A Season of Daring Greatly by Ellen Emerson White 2017

July 5, 2017

This was a stretch for me because I know nothing about baseball and don’t follow it. I learned a lot! This is full of the jargon and gritty details of a professional ball player’s life; . . . read more »

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Summer Reading list “Sail-Away-on-a-Good-Read” and Pop Up Bookstore from Island Readers and Writers

June 28, 2017

In addition to their “Sail-Away-on-a-Good-Read”  summer reading list, the local organization Island Readers and Writers, based in Southwest Harbor, will be holding 2 POP UP bookstores this summer—one of them right here at our library . . . read more »

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New To You! Great books you might have missed.

May 24, 2017

NoveList K-8 – a reader advisory service found in The Digital Maine Library (check out the link on our website) just sent along this poster of wonderful reading suggestions.  Southwest Harbor Public Library has 9 of . . . read more »

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Maine Library Patrons Want to Read…

May 4, 2017

Enjoy seeing what your fellow Mainers wish to read (or listen to) the most! Each month Josh Tiffany, the librarian at the Gray Library creates a High Demand Hold List from the Minerva Catalog requests. . . . read more »

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As Brave As You by Jason Reynolds 2016

May 2, 2017

I love this book. It’s about two boys spending the summer with their grandparents in the south. The Grandpa is blind and both Grandma and Grandpa have lots of left over issues from loosing a . . . read more »

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APRIL Reading

April 8, 2017

  April 1865: The Month That Saved America by  Jay Winik   One month in 1865 witnessed the frenzied fall of Richmond, a daring last-ditch Southern plan for guerrilla warfare, Lee’s harrowing retreat, and then, . . . read more »

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If you love Game of Thrones…

March 22, 2017

 

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If you loved HIDDEN FIGURES…

March 15, 2017

                  If you loved Hidden Figures, try these books for other inspiring examples of women in math and science — from unsung heroines of the past, to . . . read more »

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2016 Maine Literary Awards Winners

February 6, 2017

2016 Maine Literary Awards Winners In 2016, nearly one hundred and forty books were entered across the award’s categories; compare that to the 2011 awards when seventy books total were submitted. In addition, more than . . . read more »

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All We Left Behind by Ingrid Sundberg (2015)

January 25, 2017

This was a tough book for me to read; I think it would be for any parent or caregiver of teens. It is compelling, well written, and the characters are believable. I can see how it . . . read more »

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