Dovie Wood works behind the desk at the Grant County Library on Monday, Oct. 23, 2023.

JOHN DAY — The Grant County Library has a challenge for you: Come in and pick out a compilation to read. And if you finish it by the end of February, you could win a prize.

The subject matter is up to you.

It could be a book of short stories by a single author, a fiction anthology by multiple writers, a book of poetry, a volume of essays — anything that fits the “compilation” theme.

Building on the success of last year’s reading challenge, which attracted about three dozen participants who read one book each month, the compilation challenge is the first in what will be a regular series that will continue throughout 2024, according to head librarian Chris Ostberg.

“The Grant County Library Advisory Board decided to keep doing it because we had such success with it (last year),” she said, “but this time we’re doing it on a monthly basis.”

Topics for the monthly challenges will be chosen by the board and announced by the library.

To participate in this month’s challenge, stop by the library and check out a compilation of your choice. After you’ve read it, let the library staff know the name of the book, along with your name and phone number, to be entered into the prize drawing (this month’s prize has not yet been announced).

You can email the information to grant047@ortelco.net, call 541-575-1992 or stop by the library at 507 S. Canyon Blvd., John Day. The library is open from 11 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday.