Food for Fines

Starting on February 18th, through February 24th, we are participating in a Food for Fines program!  We (and you!) will be helping to restock the Marshall Food Pantry during the winter season. Each non-perishable food item donated will go towards $1 of book fines. Check the flyer below for more information! The flyer will also be located on the Events Calender Tab for easy access as well.

New DVDs Coming to MPL!

We have recently ordered Game of Thrones: Season Two as well as the Lord of the Rings trilogy (Finally!). Lord of the Rings should be here soon, and Game of Thrones will be here as soon as it's released in mid-February. Be sure and call or visit our catalog to put yourself on hold if you want to see either one!

Meet the Staff Monday - Wicky Sleight

Meet the Staff Mondays are a new feature here at the MPL Blog! Every Monday we will be "meeting" a member of the MPL staff, and learning a little bit about them. So since this is the first week, who better to start off with than our Director, Wicky Sleight!

Name: Wicky Sleight

Position: Director

My Favorite Book: A Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedey Toole

The Last Book I Read: Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin

My Favorite Movie: Fargo

My favorite thing about MPL: Our staff and patrons!

BBC Reading Program

Today the Beastie Book Club's Reading Program started and it went great! With a nearly unanimous vote, the teens chose the first Harry Potter book as our reading material. We read the first chapter of the book, discussed it, had snacks, and did a quick craft! Everyone had a lot of fun and it was a great time for us as well.

It isn't too late to show up to our club either! We'll always begin meetings with a book recap so that no one feels left out even if they miss a chapter here or there. We'd love to see even more teens show up next week!

New and Improved Blog!

The blog that you're look at right now is new and improved!

We have recently added lots of additional information and features to this site! Now, along the top of the page, there are different tabs that lead to new pages. We have Events Calenders, Book Clubs, Teen Programming, and Children's Programming information on them. These resources can be extremely helpful when trying to find new and exciting events happening at the library!

Truman and Gateway Nominees are Here!

This year's Truman and Gateway Award Final Nominees were just announced! To make sure that everyone has the chance to read all of these outstanding books, we have ordered the entire list for our collection. Almost all of the books have came in, and those that haven't are on their way right now. Whenever you come in, be sure to check out our Truman and Gateway Nominees display and find a book that you'll like!

For a full list of the nominees, click on the links below:

2013-14 Truman Award Nominees

2013-14 Gateway Award Nominees

If you see any books you like, be sure to place them on hold through our card catalog or by calling the library!

 

The Book of Mormon Girl

By Joanna Brooks

This was an interesting story of growing up Mormon and her conflict with her feminist ideas and rejection of the church. She goes through a transformation into living in a larger world yet continuing to love the values she learned in her church upbringing.

Review submitted by Anonymous Patron

The Book of Mormon Girl is available at the Marshall Public Library. It is located in the Biographies section. Come in a pick it up for a great read!

The Need Series- Review

 

Teen/YA Novel

Reading level: Ages 12 and up

Zara White wears peace embroidered t-shirts and writes to the leaders of foreign countries begging for equality and peace, so why is it she ends up in a town filled with creatures that want her dead?
In the small town in Maine Zara finds that the life she has known is all a hoax and she must fight for freedom. In a place where her boyfriend is a werewolf, her step grandma's a tiger shifter and the fae folk hide in the forest calling for her death, Zara realized a startling truth. When it comes down to it, she is the greatest monster in their fairy tale.

Finished! Finally finished and now I can gush about how much I adore this series. I am so happy to finish this series and also horribly sad. This was one of those books that I honestly had no idea how it was going to end. That is ridiculously refreshing considering that a lot of teen books are nice to read, but horribly predictable. This was outstanding, as a series I give it 5/5 stars.

 

Series Order: Need, Captivate, Entice, and Endure             

Reviewed by: Sashary White

5/5 stars for the whole series!

January 21st, 2013

A reminder that we will be closed on Monday, January 21st, for Martin Luther King Jr. day.

Introducing the Beastie Book Club!

Staff member Sashary White has written an article published in the Marshall Democrat News about her teen program, The Beastie Book Club. Click the link and check it out!  

Introducing the Beastie Book Club

Director Announcement!

 

The Marshall Public Library is proud to announce that Wicky Sleight is now our permanent Director! Everyone here at MPL is excited for all the new ideas and direction that she can now continue to give us!

New DVD Series' Coming to MPL!

We're getting a few new Television Series' on DVD soon! This week we ordered the first seasons of both Blue Bloods and Law & Order: Criminal Intent. If you want to be placed on hold for either of these whenever they arrive then give us a call!

Dead In The Water - Patron Review

Dead In The Water

By Stuart Woods

I thoroughly enjoy Stuart Woods' Stone Barrington novels. Even though this is an older book in the series, it holds up just as well as the new ones. It's a great read because it feels like a real mystery - one where you truly don't know what will happen until the end. The book is set in St. Marks, where there has been a death at sea, and Stone Barrington represents the spouse accused of their involvment in the death. It focuses on the injustice of the court systems in the St. Marks area. Pick the book up on a relaxing day, and you just won't be able to put it down. For that matter, you won't be able to put down any Stone Barrington novel you pick up.

Rating: 4/5

Review by: Lori M.

Dead in the Water is not currently available at the Marshall Public Library, but it is readily available through our consortium. Just place a hold online or give us a call and we can get it for you!

Teen Program Resumes Next Week!

Our Teen Program, the Beastie Book Club, is resuming next week on Thursday, January 10th! The program is for all teens around the ages of 5th-8th grade, and is from 5:30 to 6:30 every Thursday evening. For those of you who have been coming regularly, please note the adjusted time schedule due to the library's new operating hours.

The Beastie Book Club is a great place where teens can learn about books and the library, while doing lots of hands-on activities such as crafts and games. Each month we highlight a different genre of the teen section, and we talk about the books in that section during our meetings.

We are also adding an additional program to the Beastie Book Club! This program will be taking place each Saturday (except the third saturday of the month) and will be from 10:30 to 12:00 in the morning. This will be a program with a heavier focus on reading and discussion, as we will be reading some great middle school-age books together and discussing them while having snacks and occasionally playing some games.

The programs are seperate, so attendence to both isn't a neccesity, but we'd love to see you there!

For more information on the Beastie Book Club, and to see some of the crafts and games we've played, check out the Teen Program's blog the link below!

Beastie Book Club Blog

Winter Hours Start Today!

Today, January 2nd, the library's new winter hours go into effect. We will now be opening at 9:00AM and closing at 7:00PM on Monday through Thursday. We will also open at 9:00 on Friday, but the closing time of 5:00 will remain the same. Weekend hours will remain as they are now as well.