Here's the list of challenges for the Adult Read, Explore and Discover Program. This year's theme is Color Our World. Got ideas for new challenges? Send them to info@milanlibrary.org by June 7, 2025! If yours is chosen, you'll get a bonus 10 entries in our summer prize drawing!
Read/Listen:
- Read/listen to/watch a book or DVD with the word “color” or the name of a color in the title.
- Read/listen to/watch a book or DVD set in, or about Michigan..
- Read a book from our classics collection.
- Read a type of book (mystery, sci fi, nonfiction) or an author that’s new to you.
- Read/listen to an award winning book. (Starter List HERE)
- Read/listen to any book that’s ever been a bestseller.
- Read a biography of someone you admire (browse in the 921 call numbers or search biography in the catalog).
- Read/listen to a book about a place you've been or would like to visit. (Search [country or place name AND fiction]. Use facets on left to narrow down results.
- Read/listen to a book that's been on your 'to read' list longer than two years!
- Read a Michigan Notable Book from any year (free e-book versions here.) Or you can search in our catalog for 'michigan notable books'.
- Read a book that was turned into a move. Watch the movie! Which did you like better?
- Find out something about a place you like in Michigan by visiting the Michigan History magazine (via MEL).
- Read about anything you want!
Do:
- Check out a cookbook and try a new recipe!
- Try your hand at a new craft or hobby! (Search our catalog for crafts, carpentry, games, painting, calligraphy, drawing, sewing crochet, etc.) Or explore the video instruction at Craft & Hobby.
- Check out a puzzle or one of our new Library of Things items. (Search catalog for 'library of things' or "jigsaw puzzle".)
- Read to someone for three hours (total, doesn’t have to be all at once!).
- Let someone else read to you for a total of three hours.
- Write a review of one of the books you’ve read/listened to and submit it to us at the library or at info@milanlibrary.org (bonus points if you allow us to share it on social media, anonymously if you prefer).
- Check out the Great State of Michigan by using a Michigan Activity Pass!
Learn (More)!
- Pick a resource from the Michigan Electronic Library (MEL) collection. Explore and find something of interest! Tell us about it! (Include the name of the resource and what you found).
- Visit one of our in-library exhibits and tell us what you learned and/or liked about it!
- Try learning a new language with Mango (you can even learn to talk pirate!)
- Learn a new game (check out a game and/or check out a book about games (e.g. chess, cards, brain puzzles, etc.)
Have (More) Fun!
- Read a book or watch a movie/tv show that makes you laugh! (List HERE.)
- Check out and read 3 magazines, either from our print collection or from our Woodlands Library Cooperative Overdrive collection.
- Check out something from our Library of Things (bird watching, chess set, ice cream maker, tool kit, metal detector, lawn games, and more!).
- Use the Michigan Electronic Library's resources to check off a Bucket List Item (personal or family bucket!).