Level Up Your Reading with these Prompts
Kudos to the library for coming up with Summer Reading Bingo, a fun way to inspire people to read outside of their comfort zone. I’ve been doing that actively for years: seeking out books by authors unknown to me, in genres I don’t usually read because I wish to challenge myself lest I settle into a reading rut.
Here are some of my recommendations, prompted by the squares on the card:
A book about an animal: One Good Dog, by Susan Wilson
A book published this year/debut novel/ recommended by a librarian:
The Final Revival of Opal and Nev, by Dawnie Walton
A fantasy or science fiction book:
Dark Matter, by Blake Crouch
A young adult or middle grade book/a book by an author of race different from mine:
Dog Man and Cat Kid by Dav Pilkey
A book set in two different time periods: Long Division, by Kiese Laymon
A book in translation:
The Complete Poetry: César Vallejo, by César Vallejo. Translated from the Spanish, by Clayton Eshleman and José R. Barcia
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