Writers’ Group

Monday, October 7, 6:30 p.m.

Are you a writer looking for a group that shares your passion for writing?

We are an upbeat and friendly bunch with an emphasis on sharing as well as learning and critiquing.  If you have ever dreamed that you could be a writer but were afraid or didn’t know where to start, this group is for you!

The writers’ prompt for the October meeting is available here.  Remember to keep you word count at 500 or less.

Ages 18 and up.

New members always welcome!

Make a Difference

Knitting & Crochet Group

Thursday, October 10, 1:30 p.m.

Special Speaker: Lizette Olsen, Executive Director will be with us to talk about  Mercer County Aware, its services to victims of domestic/sexual violence and its needs.  All are welcome!

  

Come and Make a Difference in our community!

Monday Night Book Group

Monday, October 14, 6:30 p.m.

Saving CeeCee Honecutt by Beth Hoffman

“Twelve-year-old CeeCee Honeycutt is in trouble. For years, she has been the caretaker of her mother, Camille, the town’s tiara-wearing, lipstick-smeared laughingstock, a woman who is trapped in her long-ago moment of glory as the 1951 Vidalia Onion Queen of Georgia. When tragedy strikes, Tootie Caldwell, CeeCee’s long-lost great-aunt, comes to the rescue and whisks her away to Savannah. There, CeeCee is catapulted into a perfumed world of prosperity and Southern eccentricity—one that appears to be run entirely by strong, wacky women. From the exotic Miz Thelma Rae Goodpepper, who bathes in her backyard bathtub and uses garden slugs as her secret weapons; to Tootie's all-knowing housekeeper, Oletta Jones; to Violene Hobbs, who entertains a local police officer in her canary-yellow peignoir, the women of Gaston Street keep CeeCee entertained and enthralled for an entire summer”– Amazon.com.

Everyone who has read the book is invited to attend. If you need a copy of the book, please stop by the front desk, call, or email the library to reserve a copy.

Mystery Lovers’ Book Club

Tuesday, October 15, 2:30 p.m.

A Simple Murder by Eleanor Kuhns

“Five years ago, while William Rees was still recovering from his stint as a Revolutionary War soldier, his beloved wife died. Devastated, Will Rees left his son, David, in his sister's care, fled his Maine farm, and struck out for a tough but emotionally empty life as a traveling weaver. Now, upon returning unexpectedly to his farm, Rees discovers that David has been treated like a serf for years and finally ran away to join a secluded religious sect--the Shakers.  Overwhelmed by guilt and hoping to reconcile with his son, Rees immediately follows David to the Shaker community. But when a young Shaker woman is brutally murdered shortly after Rees's arrival, Rees finds himself launched into a complicated investigation where the bodies keep multiplying, a tangled web of family connections casts suspicion on everyone, and the beautiful woman on the edge of the Shaker community might be hiding troubling ties to the victims. It quickly becomes clear that in solving Sister Chastity's murder, Rees may well expose some of the Shaker community's darkest secrets, not to mention endanger his own life”– Amazon.com

Everyone who has read the book is invited to attend. If you need a copy of the book, please stop by the front desk, call, or email the library to reserve a copy.

Kindred Spirits Book Club

Thursday, October 24, 12:30 p.m.

“Betsy and Ty Franklin, owners of Franklin Dairy Farm in southern Alabama, have long since buried their desire for children of their own. While Ty manages their herd of dairy cows, Betsy busies herself with the farm’s day-to-day operations and tries to forget her dream of motherhood. But when her free-spirited sister, Jenna, drops off her two young daughters for “just two weeks,” Betsy’s carefully constructed wall of self-protection begins to crumble.  As the two weeks stretch deeper into the Alabama summer, Betsy and Ty learn to navigate the new additions in their world—and revel in the laughter that now fills their home. Meanwhile, record temperatures promise to usher in the most active hurricane season in decades.  Attending an art retreat four hundred miles away, Jenna is fighting her own battles. She finally has time and energy to focus on her photography, a lifelong ambition. But she wonders how her rediscovered passion can fit in with the life she’s made back home as a single mom.  When Hurricane Ingrid aims a steady eye at the Alabama coast, Jenna must make a decision that will change her family’s future, even as Betsy and Ty try to protect their beloved farm and their hearts” – Amazon.com.

Everyone who has read the book is invited to attend. If you need a copy of the book, please stop by the front desk, call, or email the library to reserve a copy.

Annual FREE Halloween Party

Friday, October 25, 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Held at the GC Masonic Hall

This event is for the entire family. Come dressed in your best costume an enjoy and evening of dancing, a costume contest, prizes and more.

Bring a snack to share and a donation for GC Pet Rescue.  Dress to impress!

“Cooking the Books” Book Club!

Monday, October 28, 5:30 p.m.

Mastering the Art of French Cooking by Julia Child

Join us for at a special time!  We will enjoy the recipies from this month’s featured cookbook while watching the movie Julie & Julia staring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams.

“Mastering the Art of French Cooking is for both seasoned cooks and beginners who love good food and long to reproduce at home the savory delights of the classic cuisine, from the historic Gallic masterpieces to the seemingly artless perfection of a dish of spring-green peas. The techniques learned in this beautiful book, with more than one hundred instructive illustrations, can be applied to recipes in all other French cookbooks, making them infinitely usable. In compiling the secrets of famous Cordon Bleu chefs, the authors produced a magnificent volume that continues to have a place of honor in American kitchens”– Amazon.com.

To participate: 1) Stop by the front desk and “reserve” (sign up for/copy) a recipe(s), and 2) Bring your completed recipe(s) to the library and we will swap, sample dishes, and share great conversation!

Sci-Fi Book Club

Monday, October 28, 5:30-6:30 p.m.

Neverwhere by Neil Gaiman

“Richard Mayhew is an unassuming young businessman living in London, with a dull job and a pretty but demanding fiancee. Then one night he stumbles across a girl bleeding on the sidewalk. He stops to help her--and the life he knows vanishes like smoke.  Several hours later, the girl is gone too. And by the following morning Richard Mayhew has been erased from his world. His bank cards no longer work, taxi drivers won't stop for him, his hundred rents his apartment out to strangers. He has become invisible, and inexplicably consigned to a London of shadows and darkness a city of monsters and saints, murderers and angels, that exists entirely in a subterranean labyrinth of sewer canals and abandoned subway stations. He has fallen through the cracks of reality and has landed somewhere different, somewhere that is Neverwhere.  For this is the home of Door, the mysterious girl whom Richard rescued in the London Above. A personage of great power and nobility in this murky, candlelit realm, she is on a mission to discover the cause of her family's slaughter, and in doing so preserve this strange underworld kingdom from the malevolence that means to destroy it. And with nowhere else to turn, Richard Mayhew must now join the Lady Door's entourage in their determined--and possibly fatal--quest.  For the dread journey ever-downward--through bizarre anachronisms and dangerous incongruities, and into dusty corners of stalled time--is Richard's final hope, his last road back to a "real" world that is growing disturbingly less real by the minute.”– Amazon.com .

Everyone 18 and older who has read the book is invited to attend. If you need a copy of the book, please stop by the front desk, call, or email the library to reserve a copy.

Pub Trivia Halloween Night Party

Thursday, October 31, 6:00-8:00 p.m.   

Eat! Drink! Think! Win!

B.Y.O.B  and a snack to share

  

 

Lighting Round:  Freaky Facts & Horror Movies

Must be 21 years & up to attend

FSA Workshop

Thursday, November 21

3:30 p.m.

Students and parents in the community are invited to a FSA Workshop.

It’s never to early to start investigating!

Please RSVP if you can attend.

Book a Tech Hour

Need tech help?  One-on-one assistance is offered by appointment for those interested in becoming more confident using computers, navigating the Internet, or just figuring out how to use your own e-Reader or smart phone.  Please remember to bring any needed logins and passwords.  If you are bringing in you device, please bring all needed parts including power cords and cables.  We are unable to provide support for computer viruses, performance issues, or hardware maintenance.  Call 724-458-7320 to schedule your appointment.

Bookshelf Bookshop

Friends of the Library

Year-Round Booksale

The bookshelf, conveniently located to the left of the circulation desk, shelves "like-new" condition books for sale.  Most titles range in price from $1.00 - $5.00. Some books, such as rare and antique literature, are priced accordingly– still well below market prices!  Simply find a title that interests you, bring it up to the desk for purchase and it's all yours!