The fifth week of the library’s summer reading program is slipping away and the reading totals are slowly inching up. There has been significant changes in the leader board since the last post, but there hasn’t been a tremendous jump in total minutes as many library staff members were hoping to see. The current standings are yellow in first place with 52,246.5 minutes, blue in second with 50,0470.5 minutes, purple in third with 50,299 minutes, and green in fourth with 47,844 minutes. The minutes combine for 3,348 hours of reading, which is quite a respectable number. However, before any of us take a break from reading we must remember this year’s reading goal is 8,000 hours. Thus, we at the library ask the question: Can it be done?
Last year approximately 7,000 reading hours were recorded by the end of the program. With so many hours recorded we thought that 8,000 hours would be a challenging but obtainable goal this year. If we are to reach the reading goal by the end of the program next week Friday, each team needs to read 1,163 more hours or each individual needs to read about 10.5 hours. That’s about an hour a day of reading until next Friday arrives. The math shows it can be done so we believe our reading program participants will rise to the challenge. We know there are many minutes floating around yet to be turned in and there are always those determined readers who never give up. So please turn in minutes if you haven’t yet, and to those determined people I speak of, keep reading hard! Also, the reading title can still go to any team – blue proved this week they weren’t out for good after being down by almost 8,000 minutes recently. The end will be exciting and your minutes could make all the difference!
