About the Blog



This blog is the home of the St. Louis Public Library team for the Missouri Book Challenge. The Missouri Book Challenge is a friendly competition between libraries around the state to see which library can read and blog about the most books each year. At the library level, the St. Louis Public Library book challenge blog is a monthly competition among SLPL staff members and branches. For the official Missouri Book Challenge description see: http://mobookchallenge.blogspot.com/p/about-challenge.html

Participation Rules

1. Competition year runs from September 1-August 31

2. All books blogged about must have been read (or finished) since the beginning of September.
Magazines, blogs, newspapers, and picture books don’t count. Audiobooks, e-books, graphic novels, juvenile & YA books do count.

3. You can only count the pages you’ve read. For example, if you only made it halfway through a really dull 400 page book, you can only count the 200 that you read.

4. Posts must include:
  • A review of the book, including a brief plot description (NO SPOILERS!) and a basic critique or analysis. This doesn't need to be long--just make it long enough to let us know what the book's about and what you thought of it.
  • The book’s title, author, and number of pages. If reading an eBook, consult the online catalog for number of pages since pagination varies between electronic devices. For audiobooks, mention how many hours, and how many pages are listed for the book book version.
  • Labels, including your name and any pertinent descriptors, such as fiction, young adult, paranormal romance, etc. -- and your Wildcard label(s) (if applicable)
  • Cover art is optional. However, if you choose to include cover art, try to find the edition owned by the library, or the edition you read if not owned by the library.
  • Posts must focus on the book and not the library or your personal life. Keep your language family-friendly!
Each challenge year, Wildcard categories are chosen.  If you blog about a book in these categories, it counts for extra Team points!

The categories for 2020-2021 are:

Our new season started September 1, 2020. This year (September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021) our categories will be:

1. Books with City in the title.   Tag with City in Title
2. Books with titles that end in Y - looking at the main title only, not the subtitle.  Tag with Title ends in Y
3. Team members who have received college credit during the season. 

      * For category #3, Let Jen O. know if you're one of these people and she'll make a note for the year-end reporting 

Totals will be run for each month according to:
  • Books read
  • Pages read
  • And this info is put in Jen O's monthly report



6. Participation points are awarded for these activities:
  • One point per book read and blogged about each month
  • Two points per book with titles that include a character's name - subtitles not included  (please tag these with "character's name")
  • Two points per book that features a pirate (please tag these with "pirate")
  • Five points are awarded to anyone who blogs about a fiction book, non-fiction book, young adult book, and a graphic novel in a single month

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