Showing posts with label book bingo. Show all posts
Showing posts with label book bingo. Show all posts

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Winter Blues Book Bingo

Need to shake up your reading during these chilly winter months?

Come to Mentor Public Library's Main Branch and pick up a Book Bingo sheet from the reference desk.

From Feb. 1 through March 31, you can earn entries into a prize drawing by filling out a Book Bingo card. Each space is a different kind of book. When you finish reading that type of book, mark your space. Then bring it to the Reference Desk when you’ve completed a BINGO.

For each BINGO you get, you get an entry into the prize drawing. If you fill in the whole card, you get an extra entry into the prize drawing! Winners will be pulled April 1.

Need help getting started? Here are some suggested titles:

Me Before You by Jojo Moyes (Read a book with a sad ending) – Lou Clark gets a job caring for a young man who has recently become paralyzed. Neither realizes the impact each will have on the course of their lives.

Voracious by Cara Nicoletti (Read a cookbook) – Nicoletti, a Brooklyn butcher, complies a list of recipes inspired by books that have had an impact on her life.

Nimona by Noelle Stevenson (Read a graphic novel) – Stevenson’s tale of a villain’s henchgirl was recently shortlisted for a National Book Award. The accolades are well deserved, she turns a silly premise into a moving story of identity and acceptance.

Into Thin Air by Jon Krakauer (Read a memoir/biography) – Krakauer chronicles one of the most dangerous Everest expeditions in recent history.

Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain (Read a book about a war) – Billy is on leave for a “victory tour” after his unit faced fire during the Iraq War. He and his fellow soldiers are used a PR props to drum up support for the war during election season.

I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith (Read a classic) – Set in the 1930s, Cassandra Mortmain recounts tales of her eccentric family in diary entry form.

The Age of Miracles by Karen Thompson Walker (Read a sci-fi book) – 11 year old Julia must cope with growing up while also dealing with the slowing of the earth’s rotation; an unexplained phenomenon that throws life into disarray.

Tuesday, June 2, 2015

Play Book Bingo at Mentor Library

Play Book Bingo at Mentor Library and get more chances to win Summer Reading prizes.
Are you signed up for summer reading yet? We have programs for all ages—kids, teens and adults.

Kids can earn raffle tickets to win prizes for each hour they read or are read to. Meanwhile, teens and adults can earn their own raffle tickets by reading books and attending library programs. Prizes for teens and adults include Captains tickets (donated by The News-Herald) and gift cards for Chipotle, gas, Starbucks, Target and more. The grand prizes are $50 Amazon gift cards.

If teens and adults want to earn an extra raffle ticket—and, consequently, increase their chance of winning something—they can play Book Bingo.

It's easy to play. All you need to do is pick up a board at our Main Branch and start reading!

Read a book from one of our displays; read a book with a road trip; read nonfiction, a romance, a book with a black cover until you have Bingo; and then get your bonus raffle ticket from our reference desk. For every Bingo you earn, you'll get an extra entry into our prize drawing. If you fill in your entire card, you'll get an entry into a bonus drawing.

So read, play Book Bingo and have a super summer!