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FICTION The Adults by Caroline Hulse. A couple (now separated), plus their daughter, plus their NEW partners, all go on an epic Christmas vacation together. What could go wrong? Bitter orange by Claire Fuller. Whiffs of Shirley Jackson, Daphne du Maurier, and Charlotte Bronte as an upstairs neighbor becomes obsessed with her downstairs neighbor. The clockmaker’s daughter by Kate Morton. The story of a love affair and a mysterious murder that cast their shadows across generations set in England from the 1860s until the present day. The Dakota Winters by Tom Barbash. An evocative and wildly absorbing novel about the …
FICTION The antiquities hunter by Maya Bohnhoff. A female detective must go undercover in the Mexican jungle to hunt down a mysterious antiquities dealer. It’s a cross between Romancing the Stone and an Indiana Jones adventure. Broken field by Jeff Hull. Told from the perspective of a high school girl and a football coach, this reveals the tensions that tear at the fabric of a small town when a high school hazing incident escalates and threatens a championship season. Dark sacred night by Michael Connelly. Renee Ballard teams up with Harry Bosch to solve the murder of a teenage runaway. …
During the month of November, Gardiner Public Library staff and patrons, together, found a way to honor the military veterans in their lives. We had stars available for everyone to add the name, military branch, years served, active duty, whatever we thought would be appropriate. Of course, as a library we added some books and movies to the display. Our goal was to have more stars than we had books or movies – from the picture above, it looks like we made it! A HUGE THANK YOU to ALL of the Veterans out there!
FICTION An absolutely remarkable thing by Hank Green. A young graphic artist inspires world-wide hysteria when she accidentally makes first contact with an alien. After posting a video that goes viral, April must deal with the pressures of becoming an internet sensation. Blood communion by Anne Rice. The Vampire Chronicles continues with Lestat’s story of how he became ruler of the vampire world. The bus on Thursday by Shirley Barrett. Bridget Jones meets The Exorcist in this funny, dark novel about one woman’s post-cancer retreat to a remote Australian town and the horrors awaiting her. Death from a top hat …
A few weeks ago, I blogged a bit about Digital Maine Library here, what we have known for several years as MARVEL! I think it’s time for another look at this amazing resource. As previously mentioned, the website seems to be more colorful – each of the databases appear on the homepage, with pictures, and a bit of information about the database. Scrolling down the homepage I see ChiltonLibrary. I click on the link – picture and words are each part of the link – and am taken to the ChiltonLibrary web page. This page gives me several options. The …