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Up for a challenge? Pick one of these summer reading challenges

Looking forward to getting some reading done this summer? Want to make your book choices a little more interesting? This list of different summer reading challenges from BookBub Blog has some creative ideas to get you started! Break out of your reading rut and enjoy your summer reading by following one (or more!) of their challenge ideas:

  • Banned Books Reading Challenge 2017: “The reading challenges below offer multitudes of possibility for expanded horizons” and include instructions like:
    • A children’s book from the most frequently challenged children’s book list
    • A non-fiction book that deals with First Amendment issues or intellectual freedom
    • A book whose main character is an adherent of a religion that is not your own
  • 2017 Modern Mrs. Darcy Reading Challenge: “Reading well doesn’t necessarily mean reading more.” This challenge has two lists to choose from: “Reading for Fun” and “Reading for Growth.” Some of items from each list include:
    • A book set somewhere you’ve never been but would like to visit
    • A book of any genre that addresses current events
  • Book Riot’s Read Harder Challenge: “We encourage you to push yourself, to take advantage of this challenge as a way to explore topics or formats or genres that you otherwise wouldn’t try.” This challenge includes:

Will you participate in a reading challenge this summer? We’d love to hear about it!

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Take the Reading Without Walls Challenge this April

“Reading Without Walls is happening now, and anyone can participate — teachers, librarians, book-sellers, and readers. Just find something new and different to read — and let books open up the world around you.

What can YOU do to read without walls?

Once you’ve finished reading, complete the challenge by challenging someone else! Use #ReadingWithoutWalls to tell all of your friends on social media what books you chose and challenge them to do the same.

About Reading Without Walls

National Ambassador for Young People’s Literature Gene Luen Yang calls us all to READ WITHOUT WALLS, exploring books about characters who look or live differently than you, topics you haven’t discovered, or formats that you haven’t tried.

READING WITHOUT WALLS promotes diversity and opens readers’ eyes to new ideas and experiences. In this divided time in our nation’s history, READING WITHOUT WALLS is an inclusive way to spread appreciation and understanding for others — and to learn new and exciting things.”