It's time to cozy up with some good books this winter! We're bringing back the Adult Winter Reading BINGO Challenge for 2025 with new challenges and prizes.
How to participate
Sign up online at helenplum.beanstack.com starting Mon, Dec 1. Then, play digital bookish BINGO through Mon, Feb 2 to earn drawing tickets that can be entered for chances to win prizes. You can earn up to seven tickets: one for getting a BINGO, one for filling your card, and five bonus tickets for completing randomly selected challenges.
If you want a printable BINGO card, you can print one below – but note that you must enter your challenge completions online.
BINGO challenges
Each BINGO space has a different topic to guide your reading (and yes, there's a Free Space!). New for 2025, we've added four fun challenges featuring some of our favorite spots around Lombard:
- Listen to an audiobook while exercising at the Madison Meadow Athletic Center. You can pick up a free day-use pass at the Adult Services Desk before your visit!
- Read a book at the Prairie Food Co-op Café.
- Meet a friend at Noon Whistle to discuss books.
- Enjoy a drink at MOTW while reading.
And in case you need help choosing what to read, our librarians have curated reading lists for several of the challenges:
- Books with magical or fairytale elements
- Gothic novels or ghost stories
- Books set in winter
- Audiobooks with two or more narrators
- Books part of a series
- Cool or interesting covers
- Books featuring an activity on your bucket list
- Books about chosen family
- Books featuring non-human characters
- Short stories or essays
- Books set in small towns
Let the cozy reading begin!
