A note from the blogger

Thank you to all of you who have made our first ever Adult Summer Reading Program so successful! We hope you had as much fun as we did. Over 150 books were read and reviewed by Topsham participants and we added 135 distinct posts to the Summer Reading Blog!

Please Comment below about what you thought about this Summer Reading Event for Adults!
We need to know how to make this a better program and we appreciate your candid comments!

Keep reading!

The Final Winners!

Congratulations to the FINAL winners---
Beck Brochu and Ruth Mlotek!

Thanks to everyone who reviewed books this summer and to our great supporters:

THE FRIENDS OF THE TOPSHAM PUBLIC LIBRARY!

and the following local businesses:

Auto Shine Car Wash
Beau Bella Day Spa
Borders
Bull Moose
Chinatown Restaurant
Evening Star Cinema
Romeo's Pizza
Starbucks

CELEBRITY READER-John Shattuck, Topsham Economic and Community Development Director

Celebrity Reader, John Shattuck is an avid reader! Here are some quotes he shared with us and suggestions for "battered Red Sox Fans."

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them. ~ Ray Bradbury

I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library. ~ Jorge Luis Borges


John says,
"If the slow, painful demise of the Red Sox hopes are making you wretched, here are a few books that may provide some solace:

Summer of '49, By David Halberstam Riveting, detailed narrative of the pennant race between New York and Boston - and the rivalry between Joe Dimaggio, plus many other greats: Ted Williams, Ellis Kinder, Dom Dimaggio, Phil Rizzuto and Yogi Berra.

If I Never Get Back, By, Darryl Brock An engaging novel about the very early days of baseball: the Cincinnati Red Stockings in 1869. Be sure you specify the correct author, as there's book with the same title by Art Hill, which is about the Detroit Tigers.

Ring Around the Bases: The Complete Baseball Stories of Ring Lardner, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli - Classic baseball writing from the marvelous Ring Lardner (1885-1933) - the most distinguished writer of baseball fiction from the first half of the 20th century. A feast!"

Catching Fire by Suzanne Collins

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____________fast paced_____________________________


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Yes

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On Writing by Stephen King

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___________________Funny______________________


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Yes

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The Extraordinary Adventures of Alfred Kropp by Rick Yancey

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________Thrilling!_________________________________


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Yes


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Neptune's Children by Bonnie Dobkin

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Overdescriptive
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No

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Dilbert: Fugitive from the Cubicle Police by Scott Adams

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Hilarious!

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Yes


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September by Rosamund Pilcher

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_________relaxing________________________________


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Yes

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Do Hard Things : A Teenage Rebellion Against Low Expectations by Alex and Brett Harris

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Challenging
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Yes

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This book is a non-fiction book.