February A Busy Month At The Library

The Winston County Library has a lot of activities planned for February. The overall theme is “Love Your Library Month.” People are encouraged to come to the library and fill out a heart-shaped card, letting us know why you LOVE your library.

February is also Family History Month. Anyone who fills out their “Love Your Library” card and wishes to can have their name entered into a drawing at the end of the month for one of three free 23andME saliva ancestry kits! That’s a $99 kit for free!

We will be celebrating Black History Month with many displays and a reception later in the month. Keep an eye out on our Facebook page or contact us for more information.

A much-needed mobile blood drive will be held on February 8 from 11 am- 2:30 pm. Call 662-773- 3212 to register!

Pokemon World Day will be celebrated February 28 - March 4 with plush Pokemon character giveaways (while supplies last), coloring sheets, and other fun activities.

Finally, we will encourage patrons to sign up for the Cozy Mystery Program. For every ten cozy mysteries patrons read, they will receive a free advance copy of an upcoming release.

 

Tax Forms Available at Library

Free State and Federal Tax forms are now available at the Winston County Library.

Blood Drive at Library - Feb. 8

 

Check It Out At The Winston County Library!

JANUARY 2022

The following FICTION books are now available for checkout at the library:

• Danielle Steel – Flying Angels
• Patricia Cornwell – Autopsy
• Debbie Macomber – Dear Santa
• Kat Martin – The Perfect Murder
• Brenda Novak – When I Found You
• David Baldacci – Mercy
• Rhys Bowen – The Venice Sketchbook
• Lisa Wingate – A Thousand Voices
• Nora Roberts – The Becoming
• Jeffrey Deaver – The Midnight Lock
• Nancy Mehl – Dead Fall
• Kiki Swinson – Playing With Fire
• Thomas Perry – The Left-Handed Twin
• Diana Gabaldon – Go Tell The Bees That I Am Gone
• Cindy Madsen – Sailing At Sunset
• Catherine Anderson – Maple Leaf Harvest
• Tom Clancy – Chain of Command
• Jessica Fletcher – Murder She Wrote: Debonair In Death
• Alice Feeney – Rock Paper Scissors
• Bernard Cornwell – Sharpe’s Assassin
• Helen Hardt – Freed
• Sarah Jio – Morning Glory
• K. M. Jackson – How To Marry Keanu Reeves In 90 Days
• Bella Andre – When You Kiss Me
• Gena Showalter – The Warlord
• James Patterson – The Paris Detective
• Catherine Bybee – An Unexpected Distraction
• Lynette Eason – Life Flight
• Helen Hardt – Flame

The following NON-FICTION BOOKS are now available for checkout at the library:

• Citizen Cash: The Political Life and Times of Johnny Cash – Michael Stewart Foley
• Dear William: A Father’s Memoir of Addiction, Recovery, Love and Loss – David Magee
• Led Zeppelin: The Biography – Bob Spitz
• You Were Made For This Moment – Max Lucado
• Act Like you Got Some Sense – Jamie Foxx
• Sis, Don’t Settle – Faith Jenkins
• The Real Anthony Fauci – Robert F. Kennedy, Jr.
• The Last King of America: The Misunderstood Reign of George III – Andrew Roberts
• Our First Civil War: Patriots and Loyalists in the American Revolution – H. W. Brands
• The 1619 Project – Nicole Hannah Jones
• The Red Menace: How Lipstick Changed the Fact of American History – Ilise S. Carter
• A Grand Old Flag: A History of the United States Through It’s Flags – Kevin Keim
• Southern Grit: 100+ Down-Home Recipes for the Modern Cook – Kelsey Barnard Clark
• Southern Living 2021 Annual Recipes
• Legends of the Natchez City Cemetery: The Most Interesting Cemetery In The South – Don Estes

Cozy Up to a Good Mystery with the Winston County Library

Do you love reading cozy mysteries? Then come to the library and join the Kensington Cozy Card program, where your love of the cozy mystery genre results in prizes!

It’s free to participate! All you have to do is:
1. Ask library staff for a punch card.
2. Each time you check out a cozy mystery (book, eBook, or audiobook), make sure to have the staff member stamp one of the ten purple circles on the punch card.
3. When you have ten stamps, mail in your Cozy Card with your name and address. You will be provided the address to mail your punch card.

Once your Cozy Card is received, you will receive a cozy mystery or advance copy of a cozy mystery for every completed Cozy Card received, along with a new Cozy Card for you to start again!

What is a cozy mystery? Cozy mysteries are comedic murder mysteries that show you what happens when you put a baker, a quilter, a candy shop owner, a pet sitter, or some other unqualified sleuth on the case to solve a crime. More precisely, cozies are lighthearted, with plenty of humor, no graphic violence or adult situations, and include an amateur sleuth (or sleuthing team) living in a close-knit community, solving a crime while juggling a day job, hobby, or other responsibilities.

Sound like fun? Be sure to stop by the library, get your first Cozy Mystery Punch Card, and start reading!

January is Beyond Books Month at the Library

The Winston County Library is promoting “Beyond Books” month during January. “We have over 65,800 books in our collection”, says Librarian Beth Edwards. “But, these days, a library is so much more than a book collection. We offer many other services to our patrons that have become very popular!”

Our additional services include free apps such as Hoopla and cloudLibrary, which offer e-books, audiobooks, TV shows, movies, comics, and music; wireless printing and free scanning/e-mailing. There are also over 2,000 free DVDs available for checkout and audio CDs.

For children, there are digital learning devices such as educational tablets called Launchpads and Wonderbooks, which are print books with pre-loaded audio content bound into the cover so children can hear their favorite stories while reading along!

Other services have been around for a long time and are always popular – newspapers, magazines, fax, laminating, and copy services.

A new service is now being offered to the public for free – Notary Services. “We are very excited to have this available to the public,” commented Librarian Beth Edwards. “We continue to strive to find new ways to serve our community.”

The Winston County Library is a part of the Mid-Mississippi Regional Library System, headquartered in Kosciusko, MS.