We've finished week 3 of the Adult Summer Reading Program! During this week 49 people read 117 books, for the whole summer, 138 people have read 337 books. It's not too late to join the program. Sign up at the circulation desk. We still have signing prizes available, as well.
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Book reviews from participants July 16:
The Safe Room by Barbara Shapiro: Story connects a modern murder with a pre-Civil War station of the Underground Railway. The ending, though not predictable, is a bit disappointing.
Do You! 12 laws to access the power in you to achieve happiness and success by Russell Simmons: Enjoyed his views on the 12 laws to acess the power within you to achieve happiness and success. I really liked his personal life stories the most.
The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck: It is a masterpiece by the master.
I'm Still Wifey by Kiki Swinson: I really liked the book. It was a book that kept you in suspense wanting to know what's going to happen next. I would definitely recommend this book to someone who enjoys reading.
Giving to yourself first by Iyanla Vanzant: Very relaxing. Meditations.
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Book reviews from participants July 16:
The Safe Room by Barbara Shapiro: Story connects a modern murder with a pre-Civil War station of the Underground Railway. The ending, though not predictable, is a bit disappointing.
Do You! 12 laws to access the power in you to achieve happiness and success by Russell Simmons: Enjoyed his views on the 12 laws to acess the power within you to achieve happiness and success. I really liked his personal life stories the most.
The Moon is Down by John Steinbeck: It is a masterpiece by the master.
I'm Still Wifey by Kiki Swinson: I really liked the book. It was a book that kept you in suspense wanting to know what's going to happen next. I would definitely recommend this book to someone who enjoys reading.
Giving to yourself first by Iyanla Vanzant: Very relaxing. Meditations.
  | On Gold Mountain: The One-Hundred-Year Odyssey of My Chinese-American Family See, Lisa 1996-08 - Vintage Books USA 9780679768524 Check Our Catalog Out of the stories heard in her childhood in Los Angeles's Chinatown and years of research, See has constructed this sweeping chronicle of her Chinese-American family, a work that takes in stories of racism and romance, entrepreneurial genius and domestic heartache, secret marriages and sibling rivalries, in a powerful history of two cultures meeting in a new world. 82 photos. …More |
 | Four Rooms, Upstairs: A Psychotherapist's Journey Into and Beyond Her Mother's Mental Illness Shapiro, Linda Appleman 2007-11 - Linda Appleman Shapiro 9781583852279 Check Our Catalog …More |
 | Major Pettigrew's Last Stand Simonson, Helen 2010-03 - Random House (NY) 9781400068937 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Edgecombe St. Mary, a small village in the English countryside is filled with rolling hills, thatched cottages, and contains a cast of characters both hilariously original and as familiar as the members of readers' own families. Their interactions are both hilarious and heartbreaking. …More |
 | Do You!: 12 Laws to Access the Power in You to Achieve Happiness and Success Simmons, Russell With Morrow, Chris 2007-05 - Gotham Books 9781592402939 Check Our Catalog BookPage Notable Title Hip-Hop mogul Simmons shares his experiences and beliefs on how to be successful, offering 12 proven steps to achieving happiness and empowerment. …More |
 | The Chill Starr, Jason Illustrator Bertilorenzi, Mick 2010-01 - Vertigo 9781401212865 Check Our Catalog A modern thriller set in New York City, THE CHILL is steeped in Irish mythology. A broken-down cop tracks a seductive killer who possesses the supernatural - and very deadly - power known as "The Chill." It's a power that provides her eternal life by absorbing the sexual energy of her victims. And he may be the next victim! …More |
 | The Moon is Down Steinbeck, John Introduction by Coers, Donald V. 1995-11 - Penguin Books 9780140187465 Check Our Catalog In this masterful account set in Norway during World War II, Steinbeck explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. Occupied by Nazi troops, a small, peaceable town comes face to face with evil imposed from the outside--and betrayal born within the close-knit community. …More |
 | Gone 'Til November Stroby, Wallace 2010-01 - Minotaur Books 9780312560249 Check Our Catalog The acclaimed author of "The Barbed-Wire Kiss" introduces Florida Sheriff Deputy Sara Cross, who must decide if her former partner--and lover--is a killer. …More |
 | I'm Still Wifey Swinson, Kiki 2009-01 - Dafina Books 9780758229021 Check Our Catalog "Essence"-bestselling author Swinson shows how far one woman will go when her back is up against the way, in this gritty tale of life in the hood and revenge. …More |
 | Innocent Turow, Scott 2010-05 - Grand Central Publishing 9780446566872 Check Our Catalog The sequel to the genre-defining, landmark bestseller "Presumed Innocent, Innocent" continues the story of Rusty Sabich and Tommy Molto who are, 20 years later, pitted against each other in a riveting psychological match. …More |
 | Giving to Yourself First: Guided Meditations for Self-Acceptance & Self-Esteem Vanzant, Iyanla 2006-03 - Sounds True 9781591791966 Check Our Catalog In order for to genuinely love others, we need to love ourselves more. Through a series of eloquent meditations, Iyanla Vanzant teaches listeners how to cultivate self-acceptance and strengthen self-esteem to allow them to better assist, support, and serve the people they love. …More |
  | Stolen Innocence: My Story of Growing Up in a Polygamous Sect, Becoming a Teenage Bride, and Breaking Free of Warren Jeffs Wall, Elissa With Pulitzer, Lisa 2008-05 - William Morrow & Company 9780061628016 Check Our Catalog In this shocking, timely, and inspirational memoir, Elissa Wall details her life growing up in the polygamous Fundamentalist Latter Day Saints religious sect, being forced into an unwanted marriage at the age of 14, and her courage to testify against FLDS leader Warren Jeffs. …More |
 | The Ledge of Quetzal, Beyond 2012: A Magical Adventure to Discover the Real Promise of the Mayan Prophecy Whitehouse, Jock Illustrator Knapp, Tom 2009-09 - Weiser Books 9781578634590 Check Our Catalog On December 21, 2012, there will be an opportunity for the meek to prevail. So speaks one of the Mexican sages in Jock Whitehouse's 2012 anti-apocalypse book The Ledge of Quetzal. "There was a growing momentum of darkness in the world. As climate change spawned wildfires, tornadoes, hurricanes and floods; as earthquakes and mudslides turned entire villages into rubble; as political, social and religious differences gave rise to terrorism, genocide, and war; as the world teetered on the edge of economic chaos, it was not hard to imagine apocalypse in the making. The Maya, however, along with numerous other cultures and disciplines, had somehow discerned the largest cosmic cycles of man's destiny and the forces that surrounded it. And in those cycles they found, like the pause of a pendulum at its apogee, an opportunity for total change. It was like a second chance for all mankind." Can it be saved? Yes. Who can do that? We can. That's the message that comes through in this book. …More |
 | The Summer Hideaway Wiggs, Susan 2010-02 - Mira Books 9780778327998 Check Our Catalog Beloved, bestselling author Wiggs delivers the next installment of her popular Lakeshore Chronicles series--a touching tale of secrets and sacrifice, loss and redemption . . . and a love too powerful to be denied. Original. …More |
 | Home in Carolina Woods, Sherryl 2010-03 - Thorndike Press 9781410425188 Check Our Catalog There's no place like home, especially if it's Serenity, South Carolina. For Annie Sullivan, though, the homecoming is bittersweet. She'd always envisioned a life there with her childhood best friend, Tyler Townsend. But Ty's betrayal has cost her the family and the future they once had planned. Original. …More |
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