What: Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Tournament (for Adults!)
When: 2/12/22 – Doors Open 1pm, Tournament Starts 2pm
Where: In-Person
Who: Ages 18+
Registration Required
By popular demand from local gamers, the library will host a competitive Mario Kart 8 Deluxe tournament for adults! Please read the rules before registering.
Rules (Point Accumulation, Swiss Style Bracket)
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* 1st place will receive a $75 gift card, 2nd place will receive a $50 gift card, 3rd place will receive a $25 gift card, and 4th place will receive a $10 gift card.
* All characters and all kart combinations are allowed.
* All items are on.
* No COM.
* Players must bring their own Nintendo Switch-compatible controller.
Every player will compete in six rounds, in a Swiss-style point accumulation tourney.
1st place – 15 points, 2nd place –12 points, 3rd place – 10 points, 4th place – 5 points.
Round 1 – Mario Kart Stadium, 150cc
Round 2 – Sunshine Airport, 150cc
Round 3 – Electrodrome, 150cc
Round 4 – Mount Wario, 150cc
Round 5 – Super Bell Subway, 150cc
Round 6 – Bowser’s Castle, 150cc
After all six rounds, the 4 players with the most points go to the Finals. A tiebreaker race to determine top 4 will be held if necessary.
The last place racer in each of these rounds is eliminated.
Finals Top 4 – Mystery Track to be announced at tournament???, 150cc
Finals Top 3 –Mystery Track to be announced at tournament???, 150cc
Finals Top 2 – Mystery Track to be announced at tournament???, 150cc
What: Hot Springs/Cold Blood Book Club – June 2023
When: 6/3/23 @ 12pm
Where: In-Person
Who: Ages 18+
Registration Required
Join us for a bi-monthly deep dive into classic and contemporary true crime. Each meeting will focus on a true crime book, but discussion of podcasts, documentaries, cold cases, and cases in the news is encouraged! There are a limited number of free copies of the book available at the library for those who register on a first come basis. Pick up your copy early before the book club.
In May, we will discuss We Keep the Dead Close by Becky Cooper.
According to the publisher’s description about this book named one of NPR’s Best Books of 2020, “We Keep the Dead Close is a memoir of mirrors, misogyny, and murder. It is at once a rumination on the violence and oppression that rules our revered institutions, a ghost story reflecting one young woman’s past onto another’s present, and a love story for a girl who was lost to history.”
What: Hot Springs/Cold Blood Book Club – April 2023
When: 4/1/23 @ 12pm
Where: In-Person
Who: Ages 18+
Registration Required
Join us for a bi-monthly deep dive into classic and contemporary true crime. Each meeting will focus on a true crime book, but discussion of podcasts, documentaries, cold cases, and cases in the news is encouraged! There are a limited number of free copies of the book available at the library for those who register on a first come basis. Pick up your copy early before the book club.
In April, we will discuss Killers of the Flower Moon by David Grann.
According to the publisher’s description, this National Book Award finalist is “A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Lost City of Z.”
What: Hot Springs/Cold Blood Book Club – February 2023
When: 2/4/23 @ 12pm
Where: In-Person
Who: Ages 18+
Registration Required
Join us for a bi-monthly deep dive into classic and contemporary true crime. Each meeting will focus on a true crime book, but discussion of podcasts, documentaries, cold cases, and cases in the news is encouraged! There are a limited number of free copies of the book available at the library for those who register on a first come basis. Pick up your copy early before the book club.
In January, we will discuss In Cold Blood by Truman Capote.
As New York Review of Books describes it, In Cold Blood is “the most famous true crime novel of all time. Chills the blood and exercises the intelligence. Haunted its author long after he finished writing it.”
What: Have Book, Will Travel Book Club – June 2023
When: 6/17/23 @ 12pm
Where: In-Person
Who: Ages 18+
Registration Required
The “Have Book, Will Travel” book club features revolving themes, moderators, and locales. This club is meant to be about book discovery and discussion, as well as socializing with fellow readers who share common interests. There are a limited number of free copies of the book available at the library for those who register on a first come basis. Pick up your copy early before the book club!
In June, we will meet and discuss Valley of the Dolls by Jacqueline Susann.
This book is one of the all-time fictional best-selling works in publishing history.
What: Have Book, Will Travel Book Club -May 2023
When: 5/20/23 @ 12pm
Where: In-Person
Who: Ages 18+
Registration Required
The “Have Book, Will Travel” book club features revolving themes, moderators, and locales. This club is meant to be about book discovery and discussion, as well as socializing with fellow readers who share common interests. There are a limited number of free copies of the book available at the library for those who register on a first come basis. Pick up your copy early before the book club!
In May, we will meet and discuss Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier.
This book was recently chosen as A PBS Great American Read Top 100 Pick.
What: Have Book, Will Travel Book Club -April 2023
When: 4/15/23 @ 12pm
Where: In-Person
Who: Ages 18+
Registration Required
The “Have Book, Will Travel” book club features revolving themes, moderators, and locales. This club is meant to be about book discovery and discussion, as well as socializing with fellow readers who share common interests. There are a limited number of free copies of the book available at the library for those who register on a first come basis. Pick up your copy early before the book club!
In April, we will meet and discuss Elizabeth the Queen: The Life of a Modern Monarch by Sally Bedell Smith.
According to the New York Times, “This excellent, all-embracing biography of Queen Elizabeth II is a magisterial study of the woman known only from a distance—and a captivating window into her decades-long reign.”
What: Have Book, Will Travel Book Club -March 2023
When: 3/18/23 @ 12pm
Where: In-Person
Who: Ages 18+
Registration Required
The “Have Book, Will Travel” book club features revolving themes, moderators, and locales. This club is meant to be about book discovery and discussion, as well as socializing with fellow readers who share common interests. There are a limited number of free copies of the book available at the library for those who register on a first come basis. Pick up your copy early before the book club!
In March, we will meet and discuss The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman.
According to the publisher’s description, “In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club. When a local developer is found dead with a mysterious photograph left next to the body, the Thursday Murder Club suddenly find themselves in the middle of their first live case. As the bodies begin to pile up, can our unorthodox but brilliant gang catch the killer, before it’s too late?”
What: Have Book, Will Travel Book Club – February 2023
When: 2/18/23 @ 12pm
Where: In-Person
Who: Ages 18+
Registration Required
The “Have Book, Will Travel” book club features revolving themes, moderators, and locales. This club is meant to be about book discovery and discussion, as well as socializing with fellow readers who share common interests. There are a limited number of free copies of the book available at the library for those who register on a first come basis. Pick up your copy early before the book club!
In February, we will meet and discuss Just Mercy by Bryan Stevenson.
According to the publisher’s description, this #1 NYT Bestseller is “a powerful true story about the potential for mercy to redeem us, and a clarion call to fix our broken system of justice—from one of the most brilliant and influential lawyers of our time.”
What: Have Book, Will Travel Book Club – January 2023
When: 1/21/23 @ 12pm
Where: In-Person
Who: Ages 18+
Registration Required
The “Have Book, Will Travel” book club features revolving themes, moderators, and locales. This club is meant to be about book discovery and discussion, as well as socializing with fellow readers who share common interests. There are a limited number of free copies of the book available at the library for those who register on a first come basis. Pick up your copy early before the book club!
In January, we will meet and discuss The House in the Cerulean Sea by T. J. Klune.
According to the publisher’s description, “The House in the Cerulean Sea is an enchanting love story, masterfully told, about the profound experience of discovering an unlikely family in an unexpected place—and realizing that family is yours.”
