Break a Winter Reading Record!

Snowy evening background with pine tree silhouette. Text: Winter Reading San Jose Public Library.

By Kye Ponce


Challenge Yourself with Winter Reading

Are you ready to try for a new reading record to end the year? Join the ongoing SJPL Winter Reading Challenge and lets see if you can beat last year’s collective record of 40,684 total books and 734,922 total minutes logged!

Some popular books to consider taking on for this challenge are:  

Bluey’s Night Before Christmas, 

Mint To Be by Katie Cicatelli-Kuc;  

Percy Jackson and the Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan; and 

The Poppy War Trilogy by R.F. Kuang 

Register for Winter Reading Today!

When you register in Winter Reading, remember to use Beanstack to log all your reading —choose to track books reads or hours read when you sign up! Beanstack is a great way to show your progress, reach your reading goals, earn free giveaways and qualify for cool grand prizes!  

My personal goal during this current winter challenge is to log up to 64 hours of total reading! There is so much to be read before the end of the year, and I hope that you are up to the challenge of having fun, earning prizes and learning something new!

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