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Bracket Update

Still on track! Thanks Nic Brown!

Bracket Update

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Nerd Girl of the Month

Since Laura Ingalls Wilder won as Serious Badass of the Month, I had a hard decision deciding who would win as Nerd Girl.

Then, it came to me. Who is nerdier than nerdy? The Baby-Sitters Club. Who is even nerdier? The Baby-Sitters Club Little Sister!

Baby-Sitters Little Sister was a spin-off series by Ann M. Martin, the author of The Baby-Sitters Club. I used to eat these books for breakfast. I read the one about Karen's roller skates WHILE roller blading around the patio in my backyard (got...

My Bracket Is Already F*d

The Help won over Lowboy. If I were the kind of person to say "drat!" –  I'd say it right now.

My bracket is .

Swoon

Flavorwire is so awesome. 30 Favorite Opening Lines in Literature.

Currently Reading

Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. I always forget that damn hyphen.

Something To Hang

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Tournament of Books Bracket

There are two slots for "Reader Pick" which have not been filled in and I can't find the competitors anywhere on the site, so I left them blank. Nonetheless, Let the Great World Spin is going to take it all. I think Year of the Flood deserves to win over Wolf Hall but the reviewer is Andrew WK and for some reason I feel like he'll prefer Wolf Hall.

Burnt Shadows will upset That Old Cape Magic because everyone knows Cape was Russo's fifth best book. Lowboy will beat The Help, but I'm most wary ...

Tournament of Books

The Morning News is doing a tournament of books! Like March Madness, only nerdier. Today, Let the Great World Spin won the first round. Tomorrow, it's a face off between Lowboy and The Help. My money is on Lowboy. Read the "Pregame Primer" first then download the bracket. Jason Kottke of kottke.org is one of the judges!

Where Did He Find This?!

TFLN's editor, @PatrickMulligan just posted this: