Libraries have long encouraged kids to read during the summer with incentive programs; this year’s FVRL theme is “Under the Sea”. Most of us adults don’t have the luxury of three months off, but maybe we do get a vacation and some reading time in the summer months. One way to sail through books this summer is to sign up for FVRLibraries Teen and Adult Summer Reading Challenge. This challenge encourages you to complete 6 out of 10 activities, which include reading, attending a library event, creating something inspired by a book, and more.
Summer always brings out lists of Beach Reads, a term I’ll loosely define here: a “beach read” is the type of book you take on vacation. It’s a shorter read, fast-paced, absorbing, but something you can pick up and put down as time allows. Entertaining. Feel-good. Escapist. Beach reads tend toward romance, thrillers, and contemporary novels. Lists of books published this year are popping up everywhere, so I’ll offer you some popular beach reads from years past that you might have missed to add to your Summer Reading Challenge!
Every Time I Go on Vacation, Someone Dies
The Collected Regrets of Clover
The Mostly True Story of Tanner & Louise
How the Penguins Saved Veronica
The Bitter and Sweet of Cherry Season
The 7 1/2 Deaths of Evelyn Hardcastle
As always, you can find these titles at your library - and check for special programs and performances for summer reading as well. See you at the library!
–Blog post by Senior Collection Development Librarian Beth Wood. This article was originally published as part of her weekly column, Check It Out, in The Columbian.
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