December's Middletown Book for Discussion: Skipping Christmas (Dec. 21)

 

The MUM Book Discussion group will next meet on Tuesday, December 21.  Our title is John Grisham's Skipping Christmas.  Here is a brief summary of this tale of attempted holiday avoidance:

"Luther and Nora Krank decide to opt out of Christmas, choosing instead to set sail on a Caribbean cruise on December 25, but they learn there are consequences to pay for trying to ignore the holiday frenzy."  

Here is where you can find the book:

• There are several copies available through Miami, OhioLINK, and SearchOhio.  
  
• Amazon has the paperback, Kindle, and audiobook available, and Bookshop.org has links to purchase the title from independent booksellers.

Our group is always finding interesting titles to share, and we look forward to the new things you'll bring to the table.  On November 23rd the members of the group discussed A Lesson Before Dying at great length, but still had time to share a couple of titles to add to your reading/viewing lists:

• The Vanishing Half, Brit Bennett
  
• The Hunting Trip, William E. Butterworth III (not recommended)
• The Lincoln Highway, Amor Towles
• The Sparrow, Mary Doria Russell, and its sequel, Children of God
• Quote from the meeting: "We teach what we need to learn and we write what we need to know." Gloria Steinem (just to be clear, Gloria was not at the meeting, but her words were shared. 8-) )

We will meet at 12 pm on the 21st both in Room 123 in the Library and in Zoom at 

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Please come along to our discussion to share what you've been reading/watching/listening to/experiencing!

If you're looking for something interesting to read, check out our page of past and future reads at http://www.mid.miamioh.edu/library/bookdiscussion.htm

"Pine tree by the sea ... HDR" by Emil9497 Photography & Art is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

TEC Lab Workshop: Make Personalized Holiday Ornaments (Dec. 1)

Looking for a little something special to decorate your holidays, or to give as a gift?  Come to the TEC Lab Makerspace on Wednesday, December 1 from 1:00pm to 2:00pm.  

We'll be using the laser cutter to create wooden and acrylic ornaments, engraving names, messages, and more on them.  We'll also have clear, empty ornaments on hand for you to fill or decorate, and more fun ways to make things.

Are ornaments not your thing? Well, the same technology can be used to engrave a wooden or acrylic item for other purposes.  Come try it out!

Sign up today to hold your spot - we may need to limit attendance based on demand. We'll be in touch to confirm your reservation.

Can't make it on the 1st?  Use this calendar to make an appointment to work with us on another day that week. 

Enjoy this free creative experience as we reach the end of the semester - and take home a marvelous creation!

Everyone is welcome - join us in Room 125 Gardner-Harvey Library.

Don't forget! - Craters of the Moon National Monument presentation (November 16)

Craters of the Moon National Monument

Tuesday, November 16

4:45-6:15 p.m.

Gardner-Harvey Library SPACE (GRD 014) and on Zoom at https://miamioh.zoom.us/j/82551718301?pwd=WDNyRDdsUjJCRm9LMTVwSUpqcjhYZz09

Tammie L. Gerke, Associate Teaching Professor in Geology at Miami University will share the geology and other interesting information about each national park, monument, or preserve. Get your questions answered and participate in a lively discussion on these national treasures.

Add this event to your Google Calendar!

We will move the National Parks Talks Series session on Crater Lake (originally scheduled for November 16) into our schedule for the Spring semester.

"Craters of the Moon National Monument, ID" by Mark Kaletka is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

New books (and more) added to the Gardner-Harvey Library in October!

We are adding many new items to the collection each month, and making sure that you can see them on display! Take a look at our New Books shelves or skim down our new materials list of items we added to the collection in October! We added 106 books, e-books, DVDs, and other items during that time, thanks to your selections and suggestions. The list can be sorted by call number, area of our collection, or by title. There is definitely something here for everyone!

Here are ten titles from the list, to give you an idea of what we've been buying: 

• What are the chances? : why we believe in luck / Barbara Blatchley
• Shoutin' in the fire : an American epistle / Danté Stewart
• The secret history of food : strange but true stories about the origins of everything we eat / Matt Siegel
• Start your own consulting business : your step-by-step guide to success / The Staff of Entrepreneur Media Inc. & Terry Rice
• The transgender issue : an argument for justice / Shon Faye
• This is ear hustle : unflinching stories of everyday prison life / Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods
• Teaching machines : the history of personalized learning / Audrey Watters
• The morning star / Karl Ove Knausgaard translated from the Norwegian by Martin Aitken
• I love you but I've chosen darkness / Claire Vaye Watkins
• The fight for climate after COVID-19 / Alice C. Hill

This tag will show you all of the prior lists of new materials, in reverse chronological order. We are eager to hear from you about individual items you would like us to buy, or types of items we should be on the look out for, or general subject areas we should build up in the collection.

If you have a suggestion of something to order, please use our "Tell GHL to Buy It" form, email John Burke (burkejj@miamioh.edu), or drop by the library with your request. And pass your general suggestions or comments about the collection to us in those same ways. 

Thanks again for keeping our collection vibrant and your information needs met!