I guess the holidays were extra busy for our gang at Flo.  Sometimes the desire to read is greater than the opportunity.  However, some of us managed to get a little time in with our books, and here's the outcome of that....

3 READERS

8 BOOKS

2008 PAGES

Abby, way out in Wildwood, put us all to shame and read:

6 BOOKS

2178 PAGES  

Perhaps the cold and snow will help to up our numbers next time around.  Here's hoping!

BOOKS READ:

The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

We Are Water by Wally Lamb

Heartburn by Nora Ephron

Paradise City by Archer Mayor

I Feel Bad About My Neck by Nora Ephron

I Remember Nothing by Nora Ephron

Suspect by Robert Crais

Attempting Normal by Marc Maron

The End of the Wasp Season by Denise Mina

Poppet by Mo Hayder

Innocence by Dean Koontz

A Christmas Hope by Anne Perry

Night Film by Marisha Pessl

Cheap: The High Cost of Discount Culture by Ellen Ruppel Shell

HPIR's December Dreaming

Jim and Jane both closed out 2013 with a bang, reading 1306 and 1060 pages, respectively. We won't disclose Monica and Kirsten's numbers, but our FOUR readers read 3085 pages in 12 titles. We already know our January numbers will be better, and we'll be joining the other campuses for some big-looking District-wide numbers. 

Three to Get Deadly / Janet Evanovich
Four to Score / Janet Evanovich
Bad Blood / Arne Dahl
Bean Blossom: the Brown Jamboree and Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Festivals / Thomas A. Adler
The Death of Sweet Mister / Daniel Woodrell
Royal Pains / Leslie Carroll
Good Man Friday / Barbara Hambly
A Dance with Dragons / George R. R. Martin
The Good Lord Bird / James McBride
Play Me Something Quick and Devilish: Old-time Fiddling in Missouri / Howard Wight Marshall
John Hartford: Pilot of a Steam Powered Aereo-Plain / Andrew Vaughan
A Tale for the Time Being  / Ruth Ozeki

And now for the obligatory cat picture:

Meramec's December Books

Busy holidays, now a busy new semester! At 8 readers, 22 books, & 6691 pages, we have our lowest stats of the year. I know we're all reading, just not reporting everything.
Damaris led the pack with 4 books and 1303 pages.

Here's what we read at Meramec in December:

Bleakonomics	Rob Larson
The Infatuations	Javier Marías
Dragonfly in Amber	Diana Gabaldon
To Fetch a Thief	Spencer Quinn
The conquest of Lady Cassandra	Hunter
Minor Adjustment Beauty Salon	McCall Smith
Thrones and Dominations	Sayers and Walsh
Reiki sourcebook	Stiene
Daughter of Witches	Patricia C. Wrede
Harp of Imach Thyssel	Patricia C. Wrede
Caught in Crystal	Patricia C. Wrede
The true secret of writing : connecting life with language	Natalie Goldberg
Bully Pulpit	Goodwin
Deadly Heat	Castle
Sum of all Kisses	Quinn
In Love with a Wicked Man	Carlyle
Reversed Thunder	Eugene  Peterson
The First Thousand Years: a global history of Christianity	Robert Louis Wilken
God With Us	Greg Pennoyer and Gregory Wolfe (eds)
Hour of the Cat	Peter Quinn
Jacob's Oath	Martin Fletcher
Death of the Black-haired Girl	Robert Stone