New Non-Fiction @ Your Library!



New non-fiction recently added to the library collection:

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle by Barbara Kingsolver
The Atomic Bazaar by William Langewiesche
Dave Barry's History of the Millenium (So Far) by Dave Barry
Grace (Eventually): Thoughts On Faith by Anne Lamott
How Doctors Think by Jerome E. Groopman
How To Repair Your Car by Paul Brand
Knit Together: Discover God's Pattern For Your Life by Debbie Macomber
The Prince: The Secret Story of the World's Most Intriguing Royal, Prince Bandar bin Sultan by William Simpson
Windows Vista Inside Out by Ed Botts

These books are available for check-out now. If the book you want has already been checked-out, place it on reserve at the Circulation Desk.

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New Fiction @ Your Library!



New fiction recently added to the collection:

The Bone Garden by Tess Gerritsen
Dead Heat by Dick Francis
Songs Without Words by Ann Packer
Stolen In The Night by Patricia MacDonald
Tomorrow by Graham Swift
The View From Mount Joy by Lorna Landvik
You've Been Warned by James Patterson

These books are available for check-out now. If the book you want has already been checked-out, place it on reserve at the Circulation Desk.

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Our Corny Winners


candy cornThe contest is over, the candy's been counted, and the corny winners are:

Mary Pacheco (333)

Ryan Francis (198)

Lyndsey Brown (322)

The actual number of candy corn: 333. Congratualtions! (And yes, now that the contest is over we are eating the candy.)

Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Collingswood.

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This Week @ Your Library...



jack-o-lanternLast Chance for the Big Read
Fahrenheit 451 is a relatively short novel, so there's still time to get in on New Hampshire's Big Read for October. Come on! Everyone's reading it!

Borrow a Halloween Book
Displays of Halloween fare are available for kids and adults alike. Look for my personal favorite, The Big Pumpkin by Erica Silverman.

Try Out Our New Circulation System
We have computerized our Circulation system! No more hand stamping--we'll scan your items, t henprint you a receipt listing your materials and their due dates. Stop in and try it out.

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Book of the Month Club Reads The Pursuit of Alice Thrift in November



book coverElinor Lipman's novel, The Pursuit of Alice Thrift, is our choice for November's Book of the Month Club.

All work and no play Alice Thrift is a Harvard-educated surgical intern at a Boston hospital. Ray Russo is an uneducated, coarse, and sleazy fudge salesman who also claims to be a widower. Alice begins her deadpan narration by quoting the New York Times description of their wedding, letting us know right off that the marriage has ended disastrously before she retraces their courtship. Ray enters her life looking for a nose job. That he immediately begins to pursue Alice raises immediate suspicions given Alice's off-putting personality, which Lipman does almost too good a job conveying. Alice is book smart but lacks any bedside manner, sense of humor, or ability to interact with others. When she considers quitting medicine after being put on probation for falling asleep on the job, her roommate Leo, a charming and (of course) handsome male nurse, bucks her up with pep talks and pizza. She doesn't resign, and she continues resisting Ray, who won't take no for an answer. But Leo's new girlfriend is a midwife who disdains doctors, so Alice moves into a studio apartment. She succumbs to Ray's transparent seduction and begins having regular sex. Her job performance improves, she makes friends with her fellow doctor-in-training Sylvie. But needy Alice feels left out by Sylvie's mild flirtation with Leo, who is squabbling with his now-pregnant girlfriend. In reaction she elopes with Ray. At the elaborate after-the-fact wedding, Alice discovers Ray's "deadwife" is in fact a living girlfriend. Without breaking any laws, Ray has bamboozled her out of money, but she is wiser, and also happier, living now in a three-bedroom apartment with Sylvie and Leo (who may have potential as more than pal). A clever sweet tart, more tart that sweet. (Kirkus Reviews)

Pick up your copy at the Circulation Desk. Then, if you like, join us for online discussion at Aaron's Book of the Month Club.

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Board Meeting Minutes


The approved minutes from the September 12, 2007 Board of Trustees Meeting are now available for viewing. If you are interested in reading these minutes, please click here.

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Results of Library Card Sign Up Month @ GMS


library card sign up month logoThe results are in from September's Library Card Sign Up Month contest between the first grade classes at Griffin Memorial School--Mrs. Doucette and Ms. Tremblay's classes tied with 11 out of 17 children (64.7%) holding library cards by the end of the month. The children in these two classes won a certificate for a kid's meal at Bugaboo Creek Restaurant, and McDonald's & Griffy Store coupons. But best of all, they each get a special story time with Miss Carrie-Anne in October!

Congratulations to new card holders: Jeffrey A, Izzak B, Ryan B, Cameron B, Madison B, Alex C, Madisyn C, Jake C, Sofia C, Aiden C, Allie D, Logan D, Michael E, Sarah E, Jessica G, David G, Zachary G, Jake H, Alex J, Zachary K, Sara K, Jacob L, Stephanie M, Owen M, Alicia N, Lydia O, Sophia P, Jason R, William R, Logan S, Emily S, Riley S, Seth S, Jocelyn T, Grace T, Noah T, and Colby W.

See you at the library!

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Another Corn-y Guessing Contest


candy cornThat's right--the library is having another "corn-y" guessing contest. Stop in and guess how many pieces of candy corn are in the container and you could win fabulous prizes! Winners will be announced in 3 categories: adult, teen, and children's.

Entries are due by 8:00 p.m. on Thursday, October 25th. Oh, and we promise we aren't eating any...

Photo courtesy of Jeffrey Collingswood.

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Top Ten Reasons to READ 4 The FuN oF iT During Teen Read Week


teen read week logoDid you know that research shows that teens who read for fun–not just for school–score significantly higher on reading tests, while teens who don’t read for fun lose their reading skills? Stop by the library and pick up something to read for fun this week!



10. Books don’t get caught in braces.
9. Unlike gym, you don’t have to shower afterwards.
8. Reading won’t cause pimples.
7. It’ll help you forget what they serve in the cafeteria.
6. Magazines don’t “crash”.
5. Graphic novels look good with whatever you’re wearing.
4. It’s cheaper than a new video game.
3. You can drown out your parent’s cheesy music listening to an audiobook.
2. You’ll learn words even your teachers don’t know.
1. It’ll confuse your parents.

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New Downloadable Audio Books


The following titles have recently been added to the New Hampshire Downloadable Audio Book collection:

Agnes and the Hitman by Jennifer Cruise
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel (Teen)
Austenland by Shannon Hale
Bridge of Sighs by Richard Russo
The Choice by Nicholas Sparks
Cross My Heart and Hope to Spy by Ally Carter
The Dark is Rising by Susan Cooper (Children's)
Dead Heat by Dick Francis
The Death Trust by David Rollins
Eclipse by Stephanie Meyer (Teen)
Fire in the Blood by Irene Nemirovsky
The Grey King by Susan Cooper (Children's)
Hideaway by Dean Koontz
Hot Stuff by Janet Evanovich
The House of Thunder by Dean Koontz
Marley by John Grogan
Night Work by Steve Hamilton
The Nine by Jeffrey Toobin
No time for Goodbye by Linwood Barclay
Playing for Pizza by John Grisham
The Secret Cardinal by Tom Grace
The Sharper Your Knife, the Less Your Cry by Kathleen Flinn
Shoot Him If He Runs by Stuart Woods
Silver on the Tree by Susan Cooper
World Without End by Ken Follett

Download these books for free via New Hampshire Downloadable Audio Books. For more information, read Downloadable Audio Books are Here!

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New DVDs @ Your Library

New DVDs recently added to the library collection:

Astronaut Farmer
Ghost Rider
Premonition

These DVDs are available for check-out now. If the DV Dyou want has already been checked-out, place it on reserve at the Circulation Desk.

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New Children's Fiction @ Your Library



book coverNew children's fiction recently added to the library collection:

Picture Books:
Bad Dog, Marley! by John Grogan
Bones and the Dog Gone Mystery by David Adler
Fox by Kate Banks
Ginger and Petunia by Patricia Polacco
Nini Here and There by Anita Lobel
Perfect Nest by Catherine Friend
Pictures From Our Vacation by Lynne Rae Perkins
Pirates Don't Change Diapers by Melinda Long

Chapter Books:
Curse of the Bane by Joseph Delaney
The Icebound Land by John Flanagan
Just Grace by Charise Mericle Harper
Mercy Watson: Princess in Disguise by Kate DiCamillo
Monday with a Mad Genius by Mary Pope Osborne

These books are available for check-out now. If the book you want has already been checked-out, place it on reserve at the Circulation Desk.



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New Teen Fiction @ Your Library


book coverNew teen fiction recently added to the library collection:

Cover Up by John Feinstein
Mates, Dates and Mad Mistakes by Cathy Hopkins (audio book)
Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson
Spells & Sleeping Bags by Sarah Mlynowski

These books are available for check-out now. If the book you want has already been checked-out, place it on reserve at the Circulation Desk.

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New Fiction @ Your Library


book coverNew fiction recently added to the collection:

Bones to Ashes by Kathy Reichs
Elves of Cintra by Terry Brooks
Lord John and the Brotherhood of the Blade by Diana Gabaldon
Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
Play Dirty by Sandra Brown
Up Close and Personal by Fern Michaels

These books are available for check-out now. If the book you want has already been checked-out, place it on reserve at the Circulation Desk.

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This Week @ The Library...



scarecrow photo courtesy of rafael crovadorUse Your Brain--Pick Up a Craft Kit This Week
Children of all ages are invited to stop in for Miss Carrie-Anne's "If I Only Had a Brain" scarecrow Take 'n Make craft.

Snow Falling on Cedars Now Available
Pick up a copy of this David Guterson novel at the Circulation Desk and get ready for the November 7th discussion.

Join New Hampshire's Big Read
The whole state is reading Fahrenheit 451 in October. Pick up your copy at the Circulation Desk and find out what the hub-bub is about.

Photo courtesy of Rafael Crovador.


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All Booked Up Reads Snow Falling on Cedars for November



All Booked Up has selected David Guterson's Snow Falling on Cedars for their November read.

"On San Piedro, an island of rugged, spectacular beauty in Puget Sound, a Japanese-American fisherman stands trial for murder. Set in 1954 in the shadow of World War II, Snow Falling on Cedars is a beautifully crafted courtroom drama, love story, and war novel, illuminating the psychology of a community, the ambiguities of justice, the racism that persists even between neighbors, and the necessity of individual moral action despite the indifference of nature and circumstance." (From Barnes & Noble)

Pick up your copy at the Circulation Desk and then join the group on Wednesday, November 7th at 6:30 p.m.

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New Downloadable Audio Books @ Your Library



book coverA large list of new titles has just come in. Here's what has recently been added to the New Hampshire Downloadable Audio Book collection:

47th Samurai by Stephen Hunter
Back Spin by Harlan Coben
Bad Place by Dean Koontz
Blood Fever by Charlie Higson
Cold Fire by Dean Koontz
Dead Wrong by J. A. Jance
Devil May Cry by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Doorbell Rang by Rex Stout
Dracula by Bram Stoker
Drop Shot by Harlan Coben
Elves of Cintra by Terry Brooks
Eye of the Beholder by David Ellis
Fade Away by Harlan Coben
Final Curtain by Ngaio Marsh
Getting Rid of Matthew by Jane Fallon
Giving by Bill Clinton (non-fiction)
Hour Game by David Baldacci
"I" is for Innocent by Sue Grafton
Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer (non-fiction)
Last Night I Dreamed of Peace by Dang Thuy Tram (non-fiction)
Lottery by Patricia Wood
Love, Stargirl by Jerry Spinelli (children's)
Maximum Ride: Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports by James Patterson (teen)
Memoirs of a Teenage Amnesiac by Gabrielle Zevin (teen)
Natural by Bernard Malamud
Odyssey of Homer by Yuri Rasovsky
Pontoon by Garrison Keillor
Power Play by Joseph Finder
Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane
Sandworms of Dune by Brian Herbert
Songs Without Words by Ann Packer
Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
Things I Overheard While Talking to Myself by Alan Alda (non-fiction)
Thomas Berryman Number by James Patterson
To Tame a Highland Warrior by Karen Marie Moning
View From Mount Joy by Lorna Landvik
Waking With Enemies by Eric Jerome Dickey
War by Geoffrey C. Ward (non-fiction)
Wheel of Darkness by Douglas Preston
Whispers by Dean Koontz
Wish You Well by David Baldacci
Xenocide by Orson Scott Card
You've Been Warned by James Patterson

Download these books for free via New Hampshire Downloadable Audio Books. For more information, read Downloadable Audio Books are Here!

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This Week @ The Library...


photo of fire courtesy of sufi nawazDiscuss It While It's Hot!
Join All Booked Up on Wednesday at 6:30 to discuss Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, the New Hampshire Big Read.

Celebrate Banned Book Week
Check out a challenge book during national Banned Books Week and see what the hub-bub is all about.

Join the Chatter
Pick up a copy of Fahrenheit 451, our Book of the Month Club selection for October, and join the online discussion at Aaron's Book of the Month Club.

Photo courtesy of Sufi Nawaz.

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Discover Buried Treasure During Banned Books Week


banned books week posterALA celebrates Banned Books Week in Virtual World

The American Library Association’s Office for Intellectual Freedom (OIF) is pleased to announce Banned Books Week activities for librarians and the general public in virtual worlds Second Life, Teen Second Life and on social networking sites MySpace and Facebook. ALA is working with other library partners to provide an interactive experience centered on Banned Books Week, September 29-October 6, 2007, to help librarians and others to feel comfortable in social networking spaces and to reach out to new audiences. Partners include Alliance Library System, Alliance Second Life Library, TAP Information Services and the new ALA membership group Virtual Communities and Libraries.

“Since 1982, Banned Books Week has been an opportunity for Americans to learn more about how censorship still occurs, explore a wide range of ideas and authors and celebrate our freedom to read,” said OIF Director Judith Krug. “Online communities present an ideal opportunity to reach out to new audiences and expand our programming.”

“We are thrilled to work with ALA on this exciting project,” stated Kitty Pope, executive director of the Alliance Library System. “It is important to get the word out about censorship and the impact banning books has on democracy and access to information.” (...read more)

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