Your Summer Isn’t Behind Schedule

Every summer starts with good intentions.

Maybe you planned to read more.

Maybe you picked out a stack of books.

Maybe you downloaded an audiobook for a road trip or checked out a novel that is sitting on your nightstand.

And then summer happened.

Vacations. Ball games. Work. Visitors. Yard projects. Camps. Long evenings that somehow disappear faster than you expected.

If your summer reading plans haven’t gone exactly the way you imagined, you’re not alone.

The good news?

The Summer Reading Challenge isn’t about getting off to a fast start. It’s about making time for stories whenever you can.

There is still plenty of time to register, earn prizes, attend programs, and make reading part of the rest of your summer.

Read on your lunch break.

Listen to an audiobook while driving.

Share a picture book before bedtime.

Spend twenty quiet minutes with a novel on the porch.

It all counts.

One of the best things about the Summer Reading Challenge is that it isn’t a competition. You don’t have to catch up with anyone else.

You just have to begin where you are.

Maybe that’s today.

Maybe that’s this weekend.

Maybe that’s after you’ve finished reading this blog.

However you choose to start, we’ll be here.

There are still books waiting to be checked out. Programs waiting to be experienced. Stories waiting to surprise you. And yes, there are still prizes waiting to be earned.

So, if you’ve been thinking, “I missed my chance,” consider this your invitation to think again.

Register for Summer Reading Challenge, pick up a reading log or sign up through Beanstack, and spend the rest of your summer with a good story.

After all, some of the best discoveries happen when you weren’t planning to make them.