Marshall-Lyon County Library’s Comments (group member since Jun 21, 2017)

Marshall-Lyon County Library’s comments from the Marshall-Lyon County Library group.

It's time to gather your tomes for the 2023 Year-Long Reading Challenge! If you want, you can complete this challenge by just reading fiction, but some titles can also be non-fiction. As always, the list, a printable pdf, and a fillable spreadsheet document can be found on our website: https://marshalllyonlibrary.org/reade...

Learn more about this year's challenge from Michele at https://marshalllyonlibrary.org/2023-... Don't forget to sign up in the Welcome post! EDIT: we're considering this the Welcome post, so please post here!

Fiction
1. Set on an island
2. Set in a major non-U.S. city
3. Set in a state that Interstate 90 runs through (Washington, Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania, New York, Massachusetts)
4. Set in the 20th century
5. Set during a holiday that’s not Christmas
6. Involves a library or bookstore
7. Involves a birth, wedding or a funeral
8. Involves a mythical or supernatural creature
9. A pet is a main character
10. Genre read: Romance
11. Genre read: SciFi or Fantasy
12. Genre read: Mystery
13. Genre read: Western
14. Genre read: Bildungsroman (coming of age story)
15. Best-selling author you’ve never read before

Either
1. Published in the 20th century
2. History/historical fiction of a 20th century event or person
3. Minnesota author
4. Canadian author
5. Graphic, Manga or Comic book
6. Title that has a taste- or food-related word
7. Title that begins the same letter as your last name
8. Title made into a movie or TV show
9. Title you wish you could read again for the first time
10. Title you meant to read last year

Happy Reading!

Hello, everyone!

Our website is scheduled for some updates right around the turn of the year, and I wanted to be sure you all have access to the 2022 Challenge List. After the update in early 2022, the list, a printable pdf, and a fillable spreadsheet document will be available at marshalllyonlibrary.org/readers-cafe/....

Learn more about this year's challenge from Michele at marshalllyonlibrary.org/2021/12/20/20... Once 2022 is in full swing, don't forget to sign up in the Welcome post!

Your challenge for 2022:

1. Classic or literary title (Fiction)
2. Retelling or expansion on well-known story/character (Fiction)
3. Printz (YA) or Newbery (Children’s) Award book (Fiction)
4. There’s magic involved (Fiction)
5. Award winner or nominated in favorite genre (Fiction)
6. Author never read before (Fiction)
7. There’s a trip involved (train, boat, car, plane, stagecoach…) (Fiction)
8. Takes place in two different countries or time periods (Fiction)
9. Set in (or around) the Twin Cities (Fiction)
10. Includes a map, list of characters, family tree or historical note (Fiction)
11. Written by a person of color (Fiction or Nonfiction)
12. Published 2020, 2021 or 2022 (Fiction or Nonfiction)
13. On TBR list for a long time (Fiction or Nonfiction)
14. An author who writes both fiction & nonfiction (Fiction title)
15. A title by the same author as above (Nonfiction title)
16. Reread title that you first read more than 10 years ago (Fiction or Nonfiction)
17. One you can read in a weekend (Fiction or Nonfiction)
18. Book has an intriguing title (Fiction or Nonfiction)
19. Title that begins with the same letter as your first name (Fiction or Nonfiction)
20. Best book read in 2022 (Fiction or Nonfiction)
21. Wartime history, biography or memoir (Nonfiction)
22. Personal passion (Nonfiction)
23. Memoir/diary/personal essays (Nonfiction)
24. Self-Help/Self-Care (Nonfiction)
25. The great outdoors: wild animals, weather, nature, parks (Nonfiction)

Happy reading!
-Emilirose

The Friends of the Marshall-Lyon County Library(https://www.facebook.com/Friends-of-t...) are always looking for Book Donations. You can come drop them off at the Marshall-Lyon County Library(Marshall Location) in the red wagon outside the Book Shop! The Next Book Sale is the Annual Sale during Marshall's Sounds of Summer Festival! The sale runs August 17-19th!

While the Library has their "normal" everyday services, there are a few odd services that the library has that you may not know about.

-Cake Pans- The Library has a large selection of cakepans available for checkout. If you are throwing a birthday party and need a particular cake? Just ask the staff about the cake pans and they will get one ready for you.

-Board games/Puzzles- These are available for check out.

-Puppets- The library has a selection of hand puppets for it's patrons to check out.

-Multimeters- These meters measure how much wattage you are using through your phone or other devices, these are available for use through the library

-Book Club Kits- A part of our readers cafe service, we have book club kits in a box for all those book clubs out there. https://www.goodreads.com/group/books...

The Marshall-Lyon county Library has a wide set of services they offer. These services can be found on the Marshall- Lyon County Library's website : http://www.marshalllyonlibrary.org/se...

-Test Proctoring
-Meeting Rooms
-Computers/Technology
-Technology help
-Local History and Genealogy
-Events and Classes
-Community/Government resources