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Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library

Library News: September 12th, 2024

This week the library is highlighting two adult non-fiction books.

Grillo’s Presents Pickled: 100 Pickle-Centric Recipes to Change Your Life by Grillo’s Pickles. This cookbook is perfect for pickle aficionados everywhere. Grilla growing pickle brand with a devoted following. With 100 exciting and delicious recipes, this cookbook is a love letter to the humble, underestimated, overlooked pickle which has long been relegated to the side of the plate or the supporting role of occasional hamburger topper. The book includes recipes from innovative chef and friend of Grille's, Raphael Jacob Khutorsky (Chef Raph). The book covers the many scrumptious ways you can make your own Grillo’s Pickles at home with special recipes for brine and canning tips and how to build pickles into your favorite meals, snacks, and cocktails.

Never Enough: From Barista to Billionaire by Andrew Wilkinson. Andrew Wilkinson was a self-made billionaire by the age of thirty-five. He contends, however, that his path to success was anything but a straight line. This book shares both the lessons he learned as well as the many mistakes he made on the journey to immense wealth. Some of these mistakes cost him money, happiness, and important relationships. Wilkinson is surprisingly honest about some of the unexpected downsides of wealth and how competition with peers leaves him feeling like he never had enough. Wilkinson learns that money cannot buy everything. 

Upcoming Events at the Marcellus Township Wood Memorial Library:

Tuesdays:

Creative Social Circle: Tuesdays at 5 PM. Bring your crafts or work with our craft supplies! Enjoy coffee, tea and the company of other adults while you work on your creative projects. 

Southwest Michigan Reads: Tobin Buhk, September 24th at 6:30 PM at Arclight Brewing Company in Watervliet. Join readers from all over southwest Michigan to hear Tobin Buhk, author of Killer Women of Michigan cover the darker side of regional history. The true crime author will be signing books following the presentation. Food truck, Hendo’s BBQ will be on site beginning at 6 PM. 

Wednesdays:

Support Group for Parents of Challenging Kids, the 2nd Wednesday of every month— October 9th at 9 AM Parenting isn’t easy. If you are feeling overwhelmed, join others to gain valuable support coping strategies and information about community resources.

Preschool Story Hour, Wednesdays at 11 AM starting September 11th. Join us for music, movement, stories & crafts intended for ages 0-5 and their parents/caregivers.

Thursdays:

First Thursday Book Club, October 3, 2024, 12 NOON-1 PM. Join others to chat about what you have been reading or to get suggestions from others.

Comic Book Workshop, September 19th at 4 PM. Do Art Productions will cover the foundations of creating your own comics with this interactive and entertaining program aimed at ages 6-15. 

Community Read.  September 19 at 6 PM.  September’s Community Read will be focused on Lisa Wingate’s The Book of Lost Friends.  We’ll listen to the author being interviewed and then join in a discussion about her book.  If you would like us to obtain a copy of the book for you in time for this experience, just contact the library!

A Trail of Money and Death, September 26th at 5 PM. A virtual presentation on the Morris Murders by the author of A Trail of Money and Death, offering another perspective on the unsolved murders of Esther and Charles Morris in 1879. 

Fridays:

Lego at the Library, Fridays 3:00-4:30 PM. Build & create with our Lego & Duplo collections!  All ages are welcome!

Saturdays:

Tech Time, Saturdays, September 14th, 21st, From 10AM-1PM. Are you struggling with your phone? Do you have trouble navigating the internet? Do you need help with mel.org, the Libby App or the Marcellus Library Catalog? Drop in the library to ask Justin your IT related questions and learn to navigate your device or our computers!