Gardiner Public Library
New Books in the Library
Gay Grant Publication Launch Party!
Please plan on joining the staff of the Gardiner Public Library as they celebrate the publication of a new book by Gardiner author Gay Grant on Tuesday, October 28that 7PM at the Gardiner Public Library.
What Are We Reading?
In 1983 I started reading a series of books which became known as a group from the title of the first book, “Tales of the City”. The series follows a disparate group who rent rooms from the mysterious, yet motherly, Anna Madrigal, at 28 Barbary Lane in San Francisco. The first book was published in 1978; the last book was just published this year. There have been a lot of social changes in America since 1978, and the lives of these characters reflect those changes throughout the decades. As I was reading this series, there were only 6 novels in the series. The author, Armistead Maupin, eventually wrote 3 more to complete the cycle but there was an 18 year gap between novel #6 and the subsequent three. I enjoyed this series and the characters so much that when I finished novel #5 and knew (at the time) that novel #6 was the end that I didn’t read it. I didn’t want it to end. I did not want to leave the characters. By not finishing the series I thought I would always have that one final book to look forward; I would have in the future my one final adventure with these characters. And so for 18 years, the book Sure of You sat on the library’s shelf – unread by me, yet there when I felt I could put closure to my fascination with these characters.
Summer Teen Events at the Library
FIZZ BOOM READ
The Gardiner Public Library summer reading program for 2014 is off to a great start!
Book Sale – June 21st
All are welcome to come and browse and get some great deals on Saturday, June 21st (9:00am-4:00PM): Most hardcover books – $1.00, children’s books – 50 cents and most paperbacks – 50 cents. Videos and audio books will be priced as marked. This book sale is part of Gardiner’s River Festival and there are activities all day long!
From the Archives
For a change, I thought I would showcase some postcards that are in the Archives Room.
Ginni Nichols, Young Adult Librarian
Dawn Thistle, Archives Librarian
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