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I'm definitely in! As I posted on your blog, the March Madness game seriously pushed the boundaries of my reading, and I got a lot of great books under my belt!
annapi wrote: "I'm definitely in! As I posted on your blog, the March Madness game seriously pushed the boundaries of my reading, and I got a lot of great books under my belt!"I'm so glad to hear that! I'd take credit for the good books but most of them were actually nominated by others with a majority coming from PBT members.
We have posted the rules on the site (link below)! Deadline to sign up is July 10. Let us know if you have any questions. Come and join a team. Prizes are awarded on individual basis but you will be working together as a team to create a list of sponsored countries. And all members of the winning team will receive a $5 gift card to amazon as an added incentive.
https://thereadersroom.org/challenges...
Do we need to sign up on your blog, or is it enough that we signed up here?
As long as I've acknowledged that I saw your sign up, you can do so anywhere. I have got your name on the list.
How strange! When I try the link it takes to my Goodreads challenge?! I'll try later on my laptop.
As an FYI: I wanted to congratulate Annapi and Rachel for winning prizes in our March madness game. Annapi won the grand prize and Rachel nominated the winning book. Here's what they win (and I'm kind of jealous of Anna's prize).Grand prize (to the person who scores the most points – through a combination of reading and correct predictions): $50 Amazon gift card, a prize pack of 8 prize-winning books, major bragging rights, and should they choose to accept, the opportunity to publish a guest post on our blog (this post can be a way to plug your own blog, discuss an issue of relevance to you, review a book, plug your own book, or share your challenge experience). Winners will be able to select 2 books from the 2016 Pen/Faulkner shortlist, 2 books from the 2016 International Man Booker Prize, 2 books from the 2016 Bailey’s Prize long list, and 2 books from the 2015 National Book Awards finalists.
Best Coach: $15 Amazon gift card. This prize will go to the person who nominated the winning book. Several people nominated the same books. The winner will be the person who submitted their nomination first.
Jen wrote: "As an FYI: I wanted to congratulate Annapi and Rachel for winning prizes in our March madness game. Annapi won the grand prize and Rachel nominated the winning book. "Thank you!! I'm excited and this makes a great birthday present!
Annapi - I'm listing the books you can pick from here because I can link to them and then maybe other PBT members can make recommendations. So you get to pick:2 from Pen Faulkner shortlists:
In the Country: Stories
The Turner House
Mr. and Mrs. Doctor
The Sympathizer
Mayumi and the Sea of Happiness
After the Tall Timber: Collected Nonfiction
Between the World and Me
The Quarry: Essays
The Givenness of Things: Essays
Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles
Two books from International Man Booker shortlist:
A General Theory of Oblivion
The Story of the Lost Child
The Vegetarian
A Strangeness in My Mind
A Whole Life
The Four Books
two books from 2016 Bailey's Longlist
A God in Ruins
Rush Oh!
Ruby
The Secret Chord
The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
A Dictionary of Mutual Understanding
Whispers Through a Megaphone
The Green Road
The Book of Memory
Gorsky
The Anatomist's Dream
At Hawthorn TimeA Little Life
Pleasantville
The Glorious Heresies
The Portable Veblen
Girl at War
The House at the Edge of the World
The Improbability of Love
My Name Is Lucy Barton
And 2 books from the 2015 National Book Award finalists
Fortune Smiles
Refund
The Turner House
Fates and Furies
Fates and Furies
Between the World and Me
Hold Still: A Memoir with Photographs
The Soul of an Octopus: A Surprising Exploration into the Wonder of Consciousness
If the Oceans Were Ink: An Unlikely Friendship and a Journey to the Heart of the Quran
Ordinary Light
Voyage of the Sable Venus and Other Poems
Catalog of Unabashed Gratitude
How to Be Drawn
Bright Dead Things
Elegy for a Broken Machine: Poems
Challenger Deep
The Thing About Jellyfish
Bone Gap
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
Nimona
Ok, I will definitely need recommendations! The only books I have read are Between the World and Me and In the Country: Stories (though I may decide to choose that to get a hardcopy of it).
I think many here liked Fates and Furies (a 5* for me) and many liked My name is Lucy Barton (I decided not to read it, seemed like the plot might be kind of thin for the types of books I'm drawn to). The Sympathizer also won the Pulitzer for fiction... Not sure if that speaks better or worse for it...
I've read a few but you and I generally like different books: I've read:A little life
The green road
The portble Veblen
Nimona.
The soul of an octopus
A little life was my favorite. Nimona was really good and I think you might like it. Plus since it's a graphic novel, getting a hard copy is much better then kindle copies.
I also really like the Soul of an Octopus.
Book worm (my co-blogger) read almost all of the Bailey's list books. I think she reviewed them on the blog and you could probably search with term "Bailey" however her tastes are like mine so be forewarned.
Oh, and girl of war. That was good too. My least favorite was The Green Road.
Question - Are At Hawthorne Time and A Little Life 2 separate books? Or is only one on the list?
Two separate books. Sorry for some reason they wer lumped together
Here are my choices:Pen Faulkner: In the Country: Stories and Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles
International Man Booker: The Story of the Lost Child and A Whole Life
Bailey's: Rush Oh! and The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet
National Book Award: Nimona and Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War
Jen wrote: "We are hosting a summer Olympics themed reading challenge and we hope you join us. PBT member have done really well in past challenges and two PBTers will likely win our spring challenge!The game..."
Please remove me from the sign up list, Jen. Sounds like fun, but I'm having a hard time concentrating these days and have planned myself a month of short, uncomplicated reading. I don't want those limitations to bring a team down.
Okay. Will do. We have open spots if anyone else wants to join. Prizes will be similar to some i've posted here for March madness game
Jen, I've received 7 of the books (all but A Whole Life). Thank you so much!
So glad! I believe that was the one that hasn't come out yet. I think it comes out in September
Oh, and I will send the gift cards out to you and Rachel over the weekend
LOL I never even realized that one hadn't come out yet. Looking forward to it! I just started Nimona and am loving it so far except....I hate how small the text is! I feel so old, squinting at my book, and that's with reading glasses!
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Books mentioned in this topic
Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War (other topics)The Story of the Lost Child (other topics)
A Whole Life (other topics)
Sidewalking: Coming to Terms with Los Angeles (other topics)
Rush Oh! (other topics)
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The game will be played in teams but prizes awarded to individual players. Reading and points will be tied to the summer Olympics.
You can read more and sign up for it here:
https://thereadersroom.org/2016/06/24...