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Support Your Local Library

rachelbonitzwrites Host

63 participants (1,026 books)

10 Mar 2025—31 Dec 2025

Overview

Libraries are the backbone of knowledge and key to preserving the integrity of humanity’s wisdom. Libraries provide free access to information and educational resources, promote literacy, preserve history, build community, and also offer a safe space for people to learn, explore, and connect with their local culture. Libraries act as a vital hub for knowledge and community engagement, regardless of socioeconomic background.
In order to preserve this vital service, they must be used.
For this challenge, I am proposing that we read 15 books from our libraries.
Be it a physical paper book or an ebook from your library’s digital collection, or even an audiobook. Every book checked out signals that libraries are still relevant, still important, still necessary and useful.

Support Your Local Library

rachelbonitzwrites Host

63 participants (1,026 books)

STARTS: 10 Mar 2025ENDS: 31 Dec 2025

Overview

Libraries are the backbone of knowledge and key to preserving the integrity of humanity’s wisdom. Libraries provide free access to information and educational resources, promote literacy, preserve history, build community, and also offer a safe space for people to learn, explore, and connect with their local culture. Libraries act as a vital hub for knowledge and community engagement, regardless of socioeconomic background.
In order to preserve this vital service, they must be used.
For this challenge, I am proposing that we read 15 books from our libraries.
Be it a physical paper book or an ebook from your library’s digital collection, or even an audiobook. Every book checked out signals that libraries are still relevant, still important, still necessary and useful.

Challenge Books

All books added

Pirates Past Noon by Mary Pope Osborne

Pirates Past Noon
Magic Tree House #4

Mary Pope Osborne with Sal Murdocca (Illustrator)

80 pages • paperback • 1992 (editions)

fiction childrens fantasy adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

fiction childrens fantasy adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Pirates Past Noon by Mary Pope Osborne

Pirates Past Noon

Magic Tree House #4

Mary Pope Osborne with Sal Murdocca (Illustrator)

80 pages • paperback • 1992

fiction childrens fantasy adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

fiction childrens fantasy adventurous lighthearted mysterious fast-paced

Identity by Nora Roberts

Identity
Nora Roberts with January LaVoy (Narrator)

15 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2023 (editions)

fiction romance thriller emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction romance thriller emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

Identity by Nora Roberts

Identity

Nora Roberts with January LaVoy (Narrator)

15 hours, 4 minutes • audio • 2023

fiction romance thriller emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction romance thriller emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

The Family Recipe by Carolyn Huynh

The Family Recipe
Carolyn Huynh

320 pages • hardcover • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

The Family Recipe by Carolyn Huynh

The Family Recipe

320 pages • hardcover • 2025

fiction contemporary emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

fiction contemporary emotional mysterious reflective medium-paced

The Radium Girls. Mroczna historia promiennych kobiet Ameryki by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls. Mroczna historia promiennych kobiet Ameryki
Kate Moore with Dorota Konowrocka-Sawa (Translator)

470 pages • hardcover • 2016 (editions)

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative sad medium-paced

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative sad medium-paced

The Radium Girls. Mroczna historia promiennych kobiet Ameryki by Kate Moore

The Radium Girls. Mroczna historia promiennych kobiet Ameryki

Kate Moore with Dorota Konowrocka-Sawa (Translator)

470 pages • hardcover • 2016

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative sad medium-paced

nonfiction biography history science emotional informative sad medium-paced

Ballada ptaków i węży by Suzanne Collins

Ballada ptaków i węży
The Hunger Games #0

Suzanne Collins with Małgorzata Hesko-Kołodzińska (Translator), Piotr Budkiewicz (Translator)

544 pages • paperback • 2020 (editions)

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Ballada ptaków i węży by Suzanne Collins

Ballada ptaków i węży

The Hunger Games #0

Suzanne Collins with Małgorzata Hesko-Kołodzińska (Translator), Piotr Budkiewicz (Translator)

544 pages • paperback • 2020

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced

fiction dystopian young adult adventurous dark tense medium-paced

Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk

Survivor
Chuck Palahniuk with Paul Michael Garcia (Narrator)

8 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 1999 (editions)

fiction contemporary thriller dark funny medium-paced

fiction contemporary thriller dark funny medium-paced

Survivor by Chuck Palahniuk

Survivor

Chuck Palahniuk with Paul Michael Garcia (Narrator)

8 hours, 25 minutes • audio • 1999

fiction contemporary thriller dark funny medium-paced

fiction contemporary thriller dark funny medium-paced

Temple of Swoon by Jo Segura

Temple of Swoon
Jo Segura

353 pages • digital • 2025 (editions)

fiction contemporary romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Temple of Swoon by Jo Segura

Temple of Swoon

353 pages • digital • 2025

fiction contemporary romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

fiction contemporary romance adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

The Deep, Deep Snow by Brian Freeman

The Deep, Deep Snow
Shelby Lake #1

Brian Freeman

354 pages • paperback • 2019 (editions)

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

The Deep, Deep Snow by Brian Freeman

The Deep, Deep Snow

354 pages • paperback • 2019

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

fiction mystery thriller dark mysterious tense medium-paced

The Smart Traveler's Passport by Erik Torkells, Roberta (Bobby) Pellant

The Smart Traveler's Passport
Erik Torkells, Roberta (Bobby) Pellant

224 pages • 2007 (editions)

nonfiction reference travel informative lighthearted slow-paced

nonfiction reference travel informative lighthearted slow-paced

The Smart Traveler's Passport by Erik Torkells, Roberta (Bobby) Pellant

The Smart Traveler's Passport

Erik Torkells, Roberta (Bobby) Pellant

224 pages • 2007

nonfiction reference travel informative lighthearted slow-paced

nonfiction reference travel informative lighthearted slow-paced

All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks

All the Young Men
Ruth Coker Burks with Kevin Carr O'Leary

368 pages • hardcover • 2020 (editions)

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir politics emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir politics emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

All the Young Men by Ruth Coker Burks

All the Young Men

Ruth Coker Burks with Kevin Carr O'Leary

368 pages • hardcover • 2020

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir politics emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

nonfiction lgbtqia+ memoir politics emotional inspiring sad medium-paced

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