Adult Summer Reading Program

  • Book Bingo: Checked Out from the Library

         – posted by Sarah. This summer The Seattle Public Library, in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures, is excited to offer a summer reading program for adults called Summer Book Bingo! In order to help you along on your quest to complete your bingo sheet, we have pulled together some book suggestions based on each… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Published the Year You Were Born

         – posted by Kimberly This summer The Seattle Public Library, in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures, is excited to offer a summer reading program for adults called Summer Book Bingo! In order to help you along on your quest to complete your bingo sheet, we have pulled together some book suggestions based on each category.… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Authors Under 30

        – posted by Andrea This summer The Seattle Public Library, in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures, is excited to offer a summer reading program for adults called Summer Book Bingo! In order to help you along on your quest to complete your bingo sheet, we have pulled together some book suggestions based on each category.… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Local authors

       — Posted by Linda J. This summer The Seattle Public Library, in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures, is excited to offer a summer reading program for adults called Summer Book Bingo! In order to help you along on your quest to complete your bingo sheet, we have pulled together some book suggestions based… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Turned into a Movie

    – Posted by Misha. This summer The Seattle Public Library, in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures, is excited to offer a summer reading program for adults called Summer Book Bingo! In order to help you along on your quest to complete your bingo sheet, we have pulled together some book suggestions based on each category. Stay tuned… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Young Adult Books

       – Posted by Meranda This summer The Seattle Public Library, in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures, is excited to offer a summer reading program for adults called Summer Book Bingo! In order to help you along on your quest to complete your bingo sheet, we have pulled together some book suggestions based on… Continue reading

  • Book Bingo: Set in the Northwest

       – Posted by Misha This summer The Seattle Public Library, in partnership with Seattle Arts & Lectures, is excited to offer a summer reading program for adults called Summer Book Bingo! In order to help you along on your quest to complete your bingo sheet, we have pulled together some book suggestions based on… Continue reading

  • Summer reading: Rainier Beach Branch readers’ suggestions

    8 Sandpiper Way by Debbie Macomber As we are all humans, even the strongest man of faith can be tempted at his weakest moment. ~ Marline Three Little Words by Ashley Rhodes Courter A memoir of the author’s 9 years in the foster care system. Feelings of anger. Her stay at the Moss. The adoption… Continue reading

  • Summer reading: Columbia Branch readers’ suggestions

    Readers from the Columbia City neighborhood share their summer reading suggestions. Continue reading

  • Summer reading: Reviews from readers at the Central Library

    Once by Cameron Dokey An intricate collection of fairy tales that leave you questioning how the ones you grew up with could be true. A wonderful writer who helps give a second childhood. ~ Autumn Dropped Names by Frank Langella This guy’s first book? Wow! Great insight to some very famous people told with insight and… Continue reading

  • Summer reading: More reviews from readers at our Southwest Branch

    Geek Love by Katherine Dunn A cult classic I’d avoided because it seemed too grotesque – which it is – but it has an amazing level of depth and brilliance. Mind blowing! ~ Karen Fate Is the Hunter by Ernest J. Gann Commercial flying pre-World War II and events during war. If you think flying is scary… Continue reading

  • Summer reading: Suggestions from South Park Branch readers

    These are just a sampling of the reviews from readers at our South Park Branch: Olive Kitteridge  by Elizabeth Strout A wonderful collection of stories about a small town in Maine. Olive Kitteridge, a cranky, volatile and tender hearted woman is the common thread, whether her acquaintances and family know it or not. I highly… Continue reading

  • Summer reading: Suggestions from readers on Queen Anne

    The Spare Room by Helen Garner Gripping story of woman’s fight with cancer, from the point of view of caregiver. Unusual, funny at times, great observation of characters and effect of the illness on all. ~ Florence Prom by Laurie Halse Anderson Laurie Halse Anderson does not disappoint! This book had me hooked and locked.… Continue reading

  • Summer reading: Reviews from readers in West Seattle

    In the Kingdom of Men by Kim Barnes I loved this book from start to finish, and now want to read everything else the insightful Barnes has written. Following Gin from the back hills of Oklahoma all the way to the streets of Rome captured my imagination. I sympathized with her then changed my mind… Continue reading

  • Summer Reading: Reviews from Rainier Beach Readers

    Identity: Your Passport to Success by Stedman Graham It’s Chicken Soup for the Soul meets a motivational roadmap. The concepts are all familiar but presented in a compelling way. ~Arleen House of the Scorpion by Nancy Farmer This futuristic sci-fi novel will enthrall audiences of most ages. Matt, the young clone of the wealthiest, most… Continue reading

  • Summer Reading: Reviews from Beacon Hill Readers

    The World in Half by Christina Henriquez A young woman searches for her Panamanian father. Raised by her American mother, she has thought she was the result of an affair. Heartbreak/triumph, self-discovery, bi-culturalism — Very good!      ~ Suzanne Brooklyn by Colm Tóibín A deceptively subtle book, masterfully describing the inner life of a young Irish woman… Continue reading

  • Summer reading: Reviews from Ballard readers

    Caleb’s Crossing by Geraldine Brooks When fiction and nonfiction merge, the outcome is Caleb’s Crossing. A wonderful, historic piece – perfect for a vacation on Cape Cod. ~ Lori Unterzakhn by Leela Corman A heartbreaking and beautifully-drawn graphic novel chronicling the lives of two twin sisters growing up in New York City’s lower East-side circa 1910.… Continue reading

  • Summer reading: Montlake readers’ suggestions

    The Cat’s Table by Michael Ondaatje Wonderful sense of time and place, peopled by a small group of memorable pre-teen boys; although fiction, the parallels to Ondaatje’s life are many, he is a truly extraordinary writer. I loved this book!! ~ Spring The Once and Future King by T. H. White I loved this book! I… Continue reading