Monday, September 12, 2016

End of the Dream

2015-2016 Totals!
The End of the Dream


Total books & pages for each month:

MonthPagesBooksPeople
Sept.103352811
Oct.96923412
Nov.74602412
Dec.12983427
Jan.8385298
Feb.8363276
March10956337
April5086217
May5787145
June13995458
July4396135
August6251194
10368932920
Our team read 14 books translated from a foreign language, and 14 books about medicine or diseases. Twelve team members report that they were NOT born in Missouri.

But I know you REALLY want to know the standings:

Kathleen read the most books, 56, with the highest page count, a whopping 18225 pages!
Betsy came in a close second with on the book count with 55 books and, but she was third in number of pages with 14455. Jim came in second on the page count with 14791 pages. Cindy takes the prize for the highest average number of pages per book, and Sheila came in second. Jim is the real winner in this category, though, since he has the highest average of those who reported at least 10 books. 

And a special, super-duper, grand prize, thank you award to Linda, for posting an actual blog post about a book!

PersonPagesBooksAverage Pages
Kathleen1822556325
Jim1479141361
Betsy1445555263
Kirsten1299342309
Janice1160235331
Damaris902526347
Jane870926335
Phil490716307
Cindy16943565
Stacey12574314
Molly10744269
Jana10275205
Linda*10116169
Scott9043301
Sheila8322416
Becky3151315
Susan3001300
Christine2531253
Marilyn2401240
Lisa75175

It's been fun! 
Janice

Friday, September 9, 2016

July and August...the end of the dream.

July and August...the end of the dream.

Robertson, Randy. "Wee Westie with Glasses" [photo] 1 Nov. 2006, Web. 9 Sept. 2016, www.flickr.com.
Used under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic.

This marks the end of the Challenge year, and the end of the STLCC participation in the Missouri Reading Challenge. Unless, of course, we pick it up again in the future with a new volunteer team captain. End of year totals will be posted soon. Meanwhile, in July we had 5 participants who read 13 books, 4396 pages, and in August our 4 readers read 19 books, 6251 pages.

July Books:
When She wokeHillary Jordan
The Tiger's WifeTea Obreht
Open and ShutDavid Rosenfelt
End of the affairGraham Greene
Frank: the voiceJames Kaplan
The Mission SongJohn le Carré
Foggy Mountain Troubador: The Life and Music of Curly SecklerPenny Parsons
America's War For the Greater Middle East : A Military History Andrew J. Bacevich.
At Weddings and WakesAlice McDermott
After ThisAlice McDermott
The Tiger's WifeTea Obreht
The Golden CompassPhilip Pullman
Chance DevelopmentsAlexander McCall Smith
August Books:
Dark MoneyJane Mayer
Revolving Door of LifeAlexander McCall Smith
Travels with Charley: in search of AmericaJohn Steinbeck
Space at the table: conversations between an evangelical theologian and his gay sonBrad & Drew Harper
Kane and AbelJeffrey Archer
Our Kind Of TraitorJohn Le Carré
To the Top of the Mountain: An Intercrime Novel Arne Dahl
Small Town Talk : Bob Dylan, the Band, Van Morrison, Janis Joplin, Jimi Hendrix & Friends in the Wild Years of WoodstockBarney Hoskyns
The Adventures of Tom SawyerMark Twain
Heroes of the FrontierDave Eggers
Midnight SunJo Nesbo
On Chesil BeachIan McEwan
The Black PresidencyMichael Eric Dyson
HomegoingYaa Gyasi
Man Gone DownMichael Thomas
The Subtle KnifePhilip Pullman
The ExpatriatesJanice Y. K. Lee
The Girl on the TrainPaula Hawkins