Thursday, March 17, 2011

Winter Reading by the numbers

Teen and adult Winter Reading ended on March 5. Here is a brief wrap-up:

266: total number of books read by teen and adult participants
49: number of books read by teens
130: number of books receiving highest rating from participants (5 out of 5)
4: number of books receiving lowest rating from participants (1 out of 5)
29: most books read by a single Winter Reading participant (Evelyn)

Week 7 winners (previously unannounced): Martha, Catherine, & Patti (each won a $20 gift card to either Classic Cinemas or Dunkin' Donuts)

10: total number of weekly winners
Starting in the second week of Winter Reading, we pulled at least one weekly winner from book entries received up to that point. In weeks 4, 5, and 6 we pulled two winners, and in week 7 we pulled three winners.

2: Grand Prize winners:
Teen winner: Stacy (winner of a $75 Target gift card)
Adult winner: Evelyn (winner of a $75 Target gift card)

Thank you to everyone for participating. Summer reading (A Midsummer Knight's Read) begins in June!