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Dear Reader Upcoming Titles

The following books will be featured at next week’s Dear Reader: Reality Check by Guy Kawasaki, business Home by Marilynne Robinson, fiction Deep in the Heart of Trouble by Deeanne Gist, good news I Am Not a Cop! by Richard Belzer, mystery White House Ghosts by Robert Schlesinger, nonfiction Pale Moon Stalker by Shirl Henke, romance Slant by Laura E. Williams, teen To join, click on the “Online Book Clubs, Click Here” icon to the left, put in your email …

Thursday Tales

Story Time on Thursday nights will feature Tall Tales and flannel board stories. All children welcome with their caregivers.

Book Club

The book club will be reading The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Annie Barrows and Mary Ann Shaffer. The Random House blurb about the book says: January 1946: writer Juliet Ashton receives a letter from a stranger, a founding member of the Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. And so begins a remarkable tale of the island of Guernsey during the German occupation, and of a society as extraordinary as its name. Random House also gives …

Best Selling Books of the Twentieth Century

The sixth installment of best selling books of the Twentieth Century as detailed in Publisher’s Weekly: * 1950 The Cardinal, Henry Morton Robinson * 1951 From Here to Eternity, James Jones * 1952 The Silver Chalice, Thomas B. Costain * 1953 The Robe, Lloyd C. Douglas * 1954 Not as a Stranger, Morton Thompson * 1955 Marjorie Morningstar, Herman Wouk * 1956 Don’t Go Near the Water, William Brinkley * 1957 By Love Possessed, James Gould Cozzens * 1958 Doctor …

Dear Reader Upcoming Titles

The following books will be featured at next week’s Dear Reader: I Am Potential by Patrick Henry Hughes, audio No More Mondays by Dan Miller, business Mistress Shakespeare by Karen Harper, fiction Stand-In Groom by Kaye Dacus, good news The Pain Nurse by Jon Talton, mystery A Life in Twilight by Mark Wolverton, nonfiction Guardian of the Flame by T. L. Higley, prepub Star Bright by Catherine Anderson, romance Fall With Honor by E. E. Knight, sci-fi Antsy Does Time …

Fireside Stories

Join us on Saturday mornings for Fireside Story Time. Pat O, MaryLou O, and Robyn L will each host one of the story times in August. Anyone else who would like to volunteer some time to read to the children, please give a call to the library and we will work you in to our schedule. Stories will be read near the fireplace in the main room with plenty of room for children and their caregivers to sit on the …

New downloadable audiobooks

The following new titles are available on the Salon website, our link to OverDrive audio books. Just click on the icon to the left of the blog that says “Download audiobooks OverDrive” for these and many more. If you’re reading by listening, let us know which title(s) you have enjoyed recently. Children’s e-audiobooks: The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan; read by Jesse Bernstein The Sea of Monsters by Rick Riordan; read by Jesse Bernstein Adult e-audiobooks: Burn by Linda Howard; …

Pember Presents: Ann Rich Duncan & Johnny Vic

Join us at the Pember Library when Ann Rich Duncan will read from the latest book in her Johnny Vic historical fantasy series. Johnny Vic’s Nautical Adventure features historical and scientific information about Lake Champlain. Duncan will also lead craft projects including creating a rubber ship for use as a game piece to play Johnny Vic’s Crazy Cargo Game. Then attendees will have a chance to create a pictorial story board, focusing on Lake Champlain. The 400th Anniversary of the …

Dear Reader Upcoming Titles

The following books will be featured at next week’s Dear Reader: Subliminal Persuasion: Influence & Marketing Secrets They Don’t Want You To Know by Dave Lakhani, business Oxygen by Carol Cassella, fiction Living Water by Brother Yun, good news Death by Pantyhose by Laura Levine, mystery The Yellow-Lighted Bookshop by Lewis Buzbee, nonfiction Compromised by Kate Noble, romance Beneath My Mother’s Feet by Amjed Qamar, teen To join, click on the “Online Book Clubs, Click Here” icon to the left, …

Best Selling Books of the Twentieth Century

The fifth installment of best selling books of the Twentieth Century as detailed in Publisher’s Weekly: * 1940 How Green Was My Valley, Richard Llewellyn * 1941 The Keys of the Kingdom, A. J. Cronin *1942 The Song of Bernadette, Franz Werfel * 1943 The Robe, Lloyd C. Douglas * 1944 Strange Fruit, Lillian Smith * 1945 Forever Amber, Kathleen Winsor * 1946 The King’s General, Daphne du Maurier * 1947 The Miracle of the Bells, Russell Janney * 1948 …

Dear Reader Online Book Club

The following books will be featured at next week’s Dear Reader: Live and Let Die by Ian Fleming, audio How to Castrate a Bull by Dave Hitz with Pat Walsh, business The Night Villa by Carol Goodman, fiction Until We Reach Home by Lynn Austin, good news The Stolen by Jason Pinter, mystery Gangleader for a Day: A Rogue Sociologist Takes to the Streets by Sudhir Venkatesh, nonfiction The Fitzgerald Ruse by Mark de Castrique, pre-pub Just One of the …