Summer Reading-What Muskegon is reading this summer

The Big Picture: 11 Laws That Will Change Your Life By Horton, Tony With Faye, Denis 2014-02 - Harperwave 9780062282392 Check Our Catalog What does your big picture look like? P90X creator Tony Horton is known by millions of fans for his take-no-prisoners, straight-talking approach to fitness. When you do his programs, put in the time, and follow his advice you get results. Now Tony Horton is bringing his energetic, no-nonsense style to help you improve your life outside the gym. In The Big Picture, he shares his philosophy …More

Gluten-Free Classic Snacks: 100 Recipes for the Brand-Name Treats You Love By Hunn, Nicole 2015-04 - Da Capo Lifelong Books 9780738217819 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: I LOVED this book! It made me want to buy it. Great recipes! …More

Cold Betrayal: An Ali Reynolds Novel By Jance, J. A. 2015-03 - Touchstone Books 9781476745046 Check Our Catalog "Revenge isn't the only dish served cold..." Ali Reynolds's longtime friend and Taser-carrying nun, Sister Anselm, rushes to the bedside of a young pregnant woman hospitalized for severe injuries after she was hit by a car on a deserted Arizona highway. The girl had been running away from The Family, a polygamous cult with no patience for those who try to leave its ranks. Something …More

Heart of Gold By Jenkins, Beverly 2014-04 - William Morrow & Company 9780062207975 Check Our Catalog Bestselling author Beverly Jenkins returns to the charming town of Henry Adams, Kansas, in this heartwarming story of family, friendship, and the surprises hidden in our lives Henry Adams has had its fair share of drama ever since Bernadine Brown bought the town with her divorce settlement. Now, just when things are starting to settle down, it's about to get crazy again. . . . Cephas …More

Dark Summer By Johansen, Iris 2009-04 - St. Martin's Press 9780312368098 Check Our Catalog With an explosive pace, unforgettable characters, and gut-wrenching action, "Dark Summer" is compelling new terrain for #1 blockbuster bestselling author Iris Johansen "It begins with a single shot." Devon Brady is a devoted veterinarian working in a makeshift hospital on a remote search and rescue mission. When a man arrives with his wounded black Lab named Ned, Devon has no idea that …More

Your Next Breath By Johansen, Iris 2015-04 - St. Martin's Press 9781250020086 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Catherine just wants a normal life, the way her life is going, though, she doesn't think it will ever happen. …More

Kasher in the Rye: The True Tale of a White Boy from Oakland Who Became a Drug Addict, Criminal, Mental Patient, and Then Turned 16 By Kasher, Moshe 2012-03 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446584265 Check Our Catalog Rising young comedian Kasher started using drugs when he was just 12. At that point, he had already been in psychoanalysis for eight years. By the time he was 15, he had been in and out of several mental institutions, drifting from therapy to rehab to arrest. But "Kasher in the Rye" is not an "eye opener" to the horrors of addiction. It's a hilarious memoir about the absurdity of it …More

Infamous By Kenyon, Sherrilyn 2012-03 - Griffin 9781250002822 Check Our Catalog The world has fallen in love with Nick Gautier and the Dark-Hunters. Now Nick's saga continues in the next eagerly anticipated volume. Go to school. Get good grades. Stay out of trouble. That's the mandate for most kids. But Nick Gautier isn't the average teenager. He's a boy with a destiny not even he fully understands. And his first mandate is to stay alive while everyone, even his own father, …More

Inferno By Kenyon, Sherrilyn 2013-04 - St. Martin's Griffin 9781250002839 Check Our Catalog In the fourth novel in the bestselling Chronicles of Nick series from #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Kenyon, the heat is on, and a new threat to humanity has risen. …More

Invincible By Kenyon, Sherrilyn 2011-03 - Griffin 9780312599065 Check Our Catalog A #1 New York Times bestselling author delivers the second novel of her new teen series--a spin-off from the blockbuster Dark-Hunter series. …More

You By Kepnes, Caroline 2014-09 - Atria Books 9781476785592 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Fantastic. Incredibly twisted. The kind of book to get lost in. Joe and Beck are real, seemingly normal on the outside, bound by their own deamons inside. Just way stranger than most. Loved this book! HPL patron: OMG! Disturbing! …More

The Michigan Murders By Keyes, Edward Epilogue by James, Laura Prologue by Link, Mardi 2010-09 - University of Michigan Press 9780472034468 Check Our Catalog An in-depth look at a serial murder case that changed Southeastern Michigan HPL patron: Drug out story-slow moving story. …More

Trust No One By Krentz, Jayne Ann 2015-01 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399165139 Check Our Catalog Following up on the incredible success of River Road, New York Times�"bestselling author Jayne Ann Krentz delivers another masterpiece of romantic suspense. HPL patron: Murder set on the stage of the "Positive Thinking" industry. Can the hero/heroine overcome their past traumas-solve the case and fall in love? Light and entertaining. …More

The Bully By Langan, Paul 2007-06 - Scholastic Paperbacks 9780439865463 Check Our Catalog Featuring contemporary, real-life stories that young adults will relate to, with important life lessons that are not too preach, these two book continue this new series focusing on the students of Bluford High School. HPL patron: The bully was one of the many bluford series. It told the story of a boy who left all his friends and moved to a new town where …More

A Beautiful Mess Happy Handmade Home: Painting, Crafting, and Decorating a Cheerful, More Inspiring Space By Larson, Elsie Author Chapman, Emma 2014-08 - Potter Style 9780770434052 Check Our Catalog Step inside the world of Elsie and Emma, the sisters behind the dEcor blog "A Beautiful Mess." With tiny budgets and a crafty, can-do attitude, they overhauled each room in their first homes with DIY projects using family photos, vibrant fabrics, flea-market finds, and affordable furniture. Now, you can learn how to paint, craft, and decorate your way to a happy, bright space with distinct …More

The Last Great Fight: The Extraordinary Tale of Two Men and How One Fight Changed Their Lives Forever By Layden, Joe 2007-10 - St. Martin's Press 9780312353308 Check Our Catalog It is considered to be the biggest upset in the history of boxing: In 1990, James Buster Douglas knocks out then-undefeated heavyweight champion Mike Tyson in the tenth round. This meticulously researched account tells the extraordinary tale of two men and how this one fight changes their lives forever. HPL patron: I liked the book. Good background to …More

To Kill a Mockingbird By Lee, Harper 2005-07 - Harper Perennial 9780060935467 Check Our Catalog Harper Lee's classic novel of a lawyer in the Deep South defending a black man charged with the rape of a white girl. One of the best-loved stories of all time, To Kill a Mockingbird has earned many distinctions since its original publication in 1960. It won the Pulitzer Prize, has been translated into more than forty languages, sold more than thirty million copies worldwide, and been …More

The Confession By Lewis, Beverly 2008-02 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764204647 Check Our Catalog Katie Lapp, a young Amish woman who questioned the strict rules of her upbringing and even her own identity, has been shunned from her Amish community. Katie--now known as Katherine Mayfield--sets out to find her birth mother, and a life, she has never known. HPL patron: Amish live in a new light. …More

The Shunning By Lewis, Beverly 2008-02 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764204630 Check Our Catalog When Katie Lapp stumbles upon a satin infant gown in the dusty leather trunk of her parents' attic, she knows it holds a story she must discover. Why else would her Amish mother, a plain and simple woman who embraces the Old Order laws, hide the beautiful baby dress in the attic? HPL patron: Page turning from page one. …More

Make Peace with Anyone: Breakthrough Strategies to Quickly End Any Conflict, Feud, or Estrangement By Lieberman, David J. 2003-01 - St. Martin's Griffin 9780312310011 Check Our Catalog "New York Times" besteselling author Lieberman delivers his most groundbreaking work yet. "Make Peace with Anyone" shows how to quickly resolve conflicts of any sort, no matter how long they've been going on or how many people are involved. HPL patron: False! What about dealing with people who are mentally ill? Hence, several chapters need to be written …More

Black Water Rising By Locke, Attica 2010-04 - Harper Perennial 9780061735851 Check Our Catalog Awards: Hurston/Wright LEGACY Award (2010) From a powerful new voice in American fiction comes a brilliant debut legal thriller, written in the tradition of Dennis Lehane and Scott Turow, involving murder, greed, and redemption and set in the oil boomtown of 1980s Houston. HPL patron: Having just recently read this author's 3rd novel, which picks up the story-line of this, her first and never-before …More

Bold Prayers from the Heart By Maalouf, Jean 1995-11 - Sheed & Ward 9781556128509 Check Our Catalog Prayer that is provocative, often surprising in its simplicity and spontaneity, and allows God to truly touch and transform. HPL patron: Very inspirational and right on time for today's moments. HPL patron: Okay prayers...I've read better ones. …More

The New New Rules: A Funny Look at How Everybody But Me Has Their Head Up Their Ass By Maher, Bill 2011-11 - Blue Rider Press 9780399158414 Check Our Catalog From bestselling author and host of HBO's "Real Time," Bill Maher's new book of political riffs serves up a savagely funny set of rules for preserving sanity in an insane world. A follow-up to the "New York Times"-bestselling "New Rules, The New New Rules" delivers a series of hilarious, intelligent rants on everything from same-sex marriage to health care, from Republican agendas to …More

Hard Row By Maron, Margaret 2008-01 - Thorndike Press 9781410403322 Check Our Catalog For Judge Deborah Knott, it becomes clear that deep resentments over race, class, and illegal immigration are brewing in the countryside. When mutilated bodies are found, Deborahs search for the killer leads her to a desperate realm of undocumented farm workers exploited for cheap labor. HPL patron: Characters that you can relate to and can't stop guessing …More