Patricia’s Comments (group member since Dec 28, 2015)

Patricia’s comments from the MCLS Reading Challenge group.

Not a lot of interest in the partner idea. I may try something a friend of mine is doing in an online group. He’s picking a reading theme for the month - so for January, the theme is Books with One Word Titles.

While we can keep this group and continue to use the bookshelves to record what we read, I will probably issue the theme via the mclslist. I’m thinking maybe we can do an informal monthly meet-up for those interested where I can continue to hand out giftcards through a drawing among those who attend.

Patty

Amy wrote: "I'd be interested in forming/participating in a leadership inspired book discussion group. I have a growing pile of books such as Crucial Conversations, Palaces for the People, and a few Seth Godin..."

Amy, that’s a great idea. Pick a title and a date for a meet-up and post it out to the MCLSlist. I bet there will be interest. If you need some start-up $$ for anything, I can provide some support.

Patty

Hi Everyone,

Anyone up for trying to reboot this reading challenge? What do you think about a program where you get matched with a partner who recommends a new book for you each month? I’ve also had some feedback that some people would like to gather occasionally for coffee and to talk about books.

Any other ideas?

Thanks.

Patty

I just uploaded four more READO boards:

Comics - thanks to Jason Poole for this one
First Novels - thanks to Diane Premo for this one
Latinx Authors
Black Authors

Bob. You know the answer to that. Of course! There are no rules here!

Hi Everyone,

I’ve only had one READO completed this month, so Kristin Spath (Central Communications) wins that drawing. Going forward, I think I’m going to change up the drawing process. Let’s go back to adding your completed books to the Goodreads group and I’ll draw form there. When you complete a READO board, submit it and I’ll collect them throughout the year. In December, I’ll do a few drawings just from the READO boards.

So, start logging your completed titles in Goodreads again!

Thanks.

Patty

Patricia wrote: "Thanks to Ash Arnstrong, I just put together a board for Women Authors. What others would you like to see?"
There is one in process. Also working on LGBTQ authors.

Thanks to Ash Arnstrong, I just put together a board for Women Authors. What others would you like to see?

just uploaded a new board for Mystery & Suspense and a corrected board for Sci Fi & Fantasy Authors.

The third READO board is ready to go and now in the Photos section. Thanks to Bob Scheffel for coming up with the Science Fiction & Fantasy Authors board!

Bunny Brinkman (Penfield) is the winner of the December drawing!

Bunny, look for an email form me today with your Amazon gift card!

Thanks for playing everyone!

Patty

I just uploaded 2 READO boards to the Photos section of this group - one for Experiences and one for World Lit. There will be more added over the next few days.

Have fun!

Patty

Sure. There are really no hard & fast rules here. Everyone who tells me they’ve completed a “READO” gets their name put in for the monthly drawing, so everyone has a chance. The whole purpose of these challenges is to get people to read things they normally wouldn’t.

Patty

Okay, I succumbed to the “cheese” and started creating some READO boards. Here’s how I thought we could work this thing.

I’ll post a few different topical boards (e.g. Experiences, World Lit, Mysteries & Suspense, Sci-Fi & Fantasy, Graphic Novels, etc.) and you can choose which board to work on.

Once you get a READO (any line vertically, horizontally, or diagonally, or 4 corners) you let me know by sending me an email, posting here on GoodReads, or sending me your completed board. I’ll collect names throughout the month and draw for the Amazon gift card as usual.

I’ll also send the boards out to the MCLSList so perhaps we can get more people to read along this year. I’ll release the first couple of boards sometime this week.

Any questions?

Thanks.

Patty

Alison,
Did you get the message through your libraryweb.org account with the link to redeem the gift card?

Patty

How do you feel about a BINGO Board challenge? I started playing around with this a couple days ago and can post an example soon.

I was thinking there could be several cards, each with a different theme - World Literature, Classics, Top 25 in MCLS, etc.

Would it be really cheesy to rename it READO?

Patty

Hi Everyone,

I have just realized that I never did a drawing for October or November! So, I did both and the winners are:

Alison Helms (Brighton)
Bob Scheffel (RPL)

Alison & Bob, look for an Amazon gift card in your email today.

Patty

We talked about doing a World Literature Challenge, with everyone reading from different countries.

Hi Everyone,

How do you all feel about continuing in 2019 with a new challenge? I’ve noticed our participation has slowly dropped, so maybe it’s time for something new. What do you all think?

Patty

Margaret Paige from the Monroe Branch! Congratulations Margaret. Look for an email from me with an Amazon gift card.

Patty