http://www.themorningnews.org/tob/
In case you didn't know, the annual Morning News Tournament of Books starts today. It's like March Madness for reading, where judges (culled from the publishing and lit-blog worlds) pit sixteen books against each other in head-to-head match-ups, with a champion chosen by month's end. The method is totally subjective, and more often than not your favorites will lose to books you've never heard of or even dislike. That's okay because it's more about the discussions that follow than it is about any assumed winner. And likely--and this is what's great about it--you'll find a gem of a book that you might not have heard about otherwise.
Artwork by Jean-Leon Gerome, whose incredible paintings can be viewed here.
2 comments:
This is an awesome post - I learned something new today and I appreciate Missoula Public Library for introducing me to so many things each day! I am now following the TOB - for others, it would be nice if you tweeted some of the updates from this site. Just a suggestion....
Thanks, Anonymous. Yeah, and if anyone has any particular favorites they're rooting for, or any predictions on who might win, I hope you'll share them here with us.
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