Baker Free Library’s Comments (group member since Dec 10, 2024)

Baker Free Library’s comments from the Seasons of Reading: Baker Free Library's 2025 Reading Challenge group.

Hi readers,

The fall season is almost upon us! The fourth and FINAL season in our reading challenge begins on Wednesday, October 1.

If you haven't picked up your summer prize, stop by the library anytime for a pen-and-notepad set, courtesy of BFL! Any unclaimed prizes from Winter or Spring are also available while supplies last.

If you're available, please join us for our final in-person meetup (and year-end celebration) on Wednesday, December 10 at 6PM. We'll enjoy snacks and refreshments, chat about our favorite (and least favorite) reads of the year, and participate in a book swap! Every reader is invited to bring up to 5 books that they'd like to swap, and take home a few new-to-you titles. We hope to see you there!

Happy fall, y'all!

Hi all,

Just a quick announcement: prizes for the Summer Challenge are now available!

You have until the end of September to complete the summer challenge, but prizes are officially in the building for anyone who's finished early. Come by to pick up a notepad and pen set, decked out in library style!

Enjoy the rest of your summer, readers!

Looks like you are crushing the summer challenge - well done! Some great recommendations here.

Hi all,

At our meetup tonight, it was suggested that we crowd-source suggestions for our next batch of reading prompts. If you have a suggestion for a prompt you'd like to see next year, please leave it here!

A few that were suggested at our meeting today:

1. A book that does not fit in any other category

2. A book you picked up because of the cover

Leave your suggestions in the comments!

Great choices! Best of luck!

Jen wrote: "I'm on to Spring now (thank you BFL for the prize!) and was struggling with finding a book title with an apostrophe in it, but I just picked up Chris Bohjalian's latest The Jackal's Mistress, probl..."

Perfect solution! Hope you enjoy it. :)

Wanted to second the recommendation for Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton - it is fantastic! And as Sarah said, works for both the "stars on the cover" prompt and it takes place in the Arctic.

In the Kingdom of Ice by Hampton Sides is another great option for the Arctic prompt mentioned by Shanka. It is non-fiction, but an incredibly compelling story.

Hi all,

The library has created book lists with recommendations for each prompt. On desktop, you can view this on the group's home page under the heading "bookshelf." On mobile, they are unfortunately hidden from view.

To see them, visit the library's website and scroll all the way to the bottom of this page, where there's a link for each prompt! https://www.bowbakerfreelibrary.org/P...

Please let us know if you have any trouble viewing the lists - either in person at the library, or by emailing info@bakerfreelib.org for help.

Shanka (Shannon) wrote: "I noticed that if you click on this group's bookshelf there are recommendations for reads based on the reading prompts. Might be a good place to start for anyone not sure of what to read :)"

Hi all,

Yes, please visit the bookshelf for reading lists that fit each prompt! If you're on mobile, the bookshelves are hidden from view. Head to our website and scroll all the way to the bottom of the page for direct links to each booklist: https://www.bowbakerfreelibrary.org/P...

So happy to see all of these recommendations coming in! Don't forget, we have our first in-person meet up on Wednesday, February 5 if anyone wants to chat/trade ideas at the library. Happy reading!

-Juliana, Baker Free Library

Oooo! Any of Lucy Foley's are a great choice for locked room mystery!! And Stephen King for the 500+ page prompt!

Yes!! Her books are excellent female rage novels... and a dog is one of the main characters, what's not to love?!

Happy new year, and thank you for joining BFL's year-long reading challenge, Seasons of Reading. We hope you're off to a great start!

If you read something great for one of our reading challenges, please share the title in a comment below! You can add to this conversation at any time.