March Madness Reading Challenge!!
The Reader’s Room will be hosting our own version of a bookish March Madness, slated to begin with the start of the NCAA tournament (March 17th). Reading won’t start until March 17 and full instructions won’t be posted until March 1. However, this challenge requires us to do some preparation so it would be very helpful to us to get people signed up early. We hope you join us for this challenge!
Here’s an overview of what you will need to do in the next 10 days:
- Let us know if you want to participate. Simply post a reply to this email saying you want to play. This doesn’t commit you to anything but will help us get a sense of general numbers. You can sign up later too, but those who sign up early will have a chance to impact which books make the official cut.
- Come up with the titles of three books from your TBR that you think stand a good chance of beating other books (either because others have rated them highly or because you think others will want to read those books). Books can be of any genre. Think strategically.
- Submit your three book titles by 2/20/16. You can post them as replies here or email Jen (jenlane3@yahoo.com) so no one else steals your ideas.
In the near future:
- We (Book Worm and I) will create a final list consisting of 64 books.
- People (participants, readers of the blog, and other readers) will get a chance to vote on books.
- Participants will then get to create and submit their own personal brackets with books they think will win.
- Books will be ranked (using a secret formula) and matched with one of the NCAA men’s basketball teams.
- To get points, you need to read and review WINNING books. This challenge is NOT about who can read the fastest or who can read the greatest number of books. It’s about strategy and luck. The winner could conceivably be a person who reads only 1 or 2 books.
- Scoring will approximate the way points are calculated for NCAA brackets (1 point for round 1 winners, 2, for round two, etc.) Full instructions and details on scoring will be posted before you are required to pick your brackets (likely early March).
One grand prize winner will be selected to win awesome bookish prizes!
*NOTE: If you are a non-US reader and are unfamiliar with march madness tournaments, you can read more about what that is, here. It may sound complicated but it should be easy to figure out.
I’d be up for this, because I apparently have to do ALL the challenges 😉
Question — overview 2) says 2 books and 3) says to send in 3 books. Can you clarify.
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Oops. I will correct that. Should be three books. I was indecisive and trying to predict how many people would participate so that I don’t have to creat a huge list of filler books. So more is better.
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and yay to you signing up!
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Sounds like fun – I’ll email you my books choices!
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great! I know we have some overlap in our reading choices but we also read some very different types of books so I am extra excited that you will be participating. The wider range of book options we get, the better the challenge will be! I look forward to seeing your book choices 🙂
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I’m always up for a challenge. I’ll email you my choices unless you want me to just put them here.
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Email them to me that way others don’t see the choices 🙂
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Count me in, even though I don´t quite understand all about the March Madness and the NCAA. I read the link you sent, and at least I got an idea what it is all about. I will email you my book choices.
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It will actually be very easy. once we get started it will make sense
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I’ll have no idea what I’m doing, but I may as well join too!
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Count me in! Sounds like fun!
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Ack! I’ve sworn off challenges this spring because writing my thesis… but I really want to play. I’m sure I can come up with three titles.
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Don’t forget to send me your nominees! Slots are filling up and I want to make sure you get your three choices on there. You can email them to me at jenlane3@yahoo.com
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I’d love to play!!
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I’ll play too. I’ll e-mail you my three choices.
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I’m in! Love March Madness! Rock Chalk, go KU!
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Great, email me your three book nominees (books that you want to read that you think others will rank highly)
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And I’m trying to combine my obsession with March madness with my book obsession 🙂
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This looks like it’s going to be crazy and fun. Let’s see what happens!
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I think it will be a little crazy. Send me your book nominations if you want to play. Spots are starting to fill up for nominated books although you can play even without nominating books – but less fun to read other people’s choices 🙂
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Just emailed! Let me know if you get them!
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Yup. Got them thanks!
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I am not a basketball fan, but I’ll play.
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You don’t have to be a basketball fan just a book fan :). Send me your three nominees via email. TBR books that you think will also get voted highly by others.
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Maybe you can do a game for the Stanley Cup playoffs?
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That would make my husband very happy!
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I will participate. I will send you three nominations.
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Hopefully not too late to sign up, book choices just emailed.
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