Readers Dozen – May

Love is in the air this month! Your challenge is to pick up a romance novel – not just a book with a love story, but a genuine romance genre book. Basically, it should involve characters that fall in love and leave you with a happy ending. If all you remember are the Danielle Steel ones your grandma read, check out one of the lists below for a look at the ever-changing, all-character-encompassing, awesomely-inspiring books that make up the genre today (including Danielle Steel!)

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50 Best Romance Novels of 2021, So Far! (Oprah Daily)

Best Romance Novels of 2021, So Far (Vulture)

Romance (Goodreads)

Smart Bitches, Trashy Books

Romance Junkies

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Or, check at the Reference Desk for recommendations!

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Here’s the link for this month’s entry: https://forms.gle/wzKN7RmHYzuS9a7i9

Readers Dozen – April 2021

Were you forced to read {insert book title here} in junior high or high school? Did you actually read it? Or, did you read it and wonder why in the world it was considered a classic?

This month’s challenge is a chance to see if you wronged a good book – or if you were totally justified in writing an essay claiming that the book was trash. So, if Ivanhoe, or Don Quixote, or Wuthering Heights just didn’t work for you then, give it another shot! You might just discover your teenage self was perhaps a little too judgy!

Here’s the entry form for when you’re done: https://forms.gle/TtRsZcS1QHcKS5778