Summer 2025 Reading Road Trip

Choose-Your-Adventure 2025 Summer Reading Road Trip

DACC Library Summer Reading Challenge Information

Remember the excitement of being a kid and reading books all summer to earn prizes?  

Remember taking summer road trips to visit family, friends, or just to see a cool place?

Well, the DACC Library is bringing both traditions back to you with a Choose-Your-Adventure Summer Reading Road Trip! 

How to Play:

• Register for the program by completing the very short form at https://tinyurl.com/2025DACCSummerReading
• After you register, we will email you a participant packet and Road Trip tracking sheet to print.
• Have fun choosing titles and reading all summer long! (The program runs from May 1st to September 3rd.) 
• Track your reading on the Choose-Your-Adventure 2025 DACC Summer Reading Road Trip tracking sheet. 
  • For each road trip, you’ll have 8 decisions (1-8) to make (i.e., books to read), with 3 choices (A,B,C) per decision, to complete your Road Trip Adventure!  
  • You can complete up to 3 different road trips for the DACC Summer Reading Challenge prize drawings. 
  • You may use the same choice (A,B,C) for a decision (1-8) across different road trips, but for a greater challenge try reading a different choice for each decision on each road trip! (see example)
  • You must read a unique book for each choice (A,B,C) on each road trip.  You will not be allowed to satisfy more than one choice on any road trip with the same title. 

How to Win:

• 1st Road Trip: Complete one road trip by finishing a title in each decision (8 unique books total) and email it to the DACC Library to be entered in a drawing for a $50 Amazon Gift Card.
• 2nd Road Trip: Complete another road trip by finishing a second title in each decision (an additional 8 books for a total of 16 unique books read) and email it to the DACC Library to be entered in a drawing for a $75 Amazon Gift Card.
• 3rd Road Trip: Complete the whole adventure (an additional 8 books for a total of 24 unique books read) and email it to the DACC Library to be entered in a drawing to win the Grand Prize of a $100 Amazon Gift Card.

The Rules:

The DACC Library Summer Reading Challenge is open to all DACC employees, students, and retirees.  

The challenge runs from May 1 to September 3, 2025. 

All entries must be submitted by emailing a photo or pdf of EACH of your completed Reading Road Trip Adventure tracking sheets (up to 3) to library@dacc.edu by 11:59 p.m. on September 3, 2025.

Prize drawing will take place on Thursday, September 4, 2025, and winners will be notified by their DACC email address.

Google Group:

You can join in with your fellow bibliophiles to ask questions, talk about your reading, share suggestions for the different choices, and discuss all things bookish, Summer Reading, and road tripping by completing the very short registration form at https://tinyurl.com/2025DACCSummerReading.

Don’t worry about a deluge of emails, you can set it to a daily or weekly digest by following the steps at tinyurl.com/GoogleDigest

Note: This Choose Your Own Adventure Summer Reading Road Trip was adapted from The 52 Book Club.

Need Suggestions or Have Questions?

Need a little clarification or help finding a title for the choices for a decision along your road trip? We have you covered with a lot of different choices…feel free to choose whichever path works best for you!  (see what we did there? Hee hee hee)

• We’ve put together a handy dandy LibGuide!
  • Take a look at our explanations and suggestions here: https://dacc.libguides.com/summer2025

• You can ask our Library Staff! 
  • Come into the library and chat with one of us!
  • Call 217-443-8739 or 217-477-8733
  • Email us at library@dacc.edu
  • Use the online chat at www.dacc.edu/library

• You can also join the Summer Reading Program’s Google Group to ask questions, get or recommend suggestions, and stay in touch with other program participants!  Just complete the very short registration form at https://tinyurl.com/2025DACCSummerReading.

• And don’t forget about our Social Media!  We have even more titles featured and are available to assist you on our:
  • Facebook: www.facebook.com/librarydacc
  • Instagram: @librarydacc

Don't forget about I-Share requests!

When you're searching in the DACC Library online catalog (EasyShare) and a title displays as Out of the Library/Unavailable or isn't found at all...check out the Get It From Other I-Share Libraries option OR switch over to search in All I-Share Libraries to see if it's available at another institution in our library network. 

If so, you can request the book and have it sent to the DACC Library for pick up!

Some of the suggestions we've noted in this LibGuide for each road trip choice are available through I-Share, and getting them is super easy! 

• Just click the link by the suggestion
• Sign In to your Library account
• Click I-Share Request
• Click Send Request. You'll receive an email once the DACC Library has received and processed your requested title. 
• Just bring your DACC ID into the library to check it out.  
• A help guide with screen shots and instructions can be found here: I-Share Request Instructions!

And the Libby App!

The Libby App offers free eBooks and Audio books for DACC Library users to enjoy! 

Some of the titles we've suggested in this LibGuide can be found in the Libby App. 

Plus curated lists for some of the reading prompt choices!

Getting Started is super easy:

• Download the Libby app on your mobile device OR go to LibbyApp.com on your computer
• Search for a Library - enter NILRC (DACC is included in this collection of community college libraries)
• Sign In with my Library Card - Select Danville Area Community College and log in with your DACC username and password
• A help guide with instructions can be found here: Using the Libby App