What to read while waiting for...

The Great Alone By Hannah, Kristin 2018-02 - St. Martin's Press 9780312577230 Check Our Catalog "A TOUR DE FORCE." --Kirkus (starred review) Alaska, 1974. Unpredictable. Unforgiving. Untamed. For a family in crisis, the ultimate test of survival. Ernt Allbright, a former POW, comes home from the Vietnam war a changed and volatile man. When he loses yet another job, he makes an impulsive …More

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

The Things They Carried By O'Brien, Tim 1998-01 - Broadway Books 9780767902892 Check Our Catalog One of the first questions people ask about The Things They Carried is this: Is it a novel, or a collection of short stories? The title page refers to the book simply as "a work of fiction," defying the conscientious reader's need to categorize this masterpiece. It is both: a collection of interrelated short pieces which ultimately reads with the dramatic force and tension of a novel. Yet each one …More

The Reason You're Alive By Quick, Matthew 2017-07 - Harper 9780062424303 Check Our Catalog The New York Times bestselling author of The Silver Linings Playbook offers a timely novel featuring his most fascinating character yet, a Vietnam vet embarking on a quixotic crusade to track down his nemesis from the war. After sixty-eight-year-old David Granger crashes his BMW, medical tests reveal a brain tumor that he readily attributes to his wartime Agent Orange …More

The Life We Bury By Eskens, Allen 2014-10 - Seventh Street Books 9780872721043 Check Our Catalog College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. …More

Upcoming Events at HPL

Computer Class-Publisher 10:30 am, Saturday, February 17 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 or visit our calendar to register . Registeration opens one month before the class.  Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. This weeks' topic--Intro to Publisher.  Learn how to make posters and signs. Event Calendar

MOVIES AT THE LIBRARY:  THE PRINCESS AND THE FROG FEBRUARY 17, SATURDAY, 2:00 Enjoy this modern take on a classic fairy tale. Will Tiana be able to turn the prince back into a human? Or will he be stuck as a frog forever? Enjoy a snack and make a craft as you watch this fun Disney  Event Calendar

Hackley Public Library is closed on February 19 in observance of President's Day

Tech Tuesday 12:00 - 7:00 pm Tuesday, February 20 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. Event Calendar

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 pm, Wednesday, February 21 Having trouble with your tablet? Flustered by your phone? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 2:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome. Event Calendar

STORYTIME! FEBRUARY 22, THURSDAY, 10:30 Join us for stories, songs, movement activities, and a craft just for little ones. Event Calendar

Computer Class-Intro to Powerpoint 10:30 am- 12:00 pm, Saturday, February 24 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.   Registeration opens one month before the class date. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. This weeks' topic--Powerpoint.  Learn how to create a slide show. Event Calendar

AWARDS CEREMONY FOR BLACK HISTORY MONTH CALENDAR AND COLORING CONTESTS FEBRUARY 24, SATURDAY, 2:00 You submitted your best artwork, and we chose the winners! Find out if you won at our awards ceremony. Then stay to listen to In the Tradition, a great jazz band from Detroit performing for the whole family. Refreshments will be provided. Event Calendar

In the Tradition Jazz Ensemble 2:00 pm, Saturday, February 24 In The Tradition began in Detroit in the early 1990's when 5 members of the Neal Henry Septet formed the Christopher James/Charles Hopkins Quintet.  Over the years they became In the Tradition and found their calling.  Through the works of In The Tradition they “seek to educate listeners around the world about the African story, and hook the culturally disenfranchised members of the 'Diaspora' back into their heritage, laying on them [the] ensemble's refined expression of African-American classical music, in as authentic a presentation as they can muster.” (Matt Ward, Detroit Jazz Magazine, 10-16-13) “This band's métier is straight-ahead Jazz, unplugged and resplendent in all its acoustic simplicity and textural earthiness, and underpinned by rhythms inspired by all parts of the far-flung reaches of the African Diaspora”...Matt Ward, Detroit Jazz Magazine, 10-16-13. Brought to the community through a generous bequest from Bess Commodore. WUVS 103.7 "The Community Station" the Beat is the media sponsor. Event Calendar

GIRLS WHO CODE FEBRUARY 26, MONDAY, 5:30-6:30 Hackley Public Library is excited to launch a coding club just for girls! We are an official host site for the international Girls Who Code organization. The club is open to students grade 6 and up. In the club, girls will master the basics of coding like loops, variables, functions, and conditionals to name a few. We will meet every Monday evening starting in January through the end of May. Registration is required. Please register online at hackleylibrary.org or by calling 231-722-8014. Event Calendar

THE SWEETEST SOUND:  SHERRI WINSTON AND THE PATHFINDERS LAKESHORE COMMUNITY YOUTH CHOIR FEBRUARY 26, MONDAY, 6:00 Local Author Sherri Winston hosts a multi-media presentation incorporating an imaginative PowerPoint display, music, lively discussion and Black History trivia. The program will weave together black history, literary and gospel figures and how their presence impacted our lives. The MHHS alumna's recent book The Sweetest Sound has been named one of Kirkus magazine's best books of the year. The paperback edition is coming out in January and will be available for autographs and purchase. Event Calendar

Black Hair Care 6:00 pm, Tuesday, February 27 Learn the secrets to having beautiful hair.  Nietra Hood from the Unity Hair Salon on Clay Ave in Muskegon will be on hand to answer all your hair care questions. Brought to the community through a generous bequest from Bess Commodore. WUVS 103.7 "The Community Station" the Beat is the media sponsor. Event Calendar

Tips and Tricks for Phones and Tablets 1:00 pm, Wednesday, February 28 Having trouble with your tablet? Flustered by your phone? Bring it to HPL on Wednesdays from 1:00 to 2:00 to get tech help. Walk ins welcome. Event Calendar

STORYTIME MARCH 1, THURSDAY, 10:30 Join us for stories, songs, movement activities, and a craft just for little ones. Event Calendar

HPL OFF THE WALL ANNUAL WRITING AND DRAWING CONTEST MARCH 1 THROUGH MARCH 31 Spring is just around the corner and so is our annual writing and drawing contest.  Students in grades 7-12 are invited to submit any original, creative work.  This includes poems, stories, drawings, and comics!  Stop by the library for more information or check out our website.  The contest runs from March 1 to March 31.  All entries are due by 5:00 pm Saturday, March 31. Event Calendar

Computer Class-Facebook 10:30 am, Saturday, March 3 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.  Registeration opens one month before the class date. Brought to you through the generosity of the Friends of Hackley Library. Introduction to Facebook.  Learn how to set up an account, friend people, and post. Event Calendar

MINECRAFT

MARCH 3, SATURDAY 2:00-4:00

Sharpen your axe--it's time to mine for all the supplies you need in Minecraft! This computer-based activity is open to the first 20 participants.

 Registration is required. Save your seat by going online at http://www.hackleylibrary.org/events or calling 231-722-8014. 

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New Fiction at HPL

The Music Shop By Joyce, Rachel 2018-01 - Random House 9780812996685 Check Our Catalog "An unforgettable story of music, loss and hope. Fans of High Fidelity, meet your next quirky love story."--People NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY THE TIMES (UK) It is 1988. On a dead-end street in a run-down suburb there is a music shop that stands small and brightly lit, jam-packed with records of every kind. Like a …More

A Lady in Shadows: A Madeleine Karno Mystery By Kaaberbol, Lene 2017-12 - Atria Books 9781476731421 Check Our Catalog "Madeleine's inquisitive mind and candid voice are enough to keep us reading." --The New York Times Book Review New York Times bestselling author Lene Kaaberbol returns with her beloved protagonist Madeleine Karno--an ambitious young woman who shatters the confines of nineteenth century France. On June 2nd, 1894, in the wake of President Marie Francois Sadi Carnot's …More

The Whispering Room By Koontz, Dean 2018-01 - Thorndike Press Large Print 9781432846923 Check Our Catalog Jane Hawk--fiction's most relentless, resourceful, stunning new heroine--continues her battle against a murderous conspiracy in the riveting sequel to The Silent Corner. …More

The Dirty Divorce, Part 3 By Miss KP 2011-05 - Life Changing Books 9781934230305 Check Our Catalog In Dirty Divorce Part 1 and 2 readers were at the edge of their seats, addicted to the Sanchez family drama. The Dirty Divorce Part 3 begins with Rich instantly being a mark with a death sentence placed on his head. He's faced with his biggest nightmare when secrets are revealed that he thought were buried. While Lisa spirals out of control more than ever, Marisol and Rich battle their way to be …More

Promise Not to Tell By Krentz, Jayne Ann 2018-01 - Berkley Books 9780399585272 Check Our Catalog Instant New York Times and USA Today Bestseller A HelloGiggles Recommended Read A broken promise reveals a terrifying legacy in this electrifying novel from the New York Times bestselling author of When All the Girls Have Gone. A painter of fiery, nightmarish visions throws herself into the sea--but she'll leave some of her secrets behind... …More

Heart Spring Mountain By MacArthur, Robin 2018-01 - Ecco Press 9780062444424 Check Our Catalog In this evocative first novel, a young woman returns to her rural Vermont hometown in the wake of a devastating storm to search for her missing mother and unravel a powerful family secret It's August 2011, and Tropical Storm Irene has just wreaked havoc on Vermont, flooding rivers and destroying homes. One thousand miles away--while tending bar in New Orleans--Vale …More

Sisters Like Us By Mallery, Susan 2018-01 - Mira Books 9780778330905 Check Our Catalog The grass is always greener on your sister's side of the fence...Divorce left Harper Szymanski with a name no one can spell, a house she can't afford and a teenage daughter who's pulling away. With her fledgling virtual-assistant business, she's scrambling to maintain her overbearing mother's ridiculous Susie Homemaker standards and still pay the bills, thanks to clients like …More

Beneath the Sugar Sky By McGuire, Seanan 2018-01 - Tor Books 9780765393586 Check Our Catalog A stand-alone fantasy tale from Seanan McGuire's Alex-award winning Wayward Children series, which began in the Alex, Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Award-winning, World Fantasy Award finalist, Tiptree Honor List Every Heart a Doorway Beneath the Sugar Sky, the third book in McGuire's Wayward Children series, returns to Eleanor West's …More

Every Dog Has His Day By McKinlay, Jenn 2018-01 - Berkley Books 9780399584763 Check Our Catalog A stray kitten and a rambunctious poodle bring together a small-town bachelor and a single mother in the latest romance set in Bluff Point, Maine. Bluff Point brewery owner Zachary Caine wants nothing to do with commitment. His wild bachelor lifestyle suits him perfectly--until a foster kitten named Chaos makes him a reluctant hero. Now he's BFFs with the kitten's two …More

Markswoman By Mehrotra, Rati 2018-01 - Voyager 9780062564542 Check Our Catalog An order of magical-knife wielding female assassins brings both peace and chaos to their post-apocalyptic world in this bewitching blend of science fiction and epic fantasy--the first entry in a debut duology that displays the inventiveness of the works of Sarah Beth Durst and Marie Lu. Kyra is the youngest Markswoman in the Order of Kali, one of a handful of sisterhoods …More

New Moon By Meyer, Stephenie 2006-09 - Megan Tingley Books 9780316160193 Check Our Catalog Awards: Book Sense Book of the Year Award (2007), Colorado Blue Spruce Award (2008), South Carolina Childrens, Junior and Young Adult Book Award (2009), Young Reader's Choice Award (2009) This follow-up novel to the "New York Times" bestseller "Twilight" proves to be another irresistible combination of romance and suspense with a supernatural twist. Star-crossed lovers Bella and Edward face new obstacles in this vampire love story. …More

Still Me: A Novel By Moyes, JoJo 2018-01 - Pamela Dorman Books 9780399562457 Check Our Catalog From the sensational #1 New York Times bestselling author Jojo Moyes, a new book featuring her iconic heroine of Me Before You and After You, Louisa Clark Louisa Clark arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confident that she can embrace this new adventure and keep her relationship with Ambulance Sam alive across several thousand miles. She has been hired by …More

Elmet By Mozley, Fiona 2017-12 - Algonquin Books 9781616208424 Check Our Catalog FINALIST FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER PRIZE **The Guardian Best Books of 2017 * December Indie Next Pick * Amazon Best of the Month * Amazon Debut Spotlight * PEOPLE Magazine BOOK OF THE WEEK** "Beguiling . . . A lyrical and mythic work . . . Mozley's sheer storytelling confidence sends the reader sailing." ─The New York Times "A quiet explosion …More

Our Lady of the Prairie By Nissen, Thisbe 2018-01 - Houghton Mifflin 9781328662071 Check Our Catalog A sharp and bitingly funny novel about a professor whose calm-ish midwestern life gives way to a vortex of crises--and her attempts to salvage the pieces without going to pieces herself In the space of a few torrid months on the Iowa prairie, Phillipa Maakestad--long-married theater professor and mother of an unstable daughter--grapples with a life turned upside down. After …More

The Other Side of Everything By Owens, Lauren Doyle 2018-01 - Touchstone Books 9781501167799 Check Our Catalog "A first-rate murder mystery." --People " For] fans of crime fiction wanting literary flair and emotional depth." --Publishers Weekly, starred review Laura Lippman meets Megan Abbott in this suspenseful literary debut about three generations of neighbors whose lives intersect in the aftermath of a crime. Bernard White is a curmudgeonly widower who has lived …More

Christmas with My Cowboy By Palmer, Diana 2017-12 - Center Point 9781683246008 Check Our Catalog The Snow Man by Diana Palmer Meadow Dawson needs Santa to deliver a solution to her management problem on the Colorado ranch she's inherited. Cattleman Dal Blake just wants his pretty neighbor's dog to quit digging under his fence. This Christmas, the unexpected gift of love will surprise them both. …More

Count to Ten: A Private Novel By Patterson, James Author Sanghi, Ashwin 2017-11 - Grand Central Publishing 9781538759639 Check Our Catalog From the world's #1 bestselling author comes the newest book in the blockbuster PRIVATE series... Santosh Wagh quit his job as head of Private India after harrowing events in Mumbai almost got him killed. But Jack Morgan, global head of the world's finest investigation agency, needs him back. Jack is setting up a new office in Delhi, and Santosh is the only person he can trust. …More

The Exile By Patterson, James With Joseph, Alison 2017-11 - Bookshots 9780316411103 Check Our Catalog Someone--or something--is killing my ex-wife's family. Ex-cop Finn O'Grady hasn't been home in years. But the woman he swore to protect is convinced an ancient curse has put her and her son in deadly danger. O'Grady has seen too much evil on earth to believe in the supernatural. And then the killing starts.... BookShots LIGHTNING-FAST STORIES BY JAMES …More

The Bomb Maker By Perry, Thomas 2018-01 - Mysterious Press 9780802127488 Check Our Catalog A bomb is more than a weapon. A bomb is an expression of the bomber's predictions of human behavior--a performance designed to fool you into making one fatally wrong move. In The Bomb Maker, Thomas Perry introduces us to the dark corners of a mind intent on transforming a simple machine into an act of murder--and to those committed to preventing that outcome at any cost. A threat is …More

Out of the Ashes By Peterson, Tracie Author Woodhouse, Kimberley 2018-01 - Bethany House Publishers 9780764219245 Check Our Catalog After the death of their father, Collette and Jean-Michel Langelier are no longer tied to post-war France. While his sister dreams of adventure, Jean-Michel is hoping to finally escape reminders of the horrors he faced in the war. When Jean-Michel receives an unexpected invitation for them to visit Alaska and the Curry Hotel, it seems an opportunity for a change he needs. Katherine Demarchis …More

The Dog Who Came for Christmas By Pethick, Sue 2017-09 - Kensington Publishing Corporation 9781496709066 Check Our Catalog From Sue Pethick, acclaimed author of Pet Friendly and Boomer's Bucket List, comes a heartwarming story sure to take the chill out of the holiday season... Renee Richardson's list of Christmas wishes includes: a few more clients at her hair salon, a few less unsuitable dates set up by her father, and some new friends for her troubled young son, …More

City of Endless Night By Preston, Douglas Author Child, Lincoln 2018-01 - Grand Central Publishing 9781455536948 Check Our Catalog "A consistently exciting and never predictable series."--Associated Press When Grace Ozmian, the beautiful and reckless daughter of a wealthy tech billionaire, first goes missing, the NYPD assumes she has simply sped off on another wild adventure. Until the young woman's body is discovered in an abandoned warehouse in Queens, the head nowhere to be found. …More

The Fountainhead By Rand, Ayn Afterword by Peikoff, Leonard 1996-09 - Signet Book 9780451191151 Check Our Catalog Howard Roark is an architect whose genius and integrity will not be comprised. He has ideas that work against conventional standards. …More

The Take By Reich, Christopher 2018-01 - Mulholland Books 9780316342353 Check Our Catalog From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Reich, an international spy thriller featuring Simon Riske: one part James Bond, one part Jack Reacher Riske is a freelance industrial spy who, despite his job title, lives a mostly quiet life above his auto garage in central London. He is hired to perform the odd job for a bank, an insurance company, or the British …More

What to read while waiting for...

Dark in Death: An Eve Dallas Novel By Robb, J. D. 2018-01 - St. Martin's Press 9781250161536 Check Our Catalog Lieutenant Eve Dallas returns in Dark in Death, by J.D. Robb, the #1 New York Times bestselling master of suspense, and takes on a case of death imitating art... It was a stab in the dark. On a chilly February night, during a screening of Psycho in midtown, someone sunk an ice pick into the back of Chanel Rylan's neck, then …More

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

Troublemaker By Howard, Linda 2016-12 - Avon Books 9780062418999 Check Our Catalog A thrilling, fast-paced novel of romantic suspense from sensational New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Linda Howard. For Morgan Yancy, an operative and team leader in a paramilitary group, nothing comes before his job. But when he's ambushed and almost killed, his supervisor is determined to find out who's after the members of his elite squad--and why. Due …More

Dangerous Minds: A Knight and Moon Novel By Evanovich, Janet 2017-06 - Bantam 9780553392746 Check Our Catalog NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The irrepressibly charming duo of Emerson Knight and Riley Moon returns in another gripping mystery by #1 New York Times bestselling author Janet Evanovich. Buddhist monk Wayan Bagus lost his island of solitude and wants to get it back. The island was about two hundred miles northeast of Samoa. It had a mountain, beaches, a rain forest, and a …More

Wait for Dark By Hooper, Kay 2017-03 - Berkley Books 9780425280942 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Enjoy her characters. Enjoy her paranormal abilities. …More