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.
June’s Reading List: Stranded
Explore these stories that take place in the middle of nowhere:
- Maya’s Notebook by Isabel Allende
- The Scent Keeper by Erica Bauermeister
- Beauty Queens by Libba Bray
- And Then There Were None by Agatha Christie
- The Last Karankawas by Kimberly Garza
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- The Wager by David Grann
- Camino Ghosts by John Grisham
- Summer of ’69 by Elin Hilderbrand
- Castle of Water by Dane Huckelbridge
- The Survivor by Iris Johansen
- The Engagement Party by Darby Kane
- The Bazaar of Bad Dreams: stories by Stephen King
- The Brides of Maracoor by Gregory Maguire
- Coffin Road by Peter May
- Bad Graces by Kyrie McCauley
- The Island by Adrian McKinty
- Circe by Madeline Miller
- Wish You Were Here by Jodi Picoult
- Nation by Terry Pratchett
- The Bone Hacker by Kathy Reichs
- Gulliver’s Travels by Jonathan Swift
- Ten Dead Comedians by Fred Van Lente
- Wild Life by Opal Wei
- Her Last Flight by Beatriz Williams
How to Participate
- Register: Visit ReadSquared to get started.
- Read: Enjoy books that fit the monthly theme and log your pages online or with a paper log.
- Win: Log your pages to be eligible for exciting prizes!
Questions?
Visit the library or contact us for more information. Happy reading!
