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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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Heretic: Betrayers of Kamigawa
by Scott McGough
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Book 2 of Kamigawa Cycle is amazing!

Magic Tree House 23
by Mary Pope Osborne Magic Treehouse Series
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Jack and Annie saw wagons going to CA. They met a teacher that was 16 or 17 years old living in a dug out with a storm protector on it that she built. My favorite part of the book so far is that Jack is better at reading than everyone in his class. Can't wait to read more tomorrow.

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous
by Ocean Vuong
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I listened to this book, read by the author. It is a letter to his mother telling her how he viewed his childhood with her. She is Vietnamese and brought him up in America alongside her own mother. His American father was aware but not involved in his upbringing. His mother is quite abusive to him and he also has a relationship with a boy called Trevor so it is quite a difficult book to listen to, but beautifully written.

Wicked As You Wish
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Excellent!

How to Make a Pancake
by Dave Max
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I read this book all by myself. It's a silly book about how to make a pancake. It tells you every step you take like adding the eggs and then the milk and pouring it into the pan. If you listen to the directions you can make a pancake. I like bacon and pancakes.

Greenlights
by Matthew Mcconaughey
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This is Matthew McConaughey's autobiography written as he turned 50. The greenlights refer to the lessons he has learned from his life experiences. He peppers his story with bumper stickers or little quotes or sayings which he considers relevant to the topic he is talking about. It is a fairly short book and quite light hearted and entertaining

The Maidens
by Alex Michaelides
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This was an interesting book mainly set in Cambridge University in England. The Maidens are a group of students who are devoted to a particular professor. Some grisly murders take place and the aunt (and former Cambridge student) of one of the girls who attends the college attempts to solve who is committing them. There are lots of plot twists and I did not guess who did it at all. Definitely a page-turner until the end.

Midnight In Chernobyl
by Adam Higginbotham
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This was rather a difficult book to read not only from the point of view of the subject but also because of my lack of Russian knowledge. The names were tricky too, however it was very interesting and well worth persevering. The subject is the world's worst nuclear disaster which took place in Chernobyl in April 1986. We are taken through the events as they happened as well as the subsequent efforts to contain and clear up the fallout both literally and within the Russian government. It is a tragic tale but an important and noteworthy piece of history.

Blossom The Flower Girl Fairy
by Daisy Meadows
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I liked this book - it was a good mystery story. It also had a lot of fairies

With The Fire On High
by Elizabeth Acevedo
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I loved the book so much! The imagery and descriptions are impeccable!
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