Summer Reading-What Muskegon is reading this summer

Optimal Aging: Get Over Getting Older By Ellis, Albert Joint Author Velten, Emmett 1998-12 - Open Court Publishing Company 9780812693836 Check Our Catalog The authors believe that everyone can--with the right attitudes, tools, and hard work--invent their own lives, not just live out the scripts provided by an ageist society. Written in a humorous and interactive style, "Optimal Aging" will help readers recognize and combat harmful attitudes that hold them back and develop more productive attitudes. …More

Blackberry Pie Murder By Fluke, Joanne 2014-02 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758280374 Check Our Catalog It's been a sleepy summer for the folks of Lake Eden, Minnesota. In fact, it's been a whole four months since anyone in the Swensen family has come across a dead body. And that means Hannah Swensen can finally focus on her bakery. . .or can she? …More

Cinnamon Roll Murder By Fluke, Joanne Author Swenson, H. L. 2012-03 - Thorndike Press 9781410446190 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

All the Single Ladies By Frank, Dorothea Benton 2015-06 - William Morrow & Company 9780062132567 Check Our Catalog In this fast-paced and evocative novel, beloved New York Times bestselling author Dorothea Benton Frank again takes us deep into the Lowcountry of South Carolina, where three unsuspecting women are brought together by tragedy and mystery Lisa St. Clair knows a thing or two about weathering storms. A dedicated nurse with a healthy sense of humor, she single-handedly raised her truculent …More

Nice Girls Just Don't Get It: 99 Ways to Win the Respect You Deserve, the Success You've Earned, and the Life You Want By Frankel, Lois P. Author Frohlinger, Carol 2011-04 - Crown Archetype 9780307590466 Check Our Catalog "This book will turn ... nice girls into winning women. That is, women who factor their own needs in with those of others, confront those who treat them disrespectfully, maintain healthy and mutually beneficial relationships with appropriate boundaries and as a result, are happier and more successful in every area of their life."--Amazon.com. …More

Crash & Burn By Gardner, Lisa 2015-02 - Dutton Books 9780525954569 Check Our Catalog The #1 "New York Times" bestselling author's latest stand-alone thriller, with a cameo by her fan-favorite character, Boston Detective D.D. Warren "My name is Nicky Frank. Except, most likely, it isn't. " Nicole Frank shouldn't have been able to survive the car accident, much less crawl up the steep ravine. Not in the dark, not in the rain, not with her injuries. But one …More

My Summer of Southern Discomfort By Gayle, Stephanie 2008-05 - Harper Paperbacks 9780061236310 Check Our Catalog This irresistible debut novel introduces one of the quirkiest, most memorableheroines ever to head south in search of adventure. …More

The Girl Who Came Home: A Novel of the Titanic By Gaynor, Hazel 2014-04 - William Morrow & Company 9780062316868 Check Our Catalog A voyage across the ocean becomes the odyssey of a lifetime for a young Irish woman. . . . Ireland, 1912 . . . Fourteen members of a small village set sail on RMS Titanic, hoping to find a better life in America. For seventeen-year-old Maggie Murphy, the journey is bittersweet. Though her future lies in an unknown new place, her heart remains in Ireland with Seamus, the sweetheart she left …More

The Last American Man By Elizabeth Gilbert 2002-06 - Viking 0670030864 Check Our Catalog Acclaimed journalist and fiction writer Gilbert focuses on the fascinating true story of Eustace Conway, who left his comfortable suburban home at the age of 17 to move into the Appalachian Mountains, where for the last 20 years he has lived off the land. HPL patron: A biography about Eustace Conway, a primitive mountain man from North Carolina thrust into …More

Quilting the Black-Eyed Pea: Poems and Not Quite Poems By Giovanni, Nikki 2002-11 - William Morrow & Company 9780060099527 Check Our Catalog Awards: Black Caucus of the American Library Association Literary_award (2003) A collection of 50 new poems, sketches, and meditations charts new territory, including popular culture and life in America, the poet's own battle with illness, relationships between mothers and their children, legendary historical figures, the South, the recent terrorist attacks, and Giovanni's own childhood. HPL patron: I loved the book titled poem as well …More

Gray Mountain By Grisham, John 2014-10 - Doubleday Books 9780385537148 Check Our Catalog John Grisham has a new hero . . . and she's full of surprises The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer's career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track--until the recession hits and she gets downsized, furloughed, escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is one of the "lucky" associates. She's offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, …More

Playing for Pizza By Grisham, John 2007-09 - Doubleday Books 9780385525008 Check Our Catalog Awards: Colorado Blue Spruce Award (2009) BookPage Notable Title John Grisham's comic novel, Playing For Pizza, is about a one-time American football star who moves to Italy to play for the Parma Panthers and finds himself entangled in a series of cultural misadventures. HPL patron: Although I am not a great fan of football, I thoroughly enjoyed this book. Playing for …More

Cane and Abe By Grippando, James 2015-01 - Harper 9780062295392 Check Our Catalog In this spellbinding new novel of suspense from New York Times bestselling author James Grippando, Miami's top prosecutor becomes a prime suspect in his wife's disappearance, which may have a chilling connection to the woman he can't forget. Unbelievable was the word for her. Samantha Vine was unbelievably beautiful. It was unbelievable that she'd married me. Even more unbelievable that she …More

The Great Leader By Harrison, Jim 2011-10 - Grove Press 9780802119704 Check Our Catalog Harrison delivers an enthralling, witty and expertly crafted novel following one man's hunt for an elusive cult leader. On the verge of retirement, Detective Sunderson investigates a hedonistic cult near his home. At first, the self-declared Great Leader seems merely a harmless oddball, but Sunderson and his 16-year-old sidekick find him more intelligent and sinister than they realized. 288 pp. …More

It Starts with Food: Discover the Whole30 and Change Your Life in Unexpected Ways By Hartwig, Dallas Author Hartwig, Melissa 2014-07 - Victory Belt Publishing 9781628600544 Check Our Catalog An outline for a clear, balanced, sustainable plan to change eating habits forever. Over the last three years, the Hartwigs' underground Whole30 program has quietly led tens of thousands of people to weight loss, improved quality of life and a healthier relationship with food. …More

7: An Experimental Mutiny Against Excess By Hatmaker, Jen 2012-01 - B&H Publishing Group 9781433672965 Check Our Catalog Awards: Christian Retailing's Best (2013) American life can be excessive, to say the least. That's what Jen Hatmaker had to admit after taking in hurricane victims who commented on the extravagance of her family's upper middle class home. She once considered herself unmotivated by the lure of prosperity, but upon being called "rich" by an undeniably poor child, evidence to the contrary mounted, and a social experiment turned spiritual was …More

Lydia's Party By Hawkins, Margaret 2014-01 - Viking Books 9780670015764 Check Our Catalog Lydia is having a party, one she hosts every year for a group of six women friends who look forward to the annual midwinter bash that has become a cherished ritual in their lives. Over a table laden with dishes, Lydia prepares to make a shattering announcement. When Lydia's announcement shocks them all they rediscover the enduring bonds of friendship and find their lives changing yet again in …More

90-Day Geisha: My Time as a Tokyo Hostess By Haywood, Chelsea 2009-12 - Pegasus Books 9781605980713 Check Our Catalog The glamorous adventures--and enticing temptations--of Japanese nightlife are laid bare in this introspective book. A former model guides readers through the largely unreported modern geisha lifestyle. HPL patron: Dumb book! …More

The Dead By Higson, Charles 2012-05 - Hyperion Books 9781423134220 Check Our Catalog "The Dead" begins one year "before" the action in "The Enemy," just after the Disaster--a terrible disease that has struck everyone 16 and older, leaving them either dead or a decomposing, flesh-eating creature. HPL patron: I liked this book. It had lots of action and adventure. The book is about how everyone 16 and older turns to zombies. …More

The Enemy By Higson, Charles 2011-05 - Hyperion Books 9781423133124 Check Our Catalog Teens battle diseased grown-ups in this post-apocalyptic thriller full of unexpected twists and quick-thinking heroes. HPL patron: I liked this book. It is about how Zombies have ravaged the world and how a gang of kids try to survive. …More

Cold Cold Heart By Hoag, Tami 2015-01 - Dutton Books 9780525954545 Check Our Catalog #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Tami Hoag delivers a shocking new thriller Dana Nolan was a promising young TV reporter until a notorious serial killer tried to add her to his list of victims. Nearly a year has passed since surviving her ordeal, but the physical, emotional, and psychological scars run deep. Struggling with the torment of post-traumatic stress syndrome, plagued …More

Moody Bitches: The Truth about the Drugs You're Taking, the Sleep You're Missing, the Sex You're Not Having, and What's Really Making By Holland, Julie 2015-03 - Penguin Press 9781594205804 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Everything you wanted to know about how hormones and our brains sometimes work to make us chics the moody bitches we are sometimes. Learned a lot from this book. …More

Funny Girl By Hornby, Nick 2015-02 - Riverhead Books 9781594205415 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: While the characters, particlarly Barbara, have all the potential of being clever and intriguing, Hornby's voice in this novel presents everyone with a detached-almost methodical-tone. As such, Funny Girl feels more like a screenplay (depending on an actress to deliver emotion) as oppsed to a novel. HPL patron: …More

How to Be Good By Hornby, Nick 2001-07 - Riverhead Books 9781573221931 Check Our Catalog In a humorous yet uncompromising look at what it takes to have the courage of one's convictions, Hornby reinvents himself as Katie--the consummate liberal, urban mom--whose world is being turned on its ear by the outrageous spiritual transformation of her husband, David. HPL patron: Normally a book of this size would take me only a few days to complete; …More