Holiday Reading Challenge books have been chosen! Each of our 7 staff members chose a Christmas/holiday title. Contact your reader advisor by phone or email to sign up for the reading challenge books. After reading them, tell your reader advisor, "What was your favorite book and why?" They are mostly short talking books, so it won’t take too long to get through them.
2025
Social Holiday Reading Challenge - November/December 2025
We have a social club scheduled for Monday, Dec. 8, 2025, 3-4:30 p.m. CT.
Let's discuss everyone's favorite holiday memories, food, books, movies, songs, and more. Join Us!
Questions? Call your reader advisor at 1.800.423.6665 OR (605) 773-3131 Ext.1
DB 12986 Miracle on 34th Street by Valentine Davies (2 hours, 15 minutes) -Madison
DBC 16565 The Deal of a Lifetime: a novella by Fredrik Backman and Alice Menzies (53 minutes)- Jeanette
DB 47536 How the Grinch Stole Christmas by Dr. Seuss (13 minutes)- Ginny
DBS 04896 The Gingerbread Pirate by Kristin Kladstrup (10 minutes) - Josh
DBC 15017 White Christmas: the story of an American song by Jody Rosen (5 hours, 35 minutes) -Michelle
DB 15938 Nothing Lasts Forever by Roderick Thorp (6 hours, 9 minutes) - Jack
DB 52929 Skipping Christmas by John Grisham (3 hours, 58 minutes)- Kathleen
April Social Club
Join us April 2,2025 for conversation and a drawing for your favorite book this winter Winter Reading Challenge Books:- "Accidental Rancher" by Eliza Blue
- "Little & Often" by Trent Preszler
- "Vanished in Vermillion" by Lou Raguse
- "The Cheyenne River Mission Quilts" by Jan Cerney, Mission Quilts Series, book 1
- "The Boarding School Quilts" by Jan Cerney, Mission Quilts Series, book 2
- "The Day the World Came to Town" by Jim DeFede, which is the inspiration for the hit Broadway musical, Come From Away, and does not take place in South Dakota.
To call in via phone, call 1-312-626-6799 (long distance rates may apply)
Meeting Number: 983 6593 0748
Password: 080815
December Social Club
Meet South Dakota author Eliza Blue! Eliza is a writer, folk musician, and rancher living on the short grass prairie of western South Dakota with her husband, two children and a wide variety of feathered and furry friends. Her work has been featured in the New York Times, the Guardian, and NPR's All Songs Considered. Her weekly column, Little Pasture on the Prairie, is carried by 19 different print publications, and she currently hosts a show celebrating rural art and culture for PBS called Wish You Were Here with Eliza Blue. Eliza has published two books, Accidental Rancher, and Little Pasture on the Prairie. We are looking forward to visiting with her!
Social Club Recap!
- October Social Club: Oct. 7, 2024.
- July Social Club: July 1, 2024.
Your South Dakota Adventure. Special guests included Rachel Comes from Game Fish & Parks, Ann Lesch from Ingalls Homestead, DeSmet, and Conor McMahon from the Journey Museum. - April Social Club: April 8, 2024.
We discussed the Adult Winter Reading Challenge books. - 2023 Social Club schedule
- 2022 Social Club schedule
- 2021 Social Club schedule
In 2023, the Social Club moved to quarterly Social Club meetings. Meetings are scheduled on the last Mondays in March, June, September, and just before Christmas in December.
