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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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All The Ugly And Wonderful Things
by Bryn Greenwood
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This work of fiction is both disturbing and uplifting at the same time. It follows the story of a child whose father was a meth dealer and whose mother was an addict and the family she made for herself outside of the traditional definitions of family.
Between Two Kingdoms
by Suleika Jaouad
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This is a memoir written by a young woman who was diagnosed with leukemia just as she graduated from college. It follows her progress through a long period of treatment and then her efforts to learn to live normally again once her treatment is over. Both parts were very enlightening and I particularly enjoyed the road trip section where she met many people who had contacted her whilst she was undergoing treatment.
When He Was Wicked
by Julia Quinn
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As I've been continuing my journey through all of the Bridgerton books, they get more enjoyable. I find myself reading through them very quickly and it's an enjoyable read. Definitely a good beach/summer read if you want something quick and easy. I'm looking forward to reading the next book in the series.
The Silence Between Us
by Alison Gervais
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I really enjoyed reading this book and learning more about the Deaf community. I have a Hard of Hearing friend and she has expressed many of the same opinions that this book did, such as being proud of being HoH/Deaf and not needing to be fixed. I really appreciated this #OwnVoices book and the research that was done. I also really liked how the author wrote ASL and kept it more with ASL grammar vs writing it with English grammar as other books I’ve read about this topic. Additionally, I thought how the lipreading portions were done well, how it’s impossible to catch every word lipreading and how you have to piece together context with what you caught.
Haven Of Swans
by Colleen Coble
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Fourth Book in the Rock Harbor Series. She doesn't remember who she is and why she is on the side of the road. She knows she needs to get rid of the car and protect her and her daughter. Bree comes along and picks her up and helps her. For the next several months she tries to remember who she is and her former life. Will she ever regain her memory? It's Rock Harbor!
Mexican Gothic
by Silvia Moreno-garcia
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Loved it! Devoured this book in practically one sitting, it's so good. The setting is amazing described, the characters are great, and the plot is captivating. The book definitely picked up in the last hundred pages or so and became the horror I was looking for. I can't wait to see the limited series adaptation of this - it has such incredible potential! The book is a bit of a slow burn for the start, but the end 100% made it worthwhile.
Half Blood Prince
by J.K. Rowling
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I love this book so much!
The Factory Witches Of Lowell
by C. S. Malerich
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A short, interesting fantasy about the mill workers in Lowell, Massachusetts, who use witchcraft to strengthen their strike for better working conditions. While it's a fantasy, the book packs a lot into its 123 pages about capitalism, worker's rights, and women's agency. The Daring Ladies of Lowell by Kate Alcott is a more conventional novel on the same subject and there is a National Historical park in Lowell about the history of the mills.
Pirate Latitudes
by Michael Crichton
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This was a fun, fast-paced read. I enjoyed the theme and time period of piracy in the Caribbean. Charles Hunter gathers a crew of interesting personalities with the goal of securing treasure from a Spanish galleon that is docked in a nearby harbor. He comes up with a challenging way of attacking the harbor and taking control of the galleon. If you enjoy fast paced, action, and humor, then pick up this book!
Filthy Animals
by Brandon Taylor
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"It's like when a plane descends, you know? Gradually, down through the clouds, and suddenly you can't see anything? Except, with a plane, eventually you see the city. There was no city for me." Filthy Animals revolves around the lives of three characters - Charles and Sophie, two dancers that are in a questionably open relationship, and Lionel, a man they meet at a dinner party who is dealing with the fallout from a failed suicide attempt. The majority of the stories follow one or all of these characters, with a few outlier stories that deal with other people struggling through life. All of the stories are poignant, as the characters deal with terminal medical diagnosis, the loss of estranged family members, and most of all, the inability to fully achieve what you want in life. I really enjoyed the stories about the main three, but some of the secondary stories dragged a little more. In some ways, the stories all seemed a little too similar. It was a quick read, but in this case that might not have been a good thing.
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