The new Springfield-Greene County Library Bookends magazine/calendar is out, and it lists the categories in the 2026 Winter Reading Challenge:
Categories include:
- In a Different Country
- In Two Time Periods
- Vacation
- Native American Author
- Nonhuman Character
- Translated
- Genre New To You
- Short Story or Poetry
- Science Fiction / Nonfiction
- Based on a Real Person / Event
- About Family
- Money
- Part of a Series
- 500+ Pages
- Inspiring
Looks like a cinch, although Genre New To You might be challenging–what have I not read? I hope I don’t have to turn to modern women’s monster erotica. Also, 500+ Pages might bog me down depending upon what I select. But books are all so long in the 21st century that this won’t necessarily be that difficult. Although I find modern thick thrillers to be boggy as well.
