Summer Reading-Week 3-What Muskegon is reading this summer

Come Sunday Morning By Hill, Terry E. 2014-08 - Urban Renaissance 9781601624215 Check Our Catalog In Hill's shocking debut novel, a charismatic pastor grapples with the conflict between his religious convictions and his love for a man, while his ambitious and resentful wife schemes to murder him and take over his church. …More

The Dodge Brothers: The Men, the Motor Cars, and the Legacy By Hyde, Charles K. 2005-04 - Wayne State University Press 9780814332467 Check Our Catalog Awards: Michigan Notable Books (2006) Charles K. Hyde's book The Dodge Brothers: The Men, the Motor Cars, and the Legacy is the first scholarly study of the Dodge brothers and their company, chronicling their lives��-from their childhood in Niles, Michigan, to their long years of learning the machinist's trade in Battle Creek, Port Huron, Detroit, and Windsor, Ontario��-and examining their influence on automotive …More

Attack on Titan, Volume 14 By Isayama, Hajime 2014-11 - Kodansha Comics 9781612626802 Check Our Catalog In this post-apocalyptic sci-fi story, humanity has been devastated by the bizarre, giant humanoids known as the Titans. Little is known about where they came from or why they are bent on consuming mankind. Seemingly unintelligent, they have roamed the world for years, killing everyone they see. For the past century, what's left of the human race has hidden in a giant, three-walled city. People …More

Attack on Titan 15 By Isayama, Hajime 2015-03 - Kodansha Comics 9781612629797 Check Our Catalog FUGITIVES AND PRISONERS Hange's interrogation of a Military Police squad has revealed that Krista (a.k.a. Historia Reiss) is the true heir to the throne. The Corps quickly moves to enthrone her as queen, but a homicidal MP leads a squad that abducts Eren and Krista and throws the Corps into disarray. With Erwin arrested and the Survey Corps on the edge of dissolution, are Levi and Hange finally …More

The King By James, Steven 2013-07 - Signet Book 9780451239785 Check Our Catalog Awards: INSPYs the Bloggers Awards for Excellence in Faith-Driven Literature (2014) FBI Special Agent Patrick Bowers has matched wits with some of the most violent serial killers in history--and one of them has never forgiven him.... Patrick Bowers has pursued the nation's fiercest serial killers--and now one elusive foe is back for revenge. Settling into a new post at the FBI academy, Patrick and his fiancee, Lien-hua Jiang, are planning their future together with his …More

The Green Mile: The Complete Serial Novel By King, Stephen 2000-10 - Scribner Book Company 9780743210898 Check Our Catalog Set in the 1930s at the Cold Mountain Penitentiary's death-row facility, The Green Mile is the riveting and tragic story of John Coffey, a giant, preternaturally gentle inmate condemned to death for the rape and murder of twin nine-year-old girls. It is a story narrated years later by Paul Edgecomb, the ward superintendent compelled to help every prisoner spend his last days peacefully and …More

Werewolf Cop By Klavan, Andrew 2015-03 - Pegasus Books 9781605986982 Check Our Catalog After a brutal murder gives them a lead, Zach and his tough guy NYPD partner Martin Goulart feel like they re finally on Abend s trail. But things get complicated and very, very weird. Goulart s on-the-job enemies are accusing him of corruption. And Zach is beginning to suspect that Abend s evil goes beyond crime perhaps to the edge of the supernatural. As his investigation continues in Germany, …More

Luckiest Girl Alive By Knoll, Jessica 2015-05 - Simon & Schuster 9781476789637 Check Our Catalog ***AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLER*** Fans of "Gone Girl" and "The Girl on the Train" will thrill at "the perfect page-turner to start your summer" ("People," Book of the Week): "Luckiest Girl Alive"--described by Reese Witherspoon as "one of those reads you just can't put down " ""Loved Gone Girl"? We promise "Luckiest Girl Alive" is] just as addictive." --"Good …More

Robert B. Parker's Bull River By Knott, Robert 2014-12 - Lpp 9781594137754 Check Our Catalog Itinerant lawmen Virgil Cole and Everett Hitch are back in the saddle with guns blazing in this gritty, intense addition to the New York Times-bestselling series …More

Your Sun Sign as a Spiritual Guide By Kriyananda, Swami 2014-01 - Crystal Clarity Publishers 9781565892743 Check Our Catalog What sets this book apart from other astrology titles is Kriyananda s focus on the spiritual potential of each sun sign, rather than focusing mainly on the karmic limitations. It is so common to hear generalizations such as: Leo is proud, and Taurus is stubborn. In his book Kriyananda shows how, with awareness, attention, and will, one can cultivate the higher potential of his sign, leading to …More

Dropped Names: Famous Men and Women as I Knew Them By Langella, Frank 2012-03 - HarperTorch 9780062094476 Check Our Catalog For more than four decades, Langella has enjoyed a singular life and career. This extremely versatile actor is also a brilliant writer with a perceptive eye and a gift for the telling detail. "Dropped Names" is a collection of illuminating portraits of the people he has met and known as well as deeply revealing memories told with a rare honesty. HPL patron: …More

The Guardian By Lewis, Beverly 2013-04 - Thorndike Press 9781410455376 Check Our Catalog Mystery surrounds the non-English speaking girl Jodi Winfield found along the road one morning. Will an unexpected encounter with the Amish shed some light? HPL patron: A mother's worst nightmare then the dream come true. A must read. …More

The Thorn By Lewis, Beverly 2010-10 - Thorndike Press 9781410428479 Check Our Catalog Rose's older sister, Hen, knows more than she should about falling for the wrong man. Unable to abandon her Amish ways, Hen is soon separated from her very modern husband. Mattie, their young daughter, must visit her father regularly, but Hen demands she wear Amish attire--and speak Pennsylvania Dutch, despite her husband's wishes. Will Hen be able to reestablish her place among the People she …More

Ready for Marriage: Finding Happily-Ever-After By Macomber, Debbie Author Ferrarella, Marie 2015-03 - Harlequin 9780373010196 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: I liked the characters. HPL patron: Seemed kind of drawn out. …More

A Real Prince: The Bachelor PrinceYesterday's Hero By Macomber, Debbie 2015-02 - Mira Books 9780778315513 Check Our Catalog www.DebbieMacomber.com A man who happens to be a prince... Stefano Giorgio Paolo is the heir to the throne of his small country, and he's come to America in search of a bride. A wealthy bride who can help save his kingdom from financial ruin. But the woman he actually wants is Hope Jordan--who has nothing to offer him except her love. Can The Bachelor Prince give up his throne for the …More

The Reluctant Groom: All Things ConsideredAlmost Paradise By Macomber, Debbie 2015-01 - Mira Books 9780778317418 Check Our Catalog www.DebbieMacomber.com All Things Considered Judd Matthiessen was married, and it didn't work out. He left his wife, Lanni, and their daughter, which seemed to prove what his father had always said--he was no good. But now the old man's illness brings Judd back to the family ranch. Despite all his bitterness, all his anger, Judd asks Lanni to join him. When she does, he finds that he still …More

Together Again: The Trouble with CaasiReflections of Yesterday By Macomber, Debbie 2014-12 - Mira Books 9780778315148 Check Our Catalog www.DebbieMacomber.com He's leaving her--or is he? Caasi Crane, CEO of a West Coast hotel chain, has always taken her job seriously--and taken her most important employee for granted. But when Blake Sherrill, her very skillful (and very attractive) general manager resigns, Caasi suddenly realizes she not only needs him, she loves him. So now the question is: How can she convince Blake to …More

Beloved By Morrison, Toni Introduction by Byatt, A. S. 2006-10 - Everyman's Library 9780307264886 Check Our Catalog Staring unflinchingly into the abyss of slavery, this spellbinding novel transforms history into a story as powerful as Exodus and as intimate as a lullaby. Sethe, its protagonist, was born a slave and escaped to Ohio, but eighteen years later she is still not free. She has too many memories of Sweet Home, the beautiful farm where so many hideous things happened. And Sethe's new home is haunted by …More

Cold Plate Justice By Nolan, Terry J. 2015-04 - Createspace 9781508622727 Check Our Catalog HPL patron: Good story, I feel it was based on murder that happened here. …More

People We Meet: Unforgettable Conversations By Greene, David 2014-05 - Highbridge Company 9781622313884 Check Our Catalog Nationally known NPR on-air personalities including Melissa Block, David Greene, Rachel Martin, Guy Raz, Scott Simon, Susan Stamberg and many more share the lasting impressions made during interviews with a wide variety of exceptional individuals. Each story is introduced by the NPR host and offers a candid account of how the encounter was particularly meaningful to them.These are …More

Scott Pilgrim, Volume 6: Scott Pilgrim's Finest Hour By O'Malley, Bryan Lee Illustrator O'Malley, Bryan Lee 2010-07 - Oni Press 9781934964385 Check Our Catalog It's finally here! Six years and almost one-thousand pages have all led to this epic finale! With six of Ramona's seven evil exes dispatched, it should be time for Scott Pilgrim to face Gideon Graves, the biggest and baddest of her former beaus. But didn't Ramona take off at the end of Book 5? Shouldn't that let Scott off the hook? Maybe it should, maybe it shouldn't, but one thing is for certain …More

Deadly Devotion By Orchard, Sandra 2013-06 - Fleming H. Revell Company 9780800722227 Check Our Catalog The police declared her mentor's death a suicide, but research scientist Kate Adams knows it's notNand her quest for the truth puts her own life in jeopardy. …More

The Job: True Tales from the Life of a New York City Cop By Osborne, Steve 2015-04 - Doubleday Books 9780385539623 Check Our Catalog "How ya doin?" With these four syllables, delivered in an unmistakably authentic New York accent, Steve Osborne has riveted thousands of people through the legendary storytelling outfit The Moth (and over a million times on their website) with his hilarious, profane, and touching tales from his twenty years served as an NYPD street cop. Steve Osborne is the real deal, people, the tough …More

Invincible By Palmer, Diana 2014-12 - Thorndike Press 9781410474469 Check Our Catalog He's everything she fears...and everything she wants Mercenary by name and by nature, Carson is a Lakota Sioux who stays to himself and never keeps women around long enough for anything emotional to develop. But working with his friend Cash Grier on a complex murder investigation provides Carson with another kind of fun--shocking Cash's sweet but traditional secretary, Carlie Blair, with tales …More