2016 #VASRP – Challenge 1

This summer, I’ll be participating in the 2016 Virtual Adult Summer Reading Program (#VASRP) hosted by Octavia over at Read.Sleep.Repeat and Valerie at He Said Books or Me.  Were you ever a nerd like me and loved getting the summer reading lists from school/your library? I’d usually devour all my books within the first week of summer and then scramble to find more to read (I’d usually steal books off of my brother’s list…).  One of my favorite books – Rebecca by Daphne Du Maurier – I read off of a summer reading list.  I always like to look at the Summer Reading list tables at my local library and Barnes and Noble each year to see which books made the cut and which ones have been shelved.  What I love about this challenge is it’s the adult version, but WAY more fun since you get to pick the books!

Here’s how it works (taken from Valerie’s post!):

Between now (the first day of Summer) June 20th thru September 5th 2016, we encourage you to read as many books as you can. These can be books you have been meaning to read, or you can now select one of the lists that we created below based on your interest.  the most important thing in all of it is to have fun reading!

We have picked the theme “Get Hooked On Books” for Summer 2016.  To that end, the levels that you will be reading are based off that theme.  Your level will be calculated at the end of the summer and based off that you will be eligible to win awesome prizes! In order to win the prizes at the end of summer,  you must sign up and provide us with your status during our monthly posts in July, August, and September.

Guppy Read 1 to 5 books
Minnow Read 6 to 10 books
Fishing Jig Read 11 to 16 books
Spin Bait Read 17 to 24 books
Book Worm (ha get it!) Read 25 or more books

Check out Valerie’s post here for more info and genre lists that Octavia made if you’re looking for some inspiration! You don’t have to stick to those lists–read whatever you want!–or you can go off all of them! And don’t forget to keep your eyes open for the mini challenges each week and monthly twitter chats…WITH PRIZES, thanks to some awesome publishers!

Awesome idea right??? My goals for the challenge are the following: