#Recommit to Reading
What's your to-be-read pile looking like in 2025? Are you already placing holds on the Library's Forthcoming Books in the catalog and making sure you're first in line for the next chapter in your favorite series? Or do you still have a ton of books on your list from 2024 that you've been meaning to pick up? Hurry because 2025's hottest releases are already starting to hit the shelves!
Make Your Reading Plan
Whatever camp you find yourself in: January is a great time to take stock of your TBR and set reading goals for the year. That's why this year (and every year), we're celebrating "Book Blitz Month" right along with you! We've also got lots of great local and bestselling authors coming your way with our Lit Chat author series and big events like Jax Book Fest.
If you've signed up for Jax Stacks, our year-round reading challenge for adults that starts every January 1, you also have 16 new challenge categories to tackle! You may also be logging reading minutes with the Beanstack app for Mayor Deegan's River City Readers city-wide literacy challenge. With over 2 million minutes read in 2024 - there are a lot of you! You can also join a Library Book Club if you want to connect with fellow readers in person.
Best of 2024 Lists for Book Blitz Month
Whether you're challenging yourself or you're just looking for ideas, we've got some great book recommendations for you this month! Some of these books were brand new in 2024. Some of them are a bit older but may have had a sequel or a movie drop in 2024. One thing they all have in common: They were all very popular in 2024. See some of last year's most checked out (and talked about) books... and put a few of them on your list!
