Celebrate the coziest reading season with CDPL this winter! From December 27 through January 31, work on a winter reading bingo card to qualify for prizes!

How to get started

You can complete the entire challenge online!

Register/log online
Head to cdpl.readsquared.com to create your account or sign in to your previous account from summer reading.

Register/log on a phone/tablet
Download the app on Apple and Android phones/tablets–just search for ‘ReadSquared.’

Prefer paper?
Visit the Reference desk on the 2nd floor to pick up a bingo card.

The basics

1. Complete any 2 rows (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) and record the names of the books you read. Turn in your bingo card with 2 completed rows before January 31 at the reference desk to receive a reading gift!

2. Blackout your card (complete every square) and turn in before January 31 to be entered into the grand prize drawing!

3. You may read fiction or nonfiction for any challenge. Suggestion lists are shared on this page and on ReadSquared. You do not have to read one of our picks for it to count!

The challenges

Fiction or nonfiction, try a book that involves the Christmas holiday! There are plenty of genre reads if you prefer mysteries, romances, horror, or cozy fiction. 

Large Print Available

  • The Christmas Train by David Baldacci | FIC Bal | LP FIC Bal | Ebook | Audiobook
  • Skipping Christmas by John Grisham | FIC Gri | LP FIC Gri | Ebook | Audiobook

Online only

  • The Christmas Bookshop by Jenny Colgan | Ebook | Audiobook
  • Nick and Noel’s Christmas Playlist by Codi Hall | Ebook
  • Winter Solstice by Rosamunde Pilcher | Ebook | Audiobook
  • Holidays on Ice by David Sedaris | Ebook | Audiobook
  • Mr. Dickens and His Carol by Samantha Silva | Ebook | Audiobook
  • Letters From Father Christmas by J.R.R. Tolkien | Ebook
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