Man Booker International prize 2019 longlist

April 3, 2019

Man Booker International prize 2019 longlist Celestial Bodies by Jokha Alharthi (Oman), translated from Arabic by Marilyn Booth (Sandstone Press)       Love in the New Millennium by Can Xue (China), translated by Annelise Finegan Wasmoen . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews

What Mainers want to read most this March

February 19, 2019

What are your fellow Mainers wanting to read the most this winter?  Here is the February 2019 High Demand Hold List from our shared library catalog, MINERVA followed by the new MARCH list at the . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews

January 2019 On-order Books

January 16, 2019

If you see something on this list you want to reserve, place a HOLD on it by visiting our Digital Catalog through the SWHPL website or give a call to the staff on the circulation . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews

Forever or a Long Long Time by Caela Carter 2017

December 14, 2018

This is a very powerful story about adoption and the hugely complicated emotional landscape of the children and parents involved. I loved it and will highly recommend it.  12-14-18 Reviewed by Susan Plimpton

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books

Maine Readers’ High Demand Hold List December 2018

December 10, 2018

Here are the books that your fellow Maine readers are requesting through Interlibrary Loan.  Southwest Harbor Public Library has 18 of these 20 items in our collection! Books 1)      **Kingdom of the Blind (Penny) – 426 . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews

November On-Order BOOKS

November 5, 2018

Patrons can put a hold on books which are “on-order.” When they arrive on our door-step the Southwest Harbor Public Library patrons with holds will be the ones reading these books before they go out . . . read more »

Category: 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 »

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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 »

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Fairies! A True Story By Shirley Raye Redmond 2012

September 10, 2018

An early Reader about the history of fairies. I will order this and look for more on the subject. Amanda reports it to be the 2nd most popular book during Fairies week at SSC. 8-23-18  ER . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Children's Books

You Go First By Erin Estrada Kelly 2018

September 10, 2018

Another great book by this year’s Newbury winner that I couldn’t resist reading. She seems to find odd little bits of middle school trauma /culture and personalize them into lovable characters who survive by making creative . . . read more »

Category: Book Reviews - Kids, Reviews Juvenile Books