“A public library is the most democratic thing in the world…If you read, you can learn to think for yourself.” Doris Lessing

What’s going on at the library:

*We are thankful to our volunteer gardeners, who have been weeding and mulching throughout the fall. They are a creative and dedicated group – many thanks to Linda, Beth, Pat, Linda, and Mary Beth!

*Remember, our wifi password is posted on the main door.

*If you have changed your phone number, email, or physical address at any point since signing up as one of our library patrons, please come in & update your information so we know how to contact you!

*Let us know if you would like to receive Alice’s weekly EVENTS email about local happenings, and we can also sign you up to receive the monthly town newsletter.

*Our open hours for Wednesday, Nov. 27^th, the day before Thanksgiving, will be 9AM – 1PM. We’ll be closed after those hours so we can go home and cook!

Our ongoing activities:

*Drop-in Tech Help on Wednesday mornings 9-Noon, with Remi

*Yarn Group Crafternoons on the 1^st & 3^rd Wednesdays, 1-3pm

*We always have a booksale going during our open hours – with upcoming holiday visits with family and friends, it might be fun to grab a few sale books and distribute them as small gifts!

*We have kitchenware (various cake pans, etc) to loan (helpful during the winter holidays), as well as games & puzzles, which have become quite popular.

*Book Bingo is coming into the final 2 months! When you finish your goal (a line on the bingo grid, or the entire grid), come in and submit a ticket for the raffles. We’ll choose the winners from the raffle jars in January, and winners will get a gift certificate to a local business.

For our young patrons who love science, there are weekly Science Online Videos featuring Christina Dorman posted each Wednesday afternoon at 3:30 on the Maine State Library’s Facebook page. It might be fun to put that on your family’s schedule! https://www.facebook.com/MaineStateLibrary

Some of our readers’ most popular books of the past two months: The Book Swap, by Tessa Bickers; Everyone Knows But You: a tale of murder on the Maine coast, by Thomas E. Ricks; The Stationery Shop, by Marjan Kamali; The Life Impossible, by Matt Haig; We Solve Murders, by Richard Osman; Twelve Trees, by Daniel Lewis (nonfic), and Joe Nuthin’s Guide to Life, by Helen Fisher.

We love getting book recommendations for possible purchase from our readers, by the way. Let us know if you are interested in a particular book or author we don’t have currently, and we’ll consider putting it on our wish list!

What I’m reading: Evan Friss’ delightful and insightful nonfiction, The Bookshop: a History of the American Bookstore. It is a fun, intriguing read that chronicles a part of our cultural history, from Benjamin Franklin’s shop all the way to contemporary indie shops as well as conglomerates like Amazon.