Summer Reading Week 10

Here are the results of Week 10.  This week 25 people submitted entries, and 3 were new!  They read 102 books.  So far 114 people have submitted 964 entries, and 216 people have registered.

The Burning Bridge By Flanagan, John 2007-06 - Puffin Books 9780142408421 Check Our Catalog In this rousing sequel to "The Ruins of Gorlan," the Rangers brace for a final clash with the evil Morgarath, and choose Will, along with his friend Horace, as special envoys to Celtica. But the simple mission soon takes an unsettling turn. …More

The Icebound Land By Flanagan, John 2008-02 - Puffin Books 9780142410752 Check Our Catalog Kidnapped and taken to a frozen land after the fierce battle with Lord Morgarath, Will and Evanlyn are bound for Skandia as captives aboard a fearsome wolfship. Halt has sworn to rescue his young apprentice, and he will do anything to keep his promise? even defy his King. Expelled from the Rangers he has served so loyally, Halt is joined by Will's friend Horace as he travels toward Skandia. On their way, they are challenged again and again by freelance knights?but Horace knows a thing or two about combat. Soon his skills begin to attract the attention of knights and warlords for miles around. But will he and …More

The Ruins of Gorlan By Flanagan, John 2006-06 - Puffin Books 9780142406632 Check Our Catalog Full of adventure, storytelling, magic, and deep characterization, this debut fantasy introduces the magic-practicing Rangers, protectors of the kingdom, and Will, a 15-year-old villager who has been chosen as a Ranger's apprentice. …More

The Siege of Macindaw By Flanagan, John 2010-05 - Puffin Books 9780142415245 Check Our Catalog Will is now the protector of his first fief. Not long into his service, everything that can go wrong does. After Castle Macindaw is taken over by a renegade knight, Will recruits a motley crew to reclaim the strategic gateway to the north. …More

The Sorcerer of the North By Flanagan, John 2009-06 - Puffin Books 9780142414293 Check Our Catalog Will is finally a full-fledged Ranger with his own fief to look after. The fief seems boring until Lord Syron, master of a castle far in the north, is struck down by a mysterious illness. Joined by his friend Alyss, Will is suddenly thrown headfirst into an extraordinary adventure. …More

The Highlander's Forbidden Bride By Fletcher, Donna 2009-12 - Avon Books 9780061712999 Check Our Catalog Featuring a sexy hero, a strong, sassy heroine, and the lush setting of the Scottish Highlands, this final novel in Fletcher's Sinclare Brothers series tells Ronan's story. Original. …More

Gone Girl By Flynn, Gillian 2012-06 - Crown Publishing Group (NY) 9780307588364 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Flynn's toxic mix of sharp-edged wit with deliciously chilling prose creates a nerve-fraying thriller that confounds readers at every turn. When his wife disappears on their anniversary, Nick starts having cringe-worthy daydreams and becomes oddly evasive, eschewing his golden boy past. HPL patron:  Awesome …More

Fodor's Turkey By Hattam, Jennifer Author Larson, Vanessa Author Newman, Scott 2012-05 - Fodor's Travel Publications 9780307928436 Check Our Catalog …More

Red Tide By Ford, G. M. 2004-07 - William Morrow & Company 9780060554804 Check Our Catalog A BookPage Notable Title Ford's latest action-packed, highly suspenseful mystery finds Frank Corso on a case where an investigation into a gruesome murder unravels a massive terrorist conspiracy--but in an unexpected way. …More

Beautiful Redemption By Garcia, Kami Author Stohl, Margaret 2012-10 - Little, Brown Books for Young Readers 9780316123532 Check Our Catalog Ethan Wate longs to escape the stiflingly small Southern town of Gatlin. He never thought he would meet the girl of his dreams, Lena Duchannes, who unveils a secretive, powerful, and cursed side of Gatlin. And he never could have expected that he would be forced to leave behind everyone and everything he cares about in this stunning finale. …More

Haunted Love: Tales of Ghostly Soulmates, Spooky Suitors, and Eternal Love By Gonsalves, Chris 2009-12 - Globe Pequot Press 9780762752768 Check Our Catalog Love makes the world go 'round . . . even from underground. Romance is undeniably otherworldly. Heart racing, breath quickening, senses ablaze--it's all part of what makes love so frighteningly grand. As the French writer Francois de La Rochefoucauld said four centuries ago, "It is with true love as it is with ghosts; everyone talks about it, but few have seen it." And yet, there are those who have seen both. Welcome to "Haunted Love." With settings ranging from South Florida to South Korea, this is a rich collection of seventeen tales that touch the heart and tingle the spine. Read about: Lady with the Lantern: A widowed innkeeper in St. Augustine, Florida, keeps watch for the man she loved, long after he drowned in the stormy Atlantic. Emily's Bridge: A world away, in a sleepy Vermont town, a jilted teenage lover continues to torment anyone who ventures near the bridge where she took her own life. The Lovesick Nurse: A spooky rooming house in Virginia was once the scene of forbidden love between a Confederate nurse and a Union soldier. …More

Come Closer By Gran, Sara 2011-05 - Soho Press 9781616951009 Check Our Catalog Instead of a book she had ordered by mail, Amanda receives "Demon Possession, Past and Present." Soon after, something seems to take her over, and she wonders if she has been possessed by a female demon known to students of the Kabbalah as Naamah. …More

Stones of My Accusers By Groot, Tracy 2004-01 - Moody Publishers 9780802431066 Check Our Catalog In this stand-alone sequel to "The Brother's Keeper," the transforming difference that Christ's mercy makes on each character's life is forever impacted by the amazing mercy of God. HPL patron:  It takes a while to get into this book. …More

Finding Father Christmas By Gunn, Robin Jones 2007-10 - Faithwords 9780446526296 Check Our Catalog Miranda Carson finds herself in London a few days before Christmas, looking for the father she never knew. Unexpectedly welcomed into a family that doesn't recognize her, she faces a terrible decision. Should she reveal her true identity and destroy their idyllic image of her father or carry the truth home with her. HPL patron:  Good book.  I am going to read the second book called Engaging Father Christmas. …More

Burnt Offerings By Hamilton, Laurell K. 2002-09 - Jove Books 9780515134476 Check Our Catalog "You can't trust anyone who sleeps with monsters". That's what Anita Blake had always believed. But now she was sharing a bed with the Master Vampire of the city. So when an arsonist began to target vampire victims, the creatures of the night turned to their former enemy. For now only "The Executioner" could save them from the inferno. …More

The Killing Dance By Hamilton, Laurell K. 2002-09 - Jove Books 9780515134513 Check Our Catalog The first hit man came after me at home, which should be against the rules. Then there was a second, and a third. Eventually, I found out that the word on the street was that Anita Blake, preternatural expert and vampire killer extraordinaire, was worth half a million dollars. Dead, not alive. So what's a girl to do but turn to the men in her life for help? Which in my case, means an alpha werewolf and a master vampire. With professional killers on your trail, it's not a bad idea to have as much protection as possible, human or otherwise. But I'm beginning to wonder if two monsters are better than one... …More

The Laughing Corpse By Hamilton, Laurell K. 2005-08 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425204665 Check Our Catalog First time in trade paperback: the second Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter novel. Nearly two million Anita Blake novels in print. The early Anita Blake novels find new life in trade paperback-as perfect collectibles for long-time fans or as great ways for new readers to sink their teeth into the series. In "The Laughing Corpse," a creature from beyond the grave is tearing a swath of murder through St. Louis. And Anita will learn that there are some secrets better left buried-and some people better off dead... …More

Die a Stranger By Hamilton, Steve 2012-07 - Minotaur Books 9780312640217 Check Our Catalog The newest novel by two-time Edgar award-winner and "New York Times"-bestselling author Hamilton about a mysterious plane on a deserted Upper Peninsula airstrip filled with five dead bodies. …More

Ghosts and Legends of Michigan's West Coast By Hammond, Amberrose 2009-08 - Haunted America 9781596296633 Check Our Catalog Western Michigan is home to some of the state's most picturesque places- and also some of its most chilling tales. Ghost story researcher and enthusiast Amberrose Hammond exposes the mysterious and spirit-ridden world of many beloved Michigan destinations as she skillfully weaves narratives of a world unseen by most. From the lingering spirit forever working in the Grand Theatre and the band of melon-headed children prowling the Saugatuck State Park to the lights of the Lake Forest Cemetery staircase waiting to reveal one's place in the afterlife, these tales are sure to give pause to anyone daring enough to experience these hauntingly beautiful spots...after dark. …More

The Dead Lie Down By Hannah, Sophie 2010-09 - Thorndike Press 9781410429964 Check Our Catalog A breathtaking novel of psychological suspense from the author of "Little Face" and "The Wrong Mother" Featuring the return of Sergeant Charlotte "Charlie" Zailer and DC Simon Waterhouse, "The Dead Lie Down" is another sophisticated, addictive read from the new mistress of the page-turner. Ruth Bussey once did something wrong-horribly wrong-and was nearly destroyed by her punishment. Now, she has tentatively rebuilt her life and unexpectedly found love with a man named Aidan Seed. But Aidan also has a secret-he killed someone years ago, a woman named Mary Trelease. Ruth's horror turns to confusion when she realizes that she knows Mary Trelease, and Mary is very much alive. HPL patron:  Lovely book. …More

Rising Darkness By Harrison, Thea 2013-04 - Berkley 9780425248454 Check Our Catalog …More

Good Bait By Harvey, John 2013-01 - Pegasus Books 9781605983783 Check Our Catalog …More

Red Jacket By Heywood, Joseph 2012-09 - Lyons Press 9780762782536 Check Our Catalog From the author of the Woods Cop mysteries comes a new historical mystery set in 1913, featuring Rough Rider turned game warden Lute Bapcat, orphan, loner, former cowboy, Rough Rider, beaver trapper, a man who in 1913, with the enthusiastic recommendation by the Theodore Roosevelt, himself, becomes one of the Michigan's first civil service game wardens. In "Red Jacket," he confronts an explosive, bloody labor strike; a siege-like sabotage, including a sudden rash of decapitated, spoiled deer; poisoned trout streams and well water; and unusual deforestation--all apparently designed by mine owners to deny nature's bounty to the strikers, and thereby to break the union. …More

The Piper By Hightower, Lynn 2013-04 - Severn House Publishers 9780727882516 Check Our Catalog …More

Summer Reading Week 10

Here are the results of Week 10.  This week 25 people submitted entries, and 3 were new!  They read 102 books.  So far 114 people have submitted 964 entries, and 216 people have registered.

Remember Me When: A Women of Hope Novel By Aiken, Ginny 2013-06 - Faithwords 9780892968473 Check Our Catalog …More

The Hit By Baldacci, David 2013-04 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455521210 Check Our Catalog Government assassin Will Robie returns in #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Baldacci's next blockbuster thriller! …More

Fuse By Baggott, Julianna 2013-02 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455503087 Check Our Catalog In a post-apocalyptic world where those who dwell within the Dome are safe, and those who live outside struggle to survive, Pressia decodes secrets from the past in an effort to set the Wretches free of their fusings forever. …More

The Elegance of the Hedgehog By Barbery, Muriel Read by Rosenblat, Barbara Read by Morris, Cassandra 2009-06 - Highbridge Company 9781598879254 Check Our Catalog An enchanting "New York Times" and international bestseller about life, art, literature, philosophy, culture, class, privilege, and power, seen through the eyes of a 54-year old French concierge and a precocious but troubled 12-year-old girl. A moving, funny, triumphant novel that exalts the quiet victories of the inconspicuous among us. …More

Death of Yesterday By Beaton, M. C. 2013-03 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455504763 Check Our Catalog When a local woman tells Sergeant Hamish Macbeth that she doesn't remember what happened the previous evening, he doesn't begin to worry. But when her body is discovered, Hamish is forced to investigate a crime that the only known witness--now dead--had forgotten. …More

The Field Guide to North American Hauntings: Everything You Need to Know about Encountering Over 100 Ghosts, Phantoms, and Spectral Entities By Blackman, W. Haden 1998-10 - Three Rivers Press (CA) 9780609800218 Check Our Catalog From headless phantoms and screaming specters to invisible poltergeists and disembodied voices, ghosts occupy our homes, infest cemeteries and graveyards, lurk in nearby caves and forests, and even wander city streets. However, despite the wealth of sightings, aspiring ghost hunters have few resources. Now, for the first time, here is a fully functioning field guide for those courageous investigators who wish to observe and interact with supernatural beings and the spirit world. Drawn from all available evidence, including recent research and sightings, modern urban legends, and Native American mythology and North American folklore, this book describes in detail over 100 haunted sites and their resident specters. Brimming with useful advice and practical tips for the ghost hunter, The Field Guide to North American Hauntings provides vital information for those seeking to encounter ghosts. Whether exploring the lonely cells of Alcatraz or the desolate stretch of road known as Route 666, or searching for specters at the White House, ghost hunters will always be prepared with The Field Guide to North American Hauntings. …More

Ghost Hunting in Haunted Cemeteries: A How-To Guide By Broome, Fiona 2009-10 - Createspace 9781448664429 Check Our Catalog …More

Fade Out By Caine, Rachel 2009-11 - Signet Book 9780451228666 Check Our Catalog Without the evil vampire Bishop ruling over the town of Morganville, the resident vampires have made major concessions to the human population. With their newfound freedoms, Claire Danvers and her friends are almost starting to feel comfortable again--almost. Original. …More

Kiss of Death: The Morganville Vampires By Caine, Rachel 2010-04 - Signet Book 9780451229731 Check Our Catalog Vampire musician Michael Glass has attracted the attention of a big-time producer who wants him to cut a demo and play some gigs--which means Michael will have to enter the human world. And that means it's going to be a road trip from hell. Original. …More

The Reluctant Assassin By Colfer, Eoin 2013-05 - Hyperion Books 9781423161622 Check Our Catalog This first book in a new series by the internationally bestselling creator of Artemis Fowl is a high-stakes, high-tech pursuit through time. Think "Oliver Twist" meets "The Matrix." …More

The Striker By Cussler, Clive Author Scott, Justin 2013-03 - Putnam Adult 9780399161773 Check Our Catalog Detective Isaac Bell returns in the remarkable new adventure in the #1 "New York Times"-bestselling series. In 1902, Isaac Bell has an urgent message for his boss. Hired to hunt for radical unionist saboteurs in the coal mines, he is witness to a terrible accident that makes him think that something else is going on. …More

Sweet Salt Air By Delinsky, Barbara 2013-06 - St. Martin's Press 9781250007032 Check Our Catalog From New York Times bestselling author Delinsky comes the story of a woman who has a secret that may save the life of her best friend's husband--or destroy him. What Charlotte and Nicole don't know is that they are each holding a secret that may change their relationship forever. …More

The Cat Dancers By Deutermann, P. T. 2006-10 - St. Martin's Press 9780312933425 Check Our Catalog THRILL SEEKER Dangling silently in front of a cave eighty feet down the cliff's edge, the man snaps a picture of the enraged mountain lion. The furious beast lunges...but the man is gone, back up the rope. JUSTICE DEALER When a judge releases two unrepentant killers on a legal technicality, North Carolina police Lieutenant Cam Richter knows facing the victims' grieving families is going to be tough. But when Killer #1 turns up on the Internet riding a homemade electric chair?followed a few days later by Killer #2?Cam thinks despair may have turned to vigilante justice. MAN EATER But it doesn't add up, especially when Cam becomes a target. It looks like these vigilantes may also be cops, and he's quickly running out of people to trust. The answers lie deep in the North Carolina wilderness, where Cam must track down this mysterious group of adrenaline-driven "Cat Dancers"--and risk losing everything he has left... "GRIPPING. . .ORIGINAL AND INTENSE." "--Book Page" "FULL OF SURPRISES. . .KEEPS YOU READING PAST YOUR BED TIME." "--Charlotte Observer" HPL patron: wonderful read. …More

The Last Man By Deutermann, P. T. 2012-05 - St. Martin's Press 9780312599454 Check Our Catalog A woman goes missing, sending a young nuclear engineer on a quest deep into the Judean desert to the legendary fortress of Masada, where secrets are concealed. …More

Spider Mountain By Deutermann, P. T. 2008-06 - St. Martin's Press 9780312945930 Check Our Catalog "Fast-paced... imaginative plotting."--"Publishers Weekly" Ex-cop Cam Richter agrees to do a favor for a park ranger: investigate the assault of a young woman in a remote area of Appalachia. Since he knows the terrain better than anyone, the victim's family is hoping that Cam can break a case that local cops can't--or maybe don't want to--solve. "Non-stop action."--mysterylovers.com Cam has no idea how dangerous his search will become. Because in these parts, Grinny Creigh and her extended clan destroy those who intrude into their web. The Creighs run a smuggling ring, and control just about every thing and one in their neck of the woods. But they also operate a much worse enterprise--one that threatens to harm anyone who comes too close to unleashing the dark secrets of... "Spider"" Mountain" "The stuff of series heroes...a battle royal."--"Kirkus Reviews" …More

Moonlight Masquerade By Deveraux, Jude 2013-01 - Pocket Books 9781416509769 Check Our Catalog After being abruptly jilted, Sophie Kincaid flees to the place her friend Kim Aldredge calls heaven on earth. But Sophie's first taste of Edilean is far from heavenly: after her car breaks down on a country road, she is nearly run over by a speeding sports car. A small act of revenge brings some satisfaction, and word quickly spreads that a gorgeous newcomer gave the driver, the notoriously bitter Dr. Reede Aldredge, a dressing down. But it isn't the first time the fiery artist has gone too far for payback; a secret possession she carries with her could shatter her ex-boyfriend's future. Reede Aldredge has secrets, too, including a desire to get closer to the beauty who is turning his dark world upside down. Under the night skies, their masquerade is magic--but will it turn to dust by the light of day? …More

Six White Horses By Dold, Gaylord 2002-10 - Minotaur Books 9780312290252 Check Our Catalog …More

The Woman Behind the New Deal: The Life of Frances Perkins, FDR's Secretary of Labor and His Moral Conscience By Downey, Kirstin 2009-03 - Nan A. Talese 9780385513654 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Written with a wit that echoes Frances Perkins's own, award-winning journalist Downey offers a riveting exploration of the woman who was named Secretary of Labor by Franklin Roosevelt in 1933, and how and why Perkins slipped into historical oblivion. …More

Skeleton Lake By Doogan, Mike 2008-08 - Putnam Adult 9780399154928 Check Our Catalog Wounded during an investigation and still grieving the loss of his son, Anchorage private detective Nik Kane returns to his first big case, one that's he's never been able to close. …More

Room No. 10 By Edwardson, Ake Translator Willson-Broyles, Rachel 2013-03 - Simon & Schuster 9781451608526 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title A fast-paced novel about two murders nearly 20 years apart that involve the same hotel room, from the internationally bestselling author of "Sail of Stone." …More

The Bone Vault By Fairstein, Linda A. 2003-01 - Scribner Book Company 9780743223546 Check Our Catalog Matters take a deadly turn when the body of a young museum researcher is found in an ancient Egyptian sarcophagus, and it's up to Assistant DA Alex Cooper to penetrate New York's exclusive museum society and track down the mysterious killer. Following her international bestseller "The Deadhouse, " Linda Fairstein sets her new novel at the crossroads of big money, high culture, and murder. …More

Charley's Web By Fielding, Joy 2009-03 - Pocket Star Books 9781416527046 Check Our Catalog Filled with complex characters and a plot rich with intrigue, this suspenseful thriller by a "New York Times"-bestselling author is the story of an ambitious journalist whose foray into the mind of a killer puts her own family in jeopardy. …More

Missing Pieces By Fielding, Joy 1998-07 - Island 9780440222873 Check Our Catalog How far will a mother go to protect her family from a madman? An unrivaled master of psychological suspense, Joy Fielding has written her most chilling and intricate novel yet--a compulsively readable look at the razor-thin line between daily domesticity and nerve-shattering terror. It had to end in blood. Family therapist Kate Sinclair, healer of lost souls, perfect wife and mother, has suddenly become trapped in a nightmare of her own. Her teenage daughter has just discovered sex, lies, and rebellion. Her ex-boyfriend has returned to threaten her marriage. Her once-peaceful hometown is being awakened by chilling headlines: Another woman is missing. Kate can sense the darkness gathering around her, can see the mistakes, the missteps, the missing pieces. She is afraid of what tomorrow will bring. Enter Colin Friendly, a man on trial for abducting and killing thirteen women--the handsome, "misunderstood" sociopath Kate's troubled sister plans to marry. Colin loves women to death. He can't wait to see Kate and the girls again. One dark night when they are home alone, disarmed, ready for bed... …More

The Battle for Skandia By Flanagan, John 2008-03 - Philomel Books 9780399244575 Check Our Catalog The battles and drama are nonstop in this latest installment of Flanagan's epic fantasy. Skandia's borders have been breached, and Araluen is next. If the two kingdoms are to be saved, an unlikely union must be made. …More