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.