Well, I am calling it a tourney, anyways, but not like a "Tournament of Books" needs to get any cooler.
http://www.themorningnews.org/article/here-comes-the-rooster
How did I not know this was a thing? And, if I was going to come to it late, couldn't I have come at least a little earlier, so I could read everything on the shortlist before the thing kicks off on Wednesday (March 7)??
Of the sixteen books
I've only ready one (Patrick deWitt, The Sisters Brothers) although most of them are on my to-read list (although that's not saying much; they're pretty representative of the books that were on everyone's to-read list in 2011, not to mention the Times' reviews), and some I've actually taken possession of.
This week is pretty busy for me, too, so I won't have a lot of time to read (although it's practically all I did just this weekend, Saturday and Sunday, whoops)...maybe I can adjust the game so part of it is anticipating the top 4, and seeing if I can get those read before they advance to the final slots in the bracket?
I just need to finish The Night Circus first, which I began last night, at long last, on my brother's recommendation. Huh. We were meant to swap that book for my copy of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children, but I just realized I didn't give it to him. Oh, well. The valiant men & women of the U.S. postal service shall have that honor at some point. Maybe when I mail my friend's shirt back to him in New Jersey...that would be good to remember to do, too...
*the titles were cut & pasted from the Tournament announcement (see link above), and link to, I think, Powell's Books. I don't know how to get rid of the links easily, and since I have no problem with Powell's (quite the opposite) see no reason to waste time trying to, but if it should matter down the road...not mine.
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