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The Final Four of Everything
In "American Bracketology," Mark Reiter and Richard Sandomir take the elegant art of "bracketology" and use it as an eye- opening and hilarious tool to celebrate everything that's good, bad, and silly in our American way of life.
- It's great entertainment: Americans have an insatiableappetite for knowing what is good, better, and best in their world. If
...morePaperback, 336 pages
Published
May 5th 2009
by Simon & Schuster
(first published March 6th 2007)
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Someone asks you, "What's your favorite food?"; you quickly answer "Spaghetti", because it's at the tip of your tongue. But then you start thinking...what about pizza? what about cheese fondue? what about donuts (and are they actually "doughnuts")? This is where you need bracketology. Yes, the system used in sports playoffs. With bracketology, you can put pizza against cheese fondue (and all of your other favorites) and really get to the heart of which is your absol...more
Not all of the topics covered in this book were interesting, but some made me laugh pretty hard. At the very least, this book could spark some good conversations.
Much of the bracketing was silliness, but there were a few
best white/red wines
cheeses
American brews
mondegreens (misheard song lyrics)
American plays
Shakespeare plays adapted for film
that made the brackets fun! Lots of sports, music, and movie trivia that would make good party games.
best white/red wines
cheeses
American brews
mondegreens (misheard song lyrics)
American plays
Shakespeare plays adapted for film
that made the brackets fun! Lots of sports, music, and movie trivia that would make good party games.
An interesting and humorous look at topics -- in style of March Madness brackets
Fun, the idea of pitting all your favorites against each other March Madness style. Experts on subjects outlining the choices, like best bald guy, dog, and wine. It's kind of addictive, after I read it, it was hard not to think of things in those terms.
I can't remember why I bought this book, but I do
know that I wish I didn't. I guess I thought it might
be cute, but it actually turns out to be trifling.
Even too trifling for a coffee table.
know that I wish I didn't. I guess I thought it might
be cute, but it actually turns out to be trifling.
Even too trifling for a coffee table.
Kendra
marked it as to-read
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Recommends it for:
Sports lovers; anyone who loves listmaking & March Madness
Just got this as a birthday gift. It will undoubtedly fuel my complete obsession with my favorite sports contest -- the NCAA men's basketbal tourney. Bring on your picks!
The concept is fun... and it's worth a quick flip through, but most of the seedings and "results" seem far too arbitrary to warrant further attention.
It's interesting to find out what will "win" in these brackets. Kind of crazy stuff mentioned, but entertaining.
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layne
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