50 – Go swimming.

50 – Go fishing.

50 – Read by a body of water.

50 – Find evidence of hydrothermal activity near you.

50 – Go to a fish viewing area like Big Springs or Warm River and count how many you see.

50 – Watch a documentary about a sea creature.

50 – Sit for an hour by a body of water and note how many and what types of animals visit it.

100 – Read a book set on or near a beach, swamp, or other watery area.

50 – Watch a live undersea webcam.

50 – Do a daily check for a week on something tracked on the NOAA site.

50 – Spend an hour exploring maps of both land and sea.

50 – Explore one of the U.S.’s marine sanctuaries. Virtually will do if you can’t get there physically.

50 – Eat something that lived in water.

50 – Watch a film about undersea exploration

100 – Read a book set in Spain or Hawaii.

50 – Visit an aquarium.

50 – Assist in a nature-based citizen scientist program. Many can be accessed through Sci-starter or Zooniverse.

100 – Read a book about a marine animal.

100 – Read a book set on the ocean.

100 – Read a book set under the ocean.

100 – Read a book by Jacques Cousteau or other oceanographer.

100 – Read a book about a new possibility in your life such as a new hobby, new relationship, etc.

JULY MEETING DATES

• July 13
• July 27

A fun ’60s classic!

Bring in an article of clothing to tie-dye. We do have a few odd sized t-shirts available with a donation to the library.

Come out and enjoy a night full of old and new games. Bring your favorites and we’ll all play together! Waffles for winners!

EVENT CANCELLED DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES BEYOND OUR CONTROL

Come out and gaze at the stars!  We’ll have our big telescope set up, and Cathy Stanton, former Star Ranger, will be there to take you on a guided tour through the universe.

Don’t miss it!

• The Reef: A Passionate History by Iain McCalman
• The Silent World by Jacques Cousteau
• The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus: Exploring and Conserving Our Natural World by Jacques Cousteau
• Whales by Jacques Cousteau
• In Oceans Deep: Courage, Innovation, and Adventure Beneath the Waves by Bill Streever
• Moby-Duck: The True Story of 28,800 bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographer, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, who Went in Search of Them by Donovan Hohn
• The Tide: The Science and Stories Behind the Greatest Force on Earth by Hugh Aldersey-Williams
• Oceans: Exploring the Hidden Depths of the Underwater World by Paul Rose and Anne Laking
• Soundings: The Story of the remarkable Women who Mapped the Ocean Floor by Hali Felt
• The Ocean of Life: The Fate of Man and the Sea by Callum Roberts

• Unfamiliar Fishes by Sarah Vowell
• Hawaii by James Michener
• Practice Aloha: Secret to Living Live Hawaiian Style by Mark Ellman
• The Laie Hawaii Temple: A Century of Aloha by Eric-Jon Keawe Marlowe
• True Fiction: An Ian Ludlow Thriller by Lee Goldberg
• A Song for the Stars by Ilima Todd
• Stranded in Paradise: A Story of Letting Go by Lori Copeland
• The Descendants by Kaui Hart Hemmings
• The Refuge: A Maxie and Stretch Mystery by Sue Henry
• Banana Split by Josi Kilpack

• Reef Life by Brandon Cole
• Sex in the Sea: Our Intimate Connection with Sex-Changing Fish, Romantic Lobsters, Kinky Squid, and Other Salty Erotica of the Deep by Marah J. Hardt
• Stung! On Jellyfish Blooms and the Future of the Ocean by Lisa-ann Gershwin
• The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the wonder of Consciousness by Sy Montgomery
• Thousand Mile Song: Whale Music in a Sea of Sound by David Rothenberg
• Spying on Whales: the Past, Present, and Future of Earth’s Most Awesome Creatures by Nick Pyenson
• Voices in the Ocean: A Journey into the Wild and Haunting World of Dolphins by Susan Casey
• Narwhals: Arctic Whales in a Melting World by Todd McLeish
• Salmon: A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate by Mark Kurlansky

• Moby Dick by Herman Melville
• Life of Pi by Yann Martel
• Kon-Tiki: Across the Pacific by Raft by Thor Heyerdahl
• Endurance: Shackleton’s Incredible Voyage by Alfred Lansing
• The Old Man and the Sea by Earnest Hemingway
• The Brenden Voyage: Across the Atlantic in a Leather Boat by Timothy Severin
• Irresistible North: From Venice to Greenland of the Trail of the Zen Brothers by Andrea de Robilant
• In the Heart of the Sea: The Tragedy of the Whaleship Essex by Nathaniel Philbrick
• The Sea Wolf by Jack London
• Bloody Jack: Being an Account of the Curious Adventures of Mary “Jacky” Faber, Ship’s Boy by L. A. Meyer

• The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
• Don Quixote of La Mancha by Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra
• Origin by Dan Brown
• For Whom the Bell Tolls by Ernest Hemingway
• Death in the Afternoon by Ernest Hemingway
• The Fountains of Silence by Ruta Sepetys
• A Long Petal of the Sea by Isabel Allende
• Isabella: The Warrior Queen by Kirstin Downey
• Homage to Catalonia by George Orwell
• Spain: A History by Melveena McKendrick

• Dark Life by Kat Fals
• Sphere by Michael Crichton
• Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
• Tempest Rising by Tracy Deebs
• Pacific Vortex by Clive Cussler
• Deep Blue by Jennifer Donnelly
• Of Poseidon by Anna Banks
• Forgive My Fins by Tera Lynn Childs
• Shadow Divers: The True Adventure of Two “Americans Who Risked Everything To Solve One of the Last Mysteries of World War II by Robert Kurson
• Lost City by Clive Cussler

• Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
• Float Plan by Trish Doller
• The Guest List by Lucy Foley
• The Invisible Husband of Frick Island by Colleen Oakley
• Red Island House by Andrea Lee
• The Swimmers by Julie Otsuka
• Beach Read by Emily Henry
• Malibu Rising by Taylor Jenkins Reid
• Reckless Girls by Rachel Hawkins
• The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels by India Holton