Book Reviews

NEW BOOKS coming soon…on order!

October 24, 2018

How can you get on the hold list for our new “on order” books? You can find the following books in the library’s catalog and although our copies are listed as “on order” you can . . . read more »

Librarian as heroine in new novel

October 10, 2018

How often do we read a book in which a librarian is the heroine? Highly recommended by NPR staff as well as our own Library Director, Erich Reed. The Man Who Came Uptown. Pelecanos, George . . . read more »

2018 Hugo Awards

August 22, 2018

2018 Hugo Awards Announced The 76th World Science Fiction Convention (Worldcon) wrapped up in San Jose, and on Sunday night the conference held its annual Hugo Awards ceremony. There was a lot of wonderful work . . . read more »

2018 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Shortlist

August 16, 2018

2018 Dayton Literary Peace Prize Shortlist Announced The Dayton Literary Peace Prize Foundation has announced the 2018 finalists for its annual awards in fiction and nonfiction. Dedicated to “recognizing the power of literature to promote . . . read more »

Staff Picks—What we’re reading now

July 26, 2018

Staff Picks—What we’re reading  Erich Reed- Library Director Bad Blood: Secrets and Lies in a Silicon Valley Startup– Wall Street Journal’s John Carreyrou expands upon his reporting on Theranos, once valued at 9 billion dollars. The . . . read more »

Barack Obama Shares a List of Enlightening Books Worth Reading

June 20, 2018

The following is an excerpt from the website Open Culture Barack Obama Shares a List of Enlightening Books Worth Reading Photo by Pete Souza via obamawhitehouse.archive.gov Whatever historians have to say about his political legacy, Barack . . . read more »

Read ME: A statewide summer reading program with a Maine twist.

June 8, 2018

 Read ME 2018: A statewide summer reading program with a Maine twist The Southwest Harbor Library is a participant in this year’s Maine Humanities Council summer reading program.  We will be hosting author Susan Hand Shetterly later . . . read more »

Library’s Staff reading list…April 2018

April 27, 2018

Kate Pickup-McMullin (Interim Director) Andrew’s Brain by E.L. Doctorow Carry On by Rainbow Rowell Magpie Murders by Anthony Horowitz   Bringing Columbia Home: The Untold Story of a Lost Space Shuttle and Her Crew by . . . read more »

American Library Association’s 2018 Best Fiction List

March 30, 2018

Established in 2007 by the CODES section of RUSA, the Reading List Council, consisting of librarians who are experts in readers’ advisory and collection development, selects an annual list of outstanding genre fiction. This list . . . read more »

2018 Audie Award Finalists

February 22, 2018

http://www.booklistreader.com/2018/02/06/audiobooks/2018-audie-award-finalists-announced/ 2018 Audie Award Finalists Announced Do you like to listen to your books?  If so, you are in for a treat by checking out some of the best Audio Books available in 2018.  If . . . read more »