Adult Summer Reading

Adult Summer Reading 2023

Summer reading 2023 May 30-July 31. Read books, win prizes

Summer Reading Challenges

Adult Summer Reading

How it works:

  1. Sign up using our Beanstack app.
  2. Log 1 book and attend 1 program to earn a Lincoln Library branded pint glass!

 Local Fiction Author Summer Reading Challenge

The Sangamon County area is fortunate to have a plethora of talented authors and the annual Local Author Fiction Challenge helps to bring exposure to their important works. Find local authors by searching "Springfield & Sangamon Valley Authors" in the library catalog.

How it works:

  1. Read a fiction book by a local author and enter the raffle for a $25 Downtown Springfield Gift Card to be awarded at the end of Summer Reading. Get your raffle tickets at the 3rd Floor Reader Services Desk.
  2. One raffle ticket per book, and each book logged will be a chance in the final drawing, which takes place Tuesday, August 1st.

 

Upcoming Events

Movie Monday - Wonka (PG)

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Carnegie North
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Summer Reading Program, Movie

Movie

Enjoy a movie with digital surround sound at the Lincoln Library.

Event Details:
Hey, kids, escape the heat! Come on in for our weekly Monday Movie Matinee! We'll bring the popcorn! Wonka (PG) With dreams of opening a shop in a city renowned for its chocolate, a young and poor Willy Wonka discovers that the industry is run ...

Richard Landry and Snowball!

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Carnegie North
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Summer Reading Program, Performance

Performance

Enjoy a free performance at the library.

Event Details:
Let's kick off Summer Reading 2024 with our favorite magical guests - Richard Landry and Snowball! Comedy magician Richard Landry is a favorite presenter in Illinois. His high energy comedy magic with lots of audience participation reading program...

Movie Monday - Elemental (PG)

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Carnegie North
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Summer Reading Program, Movie

Movie

Enjoy a movie with digital surround sound at the Lincoln Library.

Event Details:
Hey, kids, escape the heat! Come on in for our weekly Monday Movie Matinee! We'll bring the popcorn! Elemental (PG) The film journeys alongside an unlikely pair, Ember and Wade, in a city where fire-, water-, land- and air-residents live togeth...

Movie Monday - Super Mario Bros. Movie (PG)

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Carnegie North
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Summer Reading Program, Movie

Movie

Enjoy a movie with digital surround sound at the Lincoln Library.

Event Details:
Hey, kids, escape the heat! Come on in for our weekly Monday Movie Matinee! We'll bring the popcorn! Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023, PG) A Brooklyn plumber named Mario travels through the Mushroom Kingdom with a princess named Peach and an anthr...

Movie Monday - Wish (PG)

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Carnegie North
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Summer Reading Program, Movie

Movie

Enjoy a movie with digital surround sound at the Lincoln Library.

Event Details:
Hey, kids, escape the heat! Come on in for our weekly Monday Movie Matinee! We'll bring the popcorn! Wish (PG) A young girl named Asha wishes on a star and gets a more direct answer than she bargained for when a trouble-making star comes down f...

Movie Monday - Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Carnegie North
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Summer Reading Program, Movie

Movie

Enjoy a movie with digital surround sound at the Lincoln Library.

Event Details:
Hey, kids, escape the heat! Come on in for our weekly Monday Movie Matinee! We'll bring the popcorn! Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem (PG) After years of being sheltered from the human world, the Turtles set out to win the hearts of ...

Movie Monday - Migration

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Carnegie North
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Summer Reading Program, Movie

Movie

Enjoy a movie with digital surround sound at the Lincoln Library.

Event Details:
Hey, kids, escape the heat! Come on in for our weekly Monday Movie Matinee! We'll bring the popcorn! Migration (PG) Mack is an adventure-loathing duck who does not intend to leave his New England pond anytime soon. However, he is convinced by h...

Wild Times Exotics Animal Show

2:00pm - 3:00pm
Carnegie North
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Summer Reading Program, Performance

Performance

Enjoy a free performance at the library.

Event Details:
Wild Times Exotics animal show! Meet some cuddly (and maybe not so cuddly!) new friends at this fun, interactive hour.  ...

Movie Monday - Trolls Band Together

2:00pm - 4:00pm
Carnegie North
Library Branch: Lincoln Library
Room: Carnegie North
Age Group: All Ages
Program Type: Summer Reading Program, Movie

Movie

Enjoy a movie with digital surround sound at the Lincoln Library.

Event Details:
Hey, kids, escape the heat! Come on in for our weekly Monday Movie Matinee! We'll bring the popcorn! Trolls Band Together (PG) Poppy discovers that Branch was once part of the boy band 'BroZone' with his brothers, Floyd, John Dory, Spruce and C...