2015 Summer Reading Program (for grown-ups!)

Start your engines!  It's time for this year’s Summer Reading Program for Grown-ups! When I was a kid, I always took part in the Summer Reading Program at our local library — you know, read 20 books and earn a prize at the end of the summer? As a grown-up, I've felt wistful about those summer memories and created my own Summer Reading Program.  And now we're already at year four! Won’t you join me this year? The Details Read any five books this summer and write a short paragraph review of each–a few sentences will do it. Your books can be fiction or non-fiction. (I even count cookbooks!) The Deadline Send me your list via email August 15-31, 2015: gina {at} ginasekelsky.com. Please note, I cannot accept lists sent before August 15th. The Prize Everyone who sends a book list (complete with mini-reviews) will receive a 5x7 print of this awesome quote by Anna Quindlen. One prize per reader, please. I started a piece of original art last week that I was planning to use as the prize: all the many reasons we read artfully arranged and handwritten on a mini-poster.  Then I found this quote that summed up all the things you were saying.  (The jury's still out, though.  Maybe I will go back to that original artwork before summer's end.  I also wrote out a few of my other favorite quotes and they looked pretty swell too.  So the prize will be something along these lines.  I'll make it pretty, I promise!) On Wednesdays over the summer, I’ll share some of the books I’m reading. And once I’ve received all the book review lists, I’ll send out a compilation list of the books everyone has read—so we’ll all be set with new ideas for fall reading.  I hope you’ll share the news with your friends — the more books, the merrier! To stay on track, leave a comment on this post & check the box to receive future posts (about once a week).  Then you won't miss the deadline, and you'll get some book recommendations over the summer!