THE VALLEY DOES A LITTLE BETTER, BUT EVEN ABBY CAN'T PUT US OVER THE TOP

The folks at Florissant-Valley may have lost a participant, but we picked up an extra thousand pages from last month.  (Thank goodness Sharon picked up some Wally Lamb!  lol)  Our HP compatriots seem to be kicking all of our derierres so as much as I hate to say it, "Congrats to you guys in the warehouse.  I guess your home lives must be very sad."  LOL!  Just teasing you guys.  We would never be able to do a thing without any of you.  We are so very glad to be alongside all the great men and women of STLCC Libraries!

Now, let's get down to business, shall we?

The combined totals for Flo-Valley and Wildwood are as follows:

# of participants:       6

# of books:               26

  # of pages:              9327

Sandy Morris takes the prize for most books and pages read.  3285!  Twice as much as anyone else in our group!  Turns out July was too hot for her to do anything other than read.  I heard that! 

For those that like to see what's being read (like me):

The Never-Ending Story by Michael Ende

Mockingjay by Suzanne Collins

In One Person by John Irving

The Vault by Ruth Rendell

When the Thrill is Gone by Walter Mosley

Feast Day of Fools by James Lee Burke

Newsweek magazine (3 issues)

To Kill or Cure by Susanna Gregory

A Killer in Winter by Susanna Gregory

The Hand of Justice by Susanna Gregory

The Mark of a Murderer by Susanna Gregory

A Vein of Deceit by Susanna Gregory

The Killer of Pilgrims by Susanna Gregory

The Murder of Roger Ackroyd by Agatha Christie

The Innocent by David Baldacci

The Hour I First Believed by Wally Lamp

I Know This Much is True by Wally Lamb

The Last Resort: A Memoir of Mischief and Mayhem on a Family Farm in Africa by by Douglas Rogers

You Have No Idea: A Famous Daughter, Her No-Nonsense Mother, and How They Survived Pageants, Hollywood, Love, Loss  by Vanessa and Helen Williams

Beautiful Ruins: a Novel by Jess Walter

Gone Missing by Linda Castillo

Uncommon Places: The Complete Works by Stephen Shore

Canada by Richard ford

Long Gone by Alafair Burke

Well, that about does it for the Wild Valley crew.  Either next month will be better because faculty will be back, or it will be worse because we're about to hit the crazy times.  Keep reading, all.  We got some librarian butts to kick!  :)