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So like most people going about their day at work, we look at something and go I wish there was a thingimabob to solve this minor annoyance.

Did you know that the Lincoln Library has a 3D printer?

In fact we have a whole makerspace on the third floor of the Lincoln Library called the CoLab! It’s packed with sewing machines and cricuts as well as a 3D printer and a podcasting studio!

Today in the CoLab at the Lincoln library we are finishing up printing some game pieces for the strategy game HIVE.  It's a strategy board game for 2 players.  You can read more about the game here.

In 14^th century China, a girl is born into famine. The local soothsayer says that her brother, Zhu Chongba, will live a life of greatness, while her future is empty. She will be nothing. So when her brother dies in the famine, she takes over his life, hoping to trick Heaven and also take over his greatness. She disguises herself as a boy and becomes a monk, then talks her way into the army, where her cleverness and political savvy have her swiftly climbing the ranks.

Love and Fury by Samantha Silva examines the life of Mary Wollstonecraft, a groundbreaking feminist and mother of Frankenstein author Mary Shelley. Devoted to breaking free of the constraints that bound women of her time, Wollstonecraft was a passionate and unorthodox woman who carved her own path in life using her fierce intellect and gift for words.

In the third installment in her Wedding Date series, Guillory links up Theo and Maddie, best friends of Alexa, who is set to be married in a few short months. After a disastrous first date, Maddie and Theo have avoided one another for months. But an encounter at a party has them seeing one another in a whole new light. They end up together that night and come to an agreement: they see one another in secret, but only until Alexa's wedding! Then they will end their masquerade with no hard feelings, and go about their lives.