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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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Miss Graham's Cold War Cookbook By Celia Rees
by Celia Rees
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Miss Graham heads to post-war Germany to assist in rebuilding the infrastructure. In addition to this task, she is requested to locate her former lover and Nazi war criminal who is wanted by the Americans and British for different outcomes. The story is dense with history and intense--recommended if one really enjoys a thoroughly researched and intriguing story.
Diary Of An 8 Bit Warrior Book 3
by Cube Kid
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Good book, wish it had more details, a lot of suspense, overall I would recommend it to certain people.
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.
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.
What Strange Paradise
by Omar El Akkad
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READ THIS BOOK. One of my absolute favorite books this year, easily. Akkad has created a beautiful and haunting tale that I loved every single moment of reading. Amir is a nine-year-old boy escaping from Syria with his family in search of a better life. His journey takes him first to Egypt, and then onto a boat heading to an island, where his family is sure they will have better chances of survival. With the chapters alternating between what Amir experiences on the boat and what happens after, every moment of this story is just tragically amazing.
When The Stars Go Dark
by Paula Mclain
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Although I read to the end, I disliked this book very much, and I'm surprised it has so many great reviews. The writing is stiff and cliched and the characters are the same. The narrator Anna is a missing persons detective with a troubled past that’s revealed bit by bit through flashbacks as she works on multiple cases in an "unofficial" capacity while on leave from her job. It's clear that we're expected to see Anna as compelling and sympathetic, but I found her to be unlikable and her backstory was so dragged out that it became boring. The plot jumps from one case to another without a coherent connection and there are so many characters and events jammed into the past and present scenes that it's easy to lose track of things. I was also put off by the way the author weaves the real life case of Polly Klaas into the story - this feels sensationalistic and inappropriate, and it does nothing to make the fictional part of the story seem more real.
The Endermen Invasion: An Unofficial Gamer's Adventure, Book Three
by Winter Morgan
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Active action, good concept, good book for certain people.
Superbikes
by Margaret Parish
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All of the bikes are really cool. My favorite is the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-12R because I am wondering if ninjas use this bike and it is the "king of all sports bikes."
Falling
by T. J. Newman
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This was fun. I'm sure if I spent more time thinking and analyzing it, I could find reasons to knock the stars down, but I don't really want to. It was tense and exciting and had excellent pacing, and was a book that I could not put down. Bill is a pilot who has just been asked to fill in on a shift. Unfortunately, the shift overlaps with his son's first baseball game, which already makes his wife upset with him. Even worse, after Bill leaves, his family is taken hostage. He's given a choice; his family, or the plane. If Bill wants his wife and two kids to survive, he needs to crash the plane and kill all the passengers on board. Right from the start the book is action-packed, and it never really lets up. I wasn't as thrilled with the FBI agent chapters (I didn't want to leave the plane!), but all in all everything was engaging. Did it have predictable moments? Sure. Do I think it'd make a good movie? Honestly, probably not. But as a quick suspense read, I don't think you'll go wrong here. I look forward to seeing what else Newman comes up with in the future.
The Guest List
by Lucy Foley
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I liked this book in spite of several negatives. It was extremely slow. And it had a lot of holes in the plot and unlikely coincidences. But I found the story entertaining and I was hooked to keep reading to find out who was murdered and why. I listened to the audiobook, which has the benefit of multiple narrators to bring the characters to life.
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