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2024 LOGOS & MYTHOS SUMMER READING

June 2 – July 28

Graphic for LAM Summer Reading, hosted by indie author Joy E. Rancatore #ShareTheRead

Read Books. Interact with Readers & Authors. Win Prizes.

#ShareTheRead

Click the Icon to Download Your 37-page Reading Challenge Guidebook!

Icon of the cover of the 2024 LAM Summer Reading Challenge Guidebook. Click to get your copy!

What’s it all about?

  • Read as many books as you can in the announced categories.
  • Interact with readers in a Facebook group and during Zoom events.
  • Meet new authors and ask them questions.
  • Win autographed books and other bookish prizes.

Ready to record Your Completed Book Categories on Facebook? Simply Click the Graphic Below! Need Books? Use the QR Codes for Pre-shopped Lists. 

*Note: The bookshop.org links are Joy’s affiliate links, which means she’ll receive a small percentage at no extra cost to you. Thank you!

MEET THE FEATURED AUTHORS

AUTHORS of the ROUND TABLE KICKOFF JUNE 2, 7 P.M. (CDT)

Jann Franklin

Jann Franklin

June 9-15

Jann is a faith-based cozy mystery writer. Muffalettas and Murder is the first book in her Small Town Girl Mystery Series.

Cassie Greutman

Cassie Greutman

June 16-22

Cassie writes fantasy fiction—urban, portal, a little epic thrown in, she loves it all! Regeneration won the 2022 Ohio Indie Author Project Award.

Alina Rubin

Alina Rubin

July 7-13

Alina is an IT professional and a writer who wrote her first book during the pandemic. Abigail’s Song is her latest historical fiction novel.

Kizzi Roberts

Kizzi Roberts

July 14-20

Kizzi is an author, illustrator, book lover, wife and mom to a tiny human. Her STEM chapter book, Harper & the Raptor Rescue is available now!

Joy E. Rancatore

Joy E. Rancatore

July 21-27

Joy writes the soul with heart. One Good Thing completes her collection of Southern fiction with Christian roots.

MEET THE AUTHORS OF THE ROUND TABLE

AUTHORS of the ROUND TABLE

MID-CHALLENGE BOOST

JULY 6, 7 P.M. (CDT)

AUTHORS of the ROUND TABLE

WINE-DOWN & WINNERS TOAST

JULY 28, 7 P.M. (CDT)

EVENTS & REPLAYS

Each event begins at 7:00 PM (CDT) on Zoom. Click the EVENT tabs below to go to the Zoom room. Password is: ReadOn (case sensitive). Click the REPLAY tabs to watch the replays on YouTube.

LAM SUMMER READING ARCHIVES

Search Joy’s Facebook page for posts from the 2018, 2019 and 2020 Summer Reading Challenges.

WANT TO #ShareTheRead YEAR-ROUND?

A thistle growing from an open book, with the hashtag #ShareTheRead, the logo for all the Reader Experiences offered to readers by Indie Author Joy E. Rancatore. Includes the link www.joyerancatore.com/share-the-read.

#ShareTheRead Continues After Summer!

Join Joy year-round for bookish fun, such as:

 

  • Book Read-Alongs
  • Fireside Tales
  • Authors of the Round Table Events
  • 12 Days of Reading Challenge
  • 12 Months of Reading Challenge
  • LAM Book Club
  • And More!