Thursday, July 30, 2009

Week Two: What are you reading?

Here we are a couple weeks into the Summer Reading Challenge. Post a comment to this message and share what book(s) you've finished so far! (Remember to identify yourself by username or first name last name initial, thanks.)

Weekly Prize Winners

Congrats go out to Karen M. and Cheryl M., who are the recipients of the first two weekly prizes. Each will get a 5 dollar gift card to the Friends of the Library bookstore.
Remember, all you have to do to be eligible for these is to read ONE book and tell us about it on the blog, in person, or via phone! I have three more bookstore gift certificates to give out in the coming weeks - Good luck!

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Week One: What are you reading?

Hi there!

Welcome to week one of the adult Summer Reading Challenge. Use this post to tell us what you're reading this week. You can make as many comments as you like, but make sure that you tell us that you've *finished* one book before this Saturday the 18th at 5pm. That's when I'll pick the weekly prize winner.

So if you'd like to tell us about a book, or just want to test things out, click on the "Comments" link below this post. If you aren't logged in as a Blogger or OpenID user, just pick "Anonymous" and put your name in the comment itself.

Comments won't show up right away--they'll get approved first.

Happy reading!

Thursday, July 2, 2009

Let's get started

Welcome to the Adult Summer Reading Challenge at Newport Public Library!

We're giving summer reading an online dimension this year, which hopefully will allow all you readers to more conveniently let us know what books you've read AND perhaps encourage some discussion and interaction once things get going.

First things first, though. Here's how to register for the Reading Challenge online:

1. Scroll down to the end of this post, and click the link that says "0 Comments."

2. In the compose window that appears under "Post a Comment," type in your name (first and last), your user name (if you have an online or blog identity you will be using--this is optional) library card number, and email address. No one but NPL librarians will see these comments, so your info will be secure.

3. I'll email you a confirmation from the email address nplreading@gmail.com. If you have any questions, if something doesn't work, or if you just want to register over email, please use this address.

Once you're registered, check the blog at least once a week to see what's going on. Every Monday, I'll publish a post asking what you've read. Simply post a comment to this post and let us all know. These comments will be published on the blog, so you can all respond to each other if you like. Just be sure to include your name or user name when posting. That's plenty of information for now, let's start reading!