BIBLIOPHAGE: Tournament of Books 2103

Get ready : The 2013 Tournament of the Books Finalists :

HHhH by Laurent Binet x
The Round House by Louise Erdrich x
Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn ***
The Fault in Our Stars by John Green *
Arcadia by Lauren Groff **
How Should A Person Be? by Sheila Heti x
May We Be Forgiven by A.M. Homes
The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson ***
Ivyland by Miles Klee x
Bring Up The Bodies by Hilary Mantel *
Dear Life by Alice Munro *
Where'd You Go Bernadette by Maria Semple **
Beautiful Ruins by Jess Walter *
Building Stories by Chris Ware ~
Winner of the Pre-Tournament Playoff Round

Pre Tournament Playoff Round :

Fobbit by David Abrams x
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain ***
The Yellow Birds by Kevin Powers ~

Play In Winner

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk, Fobbit, Yellow Birds

Round 1 Winners
May We Be Forgiven V Play In Winner : Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk,
Building Stories V Dear Life
Bring Up The Bodies V HHhH
Arcadia V How Should A Person Be
Song Of Achilles V Beautiful Ruins
Gone Girl V Ivyland
The Round House V The Fault in Our Stars
The Orphan Master's Son V Where'd You Go Bernadette

Round 2 Winners
~~Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk~~ V Building Stories V May We Be Forgiven
Bring Up The Bodies V ~~Arcadia~~ V How Should A Person Be?
Gone Girl V Beautiful Ruins
The Orphan Master's Son V ~~The Round House~~ The Fault In Our Stars

Round 3 Winners and Zombies
Orphan Master's Son V Building Stories
Gone Girl V How Should A Person Be?

Zombie Round Winners/Finalists
Z2 V Gone Girl
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk V Orphan Master's Son

Champion
The Orphan Master's Son

ABOUT THIS BLOG

1 : Blog posts are under a MONTH HEADING where I also post links to interesting articles found on the web.

2 : The "DATE" is the order of reading. This is simply my reading log.

3 : These are not overview style reviews. They are just opinion pieces. Be warned, there may be "spoilers".

4 : Basic rating system :
***** FAVOURITE :
Precious exemplars, representative of "me", books to be prized! On the shelf as well as the Kindle!!
**** RECOMMEND :
Entertaining or enriching; a praiseworthy read
*** LIKE :
Enjoyed it, a worthwhile read.
** OK :
Nothing more, nothing less, not worth the effort
x NO (not giving it a star!)
Yuk! Really didn't like it! Can't recommend!
- UNFINISHED - :
Some I will give another go, some I won't

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28 February 2013

Tournament of Books 2103

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