Winter Reading Challenge

Adult Winter Reading Challenge, January 26-February 28

The cold days and long nights of deep winter are perfect for cuddling up with a good book. With the new year many of us are setting reading goals and challenges for ourselves. We here at Mt. Lebanon Public Library would like to encourage both the comfort of cuddling up with a good book and the dedication to reading throughout the year by offering the incentive of our Adult Winter Reading Challenge. 

Click here to register for the program. 

Once registered, you can: 

• Log Reading and Activities. You must enter a title of a book read to complete a logged reading activity. You can challenge yourself by completing our additional "Activity Challenges." To see all the "Activity Challenges" go to the "Badges" feature and click on the "Activity Badges" link. 
• Connect with other "Friends" that are registered in the challenge to share reviews and reading activity.
• Write book reviews in the "Reviews" feature. Your reviews will be saved as long as you are registered in our Beanstack Challenges. You can share these reviews by using the "Friends" feature mentioned above. You will earn tickets for each book review submitted.
• You can view all badges earned in this challenge. Badges are used as benchmarks based on the number of books read.
• You can select prizes to allocate your tickets in the "Ticket Drawings" feature. You can choose to add all your tickets to one prize or spread them around with multiple prizes. 

Win prizes:

• Prize tickets are awarded for the following activities:
  • Logging a book (the more books you read, the more tickets you earn)
  • Writing a book review
  • Completing an Activity Challenge
  • Completing the entire Winter Reading Challenge (read 1 book, write 1 review, and complete 1 activity challenge)

We will award book bundle prizes based on raffle drawings for each prize. The book bundle prizes will be awarded at the end of the program.

We will send out weekly newsletters that include book lists and book reviews to encourage you to keep reading!

Book Lists:

Best of the Year 2025

Winter Reading Booklist

Black History Month

2026 Adult Winter Reading Gathering!
Monday, February 9, 2026
7:00pm–8:30pm
Meeting Room A
Join us for some winter reading inspiration! Discuss your current reads, get your next favorite read, or just work on your to-be-read list.
Light refreshments will be available!