With BALibrary's Summer Reading Challenge coming to a close, this post is dedicated to some of this year’s highlights! To date, adults have logged a total of 407,826 minutes and earned 930 badges. Young adults have logged a total of 109,963 minutes and earned 312 badges. Collectively, all Summer Reading Challenge participants have read over 1 million minutes, which is more than double our community points goal!

Here’s a peek at some of the top books read by adults this summer:

Big Summer by Jennifer Weiner
The Dutch House by Ann Patchett
Eight Perfect Murders by Peter Swanson
All Adults Here by Emma Straub
The Keeper of Lost Things by Ruth Hogan

Here’s a peek at some of the top books read by young adults this summer:

1984 by George Orwell
The House of Hades by Rick Riordan
Crazy Rich Asians by Kevin Kwan
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling
Lilac Girls by Martha Hall Kelly

The top five activity badges earned this summer are:

And you all shared some awesome activity photos with us! Here are a couple:

Baby turtles discovered on a walk - submitted by Allison

Frog discovered in the grass on a walk with family - submitted by Ellyn

Great job and a big thank you to all of our participants this year! As a reminder, the Summer Reading Challenge ends this Wednesday, August 19th. So be sure to log any remaining minutes and activities by midnight on the 19th. You’ll also want to check and be sure that you have entered your tickets into the prize drawings! Adults have the chance to win a gift card to a favorite local eatery and young adults have the chance to win a pair of AirPods.

As always, happy reading! :)

This post is a guest post written by librarian Danielle Golding, who is currently putting her effort into making this the best reading club yet! 

  Adult Services Assistant Librarian Danielle Golding