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An Alphabet of Maine Titles

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A friend and I were talking the other day, and we wondered if it would be possible to create an alphabetical list of books containing Maine places. My list isn’t quite alphabetical, though the Maine places ARE in alphabetical order.  As you will notice, I did use poetic license with two letters – X and Z.  Please leave a comment if you have ideas for these two special letters! Summers at Castle AUBURN The BLUE HILL meadows CHELSEA Chelsea bang bang DALLAS Buyers Club EMBDEN town of yore FRIENDSHIP makes the heart grow fonder The GRAY man HOPE and tears …

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New Items In The Library!

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FICTION: The Amber Shadows by Lucy Ribchester.  This re-creates World War II life and the enclosed world of code-breaking and plays out the suspense in a Hitchcock homage almost worthy of the master. Before we were yours by Lisa Wingate.  A South Carolina lawyer, researching her grandmother’s past, learns about a Tennessee orphanage that kidnapped children and placed them for adoption with wealthy people. The blinds by Adam Sternbergh.  A tense, broiling, 21st century Western with a crafty premise and a high body count. Brave deeds by David Abrams.  Spanning 8 hours, this follows a squad of 6 AWOL soldiers …

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For the Love of a Library

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Some of my best memories from childhood were spent with a book. I can remember many a time being dropped off at the public library where I would spend hours surrounded by books and I would read to my heart’s content. I could go an adventure, visit a foreign land, or solve a mystery with my favorite detective, Nancy Drew. Many times I would become cross with my mother because she’d pick me up too early, wherein she would inform me that I’d been on my own in a sea of books for hours. I was lucky enough to spend …

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Books? in the library?

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Some of you may have noticed the large infusion of gently used, almost new books into the children’s & YA collection.  Many of these books are from the now closed satellite library at the Boys & Girls Club.  Budget constraints made the closure of our off site library necessary.  These books are a welcome addition to our main collections since they are not 2ndcopies but ones that otherwise had to be ordered from the Boys & Girls Club. Come in and check out our expanded collection, both fiction and nonfiction! Remember September is National Library Card Sign-Up Month!

BookSale!!!

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  Saturday, June 22, 2013 Gardiner Public Library is holding its annual Summer Book Sale from 9:00 – 4:00.  Our sale is part of the Greater Gardiner River Festival.  We have many, Many, MANY great books for you reading pleasure!  We don’t have everything set up yet, but . . . Fiction – Lots and lots of great novels, and even some not so great ones, but all fun to read! Non-Fiction – I have seen some books on animals – both wild and domestic ; cookbooks ; self-help items ; art/drawing books ; craft books and much more! Children’s …

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Battle of the books!!

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Did you know that such a war could be waged?  Well, the siege is over and the clear winners of the battle are the students of Pittston Consolidated School.  Over the last two weeks, I had the pleasure to judge the third annual Battle of the Books that pitted teams from the 4th and 5th grade classes at the school.  Each team spent hours reading, dissecting, researching and pondering, 5 young adult titles.  On the day of the competition, they were battle ready with styling hats and colorful tees. The judges tried to be as prepared by reading the books …

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