Are you ready for the new 2024 Reading Challenge? The Massachusetts Center for the Book has a new one for us, and it’s a good one. If you didn’t try it last year, here’s how the Mass Center for the Book lays it out:

1. Choose a book that fits the monthly challenge.
2. After you read, fill out this form to tell us about the book.
3. Using our NEW submission manager, you will be able to log in and access the entries you’ve logged throughout the year.
4. Dedicated readers will be invited to a year-end celebration hosted by Mass Center for the Book.
5. If you read a book in each of the 12 months, you will be entered in a drawing to win 1 of 2 totes filled with books.
6. New this year! We will be drawing two names on the last day of each month to win a free book! Make sure you get those entries in before the end of the month.

They’ve come up with some really great prompts (see below) for the year, and, like last year, the library will be providing a display to help make finding your monthly read that much easier. You’ll find the display on the stairs going up to the second floor near the Avon Street door. If the display doesn’t work for you, we encourage you to come to the Reference Desk where any of our librarians will joyfully accept the challenge of helping you find just the right title to fulfill the prompt and add another great read to your lifetime reading list. Here are the monthly prompts for 2024. You can also find them on a handy postcard or bookmark on our display.