Monday, July 24, 2006

Upcoming events at HPL Date Description July 24 2:00 pm HPL Summer Reading Club Activity Hackkley Public Library. COMEDY MAGIC with GORDON RUSS Enjoy laughs and plenty of audience participation with Gordon and his sidekick, George the Raccoon. For more information call 231-722-7276 x 230. July 26 2:00 pm HPL Summer Reading Club Activity Hackkley Public Library. ZANY ZOO Pet Portrait Contest, Stuffed Animal Show, Fish Prints, Animal IQ Quiz and more! For more information call 231-722-7276 x 230. July 29 2:00 pm HPL Summer Reading Club Activity Hackkley Public Library. POPCORN STORYTIMES Picture books, folk tales and chapter book read- alouds for grades K-3. Popcorn Treats included! For more information call 231-722-7276 x 230. Aug 1 6:30 pm HPL Summer Reading Club Activity Hackkley Public Library. OUTDOOR STORYTIME III “Beach & Bubbles” Storytime. Kids will enjoy listening to summer time stories and making bubbles. Call to register. For more information call 231-722-7276 x 230. Aug 3 10:00 am - 1:00 pm HPL Summer Reading Club Activity Hackkley Public Library. Eighth Annual KIDS’ FLEA MARKET Kids run their own booths, selling old toys, books and games. Signup required. Rain date Friday, August 4 Call to register. For more information call 231-722-7276 x 230. 2:48:56 PM     Book reviews from 'Get your paws on a good book' participants No Place Like Home by Mary Higgins Clark: Again, another great author. This story was terrific, lots of interest for me. Couldn't wait to listen each day. Ava's Man by Rick Bragg: Nonfiction story wirtten about Rick Bragg's grandfather who died a year before he was born. For someone who didn't know his grandfather and received his information from relatives, he did a fantastic job at making the man 'come alive' by his strengths and weaknesses . The story takes place before the depression and through 1994. Ava's man Charlie loves her and their children and grandchildren. He teaches them how to survive. The story reminds be some of John Steinbeck's 'Grapes of Wrath'. Impossible by Danielle Steel: How can you go wrong with Danielle Steel? This story is one that alot of us older gals can relate to. But I really did not want her to go back with him. Loved it! Jess by Mary Casanova: I read this book to my daughter. It centers on an American Girl whose parents are both archeologists who work part time each year in Belize on Mayan ruins. While the story is fiction, at the back of the book it details the life of a real American family that is very similar, including web sites of Belize ruins, animals and even the ongoing dig. Very Good! 2:43:09 PM     News from 'Get Your Paws on a Good Book' Get Your Paws on a Good Book, Hackley Public Library’s adult summer reading program, is pleased to announce that the winner for the week ending July 22 is Monica Manning. She won a Hackley Public Library Tee-shirt. The adult summer reading program runs through August, with weekly Monday morning drawings. To sign up for the program call (231-722-7276) or go into the Library and ask to sign up for the Adult Summer Reading Program. For each book you read, or listen to, you can put your name in the weekly drawing. What was Muskegon reading last week? Love Alice : My life as a honeymooner by Audrey Meadows Apollyon by Timothy LaHaye Dancing in the dark by M. J. Clark Sullivan’s Sting by Lawrence Sanders The Pirate’s Son by Geraldine McCaughren Voice on the Radio by Caroline Cooney Study in Scarlet/Hound of the Baskervilles by Arthur Conan Doyle Kate Hannigan’s Daughter by Catherine Cookson Two Little Girls in Blue (2) by Mary Higgins Clark Ireland by Frank Delaney Summer’s Child by Luanne Rice The Rapture by Tim LaHaye Acceleration by Graham McNamee Lovers and Players by Joan Collins The Disorderly Knights by Dorothy Dunnett Assassins by Tim LaHaye Bachelor List by Jane Feather What goes around, comes around by Darrien Lee Healing the Mind by Bill Moyer Treason by Ann Coulter Defiant Gardens by Kenneth Helphand My father the spy by John Richardson No More Mr. Nice Guy by C. Kelly Robinson Still life with crows by Douglas Preston The Sacrifice by B. Lewis Crooked by Laura McNeal Black Juice by Margo Lanagan Curtain by Agatha Christie Lakeside Cottage by Susan Wiggs Secret Life of Bees by Sue Monk Kidd The Remnant by Tim LaHaye The Prodigal by B. Lewis Fashionably Late by Beth Kendrick How to talk to a Liberal by Ann Coulter My father the spy by John Richardson Neva hafta by Edwardo Jackson Blame it on Eve by Philana Boles The Cell by Stephen King The Bodyguard by Joan Johnston A Stroke of Midnight by Laurell Hamilton The Mermaid Chair by Sue Monk Kidd Glorious Appearing by Tim LaHaye Dark Watch by Clive Cussler Wizard of London by Mercedes Lackey The Bride Hunt by Jane Feather Waking up in Charleston by Sherryl Woods The Affectionate Adversary by Catherine Palmer Glorious Angel by Johanna Lindsey Beach Girls by J. Rice Testimony by Felicia Mason Hand me down heartache by Tajuana Butler Getting Even by Kayla Perrin Prior Bad Act by Tami Hoag Good Girls Do by Calhe Linz Dance with me by J. Rice The Cat who could read backwards by Lilian Jackson Braun Heartbreaker by Julie Garwood I say a little prayer by E. Lynn Harris Bump in the night by Nora Roberts Banker by Dick Francis The Sterkarm Handshake by Susan Price Armageddon by Tim LaHaye 2:12:11 PM

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