Andover Library Book Acquisitions – February

By Janet Moore

Andover Library New Acquisitions February 2021 Adult Fiction The Wife Upstairs, Rachel Hawkins Hush-Hush, Stuart Woods The Exiles, Christina Baker Kline Kill the Indian, Johnny D. Boggs Pianos and Flowers, Alexander McCall Smith Before She Disappeared, Lisa Gardner The Pull of the Stars, Emma Donoghue The Russian, James Patterson and James O. Born The Star […]

Reads-To-Go Program Benefits Andover Libraries

Provides 15 copies of book club selection

By Lee Wells

One of the services of our libraries is supporting book clubs by getting multiple copies of a single title to distribute to the members of the book club.  A few years ago this involved searching the State Library database and then calling or e-mailing libraries in order to borrow enough copies.   Over a year ago, […]

Bachelder Library New Acquisitions January 2021

By Janet Moore

Bachelder Library New Acquisitions January 2021 ADULT FICTION The Archer, Paulo Coelho A Children’s Bible: A Novel, Lydia Millet The Curse of the Pharaohs, Elizabeth Peters Dance Away with Me, Susan Elizabeth Phillips Deacon King Kong, James McBride Deadly Cross, James Patterson Interior Chinatown, Charles Yu The Cold Millions, Jess Walter The Darkest Evening, Ann […]

Through the Reading Glasses – February 2021

By Janet Moore

“Miss Benson’s Beetle” is the intriguing title of an extraordinary new book, one in which I was engrossed over much of the holiday. Perhaps it’s because my youngest lives on Australia’s East Coast, almost a straight line away from the novel’s setting in 1950 New Caledonia, which I urge you to seek out in an […]

Andover Library New Acquisitions January 2021

By Janet Moore

Andover Library New Acquisitions January 2021 ADULT FICTION The Slow Regard of Silent Things, Patrick Rothfuss Fortune and Glory, Janet Evanovich A Time for Mercy, John Grisham Credible Threat, J.A. Jance The Noel Letters, Richard Paul Evans The Law of Innocence, Michael Connolly Elsewhere, Dean Koontz The Searcher, Tana French The Titanic Secret, Clive Cussler […]

Library Newsletter Updates Readers on Best Books; State Library

WABL walking group continues their walks

By Priscilla Poulin and Lee Wells

Please remember that libraries in general and books in particular can be a source of comfort and entertainment, a mode of travel, a way to explore new ideas, learn new things, and they can even push us out of our comfort zones from time to time!  Whether you like to curl up in a comfy […]

Andover Libraries Offer Congratulations to Raffle and Reading Winners

By Lee Wells

The Andover and Bachelder Libraries offer congratulations to the winners of their Holiday Raffle: Olivia Bentzler, Harper Cotnoir, Barbara Freeman, Jill Gilman, Alan Greenwood, Paige Makechnie, Betty Manahan, Susan Norris, and Joan Ponti. A special thank you goes to our local businesses and local author who donated prizes so generously. These include: Repeat Boutique, Belletetes, […]

Bachelder Library New Acquisitions

By Janet Moore

Bachelder Library New Acquisitions ADULT FICTION Back Bay Blues, Peter Colt Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey, Kathleen Rooney The Darkest Evening: A Vera Stanhope Novel, Ann Cleeves Daylight, David Baldacci Invisible Girl, Lisa Jewell The Invisible Life of Addie Larue, V. E. Schwab Magic Lessons: The Prequel to Practical Magic, Alice Hoffman The Sentinel, Lee […]

Through the Reading Glasses, December 2020

By Janet Moore

 Wow, have I got a gift for you. ‘Tis the season of giving, right, and new beginnings? How about a donkey story that’ll warm the cockles of your heart and imbue you with the spirit of sharing?  Meet Sherman, “the donkey with the heart of a hero.” Running with Sherman is author Christopher McDougall’s tale […]

Andover Libraries and Local Businesses Hold Holiday Raffle

Check out your books and receive a raffle ticket!

By Priscilla Poulin and Lee Wells

It must be December!  The “Trees for Sale” sign is up at the East Andover Fire Station, and Ragged Mountain and Mount Kearsarge looked beautiful with their light dusting of snow recently. We have already put the Thanksgiving books away and brought the Christmas books out of storage and put them on display.   With […]

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