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READER'S CORNER

Welcome to the Reader's Corner! Reading opens whole new worlds. Here in the Reader's Corner you will find links to explore those worlds.

BOOK DISCUSSION GROUPS

The Library moderates two book discussion groups, one for nonfiction and one in conjunction with the Council on Aging. For more complete information about these groups, please visit the Book Discussion Groups section.

The Dover Town Library and the Council on Aging's PageTurners Book Discussion Group meets the second Thursday of the month to discuss selected fiction and nonfiction titles in the Fireside Room of Town Hall. Share your recommendations for great reading! New members are always welcome. 

Bookletters

The Library is pleased to offer a wonderful service for its community of readers..Bookletters. This free service allows you to sign up for regular email newsletters in a variety of categories. From mysteries to Books on Air to New Fiction, there is something to appeal to every reader. Signing up is fast and easy ~ Click here to select the newsletters that match your reading interest.

Every week we'll give you recommendations for great reading from the Library staff and users - click here for this week's list of favorites!

Bookletters has many additional features that readers will love...extensive book reviews, Bestseller and Awards lists and a comprehensive Author Directory with lists of each author's work. All of these features include direct links into the Library's catalog for quick and easy requesting. Be sure to check them out:

Bestseller and Awards Lists

Author Directory

BookPage Reviews

Massachusetts Book Awards Announced

The Massachusetts Center for the Book and the State Library of Massachusetts are presenting the 8th annual Massachusetts Book Awards on Thursday, November 20th @ 2pm in the Great Hall of Flags in the Massachusetts State House.

The Award Books are:

The Air We Breathe, by Andrea Barrett

Blackbird & Wolf, by Henri Cole

The Lemonade War, by Jacqueline Davies

Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao, by Junot Diaz

Leviathan, by Eric Jay Dolin

Bravo Zulu, Samantha!, by Kathleen Duble

Whale Port, by Mark Foster/Gerald Foster

Salem Witch Judge, by Eve LaPlante

If No Moon, by Moira Linehan

Eden's Outcasts, by John Matteson

Gulf Music, by Robert Pinsky

Like You'd Understand Anyway, by Jim Shepard

For more information about the program and these title, ask us at the Circulation desk.