More 2006 “Summer Fun” Adult Summer Reading

TITLE: Secret Life of Bees, The
AUTHOR: Sue Monk Kidd
TYPE: Fiction
CALL NO.: FIC KID Pb (book) & CD KID (audio book)
DO YOU RECOMMEND THIS TITLE: Yes
Review:
I found it a little hard at first to get into the book, but the characters seem to draw you in, wanting to find out more.

TITLE: Confessions of a Shopaholic
AUTHOR: Sophie Kinsella
TYPE: Fiction
CALL NO.: FIC KIN PB
DO YOU RECOMMEND THIS TITLE: Yes
Review:
Hilarious! Becky Bloomwood is the next Stephanie Plum. I laughed throughout the whole book. Highly recommended!


TITLE: Magic Hour
AUTHOR: Kristin Hannah
TYPE: Fiction
CALL NO.: Available through MeLCat interlibrary loan
DO YOU RECOMMEND THIS TITLE: Yes
Review:
Deep in the Pacific lies the Olympic National Forest--nearly one million acres of darkness & beauty. From the heart of the forest, a six year old girl appears... An excellent book! All of Hannah's books are good. Read!

TITLE: Gone
AUTHOR: Lisa Gardner
TYPE: Fiction
CALL NO.: FIC GAR
DO YOU RECOMMEND THIS TITLE: Yes
Review:
With his partner & lover missing from her bloodstained car, Private Investigator Pierce Quincy begins a desperate search. All Lisa Gardner's mysteries follow one another, with Pierce Quincy solving or his daughter. Very good books. Read them all.


TITLE: Kingdom Come
AUTHOR: Tim Green
TYPE: Fiction
CALL NO.: FIC GRE
DO YOU RECOMMEND THIS TITLE: Yes
Review:
[This is my] first time for this author. [The book] holds your interest until the end. [I'll] read more of his books.


TITLE: Tenth Circle
AUTHOR: Jodi Picoult
TYPE: Fiction
CALL NO.: FIC PIC
DO YOU RECOMMEND THIS TITLE: Yes
Review:
I found it hard to get into at first and the topic was difficult, but I felt the need to finish in order to find out the ending. (I would recommend this if you like mystery reads)


TITLE: The Other Boleyn Girl
AUTHOR: Philippa Gregory
TYPE: Fiction
CALL NO.: FIC GRE PB
DO YOU RECOMMEND THIS TITLE: Yes
Review:
Fabulous historical fiction that has wonderful detail. I really identified with the main character—who lived over 500 years ago!


TITLE: Ford, the Men and the Machine
AUTHOR: Lacey, Robert
TYPE: Nonfiction
CALL NO.: BIO FOR
DO YOU RECOMMEND THIS TITLE: Yes
Review:
Great book! An in depth view of Ford history, unbiased. A great story.

Summer Fun Drawing

We’d like to thank all the members of our community who participated in this year’s second annual “Summer Fun” Adult Summer Reading Program, which ended on Tuesday, September 5, 2006. We will be drawing for the Grand Prize Winners sometime on Tuesday, September 19, 2006. Prize winners will be notified and “Thank You” gifts for all who participated in the program will also be handed out on that day.