Happy New Year, Extreme Reader

 Happy New Year, Extreme Reader

I'm so excited to be beginning my third year running(and hopefully completing) our Extreme Book Challenge and I'm even more excited to welcome you all to The Challenge! Whether you've joined us before or this is your first year, we're so glad to have you all the same!

This year, we will have all new categories to read for and even more ways to connect. 

First, hop over to our page on the Patchogue-Medford Library website to get acquainted with all of our ground rules. Get yourself signed up for the 2025 Challenge & automatically subscribe to our monthly newsletter! 

Connect with other extreme readers by joining us on Goodreads, and review books you read for the Challenge for a chance to win cool prizes and for the opportunity to be showcased in the library newsletter!

If you haven’t submitted your 2024 reading log just yet, you can still submit your log digitally here by Friday, January 10 to claim your 2024 prize.

If you have any questions for me or your fellow readers, feel free to drop them in the comments at any time.

Without further ado, let's get reading!

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