Mar 31
Time for our March 2017 monthly recap. Find out which books were favorites and which were duds. We’ll end our wrap up with a a list of books due out this month and a glimpse of our upcoming content. We also want to hear from you so let us know what you read this month and what you look forward to reading in April and the rest of 2017.
Mar 22
Despite the fact that my bracket is essentially a sinking ship with no chance of being saved, I figured I’d post an update for those of you still in the running. After one week of the tournament we’ve had two rounds of play and the next round starts tomorrow. Here is what has happened so far and a list of the participants who are currently at the top. Read more
Mar 21
After a few weeks focused on wrapping up our winter challenge and setting up the spring challenge, we have finally got back in the groove of reviewing books again. Book Worm and I have been consumed by both challenges and reading through Infinite Jest which is tons of fun but impacting all our other reading. Book Worm is leading us off with a review of The Lonely Hearts Hotel, a book that others either seem to love or hate. Which side do you think you will fall into? Check out BW’s review. Read more
Mar 20
I follow Roxane Gay on Twitter and I have heard her speak a few times but Difficult Women is the first book of hers that I’ve read. Overall, I have mixed feelings about the book and here’s my review… Read more
Last chance to join our reading challenge where books will be paired with basketball teams and participants can earn points for predictions and reading. The winner will get a $100 book depository gift card and a box of bookish goodies for a total prize worth approximately $200.
You have 2 hours to sign up and complete a bracket. The full instructions are on our challenge page. You will need to fill out your CBS bracket for our pool before noon EDT. Here are the books/teams that will be playing today:
Princeton (The Sun is Also a Star) vs. Notre Dame (Another Brooklyn)
UNC-Wilm (The Return) vs. UVA (News of the World)
Winthrop (Take it as Compliment) vs Butler The Mothers
SD st (The Red Queen) vs. Gonzaga (Hidden Figures)
Bucknell (The Undoing Project) vs. WVU (The Fishermen)
ETSU (The Regional Office is Under Attack) vs. Florida (Lab Girl)
MTSU (Black Wave) vs. Minnesota (The Refugees)
Vanderbilt (The Girls) vs. NW (Underground Airlines)
Xavier (Here comes the Sun) vs. Maryland (The Small Backs of Children)
MSM (My Best Friend’s Exorcism) vs. Villanova (Born a Crime)
VCU (My Name is Leon) vs. St Mary’s (Grief is the Thing with Feathers)
UVM (Sudden Death) vs. Purdue (To the Bright Edge of the World)
FGCU (Sweetbitter) vs. Florida State (Lilac Girls)
Virginia Tech. (Atomic Weight of Love) vs. Wisconsin (The Fireman)
UND (First Love) vs. Arizona (Between the World and Me)
Nevada (Stamped from the Beginning) vs. Iowa State (The Essex Serpent
Participants: You may start your reading today! When you have finished a book post the link to your review in the comments section of the challenge page or if you are on Litsy, post your review with #marchmadness and tag me (JenP) Good luck all.
Mar 13
Two more days left to sign up for and fill out your bracket for our March Madness reading challenge! We hope you join in because no only can you win a great bookish prize but the challenge is a lot of fun.
What is the challenge? We have linked books (nominated and voted on by you, our readers) to college basketball teams in the tournament. You get to fill out a bracket and root for your favorite teams or books. You get points by making the right predictions and reading strategically.
Our brackets are live and need to be filled out before the start of basketball games on March 16. You can find all the details along with links to the CBS bracket pool and our book bracket on the challenge page.
Sign up today if you want to join us!
Mar 10
Our books have been ranked and our book brackets are ready. On Sunday night when the basketball team rankings will be released it will be time to fill out your bracket and play along. Want to join the challenge? Here’s what you have to do… Read more
Looking for a thrilling escapist read? Book Worm may have the book for you. Check out her review of The Devil’s Prayer by Luke Gracias. One reviewer calls it a “faustian tale on steroids.” Read more
Mar 6
We are looking for your help in ranking books for our March Madness challenge. Several participants have nominated books and now we need to rank them so we can include them in our challenge bracket. Please help us out and take 15 minutes to complete our book survey. At the end of the survey we will randomly select one of you to win a $15 Amazon gift card as a thank you.
Our March Madness challenge is a reading challenge where we pair books with basketball teams and participants fill out brackets and read books for points. The person who reads for the most points will win a box of bookish goodies and a gift card to the Book Depository (all together worth ~$200).
You can join our reading challenge which officially starts with the March Madness Tournament. Read more about our game on the challenge page here.
If you are willing to help us out, please click on this link: March Madness Survey.
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