Upcoming events at HPL

AUTHOR SHERRI WINSTON! 10:30 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 Muskegon Heights HS graduate and author of The President of the Whole Fifth Grade, Sherri Winston is coming to HPL to share her love of writing and crafting stories for kids. A book signing will follow.

Open House 4:00 - 6:00 pm, Monday, October 16 Come to our Open House to celebrate our renovations!  We'll have cupcakes and you'll be able to look around into spaces that are usually not open to the public.

Tech Tuesday 12:00 - 7:00 pm Tuesday, October 17 Reserve your 30 minute appointment to have your computer/tech questions answered by our in-house IT people. We will answer questions on using computers and apps-anything from how to navigate Windows to how to upload pictures to Facebook.  Call 231-722-8012 at least 24 hours in advance to reserve your spot.  By appointment only, walk-in spots will not be available.

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 pm, Wednesday, October 18 Having trouble with your tablet? Flustered by your phone? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

Computer Class-Intro to Powerpoint 10:30 am- 12:00 pm, Saturday, October 21 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-8000 or visit HPL Events to register.  Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Powerpoint.  Learn how to create a slide show.

MINECRAFT 2:00 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21 Registration is required. Grab your (virtual) bow and arrows and take out as many Minecraft chickens as you can!. Please register online at hackleylibrary.org, or by phone at 231-722-8014.

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 pm, Wednesday, October 25 Having trouble with your tablet? Flustered by your phone? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

Computer Class-YouTube 10:30 am - 12:00  pm, Saturday, October 28 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-8000  to register or go to our online calendar.  Registration opens 1 month before the class.  Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Youtube:  Learn what YouTube is, how to search for videos, and how to save them for later.

MONTHLY MAKERS - SQUISHY CIRCUITS 2:00 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 28 Get hands on with electricity! Make circuits out of battery packs, LEDs, and balls of Playdoh. Ready to try something more advanced? Design your own Playdoh animals with light-up eyes!

What to read while waiting for...

Sleeping Beauties By King, Stephen Author King, Owen 2017-09 - Scribner Book Company 9781501163401 Check Our Catalog In this spectacular father/son collaboration, Stephen King and Owen King tell the highest of high-stakes stories: what might happen if women disappeared from the world of men? In a future so real and near it might be now, something happens when women go to sleep: they become shrouded in a cocoon-like gauze. If they are awakened, if the gauze wrapping their bodies is disturbed or …More

Are you patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for that best seller?  Here are some suggestions.

Son of No One By Kenyon, Sherrilyn 2014-09 - St. Martin's Press 9781250029911 Check Our Catalog In the New York Times bestseller, Son of No One, part of the blockbuster The Dark-Hunters series by Sherrilyn Kenyon, it's not easy being life's own personal joke, but Josette Landry has made an unstable peace with the beast. Completely down on her luck, Josette takes a job with a local paranormal group as a photographer and camerawoman. Yeah, they're even crazier than she …More

The Scarlet Gospels By Barker, Clive 2015-05 - St. Martin's Press 9781250055804 Check Our Catalog The New York Times bestseller from Clive Barker, who brings his extraordinary universes of Hellraiser and Lord of Illusions together in a masterpiece of dark fantastic horror. The Scarlet Gospels takes readers back many years to the early days of two of Barker's most iconic characters in a battle of good and evil as old as time: …More

Pale Demon By Harrison, Kim 2011-02 - Harper Voyager 9780061138065 Check Our Catalog "New York Times"-bestselling author Harrison returns to the sexy, supernatural adventures of Rachel Morgan, in the ninth book of the Hollows. …More

Upcoming Events at HPL

Computer Class-Publisher 10:30 am, Saturday, October 7 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-7276 to register.  Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Saturday, Oct 7:  Intro to Publisher.  Learn how to make posters and signs.

STAR WARS READS DAY 1:30 - 3:30 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 7 The Great Lakes Garrison is coming back to help you become the best reader in the universe! This international event celebrates reading and all things Star Wars. Can you think of anything better? Come ready to make a Wookie bookmark, battle fellow Jedi with (pool noodle) light sabers, and to get your face painted by the talented artists from La La Land FacePainting. Who knows? You might run into a clone trooper or two.

Squirrel Hillbillies 6:00 pm, Monday, October 9 From deep within the urban forest of Pittsburgh's East End, the Squirrel Hillbillies often emerge to share their eclectic mix of folk, country and blues. Rabidly social and clawingly curious, they relish opportunities to interact with diverse audiences. They have performed more than 250 shows, including appearances at the Three Rivers Arts Festival in Pittsburgh and the Leigh Folk Festival in England. Through a collaborative, nonlinear songwriting process, duo partners Jenny Wolsk Bain and Gary Crouth draw from personal experiences, third-hand stories, and vivid imaginations to craft songs that are unpredictable and quirky yet widely accessible. Their CDs have gotten radio play on stations across the US and around the world. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library.

Great MI Read author Kekla Magoon 6:00 pm, Tuesday, October 10 Welcome Kekla Magoon, co-author with Malcolm X's daughter Ilyasah Shabazz,  of X:A Novel. This riveting and revealing novel follows the formative years of the man whose words and actions shook the world. I am Malcolm. I am my father's son. But to be my father's son means that they will always come for me. They will always come for me, and I will always succumb. Malcolm Little's parents have always told him that he can achieve anything, but from what he can tell, that's a pack of lies�"after all, his father's been murdered, his mother's been taken away, and his dreams of becoming a lawyer have gotten him laughed out of school. There's no point in trying, he figures, and lured by the nightlife of Boston and New York, he escapes into a world of fancy suits, jazz, girls, and reefer. But Malcolm's efforts to leave the past behind lead him into increasingly dangerous territory. Deep down, he knows that the freedom he's found is only an illusion�"and that he can't run forever. X follows Malcolm from his childhood to his imprisonment for theft at age twenty, when he found the faith that would lead him to forge a new path and command a voice that still resonates today. Kekla Magoon is the author of eight young adult novels, including The Rock and the River, How It Went Down, X: A Novel, and the Robyn Hoodlum Adventures series. She has received an NAACP Image Award, the John Steptoe New Talent Award, two Coretta Scott King Honors, The Walter Award Honor, and been long listed for the National Book Award. She also writes non-fiction on historical topics. Kekla conducts school and library visits nationwide and serves on the Writers' Council for the National Writing Project. Kekla holds a B.A. from Northwestern University and an M.F.A. in Writing from Vermont College of Fine Arts, where she now serves on faculty. Visit her online at www.keklamagoon.com.

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 pm, Wednesday, October 11 Having trouble with your tablet? Flustered by your phone? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

AUTHOR SHERRI WINSTON! 10:30 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14 Muskegon Heights HS graduate and author of The President of the Whole Fifth Grade, Sherri Winston is coming to HPL to share her love of writing and crafting stories for kids. A book signing will follow.

Tech Tuesday 12:00 - 7:00 pm Tuesday, October 17 Reserve your 30 minute appointment to have your computer/tech questions answered by our in-house IT people. We will answer questions on using computers and apps-anything from how to navigate Windows to how to upload pictures to Facebook.  Call 231-722-8012 at least 24 hours in advance to reserve your spot.  By appointment only, walk-in spots will not be available.

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 pm, Wednesday, October 18 Having trouble with your tablet? Flustered by your phone? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays at 1:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome.

Computer Class-Intro to Powerpoint 10:30 am- 12:00 pm, Saturday, October 21 De'ondra Pentecost will teach computer classes on Saturdays from 10:30 am to 12:00 pm. Registration is required. Call HPL at 231-722-8000 or visit HPL Events to register.  Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Powerpoint.  Learn how to create a slide show.

MINECRAFT

2:00 SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21

Registration is required.

Grab your (virtual) bow and arrows and take out as many Minecraft chickens as you can!. Please register online at hackleylibrary.org, or by phone at 231-722-8014.

New Fiction at HPL

Magicians Impossible By Abraham, Robert Bradley 2017-09 - Thomas Dunne Books 9781250083524 Check Our Catalog "Magicians Impossible is a mind-bending page-turner A brilliant and unique mash-up of spells, myth and mayhem, once it got its claws in me I couldn't put it down. Like a veteran stage magician, Brad Abraham has created a hip thriller that turns convention on its ear with misdirection and mayhem. A must read for enthusiasts of edgy and extreme fiction." --Don Coscarelli, director …More

Ember By Adams, Brock 2017-09 - Hub City Press 9781938235320 Check Our Catalog Three years ago, the sun began to die. In a desperate attempt to reignite the failing star, the United States had joined the rest of the planet in unloading its nuclear arsenal at the flickering ember. The missiles burst from silos in Wyoming and Bangladesh, cocooning the earth in tendrils of smoke as they began their two-and-a-half year journey into space. When they finally reach their …More

The Scarred Woman By Adler-Olsen, Jussi 2017-09 - Dutton Books 9780525954958 Check Our Catalog The New York Times and #1 internationally bestselling author of The Keeper of Lost Causes delivers his most captivating and suspenseful Department Q novel yet--perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson. Detective Carl Morck of Department Q, Copenhagen's cold cases division, meets his toughest challenge yet when the dark, troubled past of one of his own …More

The Christmas Room By Anderson, Catherine 2017-09 - Berkley Books 9780399586316 Check Our Catalog The beloved author of the Mystic Creek series gifts readers with a novel of homespun holiday cheer, as two families discover the joy of hope and redemption.... Widow Maddie McLendon has uprooted her life to move to Rustlers Gulch with her son and grandson. But as a brutal Montana winter looms on the horizon, contractors have yet to break ground on their new …More

The Cartel 7: Illuminati: Roundtable of Bosses By Ashley &. Jaquavis Author Coleman, JaQuavis 2017-07 - St. Martin's Griffin 9781250067005 Check Our Catalog The saga of love, loyalty, and crime continues in the next explosive book in the Cartel series from the minds of New York Times bestselling authors Ashley & JaQuavis. After the tragic and bloody end to The Cartel's reign, Carter is forced into isolation to evade the law. With his wife, Miamor, facing federal charges and his dear brother, six feet under, Carter has never been more …More

Rock Chick Reawakening By Ashley, Kristen 2016-12 - Evil Eye Concepts, Incorporated 9781942299769 Check Our Catalog From New York Times bestselling author, Kristen Ashley, comes the long-awaited story of Daisy and Marcus, Rock Chick Reawakening. A prequel to Kristen's Rock Chick series, Rock Chick Reawakening shares the tale of the devastating event that nearly broke Daisy, an event that set Marcus Sloan-one of Denver's most respected businessmen and one of the Denver underground's most feared crime bosses-into …More

Saint Mazie By Attenberg, Jami 2015-10 - Center Point 9781628997118 Check Our Catalog Meet Mazie Phillips: big-hearted and bawdy, she's the truth-telling proprietress of The Venice, the famed New York City movie theater. It's the Jazz Age, with romance and booze aplenty even when Prohibition kicks in and Mazie never turns down a night on the town. But her high spirits mask a childhood rooted in poverty, and her diary, always close at hand, holds her dearest secrets." …More

Death by Chocolate Lab By Blake, Bethany 2017-09 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781432842222 Check Our Catalog Pet sitter Daphne Templeton has a soft spot for every stray and misfit who wanders into the quaint, lakeside village of Sylvan Creek. But even Daphne doesn't like arrogant, womanizing Steve Beamus, the controversial owner of Blue Ribbon K-9 Academy. When Steve turns up dead during a dog agility trial, Daphne can think of a long list of people with motives for homicide, and so can the police. …More

The Ways of Wolfe By Blake, James Carlos 2017-09 - Mysterious Press 9780802125774 Check Our Catalog "James Carlos Blake has long been one of my favorites, but his Wolfe family saga may be his best work to date."--Ace Atkins, on The House of Wolfe Los Angeles Times Book Prize winner James Carlos Blake delves back into the dark realms of the Wolfe family, a clan whose roots run deep on both sides of the United States-Mexico border, and whose prevailing interests straddle …More

Cold Choices By Bond, Larry 2009-05 - Forge 9780765318756 Check Our Catalog Following the events in "Dangerous Ground," former Navy pilot Jerry Mitchell has risen to captain his own sub. After his vessel collides with a Russian submarine, Mitchell finds himself facing the most difficult decision of his life. Available in a tall Premium Edition. …More

Watch Me Disappear By Brown, Janelle 2017-07 - Spiegel & Grau 9780812989465 Check Our Catalog NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The disappearance of a beautiful, charismatic mother leaves her family to piece together her secrets in this propulsive novel for fans of Big Little Lies--from the bestselling author of All We Ever Wanted Was Everything. "Watch Me Disappear is just as riveting as Gone Girl."--San Francisco Chronicle Who …More

Worst Date Ever By Campbell, Melodie 2017-09 - Orca Book Publishers 9781459815599 Check Our Catalog Jennie has been a widow for two years. Her twelve-year-old son thinks it's about time she started dating, and so does her best friend, Angela. So with Angela's help, Jennie signs up to an online dating site. Within hours, she has several dates lined up for the week. Surely there will be one Prince Charming in the bunch. And if not, it's only one date, right? How bad could it be? …More

Meddling Kids By Cantero, Edgar 2017-07 - Doubleday Books 9780385541992 Check Our Catalog NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Freaky pleasure...it scratches a nostalgic itch for those who grew up on Saturday morning Scooby-Doo cartoons and sugar-bombed breakfast cereal" --USA Today "Deliriously wild, funny and imaginative. Cantero is an original voice." --Charles Yu, author of How to Live in a Science Fictional Universe …More

Sip By Carr, Brian Allen 2017-08 - Soho Press 9781616958275 Check Our Catalog A lyrical, apocalyptic debut novel about addiction, friendship, and the struggle for survival It started with a single child and quickly spread: you could get high by drinking your own shadow. At night, artificial lights were destroyed so that addicts could sip shadow in the pure glow of the moon. Gangs of shadow addicts chased down children on playgrounds, rounded up old ladies …More

The Summer That Made Us By Carr, Robyn 2017-09 - Mira Books 9780778330868 Check Our Catalog The brand-new novel from #1 New York Times bestselling author Robyn Carr that Kirkus calls "a blissful beach read." The Summer That Made Us is an unforgettable story about a family learning to accept the past, to forgive and to love each other again. That was then... For the Hempsteads, summers were idyllic. The lake was a magical place, a haven where …More

Don't Let Go By Coben, Harlan 2017-09 - Dutton Books 9780525955115 Check Our Catalog With unmatched suspense and emotional insight, Harlan Coben explores the big secrets and little lies that can destroy a relationship, a family, and even a town in this powerful new thriller. Suburban New Jersey Detective Napoleon "Nap" Dumas hasn't been the same since senior year of high school, when his twin brother Leo and Leo's girlfriend Diana were found dead on …More

Robert B. Parker's the Hangman's Sonnet By Coleman, Reed Farrel 2017-09 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399171444 Check Our Catalog The stellar new novel in Robert B. Parker's New York Times bestselling series featuring Paradise police chief Jesse Stone. Jesse Stone, still reeling from the murder of his fiancee by crazed assassin Mr. Peepers, must keep his emotions in check long enough to get through the wedding day of his loyal protege, Suitcase Simpson. The morning of the wedding, Jesse learns that a gala …More

Robert B. Parker's the Hangman's Sonnet By Coleman, Reed Farrel 2017-09 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781432843144 Check Our Catalog The stellar new novel in Robert B. Parker's New York Times bestselling series featuring Paradise police chief Jesse Stone. Jesse Stone, still reeling from the murder of his fiancee by crazed assassin Mr. Peepers, must keep his emotions in check long enough to get through the wedding day of his loyal protege, Suitcase Simpson. The morning of the wedding, Jesse learns that …More

Charlatans By Cook, Robin 2017-09 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781432840709 Check Our Catalog The explosive new thriller from New York Times-bestselling author and master of the medical thriller Robin Cook. Newly minted chief resident at Boston Memorial Hospital Noah Rothauser is swamped in his new position, from managing the surgical schedules to dealing with the fallouts from patient deaths. Known for its medical advances, the famed teaching …More

The Romanov Ransom By Cussler, Clive Author Burcell, Robin 2017-09 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399575549 Check Our Catalog Treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo's search for a Romanov fortune brings them into perilous contact with an ambitious neo-Nazi clan in this thrilling adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. In 1918, a ransom of enormous size was paid to free the Romanovs from the Bolsheviks, but, as history knows, the Romanovs died anyway. And the ransom? During World War …More

The Romanov Ransom By Cussler, Clive Author Burcell, Robin 2017-09 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781432841737 Check Our Catalog Treasure-hunting team Sam and Remi Fargo's search for a Romanov fortune brings them into perilous contact with an ambitious neo-Nazi clan, in the thrilling adventure from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. In 1918, a ransom of enormous size was paid to free the Romanovs from the Bolsheviks, but, as history knows, the Romanovs died anyway. And the ransom? During …More

Dark Horse By Daniels, B. J. 2017-07 - Harlequin Intrigue 9781335721136 Check Our Catalog Burdened by family secrets, this cowboy rides alone For twenty-five years, the case of the McGraw twins kidnapping has remained unsolved. As the eldest son, Cull oversees the McGraw horse ranch, wary of prying eyes. So when true-crime writer Nikki St. James comes forward with new information, Cull can't believe his father invites her onto the compound. His family has suffered …More

The Cuban Affair By DeMille, Nelson 2017-09 - Simon & Schuster 9781501101724 Check Our Catalog From the legendary #1 New York Times bestselling author of Plum Island and Night Fall, Nelson DeMille's blistering new novel features an exciting new character--U.S. Army combat veteran Daniel "Mac" MacCormick, now a charter boat captain, who is about to set sail on his most dangerous cruise. Daniel Graham MacCormick--Mac for short--seems to have a pretty good life. At age …More

The Woman Who Couldn't Scream By Dodd, Christina 2017-09 - St. Martin's Press 9781250028488 Check Our Catalog Merida Falcon is a world-class beauty, a trophy wife who seems to have it all...except she has no voice. For nine bitter years, Merida lived to serve her wealthy elderly husband, never leaving his side, always doing his bidding... On his death, Merida vanishes...and reappears in Virtue Falls with a new name, a new look, and a plot to take revenge on the man who loved her, betrayed …More

My Sister's Bones: A Novel of Suspense By Ellwood, Nuala 2017-07 - William Morrow & Company 9780062661968 Check Our Catalog "Rivals The Girl on the Train as a compulsive read (and beats it for style). -- Observer (UK) In the vein of Fiona Barton's The Widow and Renee Knight's Disclaimer, a psychological thriller about a war reporter who returns to her childhood home after her mother's death but becomes convinced that all is not well in the house next …More

What to read while waiting for...

The Cuban Affair By DeMille, Nelson 2017-09 - Simon & Schuster 9781501101724 Check Our Catalog From the legendary #1 New York Times bestselling author of Plum Island and Night Fall, Nelson DeMille's blistering new novel features an exciting new character--U.S. Army combat veteran Daniel "Mac" MacCormick, now a charter boat captain, who is about to set sail on his most dangerous cruise. Daniel Graham MacCormick--Mac for short--seems to have a pretty good life. At age …More

Are you patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for that best seller?  Here are some suggestions.

The Night Charter By Hawken, Sam 2015-12 - Mulholland Books 9780316299213 Check Our Catalog "The deadliest female protagonist since Jon Land's Caitlin Strong and Stieg Larsson's Lisbeth Salander."--Booklist Exactly one year ago, Camaro Espinoza killed five bad men in New York City and fled town. Now she's keeping a low profile in Miami, running night charter catch-and-release fishing trips off the coast. It's a simple life for a former combat medic. But it wasn't easy to come …More

Back to Blood By Wolfe, Tom 2013-07 - Back Bay Books 9780316036337 Check Our Catalog A big, panoramic story of the new America, as told by a master chronicler. As police speed across Biscayne Bay, Wolfe is off and running into the feverous and diverse world of Miami. Much like his previous bestselling novels, this highly anticipated book is another brilliant and hilarious reckoning with contemporary life. …More

Pirate By Cussler, Clive Author Burcell, Robin 2016-09 - G.P. Putnam's Sons 9780399183973 Check Our Catalog Unstoppable husband and wife team Sam and Remi Fargo face off against an obsessive millionaire hunting for a lost treasure in this adventure in the #1 New York Times-bestselling series When husband and wife treasure hunters Sam and Remi Fargo try something new, a relaxing vacation, a detour to visit a rare bookstore leads to the discovery of a dead body. All …More