Hello from the Greenup Public Library System! Did you know that on this day in 1848 the first U.S. women's rights convention was held in Seneca Falls New York (organized by Elizabeth Cady Stanton and Lucretia Mott)? Additionally, on this day in 1880 The San Francisco Public Library began lending books.
Family Outdoor Movie
Join us at our Greenup Branch Friday, July 23rd at 8:30pm for a viewing of the movie “Over The Hedge”.
BookTok
Be sure to check out our website for book reconditions sourced from the most popularly recommended books from the reader's side of TikTok!
New At the Library
Two of the new books in our library collection are The Jam and Jelly Nook by Amy Clipston and Aftermath by Teri Blackstock. The Jam and Jelly Nook is the final installment in the Amish Marketplace series and follows a young widow hoping for a second chance at love. When her rebellious son ends up at the police station after causing trouble at a local gas station she ends up meeting her son’s friend Maggie, as well as Maggie’s father. Is this the chance she was hoping for all along? Aftermath is a new inspirational thriller that sees Dustin Webb stopped by police who want to search his trunk. When they find explosives that Dustin had no idea where there however everything begins to spiral out of control. Someone is setting him up as a domestic terrorist, but why?
Jokes
The least successful exhibition: The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents held at exhibition at Harrogate, Yorkshire in 1968. The entire display fell down.
Mark Ashby was given a blue Mohican hairstyle by his parents as a reward for hard work at school in Omaha, Nebraska. The school then suspended him for breaking the dress code.
Four high school boys afflicted with spring fever skipped morning classes. After lunch they reported to the teacher that they had a flat tire. Much to their relief she smiled and said, “Well, you missed a test today so take seats apart from one another and take out a piece of paper.” Still smiling, she waited for them to sit down. Then she said: “First Question: Which tire was flat?”
What can be seen in the middle of the months ‘April’ and ‘March’, that cannot be seen in the beginning or end of either month?… the letter “r.”
How do trees get on the internet?… They log in.
Book Quotes
“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Fairy tales are more than true: not because they tell us that dragons exist, but because they tell us that dragons can be beaten.”
― Neil Gaiman, Coraline
“One must always be careful of books," said Tessa, "and what is inside them, for words have the power to change us.”
― Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Angel
“If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison
“Books are my friends, my companions. They make me laugh and cry and find meaning in life.”
― Christopher Paolini, Eragon
Lauren Cagle
Library Hours
Flatwoods: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday: 10-8. Wednesday, Friday and Saturday: 10-5.
Mckell: Monday,: 9-8, Tuesday-Friday 9-5. Saturday 9-2.
Greenup: Monday and Thursday: 9-8. Tuesday-Friday: 9-5. Saturday: 9-2
Closed Sunday.
Phone #s Flatwoods: 606-836-3771, Fax: 606-836-8674. Mckell: 606-932-4478. Greenup: 606-473-6514.
More about all the library has to offer is available on our website @ www.greenuplib.org. Make sure to read next week’s Beacon for more reads and weekly events.
