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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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Points Earned

Book Reviews
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Radium Girls
by Kate Moore
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Growing up in New Jersey, I had always heard stories about the Radium Girls. I found this book so captivating, yet heart wrenching. I couldn't put it down. What these girls went through after working with radium paint is so sad and truly unfair.

Into the Deep
by Colleen Coble
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Third book in the Rock Harbor series. Continue loving the characters and the lives they have entwined me into. I feel like I know the characters and care about what happens in their lives. In this book, Bree's dog Samson gets kidnapped and she tries to find him using the other dogs she is training. She doesn't give up and uses prayer and support of her family to help her get through this tough time.

Win
by Harlan Coben
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This was a page turner with a good mystery from a very reliable author. I knocked it down a peg for the misogyny. Even if the character acknowledges the misogyny it’s still a factor. I have only read one Myron Bolitar novel so I did not remember Win - I came in fresh to this book.

The Last Olympian Graphic Novel
by Rick Riordan
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The Last Olympian Graphic Novel was great. Since the movies were not great they stopped at the second out of five in the series, so now I have a way to see what is happening in the books. Also you know what is happening because there are words so you know where you would be in the book with just words.

Diary Of An 8-bit Warrior: crafting alliances
by Cube Kid
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An entertaining book to read. However there were many things that could be done to improve it, like adding a little deeper meaning and adding few more sensory details.

Dog Man Unleashed
by Dav Pilkey
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It is really funny when Chief found out that Flippy was the villain that started a crime.

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.

The Croc Who Rocked
by Laura Casella
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Fun book with onomanopeia (though I am awful at spelling that). The storyline was fun, the characters were clever, and the sounds the animals would make was really inventive. It could be a fun series book at some point. Love the illustrations.

The Sanitorium
by Sarah Pearse
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I had been told that this wasn't a great book but I persevered and actually rather enjoyed it. The story is of a Tuberculosis Sanitorium which has been closed for some time and re-opened as a luxury resort hotel. There are some pretty grisly murders but the author does not dwell on the that but rather on building suspense as the characters find themselves trapped in the hotel with the murderer due to some severe weather and avalanches. The story of the 'detective' who solves the murders is also running parallel to the main story and it makes for many surprising twists and turns. I would recommend it for an interesting read.

The One And Only Ivan
by Katherine Applegate
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I read this book as I had heard it was really sad and that was what I was in the mood for! It actually is not as sad as you would imagine. There are unhappy parts but mostly it is uplifting. It is about some animals who live in a circus attached to a shopping mall as told from their point of view. A nice quick read.
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