Wildcards for 2020 season!

Our new season started September 1, 2019.  We are still mining your wildcard suggestions from our last survey but will always taking suggestions.  This year (September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020) our categories will be:

1. Authors whose last names have a double letter. For examples Mooney or Lloyd. Same letter, 2 in a row.
2. Titles that include a "?" or "!".
3. Team members with EITHER first or last name that is MORE THAN 7 letters (not both together.



Thanks to the team captains who voted for these categories.


Do you have a lead on a new team?  Have you been carefully watching this contest and trying time your entry?  If yes, send us an email and we will help you get started.


Looking forward to another competitive year!

WILDCARDS!

Boy, these seasons sure go by fast!  We started a NEW one on September 1, 2018.  We are still mining your wildcard suggestions from our last survey and admiring your creativity.  This year (September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2019) our categories will be:

1. Books with a color in the title.
2. Books whose author's LAST name ends with the letter "M"
3. Team members born in odd numbered years.


Do you have a lead on a new team?  Have you been carefully watching this contest and trying time your entry?  If yes, send us an email and we will help you get started.


Looking forward to another competitive year!

Welcome to our 2018 Contest + Wildcard Info

For all of you who are paying attention...our new season started September 1, 2017.  We still had MANY great suggestions for wild card categories from our last survey so decided to pick from that list.  So, for the 2018 season (September 1, 2017 - August 31, 2018) our categories will be:

1. Books with titles that include a persons name.
2. Books that feature a pirate.
3. Left-handed team members.

AKA:

 

Do you have a lead on a new team?  Have you been carefully watching this contest and trying time your entry?  If yes, send us an email and we will help you get started.

Wild Card Categories for 2017 season

Thanks for everyone for many great suggestions for wild card categories. For the 2017 season (September 1, 2016 - August 31, 2017) will be:

1. Books with one word titles - subtitles not included.  
2. Books with LGBTQIA significant plot points or characters.
3. Team members who have traveled outside of the U.S.

Scoring is underway.  Results will be posted soon.

Survey Time!

Have you had enough of translated books and medical books?  What do you want as WILDCARD categories for next year?

Don't be shy, respond to the survey.

Wild Card Categories for our NEW season

Last year's survey gave us PLENTY of suggestions for wild card categories so we are choosing from that list again. We also received a few new ideas so drop a line anytime if you think of something to add to the list.

For your 2014/2015 season, our wildcard cateogries will be:
1. Books over 100 years old (copyright, obviously not the actual copy of the book).
2. Team members who have worked at the institution for at least 5 years.
3. Books told from an animals perspective.

Wild Card Categories for 2014 Season (current season)

Thanks for all your input on WILD CARD categories.  We have plenty of suggestions for future years so don't be alarmed if you don't see your favorite category this year.

These are the 3 categories for our current season:
1. Number of books blogged about with over 750 pages.
2. Number of team members with pets.
3. Number of books by blog posts about books by Neil Gaiman. <-Totally new category we are trying this year.

For new competitors - we usually have 10 scoring factors each season.  Your top 5 scores get added together to make your final team score.  Things like total books, total pages, page average are "given". We also like to change some of the factors each year to mix it up a bit and give everybody a chance.

As always, we are open to suggestions and questions about scoring.