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ROSELEDGE BOOKS IN ACTION
Wow! How good can good be? Take a look below and know that with people reading, then knowing about all of this, the world stands a chance. These are some of the books readers chose the past several days: Bad … Continue reading
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SUMMER JOYS
A blue heron stood between the wharf and the wrecks at mid-tide in front of Roseledge. It was visible through the webcam if you looked at the right time. The little kids sailed this way and that in the St. … Continue reading
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ROSELEDGE BOOKS NEWS
An Almost-Roseledge-Books-Regular (a potential RBRegular who has only been once) called from the airport to say she is delayed and reading Sarah Orne Jewett’s story maybe set in Tenans Harbor, Country of the Pointed Firs, and it is perfect. Sounds … Continue reading
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MEMORABLES
I missed friend Dave’s Memorial Service last week because I was on my way to Maine to open Roseledge Books. He was a man of many talents, but I wanted the world to know him as the student and fellow … Continue reading
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JOURNALS, MEMOIRS, THEN WHAT?
Journals or memoirs (a kind of rolling journal?) are my current favorite form of reading. For instance, I loved learning about the Middle East from William Dalrymple’s From the Holy Mountain, Rory Stewart’s The Places In Between, or Carl Raswan’s … Continue reading
MORE SENSE OF PLACE, mostly in books
I know I promised to suggest more book titles with a sense of coastal Maine, and I will, but who could pass up a teaser headline like this one: Hip-Hop … Continue reading
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SNOWY DAYS, CONTINUING
Snow here today; snow there tomorrow. Curses. And time for more bookish suggestions from and for snowy day frolickers. BE A BOOK VOYEUR: LOOK AT WHAT OTHERS ARE READING Checking out what others are reading is always fun, but it’s … Continue reading
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ONTO WHATEVER IS NEXT
I have been remiss. Sometimes transitions are hard, necessary maybe, but hard. Fortunately, cooler days, more agreeable legs, and shame have all set in. Onto whatever is next. ——————————————– Maybe it is leaving Maine or living two places or changing … Continue reading
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YOUR PERSONAL BOOKSELLER, 2
Time flies, giving looms, and books abound; can more suggestions be far behind? (These continue suggestions begun two posts back, 11-8- 13) ***** For someone new in the extended family who is nifty but not yet familiar, Roseledge Books suggests … Continue reading
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ROSELEDGE BOOKS
Roseledge Books is a very small, very fine, bookstore, open from Memorial Day through Labor Day on Sea Street in Tenants Harbor. The (roughly) 750 paperback books are on shelves and a table on the front porch of Roseledge cottage. … Continue reading