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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. 


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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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Can You Tell A Bee From A Wasp
by Buffy Silverman
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This was a good book for facts but didn't tell me a lot that was new

Hilo Book 2
by Judd Winick
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It was good. It left me on a cliffhanger at the end

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

The Night Watchman
by Louise Erdric
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Louise Erdrich’s novel speaks of her ancestors and Chippewa culture. Her grandfather fought termination bringing his flight to Washington DC to help defeat the proposed dispossession of the Chippewa from Turtle Mountain, North Dakota. At points the book dulls and could have been shorter, but her characters come to life and her story teaches.

NEED
by Joelle Charbonneau
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NEED is an amazing sci-fi thriller that grabs onto you from the first page and doesn't let go. Essentially, NEED is a startup website that gives you anything you 'need' in exchange for a small price. But the price of your NEED is increasing drastically, and the book reveals an intricate web of betrayals and blood that NEED leaves behind in their small town. NEED approaches the idea of what we think qualifies as a need, the way we think, and just how far we'll go to get what we want.

Local Woman Missing
by Mary Kubica
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I'm clearly missing something with this book, because the entire time I read it all I kept thinking was "there is no way this author is an actual human being." The book takes place over the span of 11 years. In most chapters, we follow Kate and Meredith, two neighbors living in a town where a woman named Shelby has just gone missing. Meredith, a doula with two children named Delilah and Leo, has started receiving threatening text messages from an unknown number. Shortly after, her and her daughter disappear. The book centers around what was going on with Meredith prior to her disappearance, with Kate providing insight into what happened after she disappeared. Set eleven years later, there are also chapters from Leo's point of view, where we get to see what it's like to have your sister suddenly return after being gone for eleven years. There are just so many reasons why this book didn't work at all. The biggest of them all is that it is poorly written. As an example of what you can expect, this is how the author thinks someone would describe potentially seeing figures outside of a house a few weeks before the occupants went missing - "It was dark out," Cassandra says, "a moonless night. The streetlight outside has been out a month or two. My husband, Marty, called the city about it a while ago, but it still hasn't been fixed. Our tax dollars...hard at work. The only light came from whatever porch lights were left on overnight." Yeah. Because when my neighbor turns up missing and I think I may have seen some strange figures skulking about their house, I'm definitely going to be remembering that it was a moonless night. Everyone else in the book is just as poor at their job. The pathologist couldn't correctly figure out how someone died. The police openly lied about evidence and just sort of hoped no one would ever question them or figure it out. A woman running a daycare is completely unaware of the abuse happening there - and then the mother just doesn't even care?? Who finds out their kid is being abused and is just like "eh, I better send them back the next day or they'll get soft." Are there no other daycares?? The final thing I'll mention is that the ending is completely bonkers. I guess if you're going to commit murder, this is the town to do it in - apparently no one is ever around to watch people murder people and then drag their bodies into their cars.

Pretty Good Joke Book
by Garrison Keillor
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I really liked how funny this book was! It had all genres and I recommend it to ANYONE!!!

Finding Ashley
by Danielle Steel
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Melissa Henderson used to be a bestselling author, but after the death of her son she has retreated to New England. She puts all of her efforts into fixing up her new home. She has stopped writing and has divorced her husband. During the story, it is revealed her sister is a nun. She wanted to be an actress, but when things didn't work out she ran away and joined a convent. Melissa was upset by this, it is revealed that when she was younger she got pregnant and went to Ireland to deliver her baby. She tried before to find the little girl she delivered but all the records were destroyed. Will her sister Hattie, the nun, help her find her daughter using her connection to the convent. I haven't read a Danielle Steel novel in awhile. It did not disappoint.

The One Hundred Years Of Lenni And Margot
by Marianne Cronin
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This book is beautiful and made me cry at least twice. Set in Glasgow Princess Royal Hospital, the book primarily follows the story of Lenni. At age 17, Lenni has already been diagnosed with a disease that carries with it a life sentence. She will never leave the hospital, and she will never grow old. Her time is limited to months, not years. Stuck in the terminal ward, Lenni's life is changed when an intern creates a new art program for the hospital. It is there that she meets Margot, a rebel of 83 years. They hit it off immediately, and embark on a quest to document all 100 years of their cumulative lives through paintings and stories. The author makes it clear that this is not going to be a happy ending. We are following a terminally ill girl that does not have any chance at a future. But, much like Father Arthur and Margot and New Nurse, Lenni is so full of life that the reader can't help but be drawn in and forget that her time is so limited. This book was a rollercoaster, filled with laughs and tears, and it really makes you think about life.

Claudia And Mean Janine
by Raina Telgemeier Graphic Novels
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Mimi gets really hurt and has to go to the hospital and Claudia thinks it’s her fault because she yelled at her. Claudia has to stay home and help Mimi when she gets back from the hospital and misses Babysitters Club. Janine and Claudia made up at the end of the book.
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