HOW TOURNAMENT OF BOOKS CHANGED MY READING LIFE

[SheltieLover]

https://bookriot.com/how-tournament-of-books-changed-my-reading-life/amp/

The Morning News’s Tournament of Books is my favorite event on the internet. It’s an incredible event to witness: books going head to head while judges explain their reading process. I love it so much because it has changed how I read literature.

HOW THE TOURNAMENT WORKS

I’ll admit that I’ve been a fangirl for Tournament of Books ever since I discovered it in 2010. The competition started in 2005 with the basic premise: every March, books published in the prior year go head to head until one reigns supreme. It’s March Madness but for literature. Each judge considers two books from the brackets and then explains how they decided on the winning book. The final pairing has every judge from the tournament weighing in. The winner gets a rooster, in the form of a donation to Heifer International.

Since 2005, the Tournament has evolved bit by bit. They’ve introduced the Zombie round, which allows readers to vote on their favorite book that was voted out of the tournament to return in the penultimate round.

More at link. Enjoy!

[northoftheborder]

1. That looks interesting - I've not heard of that!

[SheltieLover]

2. I hadn't either!

Might give it a look as I'm pretty much out of compelling reads.