Adult Summer Reading
BOOKSHELF BINGO – June 1 through August 31
Reading helps your mind bloom, so register for Bookshelf Bingo, our adult summer reading challenge. Mark a square for each book you read and get a chance to win a prize: a $25 gift card every two weeks, plus one of three grand prizes at the end of summer.
Register with ReadSquared: northlandlibrary.readsquared.com. If you need assistance with registration or marking your bingo squares on ReadSquared, visit the Ask A Librarian Desk on the second floor or contact us at 412-866-8100, extension 113.
The first 75 participants to request a bingo card at the Ask A Librarian desk beginning June 1 may select a free book from our summer reading book cart.
Bingo categories with links to suggested reads are listed below and also on ReadSquared. Check the Bookshelf Bingo display on the second floor for printed book lists and bingo cards, as well as book picks.
- America 250 (U.S. history)
- Art & artists (set in the art world, or about works of art or artists)
- First in a series (any series of two or more books)
- First person narrative (uses I, me, my, we)
- Get spacey (set in or about space)
- Heists (a theft, or the planning thereof, drives the plot)
- Homecomings (character(s) return home or to an important place from their youth)
- Indigenous reads (written by/about members of a native tribe)
- It’s about time (time travel or multiple timelines)
- Justice for all (courtroom drama)
- Lonely hearts (theme of loneliness, seeking connection)
- Magic & myth (mythical and/or magical elements)
- Mother Earth (nature theme, including conservation, gardens, etc.)
- Nonhuman character(s) (animals, aliens, monsters, robots, etc.)
- Secrets & cover-ups (plot hinges on a secret or cover-up)
- Trees (about, in title, or on cover)
- The long & short of it (under 200 pages or over 400 pages)
- Pink cover (any book with a predominantly pink cover)
- Read aloud (read to someone or be read to)
- Set in your birthplace or birth year