Brian there on WNYC, and speaking of our friends at all of it, and speaking, thinking about our last

segment, of actually reading the book, our friends at all of it are hosting a summer reading challenge

that can surely keep you entertained on warm beach days and stormy summer nights.

There's supposed to be a lot of those this week with me.

Now to preview some of the books in the lineup and share how you can join in on the fun

is Jordan Lough, producer for all of it and its book club.

Get Lit with all of it. Hey, Jordan,

welcome back to the other show on the station. Hi. Brian, so nice to make the journey across the hall. So your summer reading challenge, for those who don't know, kicked off on June 23rd,

but listeners just finding out about it now could still join in.

So why don't you introduce the challenge broadly and get us caught up to speed?

Yeah, so we had a great time doing this last year.

It seems like people really like to have some structure to their summer reading.

I can relate.

The idea of looking at your whole bookshelf and trying to pick something to take with you to the beach can sometimes be overwhelming. So we liked giving a little structure to people's summers. You can sign up now. It's not too late to sign up by heading to WNYC.org slash summer reading. WNYC.org slash summer reading. And there you'll find all of the prompts and the categories for the summer reading challenge this year.

I think we're going to get into the categories in a minute.

But basically, we're asking you to read five books by Labor Day weekend.

So you've still got some time, five books in five different categories by Labor Day weekend.

And if you do that, you'll get a prize.

So you can sign up at WNYC.org slash summer reading.

Can chat GPT read the books for you?

Absolutely not, Brian.

That disturbs me to even think about.

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