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Books for Adults Would You Like to Be Our “Friend?” PAGE 1 38151 L’ANSE CREUSE HARRISON TOWNSHIP, MI 48045 (586) 329-1261 WEB: htplib.org LIBRARY HOURS MONDAY 10:00 A.M.—6:00 P.M. WEDNESDAY NOON—8:00 P.M. SATURDAY 10:00 A.M.—4:00 P.M. Would you like to be our “Friend?” We are planning our first "Friends" meeting on Monday, February 3, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. (rescheduled from January due to the weather) Books for Adults to nominate and elect The Agent – Leigh Steinberg officers, set the dates for Anyone Who Had a Heart – Burt Bacharach our bi-monthly meet- Before We Met – Lucie Whitehouse ings, discuss fundrais- The Body Book – Cameron Diaz ers, and conduct a mem- Burial Rites – Hannah Kent bership drive. If you are The Case for Christ – Lee Strobel interested in finding out The Case for Faith – Lee Strobel more about our Friends The Dead in Their Vaulted Arches – Alan Bradley group, or joining and/or The Death Trade – Jack Higgins becoming a voting mem- Democrips and Rebloodicans – Jesse Ventura ber, please attend our January meeting. Drawing on the Right Brain Side – Betty Edwards The purpose of our Friends group is to: Dust – Patricia Cornwell 1. Establish a closer relationship between the Duty – Robert M. Gates Library and its constituents. Fear Nothing – Lisa Gardner First Love – James Patterson 2. Promote knowledge and interest of the Library's The Gifts of Imperfections – Brene Brown functions, resources, services and needs. Hazardous Duty – W.E.B. Griffin 3. Encourage community participations in Library Hostage – Kay Hooper activities. Inherent Vice – Thomas Pynchon The Invention of Wings – Sue Monk Kidd 4. Raise funds for projects, activities, or acquisition in Jim Cramer’s Get Rich Carefully – James Cramer excess of those provided for by general library Judy Garland – Anne Edwards budget. Killer – Jonathan Kellerman 5. Provide support for programs for the extension and The Lowland – Jhumpa Lahiri improvement of library services. The Museum of Extraordinary Things – Alice Hoffman The Other – Thomas Tryon Hope to see you there. Private L.A. – James Patterson ****************************** River Road – Jayne Ann Krentz UPCOMING EVENTS Sea of Hooks – Lindsay Hill (See fliers on page 5) Serena – Ron Rash Standup Guy – Stuart Woods Story Hour— The War that Ended Peace – Margaret MacMillan Saturday, February 8 —11:00-12:00 We are All Completely Beside Ourselves – Karen Joy Fowler Tales with Tails— What You Want is in the Limo – Michael Walker Saturday, February 22— Zentangle Basics – Suzanne McNeill Beginning at Noon MOSAIC GARDEN ART & CRAFTS Wednesday, February 26—7:00 p.m. ST HUBERT’S KNIGHT OF COLUMBUS FISH (Continued on page 2) FRY & HTPL BAKE SALE Friday, March 7—5-6:30 p.m. (Continued from page 1) JANUARY 2014 Books for Adults Easy, Juvenile and YA Books My Last Fight – Darren McCarty The Bag I’m Taking to Grandma’s Option to Kill – Andrew Peterson (Easy) – Shirley Neitzel The Red Queen – Philippa Gregory The Bar Code Rebellion (Juv.) – The Silver Boat – Luanne Rice Suzanne Weyn The Spies Little Zonbi – Cole Alpaugh Burned (YA) – Sara Shepard Totally Awesome Rubber Band Jewelry – Colleen Dorsey Cress (Juv.) – Marissa Meyer Hollow City (YA) – Ransom Riggs Easy, Juvenile and YA Books I Am Abraham Lincoln (Easy) – Dust & Decay (Juv.) – Jonathan Maberry Brad Meltzer Every Day (Juv.) – David Levithan I Am Amelia Earhart (Easy) – Brad Meltzer I Even Funnier (Juv.) – James Patterson Audiobooks The Jacket I Wear in the Snow (Easy) – Shirley Neitzel Command Authority – Tom Clancy Josephine: The Dazzling Life of Josephine Baker (Juv.) – Patricia Hruby Powell DVDs The List (YA) – Siobhan Vivian At Any Price Lost in Babylon (Juv.) – Peter Lerangis The Colony Pete the Cat: Valentine’s Day is Cool – James Dean The Conjuring Wanted (YA) – Sara Shepard Disconnect What Does the Fox Say? (Easy) - Ylvis Fire with Fire Who Will I Be? (Easy) – Shirley Neitzel Hangover III The Heat Large Type Horrible Bosses Command Authority – Tom Clancy The Internship The First Phone Call from Heaven – Mitch Albom Lego Batman Innocence – Dean Koontz Lego Ninjago: Masters of Spin- Private L.A. – James Patterson jitzu The Rosie Project – Graeme Simsion Lovelace Standup Guy – Stuart Woods Man of Steel Monsters University Audiobooks Neverending Story Never Go Back – Lee Child Olympus Has Fallen Private L.A. – James Patterson Pacific Rim Standup Guy – Stuart Woods Parkland Tommyknockers – Stephen King The Pawn Shop Chronicles Phil Spector DVDs Place Beyond the Pines Prisoners 2 Guns Redemption Breaking Bad: Season 3 Turbo Breaking Bad: Season 4 White House Down Captains Courageous Despicable Me 2 Elysium Fast & Furious 6 DECEMBER 2013 Girl Most Likely The Lone Ranger Books for Adults Mama The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Mortal Instruments: City of Bones Disappeared – Jonas Jonasson Paranoia Command Authority – Tom Clancy Passion Cross My Heart – James Patterson Percy Jackson: Sea of Monsters The First Phone Call from Heaven – Mitch Albom Scandal: Season 2 Forgotten Aviator – Dan Heaton We’re the Millers A Gift of Hope – Danielle Steel The Gods of Guilt – Michael Connelly The Goldfinch – Donna Tartt Hunted – Karen Robards (Continued on page 3) (Continued from page 2) The Call Cloud Atlas Identical – Scott Turow The Croods Illusion – Frank Peretti Detropia Innocence – Dean Koontz Empire State Johnny Carson – Henry Bushkin Escape from Planet Earth King and Maxwell – David Baldacci Grown Ups 2 Ready Player One – Ernest Cline Pee Wee’s Big Adventure Real – Katy Evans R.I.P.D. Robert Ludlum’s the Bourne Retribution – Eric Lustbader Rise of the Guardians Selfridge & Collins – Dan Heaton This is the End Stella Bain – Anita Shreve The Way Back The Supreme Macaroni Company – Adriana Trigiani Yogi Bear Takedown Twenty – Janet Evanovich The Valley of Amazement – Amy Tan NOVEMBER 2013 Easy, Juvenile and YA Books Books for Adults Eleanor & Park (YA) – Rainbow Rowell Enclave (YA) – Ann Aguirre Accused – Lisa Scottoline Far Far Away (Juv.) – Tom McNeal The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion – Fannie Flagg Guiness World Records 2014 (Juv.) Break Out! – Joel Osteen If I Stay (YA) – Gayle Forman Carnivore – Dillard Johnson I’m a Frog (Easy) – Mo Willems Dark Witch – Nora Roberts Locomotive (Easy) – Brian Floca David and Goliath – Malcolm Gladwell The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Treasure Hunt – Megan McDon- Forced to Kill – Andrew Peterson ald The Girl You Left Behind – Jojo Moyes My name is Leona (Easy) – Carol Gahara Harris Go Pro – Eric Worre Pete the Cat: Pete at the Beach (Easy) – James Dean The Good House – Ann Leary Pete the Cat and His Four Groovy Buttons (Easy) – Eric I Am Malala – Malala Yousafzai Litwin The Iceman – Anthony Bruno Pete the Cat: The Wheels on the Bus (Easy) – James Dean If Kennedy Lived – Jeff Greenfield Santa is Coming to Michigan (Easy) – Steve Smallman Just One Evil Act – Elizabeth George When Did You See Her Last? (Juv.) – Lemony Snicket Killing Jesus – Bill O’Reilly Wild Cards (YA) – Simone Elkeles The Last Letter from Your Lover – Jojo Moyes A Memory of Light – Robert Jordan The Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon – Alexander McCall Large Type Smith City of Women – David R. Gillham Mirage – Clive Cussler Cross My Heart – James Patterson Mrs. Lincoln’s Dressmaker – Jennifer Chiaverini The Gods of Guilt – Michael Connelly My Story – Elizabeth Smart The Supreme Macaroni Company – Adriana Trigiani Orphan Train – Christina Baker Kline Takedown Twenty – Janet Evanovich Practice to Deceive – Ann Rule Tell Me – Lisa Jackson The Reason I Jump – Naoki Higashida Silent Night – Robert B. Parker and Helen Brann Audiobooks Silver Girl – Elin Hilderbrand Solo: A James Bond Novel – William Boyd Cross My Heart – James Patterson Spider Woman’s Daugh- A Feast for Crows – George R. R. Martin ter – Anne Hillerman The Gods of Guilt – Michael Connelly Starry Night – Debbie Innocence – Dean Koontz Macomber King and Maxwell – David Baldacci Towers of Midnight – Takedown Twenty – Janet Evanovich Robert Jordan Twelve Years a Salve – Solomon Northup DVDs Waiting for Sunrise – Admission William Boyd After Earth The Walking Dead: Book The Apple Dumpling Gang 9 – Robert Kirkman The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again War Brides – Helen Bry- The Box (Continued on page 4) (Continued from page 3) Glimpse Inside the Mind of Charles Swan III The Great Gatsby (2013) an The Hot Flashes We are Water – Wally Lamb The Iceman Winners – Danielle Steel The Impossible The Incredible Burt Wonderstone Easy, Juvenile and YA Books Iron Man 3 The 5th Wave (juv.) – Rick Yancy Jack the Giant Slayer Ali’s Pretty Little Lies (YA) – Sara Shepard The Last Stand Allegiant (YA) – Veronica Roth Lords of Salem The Bar Code Prophecy (juv.) – Suzanne Weyn Love and Honor Big Nate: I Can’t Take it! (juv.) – Lincoln Peirce Monsters vs. Aliens: Mutant Pumpkins Dear America: Christmas After All (juv.) – Kathryn Lasky Now You See Me Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Hard Luck (juv.) – Jeff Kinney Oblivion The Dream Thieves (YA) – Maggie Stiefvater Oz the Great and Powerful The Fire Eternal (juv.) – Chris D’Lacey Pain & Gain The Fire Within (juv.) – Chris D’Lacey Peeples How Roland Rolls (Easy) – Jim Carrey Rapture Palooza How They Croaked: The Awful Ends of the Awfully Fa- Scary Movie 5 mous (juv.) – Georgia Bragg Scenic Route Jedi Academy (juv.) – Jeffrey Brown Sharknado The Magical Fruit (juv.) – Jo Nesbo Sisters & Brothers Ninjago: Destiny of Doom (juv.) – Greg Farshtey Snitch Pete the Cat and His Magic Sunglasses (Easy) – James Star Trek Into Darkness Dean True Romance Steelheart (juv.) – Brandon Sanderson Upside Down Wild Born (juv.) – Brandon Mull Vehicle 19 Yellow Fang’s Secret (juv.) – Erin Hunter World War Z You May Not Kiss the Bride Large Type The All-Girl Filling Station’s Last Reunion – Fannie Flagg Saving CeeCee Honeycutt – Beth Hoffman Silent Night – Robert B. Parker and Helen Brann Starry Night – Debbie Macomber Until the End of Time – Danielle Steel Audiobooks A Dance with Dragons – George R.
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