So busy around here

Hello friends!

So much to tell you, I’m going to try and do a list.

• We had 17 visitors on our first Sunday open.
• Dawson’s incredible lego train just left to go on display at the Conway Scenic Railroad. If you haven’t seen it, it is definitely worth a trip to North Conway.
• We will be closed on Wednesday, July 4th!
• Our new patio is done and we are waiting on materials for the pergola.
• To make a bit more room for our popular fiction collection, we have shifted YA books across the room to the end of the non-fiction shelves. The games and puzzles are now upstairs. Magazines are on the end of the shelves near the windows downstairs.
• Summer Reading Program starts Thursday!
• I’m going to be messing with the website in July. It needs an update and a face lift. If you have any suggestions or request, I would love to hear them.
• Downloadable magazines are back! Login to Overdrive with your 14 digit library card number and see what is available.
• We got a new Kindle as well as got our older ones back up and running. There are pre-loaded for vacation entertainment. List of titles here.

Now, I do apologize for missing the new books list in June. I’m combining the June and July books and giving you just the highlights below. The complete list is online for books, movies, and audios.

Personally, I’ve been in a book drought. Maybe it’s just the business and routine-upset of summer, but I cannot seem to get around to my book. Maybe it’s just that it’s not that great. I finish maybe one book in the ten I start and this one just barely eeked through. I keep thinking it will get better… I honestly think if I gave it some real time – more than 5 minutes while I fight to stay awake – it may be much more winning.

Last month, though, I read I Was Anastasia out of pity. It had been sitting on the shelf, brand new, for awhile. Friends, it was really good! It explored the Romanov family and their execution as well as if one survived, so two parallel story lines, one moving back in time and one moving forward to come to clarity in the end. I would love to hear more thoughts on it.

I heard a fantastic spot on All Things Considered with Nancy Pearl picking out her favorite summer reads. She has never steered me wrong so I added a couple to my order this month. If you want one that I didn’t get, let us know and we will find it for you!

• New Fiction
• Us against you by Fredrik Backman. Find it at F BAC.
• The only story by Julian Barnes. Find it at F BAR.
• The speed of sound by Eric Bernt. Find it at F BER.
• The Last Cruise by Kate Christensen. Find it at F CHR.
• Match making for beginners by Maddie Dawson. Find it at F DAW.
• The 49th mystic by Ted Dekker. Find it at F DEK.
• Stay hidden by Paul Doiron. Find it at F DOI.
• Less by Andrew Sean Greer. 2018 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for fiction. Find it on the Award Winners display and thank our benefactors who sponsor all award winners to our collection. Keeping us smart and cultured!
• Pirata by Patrick Hasburgh. Find it at F HAS.
• The perfect couple by Elin Hilderbrand. Find it at F HIL.
• The talented Ribkins by Ladee Hubbard. Nancy Pearl recommendation. Find it at F HUB.
• Perfect by Rachel Joyce. Find it at F JOY.
• How it happened by Michael Koryta. Find it at F KOR.
• Two girls down by Louisa Luna. Nancy Pearl thriller recommendation. Find it at F LUN.
• Beach house reunion by Mary Alice Monroe. Find it at F MON.
• A rising man by Abir Mukherjee. Nancy Pearl recommendation. Find it at F MUK.
• The Other Woman by Daniel Silva. Find it at F SIL.
• Beneath a scarlet sky by Mark T. Sullivan. Find it at F SUL.
• Spymaster by Brad Thor. Find it at F THO.
• Clock dance by Anne Tyler. Find it at F TYL.
• The death of Mrs. Westaway by Ruth Ware. Patrons report that this is a good summer read. Find it at F WAR.
• The book of Essie by Meghan MacLean Weir. Local author! Find it at F WEI.
• New Nonfiction
• The lively shadow by Donald Morison Murray. Find it at 155.9 MUR.
• Dear Madam President by Jennifer Palmieri. Find it at 158 PAL.
• Barracoon by Zora Neale Hurston. Find it at 306.3 HUR.
• Three days in Moscow by Bret Baier. Find it at 327.73 BAI.
• A higher loyalty by James B. Comey. Find it at 363.25 COM.
• The beginner’s guide to birding by Nate Swick. Find it at 598.07 SWI.
• Birds of a Feather by Lorin Linder. Find it at 636 LIN.
• Old in art school by Nell Irvin Painter. Find it at 700.9 PAI.
• Mozart’s starling by Lyanda Lynn Haupt. Nancy Pearl recommendation. Find it at 780.92 HAU.
• Prairie fires by Caroline Fraser. Find it at 813.52 FRA.
• The art of the wasted day by Patricia Hampl. Find it at 818.6 HAM.
• 1947 by Elisabeth Asbrink. Nancy Pearl recommendation. Find it at 909.82 ASB.
• New in the Children’s Room
• Robyn Boid by Maree Coote. Find it at E COO.
• Islandborn by Junot Diaz. Find it at E DIA.
• Rescue & Jessica by Jessica Kensky. Find it at E KEN.
• Julian is a mermaid by Jessica Love. Find it at E LOV.
• Be prepared by Vera Brosgol. Find it at GN BRO.
• The cardboard kingdom by Chad Sell. Find it at GN SEL.
• Bob by Wendy Mass. Find it at jF MAS.
• Breakout by Kate Messner. Find it at jF MES.
• The Powers by Kevin Stevens. Find it at jF STE.
• Caves and Crevices by Sharon Katz Cooper. Find it at NATURE 551.44 COO.
• New Young Adult
• Fatal throne by M. T. Anderson. Got rave reviews from Ms. Meredith! Each Henry the VIII wife has a different author. Interesting. Find it at YA F AND.
• Emergency contact by Mary H. K. Choi. Find it at YA F CHO.
• How we roll by Natasha Friend. Find it at YA F FRI.
• Legendary by Stephanie Garber. Find it at YA F GAR.
• Picture us in the light by Kelly Loy Gilbert. Find it at YA F GIL.
• Love and other carnivorous plants by Florence Gonsalves. Find it at YA F GON.
• Mayfly by Jeff Sweat. Find it at YA F SWE.
• New Music
• Brandenburg concertos nos. 1, 2 & 3 by Johann Sebastian, Bach. Find it at MUS Classical BAC.
• Hits by Joni Mitchell. Find it at MUS Folk MIT.
• The Roches by The Roches. Find it at MUS Folk ROC.
• Speak by The Roches. Find it at MUS Folk ROC.
• Keep on Doing by The Roches. Find it at MUS Folk ROC.
• A Pentatonix Christmas.. Find it at MUS Holiday PEN.
• The Man and his Band by B. B. King. Find it at MUS Jazz KIN.
• Standards by Thelonius Monk. Find it at MUS Jazz MON.
• The Wishing Chair by 10,000 Maniacs. Find it at MUS Pop 100.
• Greatest hits by Guns & Roses. Find it at MUS Rock GUN.
• Santana’s greatest hits. Find it at MUS Rock SAN.
• The Joshua tree by U2. Find it at MUS Rock U2.
• Best of Van Halen.. Find it at MUS Rock VAN.
• Cesaria Evora by Cesaria Evora. Find it at MUS World EVO.