Hello, neighbors!
Our annual Summer Reading Challenge has ended and we hope you all had a good time! June was a powerhouse of energy and we are so glad that so many of you participated. The month of July will offer less activities to allow our staff to spend some time in the sun with their families and recharge, but there is never a shortage of reading materials within our walls.
Programs for Adults
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Book to Art Book Club
Tues, July 11, 3:00pm
This library book club gathers readers for discussion over a shared read, but with a creative twist. During each meeting, members are invited to create their own artwork from a project inspired by themes from the book. New members always welcome. Speak with Samantha H. at the library to learn more.
Beginner Yoga
Wednesdays, 9:45am
Interesting in starting a yoga practice? Join us in our weekly Beginner Yoga Class where we focus on breathe and strength while working on balance and flexibility. We flow through a simple vinyasa sequence that is accessible for those new to yoga. Yoga supplies available to those without.
FOL Used Book Sale
Tuesdays, 10am-5pm
Our Friends the the Library used book store is open every Tuesday, from 10am to 5pm. Here, you will find hardbacks, paperbacks, DVDs, magazines, puzzles and more. All softly used and in good condition. Nothing over $5.00. All proceeds are used to help fund library programs and materials.
Programs for Youth
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Story Time with the GA Farm Bureau
Wed, July 12, 10:30am
Join us for a special Story Time Hour with guests from the Georgia Farm Bureau. Representatives will be reading “Emmy of Wishing Well Farms”; about a dog that is a helper on an apple farm.
Following the story, the Bureau will lead attendees in a hands-on activity: a tasty dip to eat with apples.
Intended for ages 4 -11 years with their caregivers. All supplies provided by the GA Farm Bureau. Please note that supply volume may not be able to accommodate all attendees.
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Programs for Young Adults
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Video Game Open Play
Mon, July 10, 3:30pm
Join us in the YA Department for an afternoon of gaming. We have XBox, Nintendo Switch, and online games. Not to mention cards and board games for the analog-ers. Intended for ages 12 – 17.
Volunteer Hour
Wed, July 12, 4:00pm
In the spirit of creating community and spreading love, we will be offering volunteer credit to teenagers willing to paint a stone for the Library’s own Kindness Rock Garden.
Kindness rocks are hand-painted smooth stones that radiate bright colors, offer caring words of support and love, or just smile back at those that behold them. All stones will be placed it in our Kindness Rock Garden for others to enjoy.
We will be offering one (1) volunteer credit hour to those who participate.
PROGRAMS AT OUR BRANCH LIBRARIES
Boston Library - Quiddler Club
Every Tuesday, 2:00pm
Join the weekly card game of Quiddler. Intended for those 18 and older. Speak with Susanne M. at the Boston branch for more information: (229) 498-5101
Fun Size Farms
Wed, July 12, 2:00pm
Bringing the farm to you, Fun Size Farms will be visiting the Library and bringing along one of its miniature farm animals for attendees to meet and greet.
Coolidge Library - Bingo
Tues, July 11, 2:00pm
Intended for those 16 and older.
Children's Arts + Crafts: Puffy Paint Butterfly
Wed, July 12, 4:30pm
Intended for ages 4 - 8 with their caregivers.
Pavo Library -
End of Summer Challenge Party
Thurs, July 13, 2:00pm
To close out our annual Summer Reading Challenge program, we are throwing a party! Prize raffles will be picked and announced; Pavo’s finest (Pavo PD) will be visiting; Banks Italian Ice will be giving away free italian ice; and we will be visited by a special, mystery guest.
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Book recommendations
Books that deliver behind-the-scenes drama.
Playhouse: Elizabeth Gilbert, City of Girls
Elizabeth Gilbert’s story of a rundown New York City playhouse during World War II is a delectable treasure. Vivian Morris has just been kicked out of Vassar, so she heads to the city to live with her eccentric aunt who works in showbiz. Not the Broadway kind of showbiz though—the Lily Playhouse is running on castoff showgirls, recycled costumes, last minute scripts, pennies, and prayers. At the playhouse, Vivian discovers a found family with her aunt Peg and her live-in “secretary” Olive, along with the eccentric cast of characters that inhabit their world. Gilbert is unapologetic with Vivian’s exploits and mistakes, because, of course, she makes the sorts of mistakes any nineteen-year-old would make if given the opportunity to run amok in the bars and clubs of New York with a legion of beautiful actors and actresses. City of Girls is a perfect novel: transportive, entertaining, and empathetic.
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Film Set: Emily Danforth, Plain Bad Heroines
This absolute trip of a novel—it’s got gothic horror, it’s got romance, it’s got historical fiction, it’s got metacommentary, and it’s surreal and strange! In 1902, at the Brookhants School for Girls, a group of young ladies become obsessed with a salacious Sapphic memoir, and they become urban legends when two of the girls are found dead with a copy. A century later, a film crew is set up at Brookhants to adapt a breakout hit novel based on the events in 1902, with an up-and-coming queer it girl playing opposite a former child star. As the two narratives unfurl alongside each other, past and present intermingle, facts become stranger than fiction, and everyone questions both their reality and their sexuality. Plain Bad Heroines clocks in at over 600 pages, but you’ll want to read Emily M. Danforth’s intoxicating novel in a few gulps.
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Music Industry: Dawnie Walton, The Final Revival of Opal & Nev
Leave it to the musicians to make a big ol’ mess of their lives—while actors and reality stars can clean things up in post, there’s always something very raw about the drama of rock stars. Dawnie Walton captures it perfectly in her debut The Final Revival of Opal & Nev, which follows a music journalist collecting the oral history of the unconventional 1970s duo of Opal Jewel, a Black woman with a voice so powerful it rivals the likes of Tina Turner, and Nev Charles, a white British singer-songwriter. After a race riot is incited by Confederate flag waving rock fans at one of their shows, Opal & Nev are broken up—Nev continues with a great career and Opal eventually fades into the background. Walton’s incredible novel chronicles the harsh realities of racism and misogyny in the music industry, while also offering up a page-turner filled with a chorus of captivating voices and secrets.
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Hollywood: Anthony Marra, Mercury Pictures Presents
Golden Age Hollywood. The eponymous studio at the heart of Marra’s novel isn’t like the MGMs and Paramounts of the era—Mercury Pictures specializes in B-list films and is primarily run by a crew of immigrants and refugees from war-torn Europe. Among them is Maria Lagana, an Italian transplant whose father is still being held under arrest by the Fascist regime in their home country. Maria finds herself at the helm of Mercury Pictures as an associate producer, dealing with ego-driven men in power, attacks from the Production Code Administration, racist typecasting, and threat of bankruptcy. Marra deftly moves between high and low brow art, revealing the underlying currents that shape B-list productions and the machine of propaganda in America.
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