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Town of Orono

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The exterior of the Orono Public Library building
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The Orono Public Library offers comfortable seating and great lighting
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Part of the Orono Public Library's large, accessible children's selection
 

Book Groups

NEW! Evening Book Group - Spring/Summer dates & selections

  This group enjoys titles selected by members and meets on the third Tuesday of each month at 6:30pm. For the next four months the group will be reading from the Maine Reader's Choice Award list :

May 21: The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry by Rachel Joyce

June 18: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

July 16: Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter

August 20: Light Between the Oceans

 

You may request your copy on-line or call OPL 866-5060.

Tuesday Readers (formerly Friday Reflective Readers) 

The Tuesday Readers enjoy titles selected by members and meet on the third Tuesday of the month at 10 am.  The May 21 selection is High Tide At Noon by Elisabeth Ogilvie.  “The struggles, hardship, and joy of one woman's life on a Maine island are brought to life in this haunting and enduringly popular trilogy, the first [of] three books of the Bennett's Island series.”  ―Goodreads

The Thursday Thoughtful Readers

meet on the third Thursday of the month.  Led by Library Friend, Judy Hakola, they will gather May 16 at 3 pm to begin a new series, which will feature books of exploration.  Their next selection is Monica Wood's work, When We Were the Kennedys, A Memoir from Mexico Maine.  “Monica Wood has written a gorgeous, gripping memoir. I don’t know that I’ve ever pulled so hard for a family.”—Michael Paterniti, author of Driving Mr. Albert

All groups meet in the Community Room of the Library.  The groups are open to all and readers from surrounding towns are most welcome to join.  

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