Must-Read Maine

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May is for Maine! This LibraryThing list of the month will focus on our home state: Maine. Add your can't miss titles about Maine or by Maine authors. Only thumb down if there isn't actually a Maine connection.
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11,691 medlemmer
157 anmeldelser
4.1
14 Members
raidergirl3, RuMuse, morryb, Copperskye, foof2you, RChurch, birder4106, perennialreader, vwinsloe, JuliaMaria, zmeischa, adasr, Drapetsona, phoenix_flambe
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perennialreader: Saw the movie-didn't get it. Read the book-didn't get it. Saw the movie again-got it!
Drapetsona: Maybe it's the only book about Maine I ever read. But it is one of my all-time favourites, Irving's best book, and very feministic (if this ever can be said about a male writer). - I don't like the film at all. There's everything missing what makes the book great.
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7,975 medlemmer
143 anmeldelser
4.2
3
36,002 medlemmer
1,021 anmeldelser
4.2
4
16,207 medlemmer
295 anmeldelser
3.9
10 Members
karenb, birder4106, Juva, sturlington, MaureenRoy, susanbooks, ahef1963, mrswebster, adasr, phoenix_flambe
Forklaringer
MaureenRoy: This horror novel is set in Maine. It's so scary that I decided to stop reading Stephen King novels.
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9,869 medlemmer
616 anmeldelser
3.9
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930 medlemmer
24 anmeldelser
3.8
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8,762 medlemmer
182 anmeldelser
3.9
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557 medlemmer
11 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
6 Members
smcwl, jrbeach, MaureenRoy, SomeGuyInVirginia, Bookish59, loriwalker,
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MaureenRoy: I first found and read this book when I started volunteer work on the LT Sustainability group. It's a fascinating memoir from a prewar era (WWII).
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1,032 medlemmer
15 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
10
2,037 medlemmer
43 anmeldelser
4.1
5 Members
merrystar, Marissa_Doyle, cej1027, al.vick, PlumPie
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Marissa_Doyle: In prose that verges on poetry, McCloskey boils the essence of a Maine summer into this picture book.
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13,462 medlemmer
759 anmeldelser
4.2
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2,518 medlemmer
27 anmeldelser
4.2
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13,385 medlemmer
247 anmeldelser
3.9
14
1,407 medlemmer
87 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
15
2,160 medlemmer
35 anmeldelser
4.1
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643 medlemmer
35 anmeldelser
3.8
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175 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
4.2
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551 medlemmer
13 anmeldelser
3.9
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8,472 medlemmer
195 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
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630 medlemmer
31 anmeldelser
3.9
21
3,649 medlemmer
227 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
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1,571 medlemmer
99 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
Leida, KatyBee, megbmore
Forklaringer
megbmore: Maine author.
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1,793 medlemmer
112 anmeldelser
3.9
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21,782 medlemmer
410 anmeldelser
4.1
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23 medlemmer
4
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173 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
4
3 Members
karenb, smcwl, LenoreR
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4,066 medlemmer
48 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
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1,586 medlemmer
74 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
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91 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 4.4
2 Members
LenoreR, bereanna
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1,603 medlemmer
7 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
2 Members
cej1027, R0BIN
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1,254 medlemmer
82 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
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762 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
3.9
2 Members
smcwl, civitas
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742 medlemmer
85 anmeldelser
½ 3.7
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295 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
4.1
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60 medlemmer
½ 4.5
2 Members
jrbeach, TKnapp
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3,188 medlemmer
58 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
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696 medlemmer
17 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
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7,931 medlemmer
83 anmeldelser
3.8
2 Members
amarie, gcthomas
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1,786 medlemmer
37 anmeldelser
3.8
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1,425 medlemmer
96 anmeldelser
3.8
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1,703 medlemmer
25 anmeldelser
4
Member
IsolaBlue
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1,267 medlemmer
80 anmeldelser
3.9
Member
BDemerer
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907 medlemmer
10 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
agjuba
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820 medlemmer
21 anmeldelser
3.8
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614 medlemmer
8 anmeldelser
4
Member
vangogan
Forklaringer
vangogan: Maine author, writer of historical novels, some of which take place in Maine
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411 medlemmer
8 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Member
vwinsloe
Forklaringer
vwinsloe: Author is a professor of history who was born, raised and lives in Maine.
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400 medlemmer
13 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Member
lorimarie
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329 medlemmer
10 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
Marissa_Doyle
Forklaringer
Marissa_Doyle: Maine author, Maine setting, and both are delightful.
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287 medlemmer
30 anmeldelser
3.2
Member
captainsunbeam
Forklaringer
captainsunbeam: Most of the book takes place in a motel on the coast of Maine.
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225 medlemmer
8 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
Member
NinieB
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184 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
lorsomething
Forklaringer
lorsomething: Maine author, Maine setting. So very funny. Poignant, too. But so funny.
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157 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
3.1
Member
Juva
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123 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
4.2
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104 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
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86 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
4
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74 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 3.4
Member
mgchitty
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66 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 3.3
Member
RChurch
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55 medlemmer
14 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Member
pondelro
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41 medlemmer
3 anmeldelser
3.9
Member
CurrerBell
Forklaringer
CurrerBell: Mary Ellen Chase is the successor to Sarah Orne Jewett, whom Chase met when a child and who inspired Chase to a literary life. "The Edge of Darkness" resembles "The Country of the Pointed Firs" as well as Elizabeth Stroud's "Olive Kitteridge" in being a collection of stories/vignettes linked together by a common character (in "Pointed Firs," Almira Todd; in "Edge," the deceased village matriarch; and in "Olive Kitteridge," of course, Olive herself). My favorite of Chase's works, of which I've read quite a number.
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38 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 4.5
Member
PlumPie
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37 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Member
ghr4
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22 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 2.5
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19 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
4
Member
JalenV
Forklaringer
JalenV: I have loved this book since I was eight years old. I sometimes reread it around Christmas as a feel-good story.
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Member
EllenO.Bender
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EllenO.Bender: Arthur lives in Canton, Maine, and is involved in preserving lands in Maine.
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3 medlemmer
Member
TKnapp
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3 medlemmer
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3,813 medlemmer
259 anmeldelser
4.1
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2,539 medlemmer
158 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
rosalita
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2,044 medlemmer
128 anmeldelser
4.2
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854 medlemmer
22 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
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815 medlemmer
51 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
Member
Conkie
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642 medlemmer
10 anmeldelser
3.9
Member
ffortsa
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551 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Member
vangogan
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443 medlemmer
6 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
benjclark
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280 medlemmer
16 anmeldelser
4.1
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196 medlemmer
34 anmeldelser
½ 3.3
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183 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
½ 3.5
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173 medlemmer
32 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
80
165 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 4.5
81
116 medlemmer
5 anmeldelser
3.9
Member
gcthomas
82
112 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
2.8
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85 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 3.6
Member
ghr4
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62 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Member
LenoreR
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62 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
4.2
Member
R0BIN
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41 medlemmer
1 anmeldelse
½ 3.3
87
39 medlemmer
2.9
Member
mldg
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mldg: Sailing the coast of Maine.
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34 medlemmer
4
Member
NinieB
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20 medlemmer
4
Member
TKnapp
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12 medlemmer
4 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
Member
pondelro
91
8 medlemmer
92
2,042 medlemmer
12 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
Member
cej1027
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1,101 medlemmer
34 anmeldelser
½ 4.3
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825 medlemmer
11 anmeldelser
½ 4.5
Member
benjclark
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728 medlemmer
34 anmeldelser
½ 4.5
Member
anglemark
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535 medlemmer
22 anmeldelser
4.2
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523 medlemmer
16 anmeldelser
½ 3.4
98
480 medlemmer
7 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
mldg
Forklaringer
mldg: Katherine S. White was an editor for the New Yorker. She and her husband, E. B. White gardened in Maine.
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320 medlemmer
11 anmeldelser
4.1
Member
vangogan
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205 medlemmer
2 anmeldelser
3.8
Member
dara85