Happy June everyone! Our first Staff Picks of the month are here, featuring 5 great options for keeping yourself engaged this weekend!
Spring Into Summer: Community Scavenger Hunt
Looking for a fun way to discover Avalon businesses? All June long you can participate in the Library’s Community Scavenger Hunt which will take you to various local establishments where you collect stamps on your way towards entering for the grand prize! Pick up your stamp sheet at the Library any time in June, visit the shops and eateries featured throughout the month (often getting special offers for showing your library card on the way!), and then return your completed sheet to the library no later than June 30th to be eligible to win! – Sean Farrell
Happiness for Beginners by Katherine Center
This novel by Katherine Center (coming to speak in Avalon on Monday, July 20th) focuses on Helen, a recent divorcee, and an extremely challenging hiking trip she takes to recharge and reset. Little does Helen know, but someone has loved her from afar and that person will be joining the hiking trip as well. I enjoyed this book, self-reflection and growth are themes throughout as well as romance, but not an overly gushing type of romance. I found myself laughing aloud at parts and definitely reaffirming my knowledge that hiking and camping are not for me! This book was made into a Netflix movie in 2023 and while much was changed, it follows the same premise and is worth a watch. The movie stars Luke Grimes of Yellowstone fame, which helps! – Barb Brewster
SOMA by Skrillex
On his 5th album, dubstep pioneer Skrillex blends a mélange of influences into something that sounds completely fresh and vital, producing one of the most interesting electronic albums of the year. Every track sounds utterly new, while pulling in elements of South American pop, Music for the Jilted Generation-era Prodigy, his own earlier work, and even Robert Miles’ seminal 90s dance anthem “Children”. In his 15-year-plus career as an EDM artist, Skrillex has proven to be one of the genre’s most consistently innovative acts and this LP only further solidifies his status. – SF
Hoppers
Pixar’s latest movie earned a ★★★★½ review from me when it hit theaters back in early March. Now available to borrow from the Library, I rewatched it last night and found myself enjoying it just as much. Cute, engaging, and refreshingly unwilling to talk down to children, it’s one of the animation houses best films in years. – SF
Catalogues
Don’t have enough daily puzzle games in your life? Then you’ll want to add this one by The New Yorker to your rotation. The premise is simple enough. You’re presented with a list of 7 clues with connections of varying obviousness and you are tasked with placing them in the correct order. That’s it. Some days are surprisingly simple and others deceptively challenging, but either way, this seems like it was made specifically for library workers and the people who love them. – SF
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