06/01/2026
Sign up for our Adult Summer Reading Challenge starts TODAY! Swing by the library to pick up your alphabet bingo card, your FREE book, and start reading your way towards awesome prizes! 🦕
We will be posting book ideas for each letter of the alphabet along with dino fun facts... because you're never too old to pick a favorite dinosaur!
🦖 Up first... A is for Allosaurus! The name Allosaurus comes from the Greek words meaning "strange reptile." 🦖
A is also for...
🔸The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake: The Atlas Six by Olivie Blake is a dark academia fantasy following six uniquely gifted magicians invited to join the elite Alexandrian Society. While promised power and ancient knowledge, they soon learn the stakes of their year-long trial: only five can be initiated, and the sixth must die.
🔸Annie Bot by Sierra Greer: Annie Bot is a speculative feminist novel by Sierra Greer. It follows Annie, an advanced AI companion built to satisfy her human owner Doug's every desire. As Annie's learning programming activates, she gains sentience and realizes Doug's expectations are controlling and abusive. The story chronicles her awakening and journey to autonomy.
🔸The Accidental Favorite by Fran Littlewood: The Accidental Favorite by Fran Littlewood is a wry family dramedy centering on the Fisher family. During a countryside holiday to celebrate their mother’s 70th birthday, a falling tree triggers the father to instinctively lunge and save just one of his three daughters, inadvertently revealing his favorite and unleashing decades of long-buried sibling rivalries.
🔸American Fantasy by Emma Straub: In American Fantasy by Emma Straub, a newly divorced 50-year-old named Annie reluctantly takes her injured sister's place on a four-day cruise dedicated to "Boy Talk," a fictional late-1980s boy band. Once aboard, she sheds her inhibitions, reconnects with her youth, and forms an unexpected, tender bond with Keith, the band's brooding lead singer.
🔸The Astral Library by Kate Quinn: The Astral Library is a magical realism novel by Kate Quinn. It follows Alix Watson, a struggling orphan in Boston who discovers a magical refuge hidden within the Boston Public Library. The Astral Library acts as a sanctuary for the desperate, allowing them to permanently escape their real-world troubles by physically living inside public-domain books.
