Category: Just for Fun

We have our Elite Eight! Today’s match is our final two Historical Fiction contenders, The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah versus Eternal by Lisa Scottoline.

Congratulations to the gift card winners from our third week: Delores Perkins, Julie Popma, and Linda Schulze! We will have gift cards available for you to choose from the next time you stop at Meinders Library. Keep voting for your favorites to be entered into this week’s gift card drawing.

Once you’ve finished voting on the blog, enter your name and email address for a chance to win a prize. Winners will be selected weekly. Thank you to the Pipestone Area Friends of the Library for providing all the local gift cards!

Here are the final two matches in our Sweet Sixteen. Keep voting for your favorites to be entered into our weekly gift card drawing!

Today’s Matches

• Minnesota Authors: Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon versus The Sentence by Louise Erdrich
• General Fiction & Romance: It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey versus It Ends With Us by Coleen Hoover

Once you’ve finished voting on the blog, enter your name and email address for a chance to win a prize. Winners will be selected weekly. Thank you to the Pipestone Area Friends of the Library for providing all the local gift cards!

It’s time for another day of Meinders March Madness voting!

Today’s Matches

• Historical Fiction: Eternal by Lisa Scottoline versus The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
• Mystery & Thriller: The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides versus Run, Rose, Run by James Patterson

Once you’ve finished voting on the blog, enter your name and email address for a chance to win a prize. Winners will be selected weekly. Thank you to the Pipestone Area Friends of the Library for providing all the local gift cards!

Congratulations to the gift card winners from our second week: Amy Lorang, Becky Amen, and Jodi Swenson! We will have gift cards available for you to choose from the next time you stop at Meinders Library. Keep voting for your favorites to be entered into this week’s gift card drawing.

Today’s Matches

• Minnesota Authors: The Stolen Hours by Allen Eskens versus Leave No Trace by Mindy Mejia
• General Fiction & Romance: People We Meet on Vacation by Emily Henry versus Something Wilder by Christina Lauren

Once you’ve finished voting on the blog, enter your name and email address for a chance to win a prize. Winners will be selected weekly. Thank you to the Pipestone Area Friends of the Library for providing all the local gift cards!

All of our first round voting is done and it’s time to move on to the Meinders March Madness Sweet Sixteen! Here’s the updated bracket with all of our first round winners. We didn’t officially seed any of the books, but we were still surprised by the outcome of some of these matches.

Today’s Matches

• Historical Fiction: The Four Winds by Kristin Hannah versus Things We Didn’t Say by Amy Lynn Green
• Mystery & Thriller: Daisy Darker by Alice Feeney versus Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn

Once you’ve finished voting on the blog, enter your name and email address for a chance to win a prize. Winners will be selected weekly. Thank you to the Pipestone Area Friends of the Library for providing all the local gift cards!

Time to vote on the last set of books from the first round of Meinders March Madness! Choose your favorites by filling out the blog poll, commenting on Facebook, or filling out a ballot at the library for a chance to win a local gift card.

Today’s Matches

• Historical Fiction: The Orphan Collector by Ellen Marie Wiseman versus The Diamond Eye by Kate Quinn
• Mystery & Thriller: Run, Rose, Run by Dolly Parton & James Patterson versus The Paris Apartment by Lucy Foley
• Minnesota Authors: The Sentence by Louise Erdrich versus Ruby & Roland by Faith Sullivan
• General Fiction & Romance: The Love Hypothesis by Ali Hazelwood versus It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover

Once you’ve finished voting on the blog, enter your name and email address for a chance to win a prize. Winners will be selected weekly. Thank you to the Pipestone Area Friends of the Library for providing all the local gift cards!

Time for another round of Meinders March Madness voting! We’ve updated the book bracket with the winners of the previous matches.

Congratulations to the gift card winners from our first week: Jean Neumiller, Katrina Hart, and Whitney Carpenter! Keep voting for your favorites to be entered into this week’s gift card drawing.

Today’s Matches

• Historical Fiction: The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys versus Eternal by Lisa Scottoline
• Mystery and Thriller: The Children on the Hill by Jennifer McMahon versus The Silent Patient by Alex Michaelides
• Minnesota Authors: The Ursulina by Brian Freeman versus Murder on the Red River by Marcie R. Rendon
• General Fiction and Romance: It Happened One Summer by Tessa Bailey versus Our Missing Hearts by Celeste Ng

Once you’ve finished voting on the blog, enter your name and email address for a chance to win a prize. Winners will be selected weekly. Thank you to the Pipestone Area Friends of the Library for providing all the local gift cards!

While you’re watching the Arrowbots compete today, you can also participate in the next round of Meinders March Madness! You can vote on the blog, in person at the library, or on Facebook. Due to some technical difficulties, we’ll be changing how you can vote for your favorites on Facebook. We’ll have individual posts for each match up and you can comment on the post to support your favorite.

Today’s Matches

• Historical Fiction: The Lincoln Highway by Amor Towles versus Things We Didn’t Say by Amy Lynn Green
• Mystery & Thriller: The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman versus Killers of a Certain Age by Deanna Raybourn
• Minnesota Authors: Fox Creek by William Kent Krueger versus Leave No Trace by Mindy Mejia
• General Fiction and Romance: Something Wilder by Christina Lauren versus Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Once you’ve finished voting on the blog, enter your name and email address for a chance to win a prize. Winners will be selected weekly. Thank you to the Pipestone Area Friends of the Library for providing all the local gift cards!

Meinders Community Library is a proud supporter of the Pipestone Area Schools Arrowbots. We hosted their kickoff in January and will be streaming their competition live today (and hopefully tomorrow dependent on their qualifying for finals).

The public is welcome to join us in watching our robotics team in action throughout the day. Treats will be served and loud cheering may ensue, so participate at your own risk. That said, we’ve streamed our robotics team for years and can answer any questions about what this great group of kids do in a season and how important it is for them to engage in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Math (STEAM).

Quite frankly, Mr, D and his robotics team is a big reason why we have our library makerspace.

If you’d prefer to watch from the comfort of your own home, or support at work or in your classroom as appropriate, the Arrowbots schedule is listed below. The Arrowbots are #3298. Clicking the link to their number will take you to the competition.

Match	Red Alliance												Red Score
	Blue Alliance												Blue Score
Qualifications
	Quals 7	3023				4624				3212				Fri 9:54 AM*
		4239				3298				4703
	Quals 18	3298				2512				1792				Fri 11:26 AM*
		3883				3418				2501
	Quals 24	6758				2987				7273				Fri 1:07 PM*
		525				3298				6574
	Quals 37	1792				2826				5913				Fri 2:38 PM*
		4226				6147				3298
	Quals 46	3100				6421				4230				Fri 3:41 PM*
		5576				7311				3298
	Quals 56	3298				7530				7677				Fri 4:51 PM*
		2667				2826				7864
	Quals 63	4778				2826				3298				Fri 5:40 PM*
		3926				5271				4166
	Quals 70	3298				5541				3928				Sat 9:42 AM*
		7578				1792				6132
	Quals 80	2491				2052				7021				Sat 10:52 AM*
		3023				3298				7578

Join us for our March Games & Grub next Thursday, 3/9 at 5:30pm. Bring a potluck dish to share and come prepared to eat, play, and win! This event is free and open to all ages. Let us know if you plan to attend by calling the library at 507-825-6714 or with the form below.