It's that time again: that time when the air is sweet, the daffodils are blooming, and a young girl's fancy turns to thoughts of BLOODY INTERNET SMACKDOWNS. Specifically, it's time once again for the BSC Review Book Tournament, wherein books published during the last year BEAT THE HOLY CRAP OUT OF EACH OTHER for your amusement. See how much we love you?
It's fun to speculate which books have authors behind them. The first match (with An Artificial Night) already has 14 votes to 8 (with the next highest). Match 3 in the Middle Earth bracket is also like that (170 votes when most of the other matches in that bracket have 50-90).
(I voted in all the ones where I'd read one book. So far, no match pairs two books I've read.)
It's fun, and also occasionally distressing. Last year, a friend of mine got knocked out by a book where the pattern would go:
1. Other book is in the lead. 2. Friend appeals to her social media. 3. Friend's book leaps to the lead! 4. Other book suddenly has that number of votes +1, with no other votes cast by those individuals.
They've changed how voting works this year, and I'm hoping that's to avoid this sort of thing.
If An Artificial Night wins its bracket, and Habitation of the Blessed wins its bracket, they'll be up against each other in Round 2. That will be a tough vote.
Actually, it looks like AAN will be up against either Imager’s Intrigue or Leviathan Wept and Other Stories and HotB will be against Behemoth or War of the Dwarves.
Wizard Squared is an awesome book (and in a great series, too), but no way does it beat Artificial Night. No. Flippin'. Way. It's not even in the same genre, for petesakes. (Not that it matters, because Toby kicks all UF butt, too.)
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March 22 2011, 14:48:42 UTC 6 years ago
March 22 2011, 14:49:41 UTC 6 years ago
(I voted in all the ones where I'd read one book. So far, no match pairs two books I've read.)
March 22 2011, 15:00:42 UTC 6 years ago
1. Other book is in the lead.
2. Friend appeals to her social media.
3. Friend's book leaps to the lead!
4. Other book suddenly has that number of votes +1, with no other votes cast by those individuals.
They've changed how voting works this year, and I'm hoping that's to avoid this sort of thing.
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March 22 2011, 15:00:52 UTC 6 years ago
March 22 2011, 15:22:47 UTC 6 years ago
Also: is your choice only Diet Dr. Pepper? Because I found a place in Seattle that will sell Original Dr. Pepper - with real sugar and all.
March 22 2011, 15:45:10 UTC 6 years ago
That must be even closer to ambrosia than Canadian Coke...
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March 22 2011, 15:46:38 UTC 6 years ago
And my "to read" list just grew three sizes today - so many great looking titles/authors that I haven't read before.
Nice to know that when the zombie apocalypse comes, I'm not likely to run out of reading material.
March 23 2011, 01:08:44 UTC 6 years ago
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I cast my vote for Toby (of course) and saw that she's currently kicking butt.
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March 22 2011, 18:33:59 UTC 6 years ago
Man, between this one and DABWAHA, my TBR list grew.
March 23 2011, 01:09:29 UTC 6 years ago
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96% of 138
March 23 2011, 00:20:32 UTC 6 years ago
Re: 96% of 138
March 23 2011, 01:10:04 UTC 6 years ago
March 23 2011, 12:23:36 UTC 6 years ago
This is where posting on LJ can make all the difference.
And having written a wonderful book.
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