July Totals!

Congrats to Krista R, who read the most books and pages and earned the most points in July!
 
July Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Krista R	20	6,207	20
Jen O	13	4,789	13
Jason S	14	4,433	14
Dennis M	13	3,122	15
Julie E-C	5	1,803	5
TOTALS	65	20,354	67

June Totals!

Congrats to Jason S, who read the most books and pages and earned the most points in June! Thanks for blogging!

June Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Jason S	26	6,297	43
Dennis M	13	3,331	14
Jen O	5	1,600	5
Julie E-C	5	1,254	5
TOTALS	49	12,482	67

April AND May Totals!

Congrats to Dennis M, who read the most books and pages and earned the most points in April and to Jen O who read the most books and pages in May!
Thanks for blogging!

April Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Dennis M	12	4,037	17
Krista	12	3,251	12
Jen O	6	1,758	6
Julie E-C	7	1,636	7
Jason S	2	1,191	2
Molly P	2	576	2
Steve J	1	350	1
TOTALS	43	12,799	47

May Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Jen O	15	4,955	15
Dennis M	13	3,330	16
Krista R	7	2,588	7
Jason S	5	1,608	5
Julie E-C	4	1,032	4
TOTALS	44	13,513	47

March Totals!

Congrats to Dennis M, who read the most books and pages and earned the most points in March! The winner of March's random drawing is Krista R -- we'll be contacting you shortly about your prize. Thanks for blogging!
 
March Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Dennis M	13	3,962	17
Jen O	12	3,809	13
Jason S	11	3,494	11
Krista R	9	3,251	9
Julie E-C	8	2,154	8
Molly P	3	737	3
Steve J	1	465	1
TOTALS	57	17,872	62

February Totals!

Congrats to Jason S, who read the most books and pages and earned the most points in February! The winner of February's random drawing is Jen O -- we'll be contacting you shortly about your prize. Thanks for blogging!
 
February Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Jason S	22	5,018	28
Krista R	13	3,943	13
Jen O	11	3,510	11
Dennis M	13	3,187	14
Molly P	2	719	2
Julie E-C	2	576	2
Steve J	1	364	1
TOTALS	64	17,317	71

January Totals!

Congrats to Jason S, who read the most books and pages and earned the most points in January! The winner of December's random drawing is Molly P -- we'll be contacting you shortly about your prize. Thanks for blogging!

January Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Jason S	20	5,291	28
Jen O	12	4,000	12
Dennis M	13	3,763	16
Julie E-C	8	2,555	8
Molly P	7	1,686	7
Steve J	1	400	1
TOTALS	61	17,695	72

December Totals!

Congrats to Jason S, who read the most books and pages and earned the most points in December! The winner of December's random drawing is Melissa M -- we'll be contacting you shortly about your prize. Thanks for blogging and Happy New Year!

December Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Jason S	17	5,326	21
Ed W	15	5,142	15
Krista R	16	4,878	16
Dennis M	13	3,051	17
Julie E-C	6	1,745	6
Molly P	4	1,432	5
Melissa M	1	334	1
TOTALS	72	21,908	81

November Totals!

Don't forget -- Ugly Holiday Sweater Day @ SLPL
is December 16th!

Congrats to Ed W, who read the most pages and to Jason S, who earned the most points in November! The winner of November's random drawing is Molly P -- we'll be contacting you shortly about your prize. Thanks for blogging!

November Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Ed W	17	6,236	17
Jason S	17	5,400	29
Krista R	10	3,787	10
Dennis M	14	3,065	17
Julie E-C	5	1,389	5
Molly P	4	990	4
Melissa M	1	391	1
TOTALS	68	21,258	83

October Totals!

Congrats to
Jason S, who read the most books and earned the most points, and to Dennis M, who read the most pages in October!  The winner of October's random drawing is Dennis M -- we'll be contacting you shortly about your prize.  Thanks for blogging!



October Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Dennis M	13	4,861	15
Ed W	11	4,485	11
Jason S	15	3,019	30
Krista R	8	2,091	8
Molly P	8	1,949	11
Julie E-C	4	1,180	4
Melissa M	2	502	2
Karen Y	1	128	1
TOTALS	62	18,215	82

September Totals!

Congrats to Ed W, who read the most books and pages and to Jason S, who earned the most points in September!

We've decided to shake up the way that we award prizes here on the blog, each month we'll be doing one random drawing and award a prize to the winner.  However, since it's the start of a new blog-year and I'm terribly late posting these September totals EVERYBODY who blogged in September wins a prize!  Prizes for everybody!  Keep an eye on your in-boxes for a list of the currently available prizes.  Thanks for blogging!

September Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Ed W	29	10,259	29
Jason S	37	8,135	71
Krista R	21	6,479	22
Dennis M	14	3,294	16
Julie E-C	6	1,942	6
Jeff S	3	1,271	3
Melissa M	3	1,016	3
Karen Y	2	531	2
Molly P	2	208	3
TOTALS	117	33,135	155

August totals and end of season news

Thank you all for another fantastic year of book reviewing!  August marks the official end of year for the Missouri Book Challenge Blog and the wildcard categories for the new year have just been announced.  This year, bonus points will be awarded for:

1. Books that have been translated from a foreign language (English from the UK or Australia won't count) 
2. Books about medicine or disease - fiction and non-fiction 
3. Team members that were NOT born in Missouri 

Now, on to August's results!  Congrats to Jason S, who read the most books and pages and earned the most points in August!  Melissa M and Tiger R are the winners of our random drawings this month - we'll be contacting you about claiming your prizes shortly!

Check out the rest of August's results below:

August Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Jason S	32	10,239	32
Krista R	20	7,768	20
Dennis M	13	2,830	16
Molly P	9	2,482	9
Julie E-C	7	1,873	7
Melissa M	3	1,108	3
Tiger R	3	1,102	3
TOTALS	87	27,402	90

July Totals!

Congrats to Krista R, who read the most books and pages and earned the most points in July! Krista has graciously chosen to forgo his prize this month and asked that it be awarded to a blogger chosen at random. On that note, Melissa M, Julie E-C and Jeff S are the winners of our random drawings this month - we'll be contacting you about claiming your prizes shortly!

We would also like to welcome a brand new blogger this month: Karen B!  So happy you've joined us!

Check out the rest of July's results below:

July Stats:

Blogger	Books	Points	Pages
Krista R	19	19	6,384
Ed W	16	16	5,074
Dennis M	14	16	4,136
Jason S	11	12	3,649
Karen B	7	7	2,363
Julie E-C	5	5	1,428
Jeff S	2	3	657
Melissa M	1	1	540
TOTALS	75	79	24,231

June Totals!

Congrats to Krista R, who read the most books and pages and earned the most points in June!  Krista has graciously chosen to forgo his prize this month and asked that it be awarded to a blogger chosen at random.  On that note, Jason S, Julie E-C and Dennis M are the winners of our random drawings this month - we'll be contacting you about claiming your prizes shortly!

Check out the rest of June's results below:

June Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Krista R	20	7,056	25
Ed W	18	6,668	18
Jason S	14	4,821	14
Jeff S	10	4,530	12
Dennis M	13	3,143	17
Molly P	9	2,373	9
Julie E-C	7	1,962	7
TOTALS	91	30,553	102

May Totals!

Congrats to Ed W, who read the most books and pages and earned the most points in May!  Ed has graciously chosen to forgo his prize this month and asked that it be awarded to a blogger chosen at random.  On that note, Jason S, Kim P and Dennis M are the winners of our random drawings this month - we'll be contacting you about claiming your prizes shortly!

One friendly reminder - bonus points are awarded at the statewide level this year for books told from an animal's point of view and for books over 100 years old.  Bonus category books can count for a significant portion of the points calculation at the end of the season!

Check out the rest of May's results below:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Ed W	22	8,026	22
Krista R	18	5,973	18
Jason S	12	4,023	12
Jeff S	10	3,311	10
Dennis M	13	3,045	13
Julie E-C	8	2,462	8
Molly P	5	1,321	5
Steve J	1	341	1
Kim P	1	260	1
TOTALS	90	28,762	90

April Totals!

Congrats to Krista R, who read the most books and pages and earned the most points in April!  Molly P, Steve J and Jeff S are the winners of our random drawings this month - we'll be contacting you about claiming your prizes shortly! Check out the rest of April's results below:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Krista R	31	9,298	31
Jason S	14	5,998	14
Ed W	15	5,431	15
Dennis M	12	3,310	14
Jeff S	9	2,829	9
Molly P	9	2,552	9
Julie E-C	3	1,136	3
Christina S	2	842	2
Steve J	2	714	2
TOTALS	97	32,110	99

February totals & another bit of sad blog news

We'll miss you, Terra!

February may have been a short month, but we still managed to fit in A LOT of reading - in fact, our totals went up from the past few months!  Congrats go out to Jeff S and Jason S - the winners of our two random drawings!  (Reminder: Krista R has graciously relinquished her winnings to a blogger selected at random anytime she wins points and/or pages).  Jeff and Jason, we'll soon be contacting you about claiming your prizes.

And now for the sad news... another of our lovely blog admins will be taking her leave of us this weekend.  Terra S will be leaving us for St. Louis County Library, and will likely be spearheading a rival blogging team over there - we welcome the competition!   

Since Terra's leave-taking means there is only one remaining blog manager (me), I'd like to welcome our new group of blog managers: Krista R at Schlafly, Steve J at Machacek and Jason S at Central.  They'll be helping out with stats keeping, notifying winners and other behind-the-scenes blogging business.  Welcome!  Now, on to the results!

February Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Krista R	32	9,832	37
Ed W	21	7,148	21
Jason S	22	5,874	23
Molly P	12	4,201	12
Dennis M	12	3,200	16
Maryann B	6	2,076	7
Jeff S	5	1,675	5
Julie E-C	3	1,476	3
Karen Y	1	68	1
TOTALS	114	35,550	125

January Totals

We're changing things up a bit this month - after holding first or second place for pages and/or points for ten months running, Krista has graciously bequeathed her January prize allotment to another Book Challenge Contender.  While Krista (yet again!) has won both the pages and points categories in January, our congrats also go out to Julie and Jason who are the winners of January's prizes! (Prizes determined through two random drawings).  We'll contact you within the next few days so you can claim your prizes.  On to the results!

January Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Krista R	37	11,036	37
Ed W	18	7,054	18
Jason S	27	7,017	27
Dennis M	13	4,272	17
Julie E-C	9	3,086	9
Terra S	3	1,107	3
Steve J	1	391	1
Karen Y	1	111	2
TOTALS	109	34,074	114

December Totals

Congrats to Krista R, winner of both pages and points in December and Ed W, winner of the random drawing!  We will be in touch soon about claiming your prizes.

I hope that you've all resolved to read even more books this year so we can hang on to our lovely trophy which spent the month of December at Schlafly branch.

December Stats:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Krista R	28	9,093	28
Ed W	18	6,119	18
Jason S	18	3,862	18
Dennis M	14	3,528	17
Jeff S	9	3,257	9
Molly P	9	2,557	15
Terra S	6	2,156	6
Tiger R	4	1,220	4
Kara K	5	1,127	5
Julie E-C	2	797	2
Maryann B	1	498	2
Karen Y	1	345	1
TOTALS	115	34,559	125

November totals & a bit of sad blog news

We will miss you, Kara!!

2014 is almost over! November's totals were a bit lower than October's, but rumor has it one of the members was busy WRITING instead of READING! Can you imagine?!?!? The trophy will be leaving the clutches of Central and making its way to Schlafly branch, as two of our top bloggers work there!

Speaking of those two bloggers, here are our winners for November! Ed W takes the prize for most pages read and Krista R racked up the most points. Our random drawing winner was Jason S! You'll be receiving e-mails soon regarding claiming your prizes.

We would also like to welcome a couple of new bloggers this month: John A, Katie L, Maryann B and Stacey L!! So happy you've joined us!

In other blog news, one of our lovely blog admins who you see posting here so much as both admin and blogger, will be taking her leave of us this month. Kara will be leaving us to return to her first library love, University City. We will miss her and her blogging greatly, but the good news is, she will still be blogging for us while until she leaves! Hooray!

Blogger	Books	Pages    Points
Ed W	25	8,947          25
Krista R	26	7,984          26
Dennis M	12	3,583          12
Jeff S	8	3,351          13
Jason S	9	3,014          11
Kara K	10	2,784          15
Maryann B	3	1,380           3
John A	4	1,283           4
Julie E-C	4	795              4
Katie L	2	474              2
Karen Y	1	434              1
Stacey L	1	411               1
TOTALS	105	34,440   116

October totals!

Our trophy is way cooler.

Congratulations once again to all of the members of the award-winning SLPL Book Challenge team! The beautiful, shiny trophy is currently holding down a display of blogger-reviewed books in Central's Center for the Reader, but it will begin making its rounds to the branches in December. While the trophy has never been won by the same team twice, if October's totals are any indication, we may be breaking that tradition in 2015.

Congratulations to Krista R, who won for both pages and points in October, with a whopping 10,705 pages and 34 points. And a further congratulations to Steve J, who won the random drawing. We'll be contacting both of you about prizes soon. Check out the rest of the results below:

Blogger	Books	Pages	Points
Krista R	31	10,705	34
Ed W	21	6,858	22
Jason S	16	5,008	17
Dennis M	16	4,476	17
Molly P	11	3,213	16
Kara K	7	2,328	12
Tiger R	8	2,270	8
Jeff S	6	1,828	11
Julie E-C	4	1,268	4
Terra S	4	1,050	4
Karen Y	2	512	3
Steve J	1	343	1
TOTALS	127	39,859	149