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. January’s theme is Family Sagas, and the recommended reading list is 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.

January’s Reading List: Family Sagas

Explore the complexity of family ties with these compelling reads:

• The Vanishing Half by Brit Bennett
• The Guest Book by Sarah Blake
• Middlesex by Jeffrey Eugenides
• Woman of Light by Kali Fajardo-Anstine
• Afterlives by Abdulrazak Gurnah
• The Lowland by Jhumpa Lahiri
• Everything Here is Beautiful by Mira T. Lee
• The Matchmaker’s Gift by Lynda Cohen Loigman
• The Great Believers by Rebecca Makkai
• Sea of Tranquility by Emily St. John Mandel
• The Thorn Birds by Colleen McCullough
• A Place for Us by Fatima Farheen Mirza
• Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell
• The Bee Sting by Paul Murray
• Commonwealth by Ann Patchett
• Gilead by Marilynne Robinson
• Dreams of Joy by Lisa See
• White Teeth by Zadie Smith
• All My Rage by Sabaa Tahir
• The Joy Luck Club by Amy Tan
• Banyan Moon by Thao Thai
• The Good Left Undone by Adriana Trigiani
• A Spool of Blue Thread by Anne Tyler
• The Dearly Beloved by Cara Wall
• Red at the Bone by Jacqueline Woodson

How to Participate

1. Register: Visit ReadSquared or our website 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!