Adult Summer Reading

 

Week 6!  10 people joined the fun this week, bringing the total up to 144 people.  Of those, 37 read 125 books during this week.  So far this summer 144 people have read 736 books.    It's not too late to join the fun!  Sign up at the circulation desk.  We still have signing prizes available, as well.

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Book reviews from participants Aug 6: 

Shattered by Karen Robards:  Suspenseful!

Unfaithful by Devon Scott:  Excellent!!! Definetely a learning experience in life for a loving couple.

Amazing Sea Stories Never told before by Edward Snow:  These are lesser known stories based on true events.  Very interesting read with lots of variety.

Candy Shop by Kiki Swinson:  The book was good and yes, I would recommend it.  What a nice way to show someone who has everything the light to where they could lose it all in a blink of an eye.


 

Insight By Raney, Deborah 2009-02 - Steeple Hill 9780373786442 Check Our Catalog Newly widowed and pregnant, Olivia Cline is struggling to make ends meet. A blessing comes in handsome and brooding artist Reed Vincent, who is seeking to hire an assistant. Reed has recently regained his sight thanks to a cornea transplant. Through his eyes, Olivia begins to see all the possibilities before her. Original. …More

Mother's Day Miracle & Blessed Baby By Richer, Lois 2009-03 - Steeple Hill 9780373651276 Check Our Catalog Two classic heartwarming tales of blossoming love and belonging by a beloved author are collected in this single volume. …More

Mother's Day Miracle & Blessed Baby By Richer, Lois 2009-03 - Steeple Hill 9780373651276 Check Our Catalog Two classic heartwarming tales of blossoming love and belonging by a beloved author are collected in this single volume. …More

Summer Garden Murder By Ripley, Ann 2005-10 - Thorndike Press 9780786278640 Check Our Catalog As star of public TV's top gardening show, Louise Eldridge is something of a celebrity. But now she's in for notoriety of a different kind. . . . Summer is the season for disquiet in Louise's Sylvan Valley cul-de-sac, and the tradition continues when an uninvited guest crashes a neighborhood soiree. Five years ago, Louise identified Peter Hoffman as the "mulch murderer." Now he's been released from a Virginia state mental institution. …More

Shattered By Robards, Karen 2010-03 - Putnam Adult 9780399156274 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Secrets, betrayal, and a mysterious family history plague the heroine in the latest novel from the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Pursuit." …More

Down to the Wire By Rosenfelt, David 2010-03 - Minotaur Books 9780312373948 Check Our Catalog On the heels of his first standalone novel "Don't Tell a Soul," the acclaimed author of the Andy Carpenter mystery series returns with an explosive new thriller. …More

A Matter of Trust By Schraff, Anne Editor Langan, Paul 2007-01 - Scholastic 9780439865470 Check Our Catalog In grade school, Darcy Wills and Brisana Meeks were friends. But all that changed at Bluford High when Darcy started hanging with "the zeros"--a group of students Brisana despises. Now the former friends are bitter rivals, and the tension between them is getting worse. For a while, Darcy tries to stay calm, ignoring her old friend's daily taunts. But when she learns that Brisana is after her boyfriend, Hakeem Randall, Darcy knows she must do something. But what? …More

Unfaithful By Scott, Devon 2008-05 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758226983 Check Our Catalog Scott explores the perils of fatal attraction in this sexy, thrilling page-turner about a man whose act of infidelity entangles him in a web of passion, lies, and revenge. …More

The Candy Shop By Swinson, Kiki 2007-02 - Melodrama Publishing 9781934157022 Check Our Catalog This describes the struggles facing clients with BPD as well as the professionals and loved ones caring for them. Using practical examples and concrete strategies, the reader will be able to assess and intervene the BPD sufferer. …More

I'm Still Wifey By Swinson, Kiki 2009-01 - Dafina Books 9780758229021 Check Our Catalog "Essence"-bestselling author Swinson shows how far one woman will go when her back is up against the way, in this gritty tale of life in the hood and revenge. …More

Summer House By Thayer, Nancy 2009-06 - Ballantine Books 9780345498205 Check Our Catalog From the "New York Times"-bestselling author of "Moon Shell Beach" comes a moving new novel about an unexpectedly magical summer for three generations of women. …More

The Red Door By Todd, Charles 2010-01 - Harperluxe 9780061945632 Check Our Catalog Lancashire, England-June, 1920 Who was the woman who lived and died behind the red door? What did she see before she died? And who was the man who never came home from the Great War, for the simple reason that he had never gone to war? How is the woman′s death linked to his disappearance? And why is Scotland Yard blind to the connection, even when Inspector Ian Rutledge points it out? …More

The Complete Idiot's Guide to 40,000 Baby Names By Layton Turner, Marcia 2009-03 - Alpha Books 9781592578412 Check Our Catalog From Atticus to Zuzu ... With 10,000 additional names and 50 additional lists (200 total), this latest edition is the most comprehensive guide to naming newborns on the market-and the most fun! With specialized lists-from world leaders to favorite characters from children's literature, biblical figures to Wiccan/ Gothic/Vampire names, Olympic medalists to Nobel Prize winners-plus alphabetized lists for each gender, this guide makes the name game easy, pleasurable, and enlightening. *Approximately 4 million babies born every year in the U.S.-and they all need names! *Contains 40,000 names-10,000 more than "The Everything Baby Names Book" and 35,000 more than "Baby Names for Dummies" *Includes 200 specialized lists-even the names that have the best and worst nicknames-which add to the fun of selecting the perfect name …More

Half Broke Horses: A True-Life Novel By Walls, Jeannette 2009-11 - Center Point Large Print 9781602855724 Check Our Catalog Those old cows knew trouble was coming before we did. So begins the story of Lily Casey. By age six, Lily was helping her father break horses. At fifteen, she left home to teach in a frontier town -- riding five hundred miles on her pony to get to her post. She learned to drive a car, fly a plane, and with her husband, managed a vast ranch in Arizona. She raised two children, one of whom is Jeannette's memorable mother, Rosemary Smith Walls, unforgettably portrayed in The Glass Castle. Smith, Jeannette Walls's no-nonsense, resourceful, and spectacularly compelling grandmother. Lily survived tornadoes, droughts, floods, the Great Depression, and the most heartbreaking personal tragedy. She bristled at prejudice of all kinds: against women, Native Americans, or anyone else who didn't fit the mold. …More

The Kids Are All Right By Welch, Diana Author Welch, Liz With Welch, Amanda 2009-09 - Harmony 9780307396044 Check Our Catalog 2010 Alex Award Winner An exceptional and eloquent story of courage, survival, and unconditional love, "The Kids Are All Right" celebrates with openness, candor, and humor the fierce power of sibling love. …More

Still the One By Wells, Robin 2010-05 - Forever 9780446555982 Check Our Catalog From the bestselling author of "How to Score" comes a heartwarming story about a war widow who learns to love again. Original. …More

Peter & Max: A Fables Novel By Willingham, Bill Illustrator Leialoha, Steve 2009-10 - Vertigo 9781401215736 Check Our Catalog Based on the long-running and award-winning comic book series "Fables, Peter & Max" spans medieval times to the present day as Peter Piper and his older brother encounter ominous forces in the deepest dark of The Black Forest. …More