Marshall Madness 2019

In years past for MPL Battle of the Books we had popular books "battle" for the winners spot with patrons voting through a bracket style tournament, but this year it's all about the authors in MPL's 2019 Marshall Madness: Authors Edition.

Starting February 25, the library will be hosting a tournament among authors that have been nominated by librarians. The authors have been fit into 4 teams; Classics, Nonfiction, Youth, and Series. Each week residents will cast their ballots for which authors should advance to the next round.  Each "team" will have an author that continues to the final four. Then, from there, our winning author will be voted to take the #1 spot for 2019 Marshall Madness: Authors Edition.

Bracket style tournament to keep track of winners moving up in each round

Don't know an author? Lift the flap to reveal a few of their titles.

Voting  has narrowed them down to top eight.

UPDATE: We have a winner!

2019 winning author is J. K. Rowling with team Series.

Blind Date with a Book

Every February we do a display called "blind date with a book." This will be the 7^th year that we wrap the books so that you cannot see the title or peek inside. Books are like a box of chocolates.... You never know what you're going to get. But we will let you know the flavor.   

 We have labeled the books with a sticker like romance, mystery, or scifi. To mix things up a bit this year we are telling you how your “blind date” will end. In other words the last sentence of the book.