Summer is officially here! Actually, as an adult I’m never actually sure when summer is officially here. But this last week I decided it is summer. And why did I decide this? Because I signed up for my local library’s summer reading program.
Aren’t summer reading programs for kids?
I love summer reading programs. Until I moved out of the town where I grew up, I participated in summer reading programs at my local library every summer. On a side note, my record for books read for a summer reading program is 120 books. However, I don’t remember how old I was, though I was in the adult summer program. I also don’t remember how many hours I was working per week. As I’m sure you can imagine I read a lot anyway and so have the community around me also reading just brings more delight to the activity. What I’m pretty excited about for this summer is that the Santa Cruz Public Library is doing their adult summer reading program a little differently than I am used to. Basically, I get to play library bingo.
But libraries have books, shouldn’t you just be reading?
I think the library bingo illustrates how libraries are changing and how much more they do than just store books. I also think that this is something that can be delightful to do as an adult and holds a little more challenge than just sitting down with a book. Basically I feel like it is an adventure/scavenger hunt/quest.
I would tell you which activities I’m excited about, but I really excited about all of the things. Here are the ones I’m especially excited about:
–Reading books by local authors
–visiting the free little libraries
Does your library have a summer reading program? Are you participating? How much fun is this summer going to be?
Be assured, I will update you all on my progress, and there will be pictures.
