All adults are welcome to join the library in their partnership with the Mass Center for the Book (MCB) and participate in the 2025 Reading Challenge. Stop by the library to pick up a postcard with more information and a bookmark that you can use to keep track of your reading selections throughout the year!
How the challenge works:
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Choose a book that fits the monthly challenge.
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After you read, fill out this form to tell us about the book.
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Using the Mass Center for the Book submission manager, you will be able to log in and access the entries you’ve logged throughout the year.
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Dedicated readers will be invited to a year-end celebration hosted by Mass Center for the Book.
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Mass Center for the Book 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. -
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 from the Mass Center for the Book.
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12 Months 12 Books
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January: A book published or about the year you were born (Check out suggestions from the Mass Center for the Book)
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February: A book with the name of a city in the title (Check out suggestions from the Mass Center for the Book)
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March: A book about someone with a marginalized identity
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April: A book about books, bookstores, or libraries
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May: A book with a first sentence of eight words or less
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June: A book that spans multiple generations
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July: A book you were drawn to by its cover
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August: A book with a protagonist who is a teenager or senior citizen
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September: A book told in non-chronological order
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October: A book published by a Massachusetts press
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November: A cookbook or book about food
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December: Another book by an author you’ve already read
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