Albany Public Library discussion

Hello summer reading program participants!

Today is the last day of our reading program - where did the time go! Together we have read over 500 books during the summer reading program - give yourselves a hand, that is an impressive total.

Some final housekeeping details as we wind things down here:

Please mark all of the books you finished during the reading program as finished on the bookshelf. Any books started on or after June 24 and marked "finished" as of August 19 will count towards your book total for the program.

The deadline to have all of your books entered and marked finished on the bookshelf is end of day on Monday, August 21

Lauren and I will then tally everybody's books read plus additional extra credit earned and assign readers to their respective raffle tiers.
Raffle prize readers will be notified by Friday, August 25.

Thanks again for participating in Albany Public Library's summer reading program!

We will be posting survey questions soon and your answers can help us shape next year's reading program. Stay tuned!

Julia wrote: "Hello summer reading program participants!

Today is the last day of our reading program - where did the time go! Together we have read over 500 books during the summer reading program - give your..."

I don't see how to separate the books out that I read during the period from those read before that time period. There is a date finished which you can put in chronological order. For one of the books I read, Hue 1968, I entered the date finished but it only lists August, instead of August 1. I count 15 books read in the period.
Joel Margolis

Just curious, how will we be notified in regards to the raffle winners? On here? Or are we e mailed directly?

Thank you

Is there supposed to be some kind of ice cream social?

I'm obsessed with using Goodreads in general, but have a harder time popping over to the Goodreads group. I think I put a lot of my reviews in the discussion threads instead of on the bookshelf, so I just added a few more that I read from my personal profile that I hadn't added to the group!

If anyone wants to share their profile, I'd love more people to follow and get recommendations from. https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/1...

Rebekah wrote: "Just curious, how will we be notified in regards to the raffle winners? On here? Or are we e mailed directly?

Thank you"

Hi Rebekah,
Depending on how you signed up, we'll either call or email you, or send you a direct message here on Goodreads. Thanks for asking!

Lauren

Joel wrote: "Is there supposed to be some kind of ice cream social?"

Hi Joel,

Yes!! Tomorrow night (Tuesday, August 22), at the Delaware branch. We're going to put up a post with all the details in about 2 minutes. :)

Joel wrote: "Julia wrote: "Hello summer reading program participants!

Today is the last day of our reading program - where did the time go! Together we have read over 500 books during the summer reading progr..."

Hello Joel - we are able to identify which books were started and finished within the program time frame by looking at the start and finish dates you applied to the titles when you uploaded them to the group's bookshelf. I have taken a look at all of the books you added to the bookshelf and they all fit within the date parameters so you are all set!

Wish I could have made the social, but I work late. Hope it was fun!

Lauren wrote: "Joel wrote: "Is there supposed to be some kind of ice cream social?"

Hi Joel,

Yes!! Tomorrow night (Tuesday, August 22), at the Delaware branch. We're going to put up a post with all the details ..."

I wasn't able to make the ice cream social, but wanted to thank you for hosting a fun challenge. I am not sure I recorded my challenge books properly, but if it worked, it was a convenient way to track them.

Me, too--I regret that I wasn't able to make the social, though I've enjoyed our weekly book selections. Thanks for doing this, APL! :)

Some other dumb library group had a meeting at the exact same time that I needed to attend. :-) Hope a good time was had by all.

Mirkat wrote: "Me, too--I regret that I wasn't able to make the social, though I've enjoyed our weekly book selections. Thanks for doing this, APL! :)"

Jaybee wrote: "I wasn't able to make the ice cream social, but wanted to thank you for hosting a fun challenge. I am not sure I recorded my challenge books properly, but if it worked, it was a convenient way to t..."

Thanks, guys! We're so happy you enjoyed participating- that was our goal for the program.