Seattle Public Library's Adult Summer Reading Program, Book Bingo, Underway

 

Seattle Public Library's Adult Summer Reading Program, for readers 15 and older, is underway with the third annual Summer Book Bingo which runs through 5 pm on Tuesday, September 5th.     Pick up a Bingo Card at the Northeast Branch Library (6801 35th Avenue NE) or at any other neighborhood library or download a PDF.   Fill in a Bingo Card, by marking an entire row or all 25 squares with the titles and authors of the books you've read, and drop it any branch library, mail it to SAL, 340 15th Ave. E., Suite 301, Seattle, WA 98112, or by posting a photo using #BookBingoNW2017, on Facebook (@SeattlePublicLibrary @SeattleArtsAndLectures), Instagram (@seattleartsandlectures @seattlepubliclibrary) or Twitter (@SeaArtsLectures @SPLBuzzand, and have a chance to win a prize.   For book suggestions, ask a librarian, fill out a brief form at Your Next 5 Books and a librarian will email suggestions, or ask via Twitter (@SPLBuzz) or Facebook.  Library staff will be writing about Book Bingo and recommending books all summer on the Shelf Talk blog.   How to win: Blackout Card Complete all 25 squares to be entered in the drawing for a library of books by 2017-18 authors and two tickets to the entire SAL 2017-18 season. Blackout cards will also be automatically entered in the bingo drawing (see below).   Bingo Complete a horizontal, vertical or diagonal line to be entered into a drawing to win a $30 gift card from one of nine independent book stores. Winning entries will be selected at random. Prizes include gift cards to Ada's Technical Books, Elliott Bay Book Company, Open Books: A Poem Emporium, Phinney Books, Queen Anne Book Co., Ravenna Third Place Books, Secret Garden Books, Seward Park Third Place Books and University Bookstore.   For more information go here or call the NE Seattle Library at 206--684-7539, the Seattle Public Library at 206-386-4636 or Ask a Librarian.