Our reading challenges take place on Beanstack, a free website and app for logging your reading. Head to dracutlibrary.beanstack.org or get the Beanstack Tracker app to get started.
Minute Madness 2025
It’s time for Minute Madness 2025! This is a reading tournament between 16 Massachusetts libraries. Week 1 (3/1-3/7) is a free round where the number of minutes we read will determine our seeding for the bracket. In Week 2 (3/8-3/15), we’ll face off against another library, with the winning library advancing and the losing library being eliminated. Log your time spent reading – books, magazines, newspapers, anything! – on Beanstack or pick up a paper log from the library to help our team compete. If you’re logging on paper, remember to return your log before Friday at 10:00am each week for your minutes to count towards that week’s total!
Round 1: (March 1- March 7) This week is a “Free For All” – all libraries will compete and no libraries will be eliminated this first round. We will use the results for this week to seed the bracket.
Round 2: (March 7- March 14) Our bracket-style tournament begins.
Round 3: (March 14- 21) Eight libraries will compete in a bracket-style tournament. Four libraries will proceed to the “Fierce Four”
Fierce Four: (March 21- 28) Four libraries compete in a bracket-style tournament for the chance to compete in the Championship round.
Championship: (March 28 – April 4) The top two libraries compete for victory!
Congratulations to Rutland, who outread us in Round 2 to advance to the next round. Third time’s the charm: next year we’ll make it to Round 3!
This year’s competitors: Bedford, Chelsea, Dartmouth, Dracut, Georgetown, Holbrook, Littleton, Lunenburg, Newbury Town, North Andover, Rutland, Uxbridge, Walpole, Ware, Wilmington
2025 Year-Long Reading Challenge (6th graders – adults)
Join the Dracut 2025 Year-Long Reading Challenge! Log at least one book and one review for a chance to win a prize at the end of the year.
January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025
Massachusetts Center for the Book 2025 Reading Challenge
How the challenge works:
- Choose a book that fits the monthly challenge.
- After you read, fill out this form to tell Mass Center for the Book about the book.
- Using their submission manager, you will be able to log in and access the entries you’ve logged throughout the year.
- Dedicated readers will be invited to a year-end celebration hosted by Mass Center for the Book.
- If you read a book in each of the 12 months, you will be entered in a drawing to win 1 of 2 totes filled with books.
- New this year: Mass Center for the Book will be drawing two names on the last day of each month to win a free book! Make sure you get those entries in before the end of the month.
We’ve added the Massachusetts Center for the Book 2025 Reading Challenge to Beanstack to help you keep track, but you don’t have to use Beanstack for this one. Just make sure you’re filling out the linked form to let them know what you’re reading each month. You can find more information at massbook.org/readingchallenge
January 1, 2025 – December 31, 2025
2024 Year-Long Reading Challenge (6th graders – adults)
Can we get a big cheer for everyone who took part in our 2024 Year-Long Reading Challenge? Congratulations especially to our grand prize winner, Laura S.
Feeling a little lost? Try these video tutorials for using the Beanstack app or the website! Or you can always call or email us at askus@dracutlibrary.org
Info on our Summer Reading Challenges can be found on the Summer Reading webpages for Adults, Teens, and Kids.