Summer Reading Week 5

Welcome to the results of Week 5 of Summer Reading 2012.  We have 343 people signed up.  This week 46 people read 157 books (11 submitted entries for the first time this week.)  So far, 122 people have read 623 books!

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The Weird Sisters By Brown, Eleanor 2011-01 - Amy Einhorn Books 9780399157226 Check Our Catalog A major new talent tackles the complicated terrain of sisters, the power of books, and the places we decide to call home. "There is no problem that a library card can't solve. " The Andreas family is one of readers. Their father, a renowned Shakespeare professor who speaks almost entirely in verse, has named his three daughters after famous Shakespearean women. When the sisters return to their childhood home, ostensibly to care for their ailing mother, but really to lick their wounds and bury their secrets, they are horrified to find the others there. "See, we love each other. We just don't happen to like each other very much." But the sisters soon discover that everything they've been running from-one another, their small hometown, and themselves-might offer more than they ever expected. HPL patron: 3 sisters raised in a small town with a father who is an expert on Shakespeare.  One stays in town and 2 move away only to come home to find themselves. …More

Chill Factor By Brown, Sandra 2006-07 - Pocket Books 9780743466776 Check Our Catalog Suspense abounds in Brown's latest gripping #1 "New York Times" bestseller, in which a successful magazine editor is trapped in her remote cabin with a man believed to be a serial killer. Very suspenseful and the story kept you wanting to read more! …More

A Beautiful Child: A True Story of Hope, Horror, and an Enduring Human Spirit By Birkbeck, Matt 2005-08 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425204405 Check Our Catalog The author of "A Deadly Secret: The Strange Disappearance of Kathie Durst" tells the true story of a 20-year-old hit-and-run victim--and the catalyst for an examination of a decades-long failure to track, recover, and identify missing children. A Beautiful Child was based upon real events of a girl that had been abducted as a small child, used as a maid, however very smart only not enough to say anything to her peers, abused, threatened and used for money.  If you like mystery, you will then like this book. …More

Sweet Clover; A Romance of the White City By Burnham, Clara Louise 2012-01 - General Books 9781150710605 Check Our Catalog General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1894 Original Publisher: Houghton, Mifflin …More

Sunrise Point By Carr, Robyn 2012-04 - Mira Books 9780778313175 Check Our Catalog Tom Cavanaugh may "think" he wants a traditional woman, but in Virgin River, the greatest tradition is falling in love unexpectedly. Original. …More

Untamed By Cast, P. C. Author Cast, Kristin 2008-09 - St. Martin's Griffin 9780312379834 Check Our Catalog Zoey Redbird's adventures at vampyre finishing school take a wild and dangerous turn as loyalties are tested and shocking true intentions come to light, in this spellbinding fourth novel in the House of Night series. Many unexpected twisted characters stayed true to themselves.  Can not wait to read the next book to have the hanging ending completed. …More

The Affair By Child, Lee 2011-09 - Delacorte Press 9780385344326 Check Our Catalog Ever wonder why Jack Reacher left the Military Police and became a one-man freelance vigilante squad? Child goes back 14 years to show how it all happened. I loved the twists and turns of the story!  Very suspenseful!  Excellent read. …More

Nightschool, Volume 1: The Weirn Books By Chmakova, Svetlana 2009-04 - Yen Press 9780759528598 Check Our Catalog Normal schools may close for the night, but the Nightschool offers an education for a very different crowd--vampires, demons, and weirns, a special breed of witches. When Alex, a young weirn, enrolls to learn what has become of her sister, will she be prepared for what she finds there? Great book.  It may be for kids, but I still enjoyed it a lot.  It's like Harry Potter meets Buffy the Vampire slayer-manga style. …More

Nightschool, Vol. 2: The Weirn Books By Chmakova, Svetlana 2009-10 - Yen Press 9780759528604 Check Our Catalog When Alex's sister, Sarah, vanishes and all memory and evidence of her existence is erased, Alex is determined to get to the bottom of her sister's disappearance. What better place to start her investigations than the Nightschool itself? But when she discovers that sneaking into the Nightschool isn't as simple as it might seem, Alex enrolls as a student. But is she prepared for what she might find? …More

Nightschool, Volume 3: The Weirn Books By Chmakova, Svetlana 2010-04 - Yen Press 9780759528611 Check Our Catalog Schools may lock up for the night, but class is in session for an entirely different set of students. In the Nightschool, vampires, werewolves, and weirns (a particular breed of witches) learn the fundamentals of everything from calculus to spell casting. …More

There is a Tide By Christie, Agatha 1987-11 - Bantam Books 9780553350661 Check Our Catalog …More

Towards Zero By Christie, Agatha 2011-02 - Harper Paperbacks 9780062073549 Check Our Catalog What is the connection among a failed suicide attempt, a wrongful accusation of theft against a schoolgirl, and the romantic life of a famous tennis player? To the casual observer, apparently nothing. But when a house party gathers at Gull's Point, the seaside home of an elderly widow, earlier events come to a dramatic head. As Superintendent Battle discovers, it is all part of a carefully laid plan--for murder. …More

The Underdog and Other Stories By Christie, Agatha 1984-04 - Berkley 9780425068083 Check Our Catalog A beautiful heiress, a dashing playboy, a handsome prince, and a forgotten recluse. What do they have in common? They're all victims in a series of crimes only Hercule Poirot could solve. …More

Mobbed: A Regan Reilly Mystery By Clark, Carol Higgins 2012-03 - Pocket Books 9781439170298 Check Our Catalog Private investigator Regan Reilly and her husband, Jack, head of the NYPD Major Case Squad, become involved with a case that takes them from Cape May through the casinos and boardwalks of Atlantic City to the music halls and restaurants of Asbury Park. Regan Reilly is back in a suspenseful, fun, and murderous venue of why questions and whether she will live through this new adventure. …More

Taming the Fire By Croft, Sydney 2009-04 - Delta 9780385342278 Check Our Catalog …More

The Thief By Cussler, Clive Author Scott, Justin 2012-03 - Putnam Adult 9780399158612 Check Our Catalog On the ocean liner "Mauretania," two European scientists with a dramatic new invention are barely rescued from abduction by the Van Dorn Detective Agency's intrepid chief investigator, Isaac Bell. Unfortunately, they are not so lucky the second time. The thugs attack again-and this time one of the scientists dies. What are they holding that is so precious? Only something that will revolutionize business and popular culture-and perhaps something more. …More

Undead and Uneasy By Davidson, MaryJanice 2008-04 - Jove Books 9780515145045 Check Our Catalog Weddings are never easy. But for bride-to-be Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor, they can become downright deadly after her fiance and most of her loved ones go missing, in this sixth novel of Davidson's "New York Times" bestselling series. …More

Undead and Unwelcome By Davidson, MaryJanice 2009-06 - Berkley Publishing Group 9780425227732 Check Our Catalog A just-laid-off secretary has a really bad week when she dies and is then made Queen of the Undead. "Chick lit meets vampire fiction in this creative, sophisticated, sexy, and wonderfully witty book."--Catherine Spangler. …More

Undead and Unworthy By Davidson, MaryJanice 2008-06 - Berkley Sensation 9780425221624 Check Our Catalog Davidson pens the seventh book in the hilarious "New York Times"-bestselling series featuring Vampire Queen Betsy Taylor, who's now sporting a hot new look. …More

Versailles By Davis, Kathryn 2002-08 - Houghton Mifflin Harcourt (HMH) 9780618221363 Check Our Catalog Wittily entertaining and astonishingly wise, this novel of the life of Marie Antoinette finds the characters struggling to mind their step in the great ballroom of the world. …More

Dog Years: A Memoir By Doty, Mark 2008-04 - Harper Perennial 9780061171017 Check Our Catalog Moving and intimate, this memoir is interwoven with profound reflections on feelings for animals and the lessons they teach about life, love, and loss. Elegantly written . . . Stunningly moving."USA Today" …More

The Inn at Shadow Lake By Edgar, Janet 2008-03 - Thorndike Press 9781410405524 Check Our Catalog When a young widow reunites with her college sweetheart, she must overcome the past so she can move on to a happier future. Original. This book has a lot of excitement ifyou liake a book you can't put down read this one. …More

A Dream for Hannah By Eicher, Jerry S. 2010-06 - Harvest House Publishers 9780736930451 Check Our Catalog Having grown up in the Amish faith, author Jerry Eicher (over 100,000 copies in combined sales) treats his fast-growing readership to his firsthand knowledge in A Dream for Hannah. Hannah Millera (TM)s Amish faith is solid. Her devotion to her family and Indiana community is unquestionable. Yet her young spirit longs for adventure and romance. As troubling circumstances give her good reason to spend the summer at her aunta (TM)s Montana horse ranch, Hannah soon discovers she has much to learn about life and love. Her heart is awhirl with emotion as she dreams about her future. Sam, the boy Hannah has known all her life, is comfortable and predictable. Peter is the wild one, the boy who is on rumspringa. And Jake is unpredictable, intriguing, and living in the Montana wilderness. Hoping for a dream come true, Hannah must decide how to fulfill her hearta (TM)s desire while staying true to her faith. …More