Share Your Winter Reading

Harford County Public Library's Winter Reading Program has been up and running for a couple of weeks now. It's called, "Let Your Imagination Run Wild: Read!" All you have to do to participate is sign up. If you read 5 books by March 1, 2008, you receive a free gift! Just check with your local branch for details.

I have signed up, and for doing so I have received my free Winter Reading Pen. I love those pens because they have a nice heft to them! The pen is going to come in very useful as I fill in my five titles on my book log, which I will turn in to my branch for my free gift.

So far, I've only read one and three-quarter books, and some odd pages of two or three others; however, already branch librarians have been receiving completed book logs from swifter readers than me. With permission, librarians are sending me titles from these book logs so that I can make booklists of readers' recommendations. I thought it would be nice for people to share their favorites, and also for you to see what others have read and liked.

If you put a star on your book log by the book you most recommend, we will share that recommendation with other readers. You in your turn can get an idea of what other people have liked recently by checking out the Winter Reading Booklist on Readers Place. I will keep it updated throughout Winter Reading.