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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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We Are Not Free
by Traci Chee
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I thoroughly enjoyed this book. In school, while we covered the battles of WWII in great depth, Japanese internment camps were never really discussed in detail. Although a bit jarring at first, I liked following multiple characters (a different one each chapter) through their lives and learning about their unique struggles. All the kids are around each other for the most part, so we still see mostly the same characters but the chapter is just not told from their perspective. Although it would have been very long (maybe in another book?), I would have liked to return to some characters’ perspectives which I felt could have been developed a bit more. Honestly, I even cried one chapter but laughed in others.
The Night Watchman
by Louise Erdrich
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Louise Erdrich's novel speaks of her ancestors and Chippewa culture. Her grandfather fought termination bringing his fight to Washington DC to help defeat the proposed dispossession of the Chippewa from Turtle Mountain in North Dakota. At points the book dulls and could have been shorter, though her characters come to life and her story teachers.
Henry and Mudge and Mrs. Hopper's House
by Cynthia Rylant
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In this book, Henry's parents went to the Sweetheart Dance. Henry and Mudge went to stay at Mrs. Hopper's house. While they were there they played with all her costumes. Henry dressed up like a man and Mudge was a poodle. They had so much fun. Henry's parents came back and were surprised to see them dressed up!
Holy Night
by Colleen Coble
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It's a quick story! Bane and Leia are getting married at Christmas on the beach! Eva her younger sister who has Down Syndrome is kidnapped. Will Leia and Bane be able to handle the stress of this incident. Who kidnapped and why? It's a great ending to the Aloha Reef Series.
People We Meet On Vacation
by Emily Henry
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This was cute. I wanted a palate cleanser because the mystery binge I've been on has led to a reading block, and this really fit the bill. It was just a really wholesome story about two best friends getting together. Their relationship isn't perfect because they're not perfect, and I'm honestly not sure they're great for each other long term, but they're sweet together. The ending was a little bit of a let down - a lot of big speeches and dramatic moments all crushed into one small section of the book, and I wasn't sure I really wanted them to get together by the time all was said and done. But overall the vacations and trips they take together are super adorable.
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 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.
Labyrinth Lost
by Zoraida Cordova
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In this story by Zoraida Cordova, there is rich Latin American folklore and incredible fantasy blended together to create the book known as Labyrinth Lost, the first book in the Brooklyn Brujas series. Alex Mortiz is a witch, although in her world, they’re called brujas. Alex, more than anything, wants to get rid of the magic that she knows she’ll eventually discover. Unfortunately, Alex’s first display of magic happens, and suddenly she’s all set up for a Deathday; plus, Alex turns out to be an encantrix, the once-in-a-lifetime On her Deathday, Alex casts a spell to banish her magic forever, but instead, she ends up banishing her mother and two sisters to Los Lagos, the in-between land for the living and the dead. Her only hope is to team up with a brujo named Nova and dive into the fantastical realm of Los Lagos.
Windrush
by Mike Phillips
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This book tells the story of the generation who came to Britain from the Caribbean after WW2. Powerful story with many first-hand accounts. It helped me gain a sense of the Afro-Caribbean community in Britain decade by decade. Also gives the historical background to the Windrush Scandal that broke in 2018.
Black Sands
by Colleen Coble
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Book number two in the Aloha Reef Series. This one is about Annie Tagama who is a volcanologist. She recently had an injury and is trying to work her way back to where she was before the accident. She and Mano Oana, who we met in the previous book are trying to help her brother whom they thought was dead. The mystery of why he returned and who is threating the family.
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