Anyone doing a library summer reading club?

[peach]

Our library has sweet prizes each week and I really want to win. Its a random draw, you get one entry per book ypu read that completes a challenge. Its usually a big tote bag with a book or two, gift card to a book store, chocolate, and some sort of summer item like a beach towel or water bottle.

Currently I am rereading 1984 as a "favorite you are rereading" and The Book of Secrets as a "book with a red cover" challenge.

[rainbowchip]

My library is doing this.


I'm doing really well on the reading part. Not so well on the exercise part.

[Nonny]

Ours is doing one where you earn badges based on books read, reading time, and other little things like leaving review, taking/making quizzes, and tagging books. But I've done a bunch of activities and haven't earned badges, and community posts suggest people are really confused. This is the first year they've done an adult summer program and they just implemented a new website, so there is a weird disconnect. The prize is a randomly drawn visa gift card per library though, and no requirements on what you read, so I'm not really losing anything by participating.

[travella]

I wish our that our local library had a summer reading challenge for adults! Ours only does a summer reading challenge for kids. It's a decent program and my kids usually participate. However, they are not participating this summer because we are moving soon and it just started. I'll have to see if our new library has a program!

[mrspez07]

Our whole family is participating in ours and I find it exhausting to keep track of everyone's minutes. Plus the prizes are awarded in hours read but the count is in minutes read, which is annoying.
I do like that the set a district goal and it's fun to see that being met. I think I would enjoy it more if I was tracking solo. An app would also be a great resource.

[dmlk413]

Our library does a pretty basic summer reading challenge. For adults it's read 5 books or 30 hours and for kids it is 12 books or 30 hours. I was too lazy to track minutes/hours so DD and I just did the books challenge. When you finish there are some nice prizes and coupons and you get entered into drawings for big prize packages.

[susiebw]

Our adult summer reading is a book a week, with a different category each week. I've already missed out on the first two, and now I feel like I'm over it.

[sweetrhythms]

For my library you have to log each book you read online and get a raffle ticket for the first 20 books you read. This year if you tweet stuff or go to their programs you get extra raffle tickets. There are 4 gift cards raffled throughout the program-stoo and shop, Moe's, Dunkin Donuts and one other place. Then there are 4 grand prizes-- 4 Kindle fires.

They also have the kid summer reading where the kids earn trinkets for reading every 100 minutes. We also belong to another town's library and the kids get stickers for every 5 books read which go on their cut out shape on the library wall and a trinket once a week. I like this way best for my daughter because she is really excited to write down each book and get stars. The online minute log she doesn't really understand.