Scoundrels, smugglers and their ilk helped to make Maine, according to a new history of the War of 1812.
Books
Books news and reviews from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Hunger Hill’ and ‘Hector Fox and the Daring Flight’
A fast-paced crime drama debut from Philip Baker, and Astrid Sheckels’s third children’s book about Hector and all his quirky woodland pals
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In many murder mysteries, gardens provide the plot twist
Marta McDowell’s ‘Gardening Can Be Murder’ looks at examples of where the hobby appears within this genre.
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Coastal Kitchen’ and ‘The Road to Dalton’
Recipes designed to take the guesswork out of seafood, and a grimly convincing tale of a small town’s small minds,
resigned to despair and self-pity
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OFF RADAR: ‘Trigger Warning: A Novel’
This portrayal of life in academia stretches reality, but not as much as you might think.
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Novel based on Malaga Island’s history is a finalist for National Book Award
‘This Other Eden’ by Paul Harding tells a fictional story based on the real-life atrocity of the state forcibly removing a mixed-race community from the island off the coast of Phippsburg.
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Retired academics – devoted spouses and lovers of poetry – reveal a sinister side in Stephen King’s latest
The shy but tough Holly Gibney finally takes the lead, and the title, in ‘Holly.’
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BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Dead Man’s Wake’ and ‘Bangor’
A new Mike Bowditch mystery from Paul Doiron, and vintage and contemporary photographs from historian Richard Shaw
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John Grisham, George R.R. Martin, other authors sue OpenAI over copyright
they call the ChatGPT program a ‘massive commercial enterprise’ that is reliant upon ‘systematic theft on a mass scale.’
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The 7 titles featured in this year’s Beautiful Blackbird Children’s Book Festival
Each year, the festival highlights a handful of books to share with young Maine readers. Here are this year’s featured stories.