Adult Summer Reading Instructions for Staff
- Patrons will choose to participate Online or via Paper Logs for the 2020 adult summer reading program. Patrons should not do both.
- To participate Online, patrons should:
- Search for “Reader Zone” app at their device app store (i.e. Apple Store or Google Play).
- Install the app on their Android, Apple, or Amazon device.
- Make an account, enter program code 5f6b5, and select the program(s) they would like to join.
- Track what they read or listen to through the app.
- For each book completed, patrons will earn one entry into the JPL Adult Summer Reading prize drawings. There is no need to turn anything in to JPL.
- To participate via Paper Logs, patrons should:
- Pickup a reading log at the library during open hours beginning May 30th or access the ASR webpage and print one at home.
- Log the books they read or listen to.
- Turn in their completed logs at the outdoor summer reading drop-box located by the main entryway of JPL. For each completed log, patrons will earn one entry into the JPL Adult Summer Reading prize drawings.
- Additional paper logs are available on the ASR webpage.
- All entries will be put into one drawing. Unlike past years, patrons will not get to choose the prize buckets into which to place their tickets.
- The prizes for Adult Summer Reading will be ten – $30 gift cards to local Johnston businesses. Prizes will be drawn after the program ends.
- A new component of 2020’s ASR program is the Read Boldly Genre Challenge. This challenge is optional. To participate in the challenge, patrons should:
- Read one title out of at least 5 genre categories. Categories are defined on the ASR webpage and on the printed bookmark.
- Place a check mark in the box next to the title they have read, or write in the title of a book read that fits the category.
- Once patrons have read one title from 5 genre categories, they should turn in their Read Boldly bookmark at the outdoor summer reading drop-box located by the main exterior doors of JPL.
- Patrons who complete the Read Boldly Genre Challenge will receive $5.00 worth of JPL Bucks for the Foundation & Friends Book Sale.