Glasgow City-County Library's 2025 Monthly Reading Challenge

The Glasgow City-County Library (GCCL) continues the Monthly Reading Challenge in 2025. The goals for the monthly reading challenge are to inspire, try new genres and authors, explore unfamiliar territory, and expand your love of reading! This program is funded by the Valley County Friends of the Library.

How to participate:

Each month complete the challenge by reading a book based on the theme, then submit a short review/form to Glasgow City-County Library (GCCL) via our website: http://www.glasgowlibrary.org/lead-collection

With each reading challenge submission, you will be entered into a monthly raffle for a $10 gift card from a Valley County business.

To be eligible for the monthly gift card prize drawing, submissions must be turned in by the last day of every month. You will need to include the title, author, rating of the book, contact information - name and phone number.

A grand prize raffle will be held at the end of the year. This means that each monthly submission will automatically enter you in for the grand prize. The more months you participate, the bigger your odds of winning the grand prize! The grand prize winner will be announced the first week of January 2026.

Registration is not required, and the program is open to all citizens of Valley County.

January

Reading Challenge: A well-known author and their first book to be written/published.

February

Reading Challenge: Read a classic book from classic literature.

March

Reading Challenge: Read a book that deals with slavery (fiction or non-fiction).

*March 25th is International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.

April

Reading Challenge: Follow the GCCL Book Club and read a book that fits the same genre or theme.

May

Reading Challenge: Read a book from the Montana Section at the library.

June

Reading Challenge: Read a book published between the 1940s – 1950s.

July

Reading Challenge: Read a book that deals with Magic/Fantasy.

August

Reading Challenge: Read a book that takes place in the ancient world or is about the ancient world. Examples: Ancient Greece, Mesopotamia, Ancient Egypt, Ancient India, and Ancient China.

September

Reading Challenge: Read a book about pirates (fiction or non-fiction).

*International Talk Like a Pirate Day is Sept. 19.

October

Reading Challenge: Read a book about the paranormal.

This can include, ghosts, Aliens, or in other words, anything that is odd.

November

Reading Challenge: Read a book to commemorate Native American History Month.

*November is designated as Native American Heritage Month.

December

Reading Challenge: Read a book that deals with music or a musical.