{"id":33775,"date":"2018-12-14T06:00:23","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T12:00:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs2.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/?p=33775"},"modified":"2018-12-12T15:36:00","modified_gmt":"2018-12-12T21:36:00","slug":"online-reading-challenge-mid-month-check-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/online-reading-challenge-mid-month-check-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Online Reading Challenge &#8211; Mid-Month Check"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/favorite-books-of-2017\/stackofbooks\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-32194\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-32194\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/stackofbooks.jpg?resize=276%2C183&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"276\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a>Hello Fellow Readers!<\/p>\n<p>How is your December reading going? This can be a difficult month to squeeze in some reading time with so many holiday obligations taking up our time and attention. Think of reading as your &#8220;me time&#8221;, a way to take a break from the stress and chaos that often accompanies the fun stuff.<\/p>\n<p>I am zooming right along with my December pick, <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=1022015\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>The Rosie Project<\/strong><\/em><\/a> by Graeme Simsion. It&#8217;s been a fun read so far and I have should have no problem finishing it soon (thus avoiding another Epic Fail!).<\/p>\n<p>Still looking for something to complete the December challenge? Remember, movies are allowed too which opens up a huge variety of choices. Grab a favorite rom-com &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=412451\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>While You Were Sleeping<\/strong><\/em><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=203552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>You&#8217;ve Got Mail<\/strong><\/em><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=203552\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Love, Actually<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. Or go for an action movie like <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=1195997\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Bourne Identity<\/strong><\/em><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=396035\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Ocean&#8217;s Eleven<\/strong><\/em><\/a>. And many current and recent television series are set in the present &#8211; check through the library&#8217;s collection for titles like <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=738743\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Friends<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/rivershare.polarislibrary.com\/search\/title.aspx?ctx=14.1033.0.0.1&amp;cn=980999\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em><strong>Law and Order<\/strong><\/em><\/a> and many more.<\/p>\n<p>Just remember &#8211; indoor plumbing? Yes. Flying cars? No.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello Fellow Readers! How is your December reading going? This can be a difficult month to squeeze in some reading time with so many holiday obligations taking up our time and attention. Think of reading as your &#8220;me time&#8221;, a way to take a break from the stress and chaos<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/online-reading-challenge-mid-month-check-3\/\">[Read more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3371],"tags":[3449,3395],"class_list":["post-33775","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-online-book-challenge","tag-online-book-club","tag-online-reading-challenge"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pd0CXx-8ML","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33775","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33775"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33789,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33775\/revisions\/33789"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.davenportlibrary.com\/reference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}