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http://loc.gov/pictures/resource/fsa.8c35174/ July is National Ice Cream Month ! President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month and the third Sunday of the month as National Ice Cream Day in 1984. So for this month, July 21st is National Ice Cream Day! For more fun facts, read here:  11 Tasty Tidbits for National Ice Cream Day If you want to have some fun in the kitchen, check out these recipes for homemade ice cream: These Homemade Ice Cream Recipes Are Perfect For Summer Homemade Ice Cream 4 Ways Behold: Our All-Time Most Popular Ice Cream Recipes Ice Cream in a Bag No-Churn Ice Cream 4 Ways We Tried Tastemade's "Ice Cream in a Bag" Recipe From Snapchat and It Worked Let us know if you try some of the recipes! Tag us on Facebook, Instagram or Twitter.  Do you have a few favorite flavors? Mine is Pistachio Nut but I do enjoy trying new flavors. I just don't do anything with chocolate in it! Happy eating! Jade

While I haven't seen every film he's done, he's one of my favorite actors. Tremors is a particularly favorite movie of mine. Seriously, every time it's on TV, I'm watching it. Was I upset the Tremors reboot didn't get picked up by SYFY ? YES. Fingers still crossed that someday (soon) they'll change their minds. I wanted to do something fun for the blog this week and I saw that his birthday was coming up so I thought I'd post a mini-tribute to him! Here are some quick facts: He was born on July 8, 1958. His father, Edmund Norwood Bacon, a prominent architect was on the cover of Time Magazine in November 1964. He is the youngest of six children. His film debut was as the strict Chip Diller in National Lampoon's Animal House.  He inspired the game "Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon." He married actress Kyra Sedgwick in 1988. He's in a band with his older brother Michael called The Bacon Brothers ! Here are some of the movies he&#

July 2nd is World UFO Day! Check out today's awesome book list filled with some exciting, enchanting and even terrifying alien stories. For even more suggestions, check out these links: 20 Alien Books to Read for Alien Day , 15 of the Best Alien Books: Invasion Stories, Encounters, and Beyond , 8 Books About Alien Invasions That Take Place Outside the U.S. , and 10 Books About Aliens That Will Push Your Imagination To Its Limits . Steal the Stars  was first a podcast, so be sure to check it out! It's super entertaining! Happy reading! Jade, Reference Librarian On our Shelves: Steal the Stars - Nat Cassidy Mostly Void, Partially Stars - Joseph Fink & Jeffrey Cranor Under Two Suns - Iain Campbell The Three-Body Problem - Cixin Liu Lagoon - Nnedi Okorafor Shattered Warrior - Sharon Shinn Nightflyers - George R.R. Martin Outpost - Michael W. Gear Paper Girls - Brian K. Vaughan Black Science - Rick Remender Super Extra Grande - Yoss Agent to the Sta