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Good afternoon APL readers!

Welcome to Week 6 of the Summer Reading Challenge. This week's reading theme is: I Know What You Read Last Summer These are titles that came out last year that are still on your reading list. Now is your chance to finally catch up!

To get you started, here are some popular titles that came out in 2021:

People We Meet on Vacation
Malibu Rising
The Four Winds
The Rose Code
Project Hail Mary
The Guncle
The Other Black Girl
The Maidens
The Final Girl Support Group
While Justice Sleeps
Billy Summers
Greenlights
Crying in H Mart
The Anthropocene Reviewed: Essays on a Human-Centered Planet
Velvet Was the Night
It Ends with Us

What have you been reading this past week? Let us know in the comments below!

Lots of good books in that list!

I read The Secret Bridesmaid and The Worst Best Man. I’m not a huge romance fan, so I can’t say that I loved them, but it’s summer time and light and fluffy are always good.

I highly recommend Crying in H Mart. I listened to it and want to go back and reread it (and that doesn't happen often)!

That reminds me, I meant to read The House in the Cerulean Sea for this year's challenge. Better move it to the front of the shelf!

Kathleen wrote: "That reminds me, I meant to read The House in the Cerulean Sea for this year's challenge. Better move it to the front of the shelf!" I got that book in a package from a bookstore of "Books that Give Us Comfort," and I really liked it. A good antidote to pandemic and politics woes.

I listened to the audio version of The Guncle, and found it funny and endearing. A good summer read!

I'm behind a week, I guess, but I just finished Arsenic and Adobo .

I finished This Tender Land by William Kent Krueger. I liked it but it was a little too long. Too many characters.

I'm picking up a copy of Project Hail Mary because it is on my list to read, but in the meantime, I finished the audiobook of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World and stayed up way too late reading the new Candace Fleming book Murder Among Friends: How Leopold and Loeb Tried to Commit the Perfect Crime which is the true crime sory of Leopold and Loeb (who I recognized the names but didn't know the story). It's a MUST read!

All titles have been recorded up until this point :-)

Alicia wrote: "I'm picking up a copy of Project Hail Mary because it is on my list to read, but in the meantime, I finished the audiobook of Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World a..."

Hi Alicia,

Congratulations! You have completed the APL Summer Reading Challenge! Please let us know your preferred t-shirt size and the branch you would like to pick up from by emailing albanyreads@albanypubliclibrary.org. Once the t-shirt arrives at the branch, a staff member will notify you to pick it up. If you have any additional questions do not hesitate to ask!

Jaybee wrote: "Lots of good books in that list!

I read The Secret Bridesmaid and The Worst Best Man. I’m not a huge romance fan, so I can’t say that I loved them, but it’s summer time and light and fluffy are al..."

Hi Jaybee!

Congratulations! You have completed the APL Summer Reading Challenge! Please let us know your preferred t-shirt size and the branch you would like to pick up from by emailing albanyreads@albanypubliclibrary.org. Once the t-shirt arrives at the branch, a staff member will notify you to pick it up. If you have any additional questions do not hesitate to ask!

Heather wrote: "Alicia wrote: "I'm picking up a copy of Project Hail Mary because it is on my list to read, but in the meantime, I finished the audiobook of [book:Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized Wo..."

Awesome, I've emailed them but I'm continuing to read anyway and enjoy seeing what everyone else is reading and recommending.

I just finished The Night Tiger and really enjoyed it!

I finished Reasons to Stay Alive and The Diamond Eye!

I finished Project Hail Mary and I enjoyed it quite a lot.

Jaybee wrote: "Lots of good books in that list!

I read The Secret Bridesmaid and The Worst Best Man. I’m not a huge romance fan, so I can’t say that I loved them, but it’s summer time and light and fluffy are al..."

I appreciate you powering through them!!!

Heather, if people hit 20 books do they get 2 tee shirts? bwahahaha

Anne C wrote: "Jaybee wrote: "Lots of good books in that list!

I read The Secret Bridesmaid and The Worst Best Man. I’m not a huge romance fan, so I can’t say that I loved them, but it’s summer time and light an..."
Are adults like the kids with the prizes? Pick super quick and skinny books to get their quicker?

Susan wrote: "Anne C wrote: "Jaybee wrote: "Lots of good books in that list!

I read The Secret Bridesmaid and The Worst Best Man. I’m not a huge romance fan, so I can’t say that I loved them, but it’s summer ti..."

Hahaha, Susan! So far the adults (on Goodreads at least) have been picking solid books!

I finished Book Lovers by Emily Henry. Fun beach book. References to books and movies were amusing.

Joyce wrote: "I finished Book Lovers by Emily Henry. Fun beach book. References to books and movies were amusing."

Love Emily Henry! Her others are equally entertaining!

I just finished Honor by Thrity Umrigar. I didn't love it but I liked it a lot and it was a pretty quick read.

Yay, thanks, I can’t wait to get my shirt.

I read Daisy Darker last night and was enjoying it so much until the end. I don’t want to give anything away, so I’ll just say that the twist was not original and it ruined the whole book for me.

Last night I finished "Somebody's Daughter." Six down, can I finish 4 more before the time is up?

I read The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. The first book in the series was better, but I’m eager to see how the author will bring everything together in the third book

Mya wrote: "I read The Cruel Prince by Holly Black. The first book in the series was better, but I’m eager to see how the author will bring everything together in the third book"

Obsessed with this series!

All titles have been counted up till this point!

I finished The Book of the Most Precious Substance today, which was an ideal summer read. Litfic but make it juicy and bold.

Diana wrote: "I finished The Book of the Most Precious Substance today, which was an ideal summer read. Litfic but make it juicy and bold."

Thanks Diana- all set!

Kelly wrote: "I finished Reasons to Stay Alive and The Diamond Eye!"

Congratulations Kelly! You have completed the APL Summer Reading Challenge! Please let us know your preferred t-shirt size and the branch you would like to pick up from by emailing albanyreads@albanypubliclibrary.org. Once the t-shirt arrives at the branch, a staff member will notify you to pick it up. If you have any additional questions do not hesitate to ask.