Souls trilogy, Mina learns the truth about herself and the terrible knowledge nearly drives her insane. …More