Are you ready to Battle???  Bennett Prose certainly is.

 He has been preparing for weeks - as soon as he received the invitation to participate, the reading began.  There were 13 books in this year's battle, and to participate, one needed to read eight.  Most teams of three divided up the text - making sure there was one contestant who had knowledge of each book.  Bennett read all thirteen.

His team, The Mustached Maniacs, took the trophy last year, and they indented to repeat.  They did not disappoint - and their reading paid off - as the Maniacs were champions, yet again.

 Each taking home a $7 gift certificate to Barnes & Nobel.