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Books news and reviews from the Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel.
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘The Goose Lady,’ ‘Hector Fox and the Giant Quest’ and ‘The Finest Christmas Tree’
Three books for children featuring good messages, happy tales and woodland creatures
Bedside table: We intend to steal this wise tip
Book recommendations from readers.
Best-Sellers: ‘The Paris Apartment,’ ‘Crying in H Mart’
The current top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Longfellow Books in Portland.
OFF RADAR: ‘The Name She Gave Me’
This story moves along with such momentum that you frankly forget you’re reading poems
Review: An ambitious novel set in the 1950s-60s tackles the story of ‘America’ through four linked characters
Writer Mike Bond’s novel, the first of seven in a series about this nation, is a departure from his usual thrillers.
Best-Sellers: ‘A Sunlit Weapon,’ ‘Atomic Habits’
The top-selling fiction and nonfiction books at Nonesuch Books & More in South Portland.
Maine author probes 1996 murders of hiking couple in ‘Trailed’
Kathryn Miles’ book, coming out in May, is about the unsolved murders in Shenandoah National Park of two women, including a Unity College student.
BUSHNELL ON BOOKS: ‘Death of an Italian Chef’ and ‘Salt and Roses’
The 14th book in the Hayley Powell Mystery series, and essays that allow the reader to almost see, smell, hear and feel the Maine coast
OFF RADAR: ‘Aventurine and the Reckoning’ and ‘Amber Road’
A couple of romances by central and eastern Maine writers