La Quinta Public Library

Are you challenging yourself to read more books this year? Maybe read books outside your comfort zone? Or books only by women? Only by people of color?  Well if you need some ideas, here are some great reading challenges to check out!  La Quinta Library's Adult Reading Challenge - Yes, we have our own! We challenge you to read 24 different types of books. Check out the reading log and suggestions on this blog.  Book Riot's Read Harder Challenge  - I absolutely adore Book Riot and their yearly reading challenge! It really pushes you to read genres/types of books you never even thought of and it's introduced me to so many great books. Pop Sugar Reading Challenge 2019  - Click on the link to get a PDF copy of this fun reading challenge from Pop Sugar! Reading Women Challenge 2019  - These awesome ladies host a podcast, a website and other social media accounts that are all about reading women. So as you can guess, their reading challenge requires you to read

Happy New Year! We are ready to kick off 2019 with lots of great programs, new blog posts and loads of fun.  If you haven't already heard about it, please check out our blog for our upcoming La Quinta Book Fest on February 2nd, 2019 ! We have 10 authors coming to participate in discussion panels and if you stick around through the end of the day, you could buy their books and get them signed! It's going to be a fun day and we sincerely hope you'll join us for our first-ever book festival.  Our 2019 Reading Challenge for adults is out and ready to go! Also if you're looking for a book club to join, we have 6 adult book clubs , so check out that page too.  Also please remember we'll be closed Monday, January 21st in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. Normal hours will resume Tuesday, January 22nd at 10:00AM.  Now back to the blog. Each Friday, we'll share some interesting reads or websites we've found on the internet. And if you don'