48-Hour Book Challenge Recap
And the winner is . . . .
(drumroll please)
Midwestern Lodestar, Finding Wonderland, and Readers’ Rants. As the creator of this challenge so eloquently put it herself:
The winner of the most books read (and highest page count) is Midwestern Lodestar, with a stunning 20 books, 5,433 pages, and 29 ½ hours. The winner of last year’s challenge takes home the crown again. The winner of the most time spent is Finding Wonderland/Readers’ Rants, with an amazing 32 hours spent reading and blogging, 15 books read, and 3,688 pages. I didn’t even see this one coming, so what a great surprise.
Well done readers one and all. Please to check out Mother Reader’s synopsis for further info on the matter. I bowed out this year but next year y’all might have to hold onto your seats as I buckle down and do some heavy duty reading n’ lifting. After all, I don’t have children. A distinct advantage in this contest, I would wager.
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Betsy Bird is currently the Collection Development Manager of the Evanston Public Library system and a former Materials Specialist for New York Public Library. She has served on Newbery, written for Horn Book, and has done other lovely little things that she'd love to tell you about but that she's sure you'd find more interesting to hear of in person. Her opinions are her own and do not reflect those of EPL, SLJ, or any of the other acronyms you might be able to name. Follow her on Twitter: @fuseeight.
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Definitely an advantage if you read Alkelda’s woes of trying to read and toilet train her youngster on the same weekend.
Sorry you couldn’t join us this time, but certainly you’ve been pretty busy going all corporate. ;^)
Thanks for the mention and love the new digs.
Seriously, the non-child thing is an advantage. That’s why it’s so much fun — I just make people feed me grapes and waft me with fans as I read and read and read. It was so much fun I’m still surprised I won.