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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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Treasure Hunters In Trouble
by Winter Morgan
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This book had action, suspense, and excitement. It is a nice book for certain kinds of people.

How To Spy On A Shark
by Lori Haskins Houran
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How To Spy On A Shark was a good book. It tells the story of a team of marine biologists who go out to sea to study Mako Sharks. They catch, tag and release one mako shark and then follow it with a special robot that they can track the shark on. Pretty cool!

Daisy Jones And The Six
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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I didn't really enjoy this book until I started getting closer to the end, to be honest. The interview format is definitely not for me, someone who tends to skip dialogue tags and just figure out context as I go - at one point I realized I should probably have made some kind of guide as to who was who and their relationship, but it felt like I was too far in the book to really bother with it. It's a great story about how everyone struggles, and how not everyone gets redemption. There was no one really likeable in the book, though? Everyone had so many faults that I wasn't really rooting for their success as a band. It's not as as good as The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo (by a longshot) but could be really good as an audiobook, especially with different people narrating each character.

The Push
by Ashley Audrain
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The Push is a quick and intense read. I gave it 5 stars because it's a unique and fantastically written novel. It's dark, and also very sad and depressing. But Ashley Audrain makes narrator Blythe so real that I felt completely immersed in her struggles with motherhood and her relationships. I found the flashback sections a little confusing at first, but as the book went on it became clear that there was a purpose for including the unusual and disturbing stories of Blythe's mother and grandmother.

Leaving Time
by Jodi Picoult
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I have only ever read one book by Jodi Picoult before so was not sure I would like this but it was a very clever and interesting story with a twist at the end. Also it had a lot of interesting information on elephants which has made me want to investigate them a bit more too.

Distant Echoes
by Colleen Coble
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Book one of the Aloha Reef Series. We meet the Oana family. The first book focuses on Kaia Oana. She works with dolphins specifically a dolphin named Nani. An explosion on the water occurs and the next thing you know, Kaia and Nani are working with the US Navy to figure out why the explosion occurred. Good Story but predictable.

On Our Way to First Grade
by Kate Howard
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I liked this book because now i know that I will be ready to move on to first grade. I liked learning of all of the fun things that I will get to do in first grade, like games to play outside, new yummy foods during lunch, and best of all, make new friends!

Every Vow You Break
by Peter Swanson
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This was a great book of suspense! It has an interesting story line which kept me coming back for more - one of those books that I was excited to find out what was going to happen next. I loved that there were some unpredictable twists. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes thrillers or suspense novels.

The Seven Husbands Of Evelyn Hugo
by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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"When you write the ending, Monique, tell everyone that it is the people I miss. Tell everyone that I got it wrong. That I chose the wrong things most of the time." There's nothing more to say about this book other than the fact that it is amazing. An absolute masterpiece that deserves to be read by everyone. Monique's connection was kind of dumb and seemed shoehorned in, but I can ignore that because of how remarkable the rest of the book was. Read it. You won't regret it.

The Last Thing He Told Me
by Laura Dave
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This was quite a short book but had a lot of story in it. The ending was very surprising and I am not actually sure I liked that part but the rest of it was interesting and kept me reading. I have never read any other books by this author but might just after this.
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