More New Books for December

We've added some more new books to our shelves!

Check our the new non-fiction shelf for No Limits: The Will to Succeed by Olympic gold medalist Michael Phelps; Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson; and Frugal Living for Dummies by Deborah Taylor-Hough.

Our new fiction shelf is full with some of the latest novels, including
Treasure by Iris Johanson
When Will There Be Good News by Kate Atkinson
2666 by Robert Bolano and Natasha Wimmer
The second book in Kay Hooper's Blood Trilogy, Blood Sins
Princep's Fury, Book 5 of Jim Butcher's Codex Alera series
Courage by Alan Littell
Cure for Night by Justin Peacock
Busted Flush, another book in the Wild Card series by George R.R. Martin
My Husband's Sweethearts by Bridget Asher, and
Show No Fear, a new Nina Reilly novel by Perri O'Shaughnessy

Have a great holiday!!

Story Times Begin Again in 2009!

The new story time schedule is as follows:

Story times for 2 year olds are from 10:10-10:30 or 10:40-11:00 on Tuesday mornings
January 6
January 13
January 20
January 27
February 3
February 10

Story times for 3, 4 and 5 year olds are from 10:30-11:00 on Monday mornings, or 1:30-2:00 Tuesday afternoons
January 5 and 6
January 12 and 13
January 19 and 20
January 26 and 27
February 2 and 3
February 9 and 10

Wacky Wednesdays for kindergarten to 4th grade are from 4:00-5:00 every Wednesday afternoon
January 7
January 14
January 21
January 28
February 4
February 11

Stop in to register, or call us at 315-986-5932.

Public Computer Programs

Did you know that there are lots of things you can do on our public computers? We have Microsoft Publisher on all the computers, and PowerPoint on most of them (we are in the process of upgrading the rest).

Macedon Public Library's public computers: they're not just for the internet anymore.

New Books

Some of the books on our new shelf include:
Dashing Through the Snow by Mary Higgins Clark and Carol Higgins Clark
One Silent Night by Sherrilyn Kenyon
Deadly Gift by Heather Graham
Steve Berry's latest Charlemange Pursuit
Your Heart Belongs to Me by Dean Koontz
Cruel Intent by J.A. Jance
and Mr. Monk is Miserable by Lee Goldberg

Wanda Brunstetter's new book White Christmas is in our Large Print section

and don't forget the non-fiction shelf for
The Last Stand of Fox Company: A True Story of U.S. Marines in Combat by Bob Drury
Warlord: A Life of Winston Churchill at War by Carlo D'Este
and Philip Margulies' The Devil On Trial: Witches, Anarchrists, Atheists, Communists and Terrorists in America's Courtrooms.

Holiday Hours

It's time to start planning your holiday trips to the Macedon Public Library!

Here are our hours for those two weeks:


December 22 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
December 23 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
December 24 Closed
December 25 Closed
December 26 Closed
December 27 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.
December 28 1:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m.
December 29 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
December 30 10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.
December 31 Closed
January 1 Closed
January 2 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

November's New Books

Our new book shelf is full! Come and check out some of our new titles:

Bones, an Alex Delaware book by Jonathan Kellerman; Butcher's Hill by Laura Lippman; Moriarty by John Gardner; James Patterson's new Alex Cross novel, Cross Country; Leaving Whiskey Bend by Dorothy Garlock; The Devil's Eye, an Alex Benedict novel by Jack McDevitt; Heir to Sevenwaters by Juliet Marillier; Once Were Cops by Ken Bruen; Jeffrey Deaver's The Bodies Left Behind; Swallowing Darkness, a Meredith Gentry book by Laurell K. Hamilton; A Mercy by Toni Morrison; Veil of Lies by Jeri Westerson; David Baldacci's Divine Justice; The Archbishop in Andalusia by Andrew Greeley; Dying for Revenge by Eric Jerome Dickey; The Good Thief's Guide to Paris by Chris Ewan; Wally Lamb's new novel The Hour I First Believed; The Fire Kimono by Laura Joh Rowland; The Lord-Protector's Daughter, the Corean Chronicles by L.E. Modesitt; Salvation in Death by J.D. Robb; and Just After Sunset by Stephen King

For Science Fiction lovers we have Dragonheart by Todd McCaffrey and Ender in Exile by Orson Scott Card

To ready for the Holiday Season you'll find The Christmas Sweater by Glen Beck; A Dog Named Christmas by Gregory Kincaid; Anne Perry's latest Victorian Christmas, A Christmas Grace; Under the Mistletoe by Linda Howard; A McKettrick Christmas by Linda Lael Miller; 'Tis the Season by Lorna Landvik; Six Geese a Slaying by Dana Andrews; and Rita Mae Brown's new novel Santa Clawed

New biographies include Ted Turner's Call Me Ted; Born Country by Randy Owen; and David Wild's biography of Neil Diamond, He Is...I Say

And last, but not least, the "love letter to libraries", Vicki Myron's Dewey: The Small-Town Library Cat Who Touched the World

Flu Clinic

There will be a Flu Clinic on Thursday, November 20, from 4:00-7:00 p.m. in the community room. For more information click on the Town of Macedon website.

Local Author Visits Us

Our Wacky Wednesday kids had a special treat this week - a visit from local author Sheila Jarkins! Sheila read her new book "Marco Flamingo" about a flamingo who comes north to discover snow, talked to the children about their own curiosities and adventures, and lead them through a series of flamingo crafts. There was much laughter and giggles.

Thank you Sheila for taking the time to share your wonderful book with us!

Macedon Citizen of the Year

Our very own Mert Bartels has been named "Macedon Citizen of the Year"!!!!

Mert and his wife, Jean, have lived in Macedon since 1966. During these 42 years he has served on both Town and Village committees and been very active in the First Baptist church, where he currently holds the most highly elected position of moderator. In addition to his many other volunteer responsibilities, Mert has served on the Macedon Public Library Board of Trustees for the past 20 years, and is our current president.

Congratulations Mert! We are so proud of you!

Story Times

We all had a great HALLOWEEN!!!!!!!

Trick or Treat!!

New story time schedule is:

For 2 year olds, Tuesdays mornings 10:10-10:30 or 10:40-11:00

November 11

November 18

November 25

December 2

December 9

December 16

For 3, 4, and 5 year olds, Monday mornings 10:30-11:00 or Tuesday afternoons 1:30-2:00

November 17, 18

November 24, 25

December 1, 2

December 8, 9

December 15, 16

Wacky Wednesday, reading, crafts and movies for kindergarten to 4th grade, Wednesday afternoons 4:00-5:00

November 12

November 19

November 26

December 3

December 10

December 17

Please stop in and register, or call us at 315-986-5932

Novelist Training

Because the Pioneer Library System and our Director, Darlene, like to make sure that we who are helping patrons at the front desk know as much as possible about all the handy features that are available to us and our patrons, some of us went to a workshop last week that taught us how to use the Novelist database. This database helps with things like award winning books, author read-alikes, and that most common series question "What comes next?"
You can access Novelist by going to the OWWL website, clicking "Online Databases" than scrolling down to "Novelist". You can also access it on your regular catalog search search looking for the orange and gray "N". Look for it, and play!

Newer Than Last Week's Books

On the New Fiction Shelf this week:
The sequel to John Updike's 1984 The Witches of Eastwick, The Widows of Eastwick
Star Wars: Millennium Falcon by James Luceno
Doctor Olaf Van Schuler's Brain by Kirsten Menger-Anderson
The Democrat & Chronicles recommended A Week in October by Elizabeth Subercaseaux
Pharmakon by Dirk Wittenborn
Rita Mae Brown's latest Hounded to Death
Burn Out by Marica Muller
and Richard Belzer's I Am Not a Cop!

On the New Non-Fiction Shelf: Retired Colonel Jack Jacobs' book If Not Now, When? A story of duty and sacrifice in America's time of need.

For Young Adults, and adults feeling young, we have Ted Dekker's full series "The Lost Books", which include Chosen, Infidel, Renegade and Chaos.

October Book Sale

The Book Sale was a great success!
Thank you all for supporting us!!!!!

New This Week!

Come "check out" our new fiction shelf (under our front window):
Brass Verdict by Michael Connelly
Hardly Knew Her by Laura Lippman
and Gregory Maguire's third "wicked" story, A Lion Among Men

On our new non-fiction shelf:
Love Your Life by Victoria Osteen

For our Young Adults:
Take Me There by Susane Colasanti
and for Brian Jacques fans, Doomwyte: A Novel of Redwall

And a new twinkling book for the kids: A Star So Bright: A Christmas Tale by M. Christina Butler

WELCOME!!

We have started a blog, with much trepidation and fear, keeping you apprised of all the events and news from the Macedon Public Library.

So far: Our Fall Book Sale
Thursday, October 16th from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Friday, October 17 from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Saturday, October 18 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
$3.00 a bag starting at noon on Saturday!