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Remember those summer reading programs at the library when you were a kid? You’d fill it out week by week, get it signed off by a librarian, and exchange the completed card for a Pizza Hut personal pizza if you were really lucky. Sadly, I aged out of eligibility a long time ago. But wait! Now the grownups can play Summer Book Bingo at Seattle Public Library. Download your bingo card now and start filling it out. Oh, you could complete a line and enter to win a $30 gift card, but that’s chump change — go for the blackout [...]

It’s not every day you see a tiger at the library. Hardly ever, in fact. But on a recent visit to the Seattle Public Library, I caught a glimpse of this handsome black-and-white-striped fellow, who’s part of the Show Your Stripes art tiger tour. Seattle’s Woodland Park Zoo is debuting its new Banyan Wilds tiger exhibit this summer. To celebrate, ten artists created these beautifully decorated art tigers, which will be visiting various locations all summer long. Best of all, you can win a breakfast with the zoo’s live tigers! Snap pictures of the art tigers and share them for [...]

Mostly famous for gambling, brothels, and a searing-hot desert, Reno, Nevada, might not be an obvious destination for the bookish traveler. But I lived in Reno for over a decade, and I’ll bet it has more to offer than you think. Let’s take a tour of the “biggest little city in the world” and see if I can change your mind about its literary attractions. Reno 101 The Reno-Sparks metro area has about 430,000 people, making it the second largest in Nevada after Las Vegas. Originally inhabited by tribes such as the Washoe and Paiute, Reno gained some white homesteaders [...]