March 11th Peanut Gallery
March 11, 2011
It is the eve of the Battle and all is quiet, more or less. Here’s what we’ve come across over the past week related to our contest. As always, let us know in the comments if we’ve missed yours and we’ll either add it in to this post or save it for next week’s edition.
- Kate Coombs was inspired by the BoB to do her own awards.
- Shoshana is contemplating about what may happen next week.
- Mr. H’s got his ducks—er, picks all in a row. Did he get any right? We aren’t saying.
- And Sondy’s got her first round picks here.
- The Children’s Room at the Takoma Park Maryland Library also is considering the upcoming event.
- Librarians in Central Texas are following along.
- Over at the Dalton School (where the two halves of the Battle Commander work), students in the Book Blogger Club (grades 5-7) have taken on the first bracket and some have already made their own decisions: c18jy gives her decision on Match 1, c17rg weighs in on Match 2 and c18gi weighs in on all of Round 1.
- We were delighted when our inspiration, The Tournament of Books’ Morning News, gave us a shout-out on their front page earlier this week.
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2012 Battle Schedule
Round One
Match 1 (March 13, Judge TBA)
Amelia Lost vs Anya's Ghost
Match 2 (March 14, Judge TBA)
Between Shades of Gray vs Bootleg
Match 3 (March 15, Judge TBA)
The Cheshire Cheese Cat vs Chime
Match 4 (March 16, Judge TBA)
Daughter of Smoke and Bone vs Dead End in Norvelt
Match 5 (March 19, Judge TBA)
Drawing from Memory vs The Grand Plan to Fix Everything
Match 6 (March 20, Judge TBA)
Heart and Soul vs Inside Out and Back Again
Match 7 (March 21, Judge TBA)
Life: An Exploded Diagram vs A Monster Calls
Match 8 (March 22, Judge TBA)
Okay for Now vs Wonderstruck
Round Two
Match 1 (March 23, Judge TBA)
TBA vs TBA
Match 2 (March 26, Judge TBA)
TBA vs TBA
Match 3 (March 27, Judge TBA)
TBA vs TBA
Match 4 (March 28, Judge TBA)
TBA vs TBA
Round Three
Match 1 (March 29, Judge TBA)
TBA vs TBA
Match 2 (March 30, Judge TBA)
TBA vs TBA
Big Kahuna Round
April 2, Judge Jonathan Stroud
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Here’s my post with my first-round picks: http://sonderbooks.com/blog/?p=2841
Oops! I didn’t see myself listed! (Or did you just do that?)
Just added you in!
Alas, my cover is blown. Oh well. New pen name?