Adult Summer Reading

 

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This week, we had 6 new people, 39 people read 100 books, bringing the total for the summer to 150 people and 836 books.

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Book reviews from participants Aug 9: 

D-Day June 6, 1944 the climactic battle of World War II by Stephen Ambrose:  A must read for anyone middle aged or younger.  They must know about the sacrifices made by young men for our country.  An accurate account plus pictures and a sobbering message.

Bloodlines by Jan Burke:  A wonderful book.  Very well written.   A very emotional story.

Hocus by Jan Burke:  A very good book, lots of suspense.

Cold Sassy Tree by Olive Ann Burns:  Great book!  Could be given to a young adult.  Will look for other books by this author.

Raising Happiness by Christine Carter:  Some great ideas/strategies to create a happier family life.

Chains of Command by William Cauntiz:  Very good read-suspense, romance.

Cursed by Carol Higgins Clark:  This book is funny and is really good.

Laced by Carol Higgins Clark:  This book is really good, it has to do about a ghost and has a lot of action in the end.

Lottery Winner by Mary Higgins Clark:  Great selection of short stories.

We'll meet again by Mary Higgins Clark:  This book is exciting.  Kept you on the edge of your seat.  Ending was terrific.  The killer was not who I thought it would be.




 

D-Day: June 6, 1944 -- The Climactic Battle of WWII By Ambrose, Stephen E. Author Albano 1994-06 - Simon & Schuster 9780671673345 Check Our Catalog From the author of the definitive biography of Eisenhower comes the chronicle of the Allied invasion of Normandy, published on the 50th anniversary of the historic event. Eminent military historian Ambrose draws on previously unavailable government documents and more than 1,200 new interviews to tell the tale. Condensed in Readers Digest. 32 pages of photos; 8 maps. …More

Midnight Pleasures By Ashley, Amanda Author Kenyon, Sherrilyn Author Shayne, Maggie 2003-11 - St. Martin's Press 9780312987626 Check Our Catalog A BookPage Notable Title Four of romance's most popular authors--Amanda Ashley, Sherrilyn Kenyon, Maggie Shayne, and Ronda Thompson--deliver this spellbinding collection of stories filled with dark passion and desire. Original. …More

Devil's Garden By Atkins, Ace 2009-04 - G. P. Putnam's Sons 9780399155369 Check Our Catalog From the critically-acclaimed, award-nominated author comes a new noir crime classic about one of the most notorious trials in American history--the 1921 manslaughter case against silent-screen comedy star Roscoe Fatty Arbuckle. …More

White Shadow By Atkins, Ace 2006-05 - Putnam Publishing Group 9780399153556 Check Our Catalog Inspired by true events, this thriller tells the story of the murder of criminal kingpin Charlie Wall in Tampa, Florida, and those who benefited from his death. RA tour de force from one of the best crime writers at work today.S--Michael Connelly. …More

Wicked City By Atkins, Ace 2009-04 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425227077 Check Our Catalog From "one of crime fiction's most interesting and passionate voices" (Laura Lippman) comes a new thriller about one of the most notorious towns in American history. …More

Primitive Secrets By Atkinson, Deborah Turrell 2005-10 - Poisoned Pen Press 9781590580462 Check Our Catalog …More

True Blue By Baldacci, David 2009-10 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446195515 Check Our Catalog What begins as a fairly routine homicide investigation quickly turns into something complex, diabolical, and possibly lethal for Mace Perry--a former D.C. cop working gang narcotics--who is rebuilding her life after being framed and imprisoned for a crime she didn't commit. …More

It's Not That I'm Bitter...: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying about Visible Panty Lines and Conquered the World By Barreca, Gina 2009-05 - St. Martin's Press 9780312547264 Check Our Catalog In this collection of hilarious essays that mull everything from the horror of chin hairs to why the "glass ceiling" is better described as a thick layer of men, Barreca tells women to stop believing the lies and conquer the world. …More

The Map of True Places By Barry, Brunonia 2010-05 - William Morrow & Company 9780061624780 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title The author of the beloved "New York Times" and international bestseller "The Lace Reader" is back with an emotionally resonant novel of tragedy, secrets, identity, and love, in which a psychotherapist finds the strands of her own life in the death of a troubled patient. …More

Powers By Bendis, Brian Michael 2004-01 - Marvel Comics 9781415595206 Check Our Catalog Following hot on the heels of the first-ever Powers hardcover, it's a hardcover collection of the entire second year of Powers in chronological order! These epic Powers stories are presented in order of publication - remastered, redesigned and reformatted! Also featuring all the Powers bonus features you've come to know and love: sketchwork, scripts, interviews, galleries, original designs and another Powers Best of the Letter Column, Year Two! This is the most celebrated year of the award-winning title! A must-have for your comic library! Collects Powers (Vol. 1) #12-24. …More

Roleplay By Bendis, Brian Michael Author Oeming, Michael Avon 2002-01 - Image Comics 9781582402321 Check Our Catalog Powers features one of the most awarded and acclaimed teams of the last several years and winners of the 2001 Eisner award for best new series. Detectives Christian Walker and Deena Pilgrim work out of the special homicide office in charge of cases that involve Powers, those that have talents and abilities far beyond those of normal men. This graphic novel details one of the most disturbing cases of their careers. A group of college kids who role play their favorite super-heroes are being murdered one-by-one, and unless Walker and Pilgrim can stop the killer, more kids will die. …More

Supergroup By Bendis, Brian Michael Illustrator Oeming, Michael Avon 2006-08 - Image Comics 9781582406718 Check Our Catalog Widely considered the best storyline of this Eisner Award-winning series. When one of the key members of a popular supergroup is found violently murdered, the events that follow unveil the federal government's multi-layered control of the super-hero elite and how far they will go to cover up. Walker and Pilgrim are forced to make choices that will forever change their lives and careers... and how the world at large will see their heroes. …More

Bloodlines: An Irene Kelly Novel By Burke, Jan 2005-01 - Simon & Schuster 9780743223904 Check Our Catalog Intrepid reporter Irene Kelly covers the groundbreaking of a shopping center--and the discovery of a buried car containing human remains. Old cases are resurrected, and new dangers arise as she pursues a story that may end her career--and her life. …More

Hocus: An Irene Kelly Mystery By Burke, Jan 1997-09 - Thomas T. Beeler Publisher 9781574901061 Check Our Catalog Sometimes, things at Irene Kelly and Frank Hannigan's house get tense. She's a tough investigative reporter in southern California and he's a no-nonsense city detective who likes to hear the bad news first. But their personal and professional lives merge in the fast lane when Frank is kidnapped by Hocus, an unpredictable group of merry pranksters whose tricks turn dirty. Irene is given three days to give them what they want in exchange for her husband--or he dies. …More

Cold Sassy Tree By Burns, Olive Ann 1992-09 - Delacorte Press 9780385308427 Check Our Catalog Young Will Tweedy becomes chaperon, conspirator, and confidant to his renegade grandpa, E. Rucker Blakeslee, and the old man's young new wife, Miss Love Simpson. (General Fiction). …More

Raising Happiness: 10 Simple Steps for More Joyful Kids and Happier Parents By Carter, Christine 2010-02 - Ballantine Books 9780345515612 Check Our Catalog Drawing on what hard science says about the factors that breed happiness in childhood and beyond, here are 10 simple principles for fostering the skills and habits that will set the stage for optimism, emotional health, and confidence for kids. …More

Chains of Command By Caunitz, William J. 2000-05 - Onyx Books 9780451409188 Check Our Catalog A police detective investigating the shooting of a young, hot-shot police officer uncovers a plague of corruption involving renegade cops, political power brokers, and fearless gangs battling for control of the streets. "One of the best procedurals you're likely to read this season."--"New York Times." …More

Cursed By Clark, Carol Higgins 2009-05 - Center Point Large Print 9781602854604 Check Our Catalog Regan Reilly and her husband Jack head the New York Major Case Squad. As they're relaxing on the beach near her parents' house in the Hamptons, Regan receives a frantic call from a former Los Angeles neighbor, Abigail, who begs Regan to come back to L.A. to track down her former boyfriend, a con man she dumped, and who she now believes is out for revenge. Regan is convinced her friend needs her and heads to Los Angeles for a week to investigate. But what Regan learns is that Abigail, her boyfriend, and several other seemingly benign characters are definitely on the wrong side of the law. As she races from Malibu, to the newly renovated areas of downtown L.A. and to the mountains north of the city, Regan begins to realize that she's now front-and-center in a con game that could finish her off. …More

Laced By Clark, Carol Higgins 2007-04 - Scribner Book Company 9780743289436 Check Our Catalog As newlyweds Regan and Jack Reilly honeymoon on the Emerald Isle, their trip turns into a suspenseful journey, filled with Irish history and lore, rich details of the haunted castles that dot the countryside, and a cast of unusual characters on both sides of the Atlantic.Scribner …More

Two Little Girls in Blue By Clark, Mary Higgins 2006-05 - Thorndike Press 9780786285068 Check Our Catalog < b>A New York Times Bestselling Author< /b>< P>When three-year-old twin daughters, Kelly and Kathy, are kidnapped, the parents manage to raise the eight-million-dollar ransom. But only Kathy is returned along with a note that states that Kelly is dead. Only the mother is willing to believe when Kathy says: "Mommy, Kelly is crying for you and she is scared." Guided only by the telepathic communication between the twins, the mother sets out to search for Kelly - who is still alive, but in mortal danger.< P>Simultaneous Publication with Simon and Schuster's Standard Print Edition. …More

Just Take My Heart By Clark, Mary Higgins 2010-03 - Large Print Distribution 9781594133701 Check Our Catalog The latest from #1 bestselling Mary Higgins Clark features a prosecutor who probes into a murder and ends up delving into the mysteries of her heart. …More

Let Me Call You Sweetheart By Clark, Mary Higgins 1995-05 - Simon & Schuster 9780684803968 Check Our Catalog Sweetheart roses - the traditional gift of lovers. Yet they had been an important clue in the murder ten years ago of strikingly beautiful Suzanne Reardon, whose husband, Skip, is now serving a life sentence for that murder. Kerry McGrath had only begun to work in the county prosecutor's office at the time of the infamous "Sweetheart Murder Case", yet she remembers being impressed by both the ability her new boss, Frank Green, displayed in successfully pursuing the conviction, and the general ineptness of the defense counsel. Skip Reardon's fate was sealed, and Green's reputation made. Now Kerry herself has gained quite a reputation as a smart and relentless prosecutor, so much so that her name has been given to the governor as a candidate for a new judgeship he is about to award. It is something she wants desperately, not only a chance to enter a level of the legal world open to only a few, but an opportunity to prove to her ex-husband, Bob Kinellen, that she is indeed special. Then suddenly Kerry's plans are turned upside down. When Kerry's beloved daughter, Robin, is injured in an automobile accident, suffering superficial but nonetheless potentially disfiguring cuts to her face, she is treated by a well-known plastic surgeon. It is in the doctor's office that Kerry first sees the woman with the beautiful face, a face she remembers from the past but can't place. Then, on another visit to the plastic surgeon, she sees the same haunting face again - but not on the same woman as before! Suddenly she remembers - the face those women share was the same face she had seen in the pictures of Suzanne Reardon, the "Sweetheart Murder" victim, killed ten years ago! But why would someone begiving these women the face of a dead woman? When Kerry begins to ask questions, it soon becomes clear that almost no one involved - not her boss, Frank Green; not her ex-husband and his shady "Irish Mafia" client Jimmy Weeks; not her long-time friend and benefactor, State Senator Jonathan Hoover; and most especially not Dr. Smith, the plastic surgeon - wants to see the case reopened. And it soon becomes apparent that one of them will stop at nothing to prevent it. Still Kerry persists, aided by Skip Reardon's appeals lawyer, Geoff Dorso, the first man to whom she has felt any real attraction since the breakup of her marriage. But what she doesn't know is that no matter what she decides, it is already too late - she is in great, growing danger. In Let Me Call You Sweetheart, America's reigning Queen of Suspense provides a fascinating and terrifying look into the minds of people obsessed with beauty - some of whom will even kill in its name. …More

Lottery Winner By Clark, Mary Higgins 1994-11 - Simon & Schuster 9780671867164 Check Our Catalog By popular demand, Mary Higgins Clark's character Alvirah Meehan--the former cleaning woman who won the lottery--and her befuddled mate Willy return in this collection of interconnected tales of sleuthing and suspense. Written with Clark's trademark wit and keen eye for mystery, the Alvirah and Willy stories are destined to become perennial favorites. …More

Remember Me By Clark, Mary Higgins 1994-05 - Simon & Schuster 9780671867089 Check Our Catalog After their young son's tragic death, Menley and Tony Richardson, a couple living on Cape Cod, try to begin life anew with a baby daughter, though an evil fate still seems to stalk them. 150,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo. Lit Guild Main. Tour. …More

We'll Meet Again By Clark, Mary Higgins 1999-04 - Simon & Schuster 9780684835976 Check Our Catalog America's "Queen of Suspense" returns with the dramatic story of two women, best friends, one of whom is charged--and convicted--of a murder the other may have committed. When Julia is released from prison at the age of 36, the first item on her agenda is to settle the score with her former friend. …More