Year-long Reading Challenge

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Join us for Turn the Page, our year-long reading program designed to celebrate the joy of reading and discovery. Open to teens and adults, this program invites you to dive into captivating monthly themes and explore a variety of literary genres. Here’s how it works:

Program Details

• Registration: Sign up anytime throughout the year via ReadSquared or the “Reading Programs” dropdown on our website. Registration is open to everyone—library cardholders and non-cardholders alike.
• Reading Goals: Log your pages starting January 2! To qualify for monthly prize drawings, read and log at least 300 pages per month. For the year-end grand prize, log a total of 3,600 pages by December 31.
• Prizes: Each month, one lucky reader will win a special prize. Complete the program’s reading goal to be entered into the drawing for the grand prize!
• Booklists: Every month features a new literary theme, complete with curated booklists to inspire your reading. You can find this month’s list below.
• Flexibility: Choose from our curated list or explore books outside the list that fit each month’s theme. Paper reading logs are available at the library for those who prefer to track their progress offline.

October’s Reading List: Spooky Stories

• Hour of the Witch by Chris Bohjalian
• The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas
• The Ghost Bride by Yangsze Choo
• The Spite House by Johnny Compton
• Witches of East End by Melissa De la Cruz
• Lady of Bones by Carolyn Haines
• A Discovery of Witches by Deborah Harkness
• A Witch’s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon by Sarah Hawley
• The Year of the Witching by Alexis Henderson
• The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires by Grady Hendrix
• The Haunting of Hill House by Shirley Jackson
• The Bakeshop at Pumpkin and Spice by Donna Kauffman
• It by Stephen King
• Death of a Neighborhood Witch by Laura Levine
• Wicked by Gregory Maguire
• Candy Corn Murder by Leslie Meier
• Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia
• The Witch is Back by Sophie H. Morgan
• Home Before Dark by Riley Sager
• Lincoln in the Bardo by George Saunders
• Frankenstein by Mary Shelley
• Harvest House by Cynthia Leitich Smith
• The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James
• The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle by Stuart Turton
• The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells

How to Participate

1. Register: Visit ReadSquared to get started.
2. Read: Enjoy books that fit the monthly theme and log your pages online or with a paper log.
3. Win: Log your pages to be eligible for exciting prizes!

Questions?

Visit the library or contact us for more information. Happy reading!