Local Author Talks a Great Source for Your Next Book Group Choice

Why not try a book by one of these authors coming to the Bangor Public Library:
Tues. June 2 at 6:30pm
She Shoots to Conquer by Dorothy Cannell
Sleuth Ellie Haskell, her husband and her housekeeper become involved in reality TV show called "Here Comes the Bride"in this cozy British mystery.


Tues., June 2 at 6:30pm
Kilt Dead by Kathy Lynn Emerson
Professional Scottish dancer Liss MacCrimmon becomes embroiled in the death of the local gossip in her Aunt's store in the town of Moosetookalook, ME.

Do You Know About the Portland Herald Online Book Group?

The Portland Herald Online Book Group (see link on right hand side of blog under Online Book Groups) has chosen these 2 titles for May/June:

The Lobster Chronicles:Life on a Very Small Island by Linda Greenlaw

Linda Greenlaw describes small town life in a fishing village on Isle Au Haut, Maine.






Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy by Gary Schmidt

This was the choice of the community "Bangor Reads" program a few years ago. It is a children's book based on real events in Phippsburg, ME in 1912. Turner Buckminster feels out of place in his new home town until he befriends Lizzie, a poor girl from the nearby slave founded island of Malaga. When the town fathers want to oust the residents to turn the island into a tourist spot, a conflict arises.

June 16th Last Book Discussion of Season for Edythe Dyer Community Library

On June 16th the Edythe Dyer Community Library will host their last book discussion until fall. Their book choice is To the Power of Three by Laura Lippman. Laura Lippman's genre is private investigation books for which she has won just about every mystery award going. This one is a homicide case involving three best friends since childhood.

Grandmother and the Priests a Hit with Bangor Reading Group

The leader of a local Bangor book group reported all in her group loved this book, Grandmother and the Priests by Taylor Caldwell. Young Rose is a frequent visitor at her Grandmother's house where she benefits from stories told by the priests who are invited to dinner.

Latest Book Selection by the Bangor Reading Ring

A Bangor Reading Ring group chooses Here If You Need Me by Kate Braestrap. After her Me State trooper husband is killed in an accident, Kate takes his place at the Seminary. Eventually she becomes Chaplain to ME game wardens accompanying
them on search and rescue missions.

Latest Book Selection by a ME Library Book Group

Soldiers Memorial Library in Hiram, ME chooses Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen. This book continues to be a favorite of book groups all over the country. Nursing home resident Jacob Jankowski recalls his younger life in the circus during the Great Depression.