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C.H. BOOTH LIBRARY’S SUMMER READING PROGRAM

June 14--August 20


How it Works

  • Register for an account. You can make accounts for yourself and your family.

  • Log in to your account and record your reading. See your age group below for more information regarding logging and prizes.

  • Visit us at the library for reading recommendations, and see our Event Calendar for more summer fun for the whole family. 


Frequently Asked Questions

  • Who can participate?

The whole family! We have a program for children, young adults, and adults. 


  • Can I count books that I read on my computer or e-reader?

Of course!


  • Can I count audiobooks?

You bet! 


  • Can I join the program before or after its official start date?  

Yes! You can register now and start recording your reading on the official start date (June 14th). Log your reading until August 20 for children, young adults, and adults.


  • What should I read?

Stop by the library to ask us for recommendations, view our book lists online, or follow us on social media, where we will post book recommendations all summer long. 


Facebook / Instagram / YA Instagram / Children’s Instagram


KIDS 

Ages 4 to Grade 5

Stop by the children’s department to pick up your summer reading kit. Each kit which includes  tickets for our prize raffle to be held on August 21.  All tickets must be received by August 20 to be eligible.



YOUNG ADULTS

Grades 6 to 12


Log your time spent reading to win points. Each week, participants will have the opportunity to use their reading points for the chance to win gift cards for local businesses and other fun stuff!


The summer’s top readers will have a chance to win a Kindle Fire tablet.


ADULTS


For every book review you submit, you will be entered into the Friday morning gift card raffle as well as the end-of-the-summer raffle of your choice.

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Book Reviews
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Beartown
by Fredrik Backman
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The first of the series about a small town which rallies around its hockey club. The hockey is filled with life-lessons and philosophy until a life-altering incident occurs which caused a rift in the community as folks pick sides. Ultimately the incident tears the community apart as well as its hockey team while at the same time destroying the innocence of the teenagers at the heart of it.

The Weight Of Ink
by Rachel Kadish
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This was an interesting book especially as I had no idea that the Jewish Race had ever been banned from England! It is set in the 1660s and in current time with the people in current time (Helen and Aaron) discovering the story of Ester who scribed for a Rabbi blinded in the Spanish Inquisition. Ester is actually an intellectual who uses her position to air her views in a time when a woman was not permitted to do such a thing. During the story we learn a lot about her tragic life whilst at the same time we discover that Helen and Aaron have secrets of their own. It is an emotional book with some sad parts and triumphal parts. I was hooked from beginning to end.

Death Of A Showman
by Mariah Fredericks
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Slow to start and difficult to keep the characters straight. Ending left a lot to be desired. The overall story was enjoyable. The side story about the best friend was not needed and I felt like it was just something to fill pages and was not at all relevant to the murmur plot.

The Barefoot Sisters Southbound
by Lucy and Susan Letcher
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I LOVED this book. The sisters spent 8 1/2 months thru hiking the Appalachian from Maine to Georgia. It tells of the high and low points of the journey, the amazing friendships they made and the really kind, interesting people they met. It reminded me of all the COVID hiking I've been doing and inspired me to think about hiking at least a part of the AT.

Before I Met You
by Lisa Jewell
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I've read many Lisa Jewell books and consider myself a fan. She does a great job of creating a realistic and vivid picture of her characters and their lives, and I usually enjoy following along as she tells their stories and gradually puts pieces together to solve a mystery or a puzzle of some kind. This book felt like Lisa Jewell "light," and read more like a romance novel. The book alternates between the lives of two young women making their way in London 70 years apart - Betty in the 1990s and Betty's step-grandmother Arlette in the 1920s. Both of them are extraordinarily beautiful, and other characters comment on this so often that it starts to seem ridiculous. I liked the story of Betty more than that of Arlette, but overall the characters in both time periods were flat, their problems were predictable and the book dragged on way too long. I had to force myself to finish it.

Glass Sword
by Victoria Aveyard
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I loved this book a ton! I wonder what will happen in Kings Cage. The suspense!

Leopards
by Deborah Nuzzolo
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Leopards is a non-fiction book about Leopards. Leopards live in Africa's grasslands and forest. They're able to stay cool hanging out in the shade. They hunt for antelope, birds and small mammals. Leopards are very strong and use their legs to climb tall trees.

Magic Treehouse Series
by Mary Pope Osborne
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jack and Anna heading to Africa to solve a rittle. When they got there they saw a graffe and they saw a heared of zebra's, wildabaest's , and gazzals. Then anna got stuck in kwick sand. Next Jack and Anna followed a honey so they get honey and that was the answer to the rittle

Hilo The Boy Who Crashed To Earth
by Judd Winick
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I rate this 5 stars - it was a funny book because Hilo came crashing down to earth in his gray silver underpants. He never wanted to take them off which made me laugh.

A Tale Of Magic
by Chris Colfer
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I give the book a 5 star review because the author was really good at making the characters sound real. Also, the book was very suspenseful so it made me want to keep on reading it. This is a great book and I would gladly read it again.
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