6 in 12 Adult Reading Challenge

Can you read 6 books in 12 months?

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News and Views

The Fine Art of Arguing Pronunciation

I love words. I love them so much that sometimes I make up my own*, drop them in random conversation, and watch people stare back at me in disbelief.

One phrase you’ll hear me utter quite a bit is, "Is this the correct way to pronunciate that word?"

Hey Greater Kansas City,

If you are like me and love Agatha Christie, check out Louise Penny. She writes a great mystery series set in Canada, mostly around a fictional town called Three Pines. Three Pines is a little town that nobody goes to on purpose. But everyone who finds their way there, tends to stay forever. It is a haven for Anglo and Franco phones alike, artists, poets, burned out bankers and psychiatrists, and any other misfit or lost soul out there. They have no crime, except murder.

A very cool event took place this morning—the American Library Association announced their Youth Media Awards winners! It’s like the Oscars for libraries, but with sensible shoes.

How would you like to enhance your home? It is time to do some remodeling, and we are planning to replace the sink and update the countertops in our kitchen.

6 in 12 Challenge

Are you up to the challenge?

Can you read 6 books in 12 months? We are challenging any adult, above the age of 18, to pick 6 books to read in 2012. You could win one of 5 eReaders and other assorted prizes.

Take the challenge!