tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post8761679874041496418..comments2023-11-09T03:33:41.728-05:00Comments on Jenny and Kelly Read Books: Bracketologykellyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-43841013113209706902014-03-02T21:45:00.583-05:002014-03-02T21:45:00.583-05:00You know... I forgot that last year's finalist...You know... I forgot that last year's finalists were both Zombie picks, which your prediction also calls for this year. <br /><br />I went back to re-read the commentary preceding that and it was, in fact, the first time that had happened. <br /><br />Another interesting note from that commentary is John Warner raving about The Dinner when he first read it and then: "My instant ardor having cooled, I can see all kinds of 'flaws' in The Dinner, and if a year from now I am asked to compare it to another really good and interesting book, I could easily see passing it over."<br /><br />Soooo... it will be interesting to see what he says about it in the Tournament a year later!kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-761784460667108854.post-78429758592139299722014-03-02T19:55:02.946-05:002014-03-02T19:55:02.946-05:00YAY! ToB time! Okay. I have read 11 of the books, ...YAY! ToB time! Okay. I have read 11 of the books, with 3 more in progress. I hope to finally finish Life After Life tonight which, I have *got* to believe will win tomorrow's play-in round.<br /><br />If I finish LAL tonight *and* if it wins the play-in tomorrow, I will have also read at least one of each of the books in the first round.<br /><br />I always peter out halfway through filling out brackets... I mostly agree with yours except I don't see E&P being the Zombie vote. There was so much vitriol last year about a YA book making it so far that I just think people will rise up against that. Having said that, I chose it for my Zombie pick :). I really loved that book and I don't care if it was YA or not. <br /><br />Having said that... I do think people who love that book really love it and have a tenderness for it... that *would*, in fact, cause it to be the Zombie book. And I think people don't pick other "favorites" if they don't think they'll need the vote (although people last year definitely said, "Crap! I didn't think I'd need to vote for [favorite book] cause I didn't think it would need it.") I'm waffling. Sooo... sure -- I'm just going to go with all of your picks. Heh. (I didn't go for a contest or anything... just funsies.)<br /><br />All right. Going to finish LAL right now. And I am now *two* months behind with book write-ups here. Gah! The Tournament has been *dominating* my reading life lately. (Also... I have been working on a quilt! Yay!)kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07832228313612518377noreply@blogger.com