I'm a big fan of March Madness. I love college basketball. Well, really I love watching Tennessee Vols college basketball. But with the NCAA looking into possible violations last year and the loss of their top ten coach and two best players, this year was a tough year to be a fan. Still I watched my team and had Tennessee won one more game, they might have been in the Big Dance (what us fans call the NCAA College Basketball Tournament). Instead, they are in the Little Dance, a regional Number 1 seed in the National Invitational Tournament (NIT or the also rans).
But Irony of Ironies, where my basketball team didn't make the bracket for the Big Dance, Blood Ocean did.
Fantastic Reviews did this. I guess what happened is they receive so many books that they can't review them all, so they created the Battle of Books. Here are the official rules:
Every 16 review copies we get will be placed in a bracket.
For the first round, the Fantastic Reviews judge (usually me, Aaron Hughes) will read the opening 25 pages of both books. The winner will be the book I most want to continue reading (not necessarily the better book -- how would I even know that after only 25 pages?). The winners advance to the second round.
For the second round, I will read through page 50. The winners advance to the semifinals.
For the semifinals, I will read through page 100.
For the finals, I will read through page 200.
The winner of each bracket will be read completely and reviewed at Fantastic Reviews.
At the end of 2012, the judges' favorite book out of all the winners will be named Fantastic Reviews Battle of the Books Champion.
This is an odd but somewhat cool sort of review. I'm looking forward to it. I'm crossing my fingers. I hope Blood Ocean does better than the Vols.
But Irony of Ironies, where my basketball team didn't make the bracket for the Big Dance, Blood Ocean did.
Fantastic Reviews did this. I guess what happened is they receive so many books that they can't review them all, so they created the Battle of Books. Here are the official rules:
Every 16 review copies we get will be placed in a bracket.
For the first round, the Fantastic Reviews judge (usually me, Aaron Hughes) will read the opening 25 pages of both books. The winner will be the book I most want to continue reading (not necessarily the better book -- how would I even know that after only 25 pages?). The winners advance to the second round.
For the second round, I will read through page 50. The winners advance to the semifinals.
For the semifinals, I will read through page 100.
For the finals, I will read through page 200.
The winner of each bracket will be read completely and reviewed at Fantastic Reviews.
At the end of 2012, the judges' favorite book out of all the winners will be named Fantastic Reviews Battle of the Books Champion.
This is an odd but somewhat cool sort of review. I'm looking forward to it. I'm crossing my fingers. I hope Blood Ocean does better than the Vols.
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