Welcome to our Adult Winter Reading Program, where the chilly days are warmed by the embrace of captivating stories!  The program will start on January 22, 2024, and end on March 31, 2024.

As you read during these eight weeks, you’ll be earning points, and those points will lead to prizes:

·        Earn 500 points and you receive a pen and a reading journal with room to log 100 books.

·        Earn 1000 points and you receive a beautiful coffee mug with hot chocolate.

·        Complete our game, “Libopoly,” for a chance to be entered into a prize drawing.

Here’s how you can earn points:

The program centers around four featured books. You’ll earn 200 points by reading two of these books. Read all four and you earn 400 points. Here are the featured books:

The Best We Could Do: An IllustratedMemoir, by Thi Bui

Heartland: A Memoir of Working Hard and Being Broke in the Richest Country on Earth, by Sarah Smarsh

The Cold Millions, by Jess Walter

Memoirs of a Geisha, by Arthur Golden

Next, we’ve selected some different book genres and book formats. Read a book from one of the selected genres and book formats and you’ll earn 50 points. Here is what we’ve selected this year:

·        Historical fiction

·        Graphic novel

·        Non-fiction

·        Audiobook

We’ll also be keeping track of how many hours you spend reading, including the featured books and genres described above. You will receive 20 points for every hour you read, so keep track of all your reading time starting on January 22nd!

Attend a library event from January 22^nd through March 18^th and you will earn 50 points for each event attended.  

For extra points, you can leave a review of the book that you read.  You will earn 5 points for each review.

We will be keeping track of your progress on a computer app called READsquared. You’ll be able to enter your reading activities from your phone, home computer, or a computer at the library, or we can enter the data for you.

So, grab your favorite blanket, brew a steaming cup of tea, coffee, or hot chocolate, and let the enchantment of words carry you through the frosty days. 

Happy Reading!!