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 11: 

Blindspot by Jane Kamensky:  Slow starting but picks up interest.  A love story, that seems historically accurate, showcases the social ills of the colony's early life.  America's 'Founding Fathers' are shown in a not-very-flattering light.

Under the Dome by Stephen King:  I usually don't read Stephen King but my brother recommended it.  I am glad he did, what a great story, very emotional, you feel like you're part of the story.  Everyone shoudl read it.

Reckoning by Beverly Lewis:  A very good story with a happy ending.  The Reckoning is the last book in this series.  I enjoyed it.  I couldn't wait to get to the end to see what was going to happen.  Beverly Lewis is an amazing author.  Her writing makes you feel like you are right there with the characters.

Pacific Northwest Trips edited by Lonely Planet:  '52 of the Region's Best Trips!'  Wonderful collection of tour itineraries to appeal to any and every traveler!

Magic Barrel by Bernard Malamud:  What a great author.  He's one of my favorites.  He gives the reader a realistic feel for his subjects.

Almost Dead By Jackson, Lisa 2007-11 - Center Point Large Print 9781602850767 Check Our Catalog Cissy Cahill's world is unraveling. She's in the beginning stages of a divorce, her son is in the throes of the "terrible twos," and one by one, members of her family are dying. Now Cissy is sure she's being watched. Lately she's heard footsteps when there's no one around, smelled a woman's perfume, and noticed small, personal items are missing from her house. Hidden in the shadows of the Cahill family's twisted past is a shocking secret that will only be satisfied by blood. Cissy must uncover the deadly truth before it's her blood that is spilled. …More

Baked to Death By James, Dean 2005-04 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758204875 Check Our Catalog In the fourth installment of James' acclaimed mystery series, resident vampire sleuth Simon Kirby-Jones must deal with a group of medieval enthusiasts, who set up camp for their annual gathering in the meadow behind Blitherington Hall. …More

Damage Control By Jance, J. A. 2008-08 - William Morrow & Company 9780060746766 Check Our Catalog The latest novel of suspense by this "New York Times" bestseller is now available in a tall Premium Edition. Cochise County Sheriff Joanna Brady returns to confront a pair of complex cases. …More

Dead Wrong By Jance, J. A. 2006-08 - William Morrow & Company 9780060540906 Check Our Catalog Coping with the impending delivery of her second child as well as a staff shortage, the last thing Sheriff Joanna Brady needs are two murders with roots deep in the past. …More

Exit Wounds By Jance, J. A. 2003-08 - William Morrow & Company 9780380977314 Check Our Catalog The next bestseller from the author of "Partner in Crime" brilliantly evokes the beauty, loneliness, and brutality of the Southwest desert country. Sheriff Joanna Brady probes the macabre death of a loner and her 17 dogs and discovers that secrets of the past can run deeper and darker than she's ever imagined. …More

Long Time Gone By Jance, J. A. 2005-08 - William Morrow & Company 9780688138240 Check Our Catalog When a middle-aged nun unexpectedly recalls the grisly details of an unsolved murder she witnessed as a child, Seattle Special Homicide Investigation Team member J.P. Beaumont gets the case. Faced with personal conflicts and shocking surprises, Beaumont struggles to solve one of his most baffling and dangerous cases yet. …More

And Then You Die By Johansen, Iris 1998-08 - Bantam Books 9780553579987 Check Our Catalog She expected sunshine and balmy breezes. What she saw was everyone's worst nightmare. Bess Grady has heard the unmistakable sound before. She knows what it means. But not even the eerie lament of the howling dogs can prepare her for what has taken place in the small village. The seasoned photojournalist had been sent there on an easy assignment, and now she has stumbled upon something she was never meant to see. Amid chaos and fear, she joins forces with an intimidating stranger, a man whose alliances are unclear but whose methods have a way of leaving bodies in his wake. For what she has witnessed is only the first stage in a plan of terror that may kill us all. And she has no choice but to stop it--or die trying.... …More

Blindspot By Kamensky, Jane Author Lepore, Jill 2008-12 - Spiegel & Grau 9780385526197 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title BookPage Notable Title Set in boisterous, rebellious Boston on the eve of the American Revolution, "Blindspot" ingeniously weaves together the fictional stories of a Scottish portrait painter and notorious libertine Stewart Jameson, and Fanny Easton, a fallen woman from one of Boston's most powerful families. …More

Under the Dome By King, Stephen 2009-11 - Scribner Book Company 9781439148501 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title On a beautiful fall day, the town of Chester's Mill, Maine, is inexplicably and suddenly sealed off from the rest of the world by an invisible force field. No one knows what this barrier is and when--or if--it will go away. …More

Frankenstein: Lost Souls By Koontz, Dean R. 2010-06 - Bantam 9780553808018 Check Our Catalog Every city has secrets, but none as terrible as this. His name is Deucalion, a sleight-of-reality artist who's traveled centuries with a secret worse than death. He arrives as a serial killer, one who carefully selects his victims for the humanity that he is missing. Detective Carson O'Connor and her partner Michael Maddison get on the case and may just end up in hell itself. …More

Fortune's Fool By Lackey, Mercedes 2007-03 - Luna Books 9780373802661 Check Our Catalog Ekaterina--the youngest daughter of the King of the Sea--gets kidnapped by a wicked jinn when she investigates a kingdom that has no problems and no complaints. …More

Imperfect Birds By Lamott, Anne 2010-04 - Thorndike Press 9781410423627 Check Our Catalog The bestselling author of "Blue Shoe, Grace (Eventually)," and "Operating Instructions" returns with her most honest and heartrending novel yet, in which she explores the human quest for connection and salvation, love and family. …More

The Reckoning By Lewis, Beverly 1998-07 - Bethany House Publishers 9781556618680 Check Our Catalog The Powerful Conclusion to The Shunning and The Confession! Katherine Mayfield, the new Mistress of Mayfield Manor, always dreamed of a fancy "English" life. But as the seasons pass, she finds herself grieving the loss of her Amish family and her dearest friend, Mary Stoltzfus. Shunned from the Plain life she once knew, Katherine finds solace in volunteer work with hospice patients -- a labor of love she hopes will bring honor to the memory of her birth mother. Unknown to Katherine, her long-lost love, Daniel Fisher, is desperate to locate his "Sweetheart girl", only to be frustrated at nearly every turn. Meanwhile, she delights in the modern world -- once forbidden -- cherishing the attention of Justin Wirth, her handsome suitor. Her childhood entwined with Daniel's, yet her present life far removed from Lancaster County, Katherine longs for the peace that reigned in her mother's heart. And once again, she is compelled to face the heritage of her past. …More

The Revelation By Lewis, Beverly 2005-06 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764228810 Check Our Catalog "Spanning three generations, the compelling novels of the Abram's Daughers series feature five courting-age sisters, their extended family, and their quaint Older Order community, whose way of life and faith in God are as enduring as their signature horse and buggy. Or so it seems... In this suspenseful conclusion to the series, readers will thrill to another gripping story with Lewis's trademark captivating twists and turns, and startling answers to the compelling questions set into motion in the first book, The Covenant. …More

Pacific Northwest Trips By Lonely Planet 2009-02 - Lonely Planet 9781741797329 Check Our Catalog …More

Country Brides By Macomber, Debbie 2007-07 - Mira Books 9780778323624 Check Our Catalog Rorie Campbell has a pleasant, predictable life in San Francisco, where she's seeing a pleasant, predictable man. Then, one vacation, her car breaks down on an Oregon country road and horse rancher Clay Franklin comes to her rescue. Rorie soon discovers that a city girl can fall in love with a country man. But Clay has no right to return her feelings--because he's engaged to another woman. Kate Logan is devastated when Clay Franklin, her former fiance and the man she's always loved, marries Rorie Campbell instead. But at Clay's wedding--and after a glass of champagne too many-- Kate proposes to her longtime friend, rancher Luke Rivers. Luke accepts her proposal--and refuses to renege on his promise. What's more, he insists that Kate doesn't love Clay--she loves him--. …More

The Magic Barrel By Malamud, Bernard 1972-01 - Pocket Books 9780671782085 Check Our Catalog Winner of the National Book Award for Fiction Introduction by Jhumpa Lahiri Bernard Malamud's first book of short stories, "The Magic Barrel," has been recognized as a classic from the time it was published in 1959. The stories are set in New York and in Italy (where Malamud's alter ego, the struggleing New York Jewish Painter Arthur Fidelman, roams amid the ruins of old Europe in search of his artistic patrimony); they tell of egg candlers and shoemakers, matchmakers, and rabbis, in a voice that blends vigorous urban realism, Yiddish idiom, and a dash of artistic magic. "The Magic Barrel "is a book about New York and about the immigrant experience, and it is high point in the modern American short story. Few books of any kind have managed to depict struggle and frustration and heartbreak with such delight, or such artistry. …More

Loose Lips By McClain-Watson, Teresa 2006-03 - Kimani Press 9781583147238 Check Our Catalog The author of "What We Did for Love" delivers an exhilarating story of love, trust, and the fiery woman who learns to put the two together. …More

The Double Comfort Safari Club By McCall Smith, Alexander 2010-04 - Wheeler Publishing 9781410425751 Check Our Catalog The delightful new installment in Smith's bestselling series finds Mma Ramotswe and Mma Makutsi traveling to the north of Botswana to visit a safari lodge, where there have been several unexplained and troubling events--including the demise of one of the guests. …More

A Body to Die for By McKevett, G. A. 2009-01 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758215543 Check Our Catalog McKevett's beloved plus-sized P.I., Savannah Reid, finds herself thrown into the world of physical fitness and exercise when a weight loss queen becomes the prime suspect in a big murder case. …More

Murder a la Mode By McKevett, G. A. 2005-01 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758204608 Check Our Catalog Voluptuous private eye Savannah Reid's cravings for tasty treats come second only to her appetite for adventure. In her tenth mystery, Savannah tracks down a diabolical murderer on the set of a reality TV show. …More

The Zero Game By Meltzer, Brad 2004-01 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446533164 Check Our Catalog The "New York Times" bestselling author of "The Millionaires" and "The First Counsel" returns to Washington, D.C., with the story of an insider's game that turns deadly. …More

Deliver Me from Evil By Monroe, Mary 2007-09 - Dafina Books 9780758212177 Check Our Catalog In this sensational new novel from the "New York Times" bestselling author of "God Dont Like Ugly" and "God Dont Play," a beautiful, resourceful woman engineers a high-stakes game of love, money, and sex--all in the name of a better future. …More

The 9th Judgment By Patterson, James Author Paetro, Maxine 2010-04 - Little Brown and Company 9780316036276 Check Our Catalog In the most exciting Women's Murder Club novel yet, Detective Lindsay Boxer spends every waking hour working to piece together clues in two area murders. One of the killers forces Lindsay to put her own life on the line--but will that be enough? …More

The Dead Travel Fast By Raybourn, Deanna 2010-03 - Mira Books 9780778327653 Check Our Catalog With a modest inheritance and the three gowns that make up her entire wardrobe, Theodora Lestrange leaves Edinburgh--and a disappointed suitor--far behind. She is bound for Romania to visit an old friend and write the book that will bring her true independence. …More