Monday, February 26, 2024

WPL Books It! Adult Winter Reading Challenge

 

February 29, 2024 is the last day to log your minutes for the WPL Books It! Adult Reading Challenge. You can log any reading from January 1, 2024 - February 29, 2024. If you forgot to get your registration bag, stop by the library to grab one ASAP! 

For this '90s themed challenge, we're offering readers the opportunity to be entered to win one of the prizes below. Winners will be selected on March 1 and be contacted directly by staff. 

Prize 1: Your Favorite ‘90s CDs and a state of the art CD player alarm clock with a $50 gift card to Joe’s Albums

Prize 2: The Beanie Babies collection of your dreams with a $50 gift card to That’s Entertainment

Prize 3: A VCR and a starter collection of all the best VHS movies from the ‘90s with a $50 gift card to the Elm Draught House Cinema

Prizes sponsored by the Worcester Public Library Foundation

Click here for more information and to log into your Beanstack account to start logging your minutes, activities, and reviews. If you don't have an account, you can create one today!

Looking for another reading challenge? Stay tuned for our Summer Reading Challenge!

Read these patron book reviews submitted by your fellow readers to get an idea of what to read next! And don't forget to log what you read, WPL events you attend, and your book reviews!



It took me over a decade to be able to get into this book, but I kept trying. So worth it. Intricate in politics, ecology, religion, characters and what a future might hold.

-Grace A.


Just as cozy as Legends and Lattes, and a really enjoyable prequel. I love spending time in the world that Baldree has created, and with the characters that populate it.

-Tracy B.


This book found me as I was walking through the library wondering what to read next. Reading this felt like talking to a friend I wish I had growing up. It is written in an advice column style, but the advice is not very direct. Instead the reader is invited to interpret their own advice via personal anecdotes of the author. The stories are so specific to the authors life and at the same time relatable. I learned a lot about myself and felt less alone reading this piece, and of course I immediately went to check out the rest of the work by this author. I recommend it to all, specially queer and BIPOC people out there that are consistently questioning identity and labels.

-Diana C.


I've loved all of Walker's work that I've already read. This essay collection is no different. She is regal yet relatable, literary yet accessible. She balances emotion with history, admiration with critique, beautifully.

-Caitlin K.

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