Upcoming Events at HPL

LEGO MANIA FAMILY FUN DAY 2:00 PM SATURDAY, MAY 17, 2014 Come join the family fun. Build a great structure, maybe win a treat, and get to display your fabulous creation to all the youth services library patrons. Remember--we'll supply the LEGOs; you supply the imagination.

Finances for Lunch 12:00 - 1:00 pm, Wednesday, May 21 PNC presents a financial topic. Feel free to bring your lunch!

Search for the Westmoreland 6:00 PM, Tuesday, May 27 “On December 7, 1854, the Propeller Westmoreland foundered in Lake Michigan, near Sleeping Bear Dune, killing seventeen of her crew and passengers. Seventeen crew and passengers lived, however, and landed in lifeboats on the shore of Platte Bay. Soon after the passenger steamer’s sinking, rumors began circulating of $10,000 in gold coins in her safe and 280 barrels of whiskey in her hold. For the next 150 years the Westmoreland was one of the most sought after shipwrecks in all the Great Lakes, eluding salvagers, treasure-hunters and divers alike. Join author/shipwreck hunter Ross Richardson in exploring the legend, history and discovery of Lake Michigan's treasure shipwreck”. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Local Author Fair Noon - 3:00 pm, Saturday, May 31 On Saturday, May 31 local authors will be at Hackley Public Library to discuss their work, sell and autograph their books, and chat with the public. Whether you’re an avid reader or writer, this is your chance to get to know and support the local authors from West Michigan. Writers representing poetry, fiction, nonfiction, teens, and children’s books will be available, and each author table will feature copies of selected works available for purchase and signing. Save the date, tell everyone you know, and join us for our first Local Author Fair!

Book Review-Light Between Oceans

Recently, my book choices seem to be following a theme; they all take place around the time of the world wars:  The Dead in their Vaulted Arches, Life After Life, The Hollow City and now The Light Between Oceans Tom has just returned home to Australia after his stint in the war. As many do, he carries a lot of guilt for what he has done and for the simple act of surviving when so many others did not.  He decides that the solitary life of a lighthouse keeper will help him heal. He is posted to Janus Rock, a lighthouse on an island off the west coast.  When he arrives in the town that is closest to the light he meets a young woman named Isabelle.  They enjoy each other's company, but he has to report to the light and won't get a shore leave for a long time.  The supply boat comes every 3 months, and with the regular supplies comes a letter from Isabelle.  They start a long distance courtship and eventually marry. Life so far from others has its own difficulties, but they cope with everything except Isabelle's three miscarriages.  She is devastated.  While tending the graves one day she hears a baby cry, and thinks it is just her imagination, until Tom calls her.  A boat has washed ashore with a dead man and a small baby. What is the right thing to do when you don't know all the answers?  The story explores marriage, love, family ties, and honor.  What does it mean to love or to have compassion? It is a very well written book with lots of things to think about and ponder over.

The Light Between Oceans By Stedman, M. L. 2012-07 - Scribner Book Company 9781451681734 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title A novel set on a remote Australian island, where a childless couple live quietly running a lighthouse, until a boat carrying a baby washes ashore. …More

Complimentary Reads

All the Birds, Singing By Wyld, Evelyn Rose Strange Author Wyld, Evie 2014-04 - Pantheon Books 9780307907769 Check Our Catalog From one of Granta's Best Young British Novelists, a stunningly insightful, emotionally powerful new novel about an outsider haunted by an inescapable past: a story of loneliness and survival, guilt and loss, and the power of forgiveness. Jake Whyte is living on her own in an old farmhouse on a craggy British island, a place of ceaseless rains and battering winds. Her disobedient collie, Dog, and a flock of sheep are her sole companions, which is how she wanted it to be. But every few nights something--or someone--picks off one of the sheep and sounds a new deep pulse of terror. There are foxes in the woods, a strange boy and a strange man, rumors of an obscure, formidable beast. And there is also Jake's past--hidden thousands of miles away and years ago, held in the silences about her family and the scars that stripe her back--a past that threatens to break into the present. With exceptional artistry and empathy, All the Birds, Singing reveals an isolated life in all its struggles and stubborn hopes, unexpected beauty, and hard-won redemption. …More

Butterfly By Hartnett, Sonya 2013-07 - Candlewick Press (MA) 9780763663346 Check Our Catalog In masterful prose, the author of "Surrender" tells a quiet but powerful tale about the shifting bonds and psychological perils of adolescence as she chronicles the experience of 13-year-old Plum Coyle. …More

The Comfort of Figs By Cleary, Simon 2009-03 - University of Queensland Pr (Australia) 9780702237522 Check Our Catalog …More

The Deep End of the Ocean By Mitchard, Jacquelyn 1997-07 - Signet Book 9780451186928 Check Our Catalog A selection of Oprah Winfrey's Book Club, this work is an instant classic that will leave readers breathless. By exposing the heartbreak of loss, Mitchard weaves a modern masterpiece of a family's ultimate emotional survival and renewal following their child's sudden disappearance. This is a multifaceted and unforgettable story that will affect readers as only a few novels in a generation can do. …More

Enon By Harding, Paul 2013-09 - Random House 9781400069439 Check Our Catalog A stunning allegorical novel about one man's enduring love for his daughter. …More

Flight Behavior By Kingsolver, Barbara 2013-06 - Harper Perennial 9780062124272 Check Our Catalog In a riveting story by the author of "The Poisonwood Bible, " a young wife and mother on a failing farm in rural Tennessee experiences something she cannot explain. Her discovery energizes various competing factions, trapping her in the center of the conflict and ultimately opening up her world. …More

The Forgotten Garden By Morton, Kate 2009-04 - Atria Books 9781416550549 Check Our Catalog From the author of "The House at Riverton" comes a story of outer and inner journeys. An homage to the power of storytelling, "The Forgotten Garden" is filled with unforgettable characters who weave their way through its intricate plot to astounding effect. …More

The Good Parents By London, Joan 2009-02 - Grove Press 9780802170576 Check Our Catalog The award-winning author of "Gilgamesh" delivers a tender and compelling taleof mother love and the harrowing moment when a daughter spreads her wings andvanishes from her parents' orbit. …More

Just One Evil Act By George, Elizabeth 2013-10 - Dutton Books 9780525952961 Check Our Catalog #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Elizabeth George delivers another masterpiece of suspense in her Inspector Lynley series: a gripping child-in-danger story that tests Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers like never before. …More

The Longest Journey By McInnes, Betty 2010-04 - Severn House Publishers 9780727868626 Check Our Catalog "A Scottish historical saga of exile, disaster, secrets . . . and love - ""The Scottish Highlands, 1848." Mary-Ann Macgregor's life is full of quiet contentment with her husband Ewan. But when her son Davey befriends a new arrival to the village, Janet, he sets in a motion a disastrous chain of events. Harshly punished for a minor crime, Ewan and Davey are sentenced to exile in Australia. Mary-Ann is determined to keep her family together, but her past is catching up with her, and soon her children will know the secret she has tried so hard to keep . . . …More

The Possibilities By Hemmings, Kaui Hart 2014-05 - Simon & Schuster 9781476725796 Check Our Catalog A novel about a mother grieving her son's death in a Colorado resort town who is faced with another shock-the appearance of a strange girl carrying a secret that will change their lives irrevocably. …More

The Sacrifice By Mutard, Bruce 2012-04 - Allen & Unwin Australia 9781741751178 Check Our Catalog …More

Want to see all the staff picks?  In Encore (our catalog) search for HPL Staff Picks. To sign up for this, or any of our newsletters, check out our Newsletter sign up page.

HPL's New Books

Below is a partial list of our new books. To see the full list, download the Excel file for 2014.  To see new books from other years try: 2013 , 2012, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008, 2007, or 2006.

Girl Missing. Tess Gerritsen By Gerritsen, Tess 2009-11 - Bantam 9780553824421 Check Our Catalog THE FIRST BODY IS A MYSTERY. Shea (TM)s young. Shea (TM)s beautiful. And her corpse, laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Kat Novak, betrays no secrets a " except for a matchbook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside. THE NEXT BODY IS A WARNING. When a second victim is discovered, Kat begins to fear that a serial killer is stalking the streets. The police are sceptical. The mayor wona (TM)t listen. And Kata (TM)s chief suspect is one of the towna (TM)s most prominent citizens. THE FINAL BODY . . . MIGHT BE HERS. With the death toll rising, Kat races to expose a deadly predator who is closer than she ever dreamt. And every move she makes could be her very last. …More

And the Dark Sacred Night By Glass, Julia 2014-04 - Pantheon Books 9780307377937 Check Our Catalog Kit Noonan's life is stalled: unemployed, twins to support, a mortgage to pay--and a frustrated wife, who is certain that, more than anything else, Kit needs to solve the mystery of his father's identity. He begins with a visit to his former stepfather, Jasper, a take-no-prisoners Vermont outdoorsman. But it is another person who has kept the secret: Lucinda Burns, wife of a revered senior statesman and mother of Malachy (the journalist who died of AIDS in Glass's first novel, Three Junes). She and her husband are the only ones who know the full story: of an accident whose repercussions spread even further when Jasper introduces Lucinda to Kit. Immersing readers in a panorama that stretches from Vermont to the tip of Cape Cod, Glass weaves together the lives of Kit, Jasper, Lucinda and, ultimately, Fenno McLeod, the beloved protagonist of Three Junes (now in his sixties). An unforgettable novel about the youthful choices that steer our destinies, the necessity of forgiveness, and the surprisingly mutable meaning of family. …More

Heist By Swinson, Kiki Author Diamond, De'nesha 2010-12 - Dafina Books 9780758251787 Check Our Catalog Swinson, bestselling author of the successful Wifey series, teams up with Diamond, author of the Desperate Hoodwives series, for a riveting two-novella volume about women who know what they want and will do anything to get it. …More

Love and Rockets, No. 3: New Stories By Hernandez, Gilbert Author Hernandez, Jaime 2010-10 - Fantagraphics Books 9781606993798 Check Our Catalog All-new stories featuring Jaime s Maggie and Ray, plus Gilbert s Fritz and the Sad Girl. …More

Even in Darkness By Hightower, Lynn 2014-04 - Severn House Publishers 9780727883513 Check Our Catalog …More

In Bed with Her Boss: In Bed with Her Boss/Rich Man's Fake Fiancee By Jackson, Brenda Author Mann, Catherine 2014-03 - Harlequin 9780373180837 Check Our Catalog This title launches a new series by a "USA Today" bestselling author. Though Dmarcus Armstrong is a demanding, cranky boss, hes the star of Opal Lockharts fantasies. But what chance does a naive secretary have with this self-made millionaire? Opals sisters come to the rescue with a makeover and some attitude adjustment. Original. …More

Guilt By Kellerman, Jonathan 2013-02 - Ballantine Books 9780345505736 Check Our Catalog The #1 "New York Times"-bestselling author Kellerman's "psychology skills and dark imagination are a potent literary mix" ("Los Angeles Times"), and are apparent in his new novel of murder and madness among the beautiful dreamers, seductive predators, and doomed innocents adrift in Southern California's eternal sunshine. …More

The Secret Life of Bees By Kidd, Sue Monk Prepared by McDougal Littel 2003-01 - Penguin Books 0142001740 Check Our Catalog 2003 Top Twelve Selling Title Now in paperback comes the intoxicating debut novel of "one motherless daughter's discover of . . . the strange and wondrous places we find love" (The Washington Post). A bestseller in hardcover, Sue Monk Kidd's ravishing work is set in South Carolina in 1964. A movie version is forthcoming from Fox Searchlight. …More

Lisey's Story By King, Stephen 2006-10 - Scribner Book Company 9780743289412 Check Our Catalog Winner - 2006 Bram Stoker Award - Novel BookPage Notable Title Lisey Debusher Landon lost her husband, Scott, two years ago, after a twenty five year marriage of the most profound and sometimes frightening intimacy. Lisey knew there was a place Scott went--a place that both terrified and healed him, could eat him alive or give him the ideas he needed in order to live. Now it's Lisey's turn to face Scott's demons, Lisey's turn to go to Boo'ya Moon. What begins as a widow's effort to sort through the papers of her celebrated husband becomes a nearly fatal journey into the darkness he inhabited. …More

The Last Bride By Lewis, Beverly 2014-04 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764212000 Check Our Catalog …More

Night Diver By Lowell, Elizabeth 2014-04 - William Morrow & Company 9780062132826 Check Our Catalog New York Times bestselling author Elizabeth Lowell plunges into the adventurous and deadly world of underwater treasure hunters in a heart-stopping tale that superbly combines atmosphere, action, romance, and suspense. …More

Country Bride By Macomber, Debbie 2014-04 - Severn House Publishers 9780727883483 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

North to Alaska By Macomber, Debbie 2014-02 - Mira Books 9780778315988 Check Our Catalog …More

Starting Now By Macomber, Debbie 2013-04 - Random House Large Print Publishing 9780739378274 Check Our Catalog For years Libby Morgan dreamed only of making partner in her competitive, high-pressure law firm. She sacrificed everything for her career, her friends, her marriage, her chance at creating a family. When her boss calls Libby into his office, she assumes it will finally be good news, but nothing can prepare her for the shocking reality: she's being let go and must rebuild her entire life ... starting now. …More

Against the Edge By Martin, Kat 2013-04 - Mira Books 9780778314431 Check Our Catalog Deep in the humid, rank heart of the Louisiana bayou, a survivalist group has something that belongs to former Navy SEAL Ben Slocum: his son. As Ben and social worker Claire Chastain band together to track the group down, their concern for the boy draws them closer, each fighting feelings there's no time to explore. Original. …More

In Paradise By Matthiessen, Peter 2014-04 - Riverhead Books 9781594633171 Check Our Catalog From the two-time National Book Award winning author of The Snow Leopard and Shadow Country, a short, powerful novel about an American professor of Holocaust Studies who, over the course of a weeklong spiritual retreat at Auschwitz, is forced to grapple with his own past and a family secret: the Jewish mother abandoned to her doom by his Gentile father. …More

Killer Physique By McKevett, G. A. 2014-03 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9780758276544 Check Our Catalog When Savannah attends a Hollywood premiere, she can't help getting weak in the knees as she's introduced to Jason Tyrone. Once a world-champion bodybuilder, the handsome, ultra-charming Jason has become America's biggest action hero. But less than twenty-four hours after the premiere, Jason is found dead in his hotel suite. The situation takes an even darker turn when the medical examiner determines that his death was the result of doping and that someone else administered the fatal dose. …More

Double Cross By Patterson, James 2007-11 - Little Brown and Company 9780316015059 Check Our Catalog Alex Cross rejoins the police force to face the most diabolical villain he has ever encountered -- a serial killer with a hunger for mega-celebrity -- in Patterson's latest thrilling novel. …More

The 8th Confession By Patterson, James Author Paetro, Maxine 2009-04 - Little Brown and Company 9780316018760 Check Our Catalog As San Francisco's most glamorous millionaires mingle at the party of the year, someone is watching--waiting for a chance to take vengeance on the city's most celebrated couple. The Women's Murder Club now faces its toughest challenge ever. …More

Raising Steam By Pratchett, Terry 2014-03 - Doubleday Books 9780385538268 Check Our Catalog Change is afoot in Ankh-Morpork--Discworld's first steam engine has arrived, and once again Moist von Lipwig finds himself with a new and challenging job. …More

To Sail a Darkling Sea By Ringo, John 2014-02 - Baen Books 9781476736211 Check Our Catalog With human civilization annihilated by a biological zombie plague, a rag tag fleet of yachts and freighters known as Wolf Squadron scours the Atlantic, searching for survivors. Within every abandoned liner and carrier lurks a potential horde of zombies but also holds the flickering hope of survivors. Now Wolf Squadron must clear the assault carrier USS Iwo Jima of infected before the trapped Marines and sailors succumb to starvation. …More

Calculated in Death By Robb, J. D. 2013-02 - Putnam Adult 9780399158827 Check Our Catalog On Manhattan's Upper East Side a woman lies dead at the bottom of the stairs, stripped of all her valuables. Most cops might call it a mugging gone wrong, but Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows better. …More

The Collector By Roberts, Nora 2014-04 - Putnam Adult 9780399164453 Check Our Catalog From #1 New York Times–bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a novel of a woman who needs nothing, a man who sees everything, and the web of deceit, greed, and danger that brings them together--and that could tear them apart …More

Shadow Spell: Book Two of the Cousins O'Dwyer Trilogy By Roberts, Nora 2014-03 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425259863 Check Our Catalog From #1 "New York Times" bestselling author Nora Roberts comes a trilogy about the land we're drawn to, the family we learn to cherish, and the people we long to love. …More