Rules

With the purchase of a book, pick up a bingo board from Dog-Eared Books beginning May 25, 2024, then get to making a bingo! You have until September 2, 2024 to complete the challenge and turn in your card to earn a Summer Reading Challenge sticker and a chance to win a $150 Dog-Eared Books gift card. A complete bingo would be any completed column, row, or diagonal on the board. One challenge allowed per person.

Full Prompts

If you need ideas to help finish a prompt, check out this blog post—or feel free to come into the store and ask for help!

2024 Reading Challenge Prompts

Reading Prompts

  1. Read a collection of short stories

  2. Read a fiction book by a disabled author

  3. Read a book published before 2005

  4. Read a book with an animal on the cover

  5. Read a middle-grade book

  6. Read a book written by someone from a different religious tradition than you

  7. Read a book shorter than 200 pages

  8. Read a debut novel

  9. Read a book with a BIPOC author and BIPOC main character

  10. Read an non-European book in translation

Activity Prompts

  1. Watch the TV/Movie adaptation of a book you love

  2. Read in a format you usually don’t (i.e. try out a graphic novel, an audiobook, and ebook, etc.)

  3. Attend an event at Dog-Eared Books

  4. Listen to a bookish podcast or a podcast that reads a book

  5. Annotate a book

  6. Do a buddy read with a friend

  7. Attend a book club at Dog-Eared

  8. Make a bookmark (knit, crochet, scrapbook, etc)

  9. Pick a book to read based on its cover (either for good or bad reasons)

Social Media Prompts

  1. Follow your favorite author, bookstore, or publisher on socials

  2. Post a reading round-up

  3. Post a book review online

  4. Organize your bookshelf and post a picture to socials

  5. Visit another bookstore and post about your visit on socials

Cocktail Recipe

There are few things we love at Dog-Eared Books more than settling down with a good cocktail and an even better book. Since this challenge takes place during the sticky, humid days of Iowa’s summer, we would love to share a refreshing mixed drink with all of you. As you crack open the spine of a new book, know that we are sharing that joy with you.

Groovy Gin and Violet

Ingredients

Cocktail

  • ¾ oz. crème de violette

  • ¾ oz. gin

  • ¾ oz. fresh lemon juice

  • ¾ oz. triple sec

  • Strip of orange zest, for garnish

Instructions

To a cocktail shaker filled halfway with ice, add the crème de violette, gin, lemon juice, and triple sec, and shake vigorously until chilled. Strain into a coupe glass and garnish with the orange zest.