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Simms
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Dec 18, 2020 12:04PM
I predicted that most of The Vanishing Half, Leave the World Behind, Transcendent Kingdom, Luster, Deacon King Kong, and Hamnet would get in, and look at that! Too bad it was Hamnet that got left out, I wanted to read that one.
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interestingly enough, none of the unique prediction picks made it into the shortlist, so groupthink was on point this round!
Amy wrote: "finally posted! Simms is our big winner with Zach (itsonlyzach), Aaron & Emily only 1pt behind!"all 4 of these folks (plus Lark Benobi) correctly picked 12 books (wow!) Simms' correct play-in round pick put him over the top.
Simms wrote: "I predicted that most of The Vanishing Half, Leave the World Behind, Transcendent Kingdom, Luster, Deacon King Kong, and Hamnet would get in, and look at that! Too bad it was Hamnet that got left o..."Congratulations on your win! And yes, it really is too bad that Hamnet didn't make it; it was one of my favorite books from this year. I highly recommend you read it anyway.
Congratulations, Simms!Is this not almost the same play-in theme we had last year?
Congrats Simms! I guess I kept overthinking things and removed quite a few of the shortlist from my guesses. Darn ToB! haha. It's interesting that of the shortlist, seven books are writers that have been included in a previous tournament and six of the books are first novels (by my count) from very new writers. And yeah, I don't think anyone guessed the play-in round because it does seem a little similar to last year. Also, so many of the play-in guesses are amazing.
C wrote: "Congrats Simms! I guess I kept overthinking things and removed quite a few of the shortlist from my guesses. Darn ToB! haha. It's interesting that of the shortlist, seven books are writers that hav..."I second all of this - nice work on your guessing, Simms!
Amy wrote: "Amy wrote: "finally posted! Simms is our big winner with Zach (itsonlyzach), Aaron & Emily only 1pt behind!"all 4 of these folks (plus Lark Benobi) correctly picked 12 books (wow!) Simms' correct..."
Put *him* over the top, actually.
Simms wrote: "Put *him* over the top, actually.."apologies! I'm not even sure why I used a pronoun at all! fixed now. :)
Woop woop, well done Simms, quite impressive guessing!
I am extremely surprised that Hamnet and Apeirogon did not make the shortlist.
Simms, if you'd like a prize for your big victory, I'd be happy to pass along my copy of either A Children's Bible or Transcendent Kingdom after the holidays when it feels less crazy to go to the post office!
