A reading challenge
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40230)
United States
January 13, 2017 4:39pm CST
Winter reading challenge
I'm thrilled. My local library is holding a winter reading challenge from January 3 - Feb. 23 your goal is to read/listen to audio books as many as you can. Every 5 you read or listen to earns you an entry for a prize drawing - prizes like- coffee mugs and gift cards. Ooo I like these kinds of things and I am so happy that audio books are included since I can listen to a lot that way. So far I have read/listened to 6 - I turned in 1 slip and now have a start on the next.
So how about you? Do you enjoy reading or listening to audio books? Or do you prefer others forms of entertainment? Any drawings or competitions in your area?
Photo: Mine
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8 responses
@Tina30219 (82978)
• Onaway, Michigan
14 Jan 17
I love to read last year I set a goal to read 100 books I read 109. I wish our library did this it is such a small place we live our library don't do a lot of stuff. Good luck to you I hope you win a prize.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
17 Jan 17
Thanks! Wow! 109 books is an amazing goal. I hope you make it. How many are you on so far?
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
14 Jan 17
That is so awesome your library is having a contest like that! Ours did that a few years ago and it lasted all summer. The prize was a tablet. I didn't enter that year as I thought I had to go to book groups which I was wrong about. I did however enter a reading contest this past summer at a different library and I won that. I got a travel themed wall decoration and three decorative globes. I gave my man the wall decoration and my kids the globes. It was just thinking to win! Good luck to you I hope you win some nice prizes!
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@shaggin (74987)
• United States
17 Jan 17
@FayeHazel That's really cool they gave you a mug for signing up. Was it free to join?
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
17 Jan 17
OOo! A tablet, that was a nice prize. The globe and decorations sounds like really nice gifts. Thanks! They say it'll be mugs, or gift cards. Actually they gave me a mug jut for signing up... :-)
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@teamfreak16 (43611)
• Denver, Colorado
13 Jan 17
Our library does this every summer.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
17 Jan 17
I know it's small prizes, but it's enough to make me buckle down and read more. How about you, do you read much?
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@dramagirl26 (3259)
• Ringgold, Virginia
14 Jan 17
I enjoy reading books. I've listened to a few audio books and they're good, although for me I prefer to read the story.
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@Kandae11 (57231)
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18 Jan 17
@FayeHazel I like suspense, westerns, mild romance, but most of all - historical novels by Phillipa Gregory - she writes about the Tudors and other kings and queens.
@immilind113 (607)
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14 Jan 17
Oh thats a cool competition...i like reading....and am currently reading a book on ancient history of India...
No competitions here nearby...
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
17 Jan 17
I love learning new things, that book on ancient India sounds interesting.
@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
13 Jan 17
That sounds so cool. I rarely listen to audio books these days. But I do love to read. My library has a summer reading program when you have to check out 3 items to equal one entry into the drawing from June to late August. You can win gift cards and other items. One year I won a gift card to the movies. But I haven't won anything since then.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
17 Jan 17
That summer reading program sounds pretty cool too! I wish I enjoyed hard copy books more,
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@KristenH (33591)
• Cuyahoga Falls, Ohio
17 Jan 17
@FayeHazel Yeah it is. The only downside, you can't do e-books. But you can do inter-library book loans.
