Play Book Tag discussion

WHO'S PBT'S FAVORITE?
Administered by Anita

Let's figure out which author is the PBT favorite!! You nominate your faves, and they compete in a head to head challenges every other month until only one author remains.

In addition to helping us determine our most favorite author, you can win by submitting predictions of your final four authors, final two authors, and the winner before the votes begin . . .see how well you know our membership and can predict their selections!

1. Nominate your favorite authors (up to two). Each nominated author must have published at least three books.

2. We will start with 64 authors presented in random pairs. (For you sports enthusiasts, think March Madness brackets!) Each member may cast 1 vote for their favorite in each head to head match up.

3. If you read any books by any of the 64 authors before the winners are revealed (mid March), you will earn 1 vote per review that you can then apply to your vote to move your favorite author further in the bracket. Or you may save your votes to use later in the tournament. If your book also fits the monthly tag, then you will earn 2 votes for future use!

4. Every other month, we will repeat the process. We announce the 32 winners in mid- March and everyone will again get to cast 1 vote in each head-to-head match up for their favorite. Plus you may cast any extra votes you received from reading/reviewing books by the authors previously in the game (if you so choose).
Then, again, you may read any of the 32 to earn additional voting points to apply to future votes!

5. We continue, whittling the brackets down every other month to 16, 8, 4, 2, and then 1, until we announce the winner on December 1st.

6. Then, we tally your predictions and announce the winners! Anyone who reads the winning author before year end gets 20 participation points

7. UPDATE: We have also added a participation points component to allow players to earn participation points in each round. Please see the following thread for details: https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/.

More specifics:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

First, there will be a grand prize that is yet to be determined and that will NOT be participation points. This prize will go to the person who does the best job at predicting the final four, the final two, and the champion.

But a couple of astute members pointed out that once their champion choice is eliminated, the challenge might not be as fun, and I completely agree, so we will provide some additional options to earn participation points along the way to the final four.

FOR PREDICTIONS

Predict the correct champion - 30 participation points
Predict an author in the final two - 15 participation points (so 30 if you get them both)
Predict an author in the final four - 5 participation points per author plus a bonus 5 if you get all four authors (max 25 participation points).

FOR READING

Read any book by the champion. If you read and review ANY book by the champion AT ANY POINT in 2022 - earn 20 points.

Read and review books during a given round prior to the final 4 (i.e. 64, 32, 16, 8) by an author still in the running and earn points as follows:

2 pts for reading one author in a bracket of your choice
4 pts for reading a second author in a different bracket
6 pts for reading a third author in a third bracket
8 pts for reading a fourth author in the final bracket

Once you have read an author, you may no longer read that author for challenge participation points going forward. In other words, one book per author for participation points, regardless of the round.

There will be a reporting thread for participation that is separate from that for voting, and participation points and reviews will need to be reported prior to the results being announced for the next round. Points are additive so if you read two books from two different brackets, you will earn 6 pts.

IMPORTANT NOTE:

Votes may still be earned by reading any books by any still-in-the-running author regardless of brackets or whether you've read them in a prior round. The rules above apply to participation points only.

THE LIST with links:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Vote tracking link:

https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Brackets:
The match ups in bracket A that I might read are:

Davis, Fiona v.
Kingsolver, Barbara - Flight Behavior - 5 stars

Hellenga, Robert v.
Sandford, John

Gabaldon, Diana v.
See, Lisa

George, Elizabeth v.
Reid, Taylor Jenkins Malibu Rising (May)

Follett, Ken v.
Picoult, Jodi - The Storyteller

Hannah, Kristin v.
Russell, Mary Doria

Bracket B:
This bracket will lead to the second author of your final four.

The match ups in this bracket are:

Connelly, Michael v. The Reversal - 4 stars, The Fifth Witness - 5 stars
Jones, Stephen Graham

Allende, Isabel v.
Towles, Amor

Haruf, Kent v.
Stilton, Thea

Harmon, Amy v.
Strout, Elizabeth

Andrews, Ilona v.
Patchett, Ann

Hodgson, Antonia v.
Kinsella, Sophie/Madeleine Wickham

Hoffman, Alice v.
Wingate, Lisa

Link to page with all brackets:
https://www.goodreads.com/topic/show/...

Bracket C:
This bracket will lead to the third author of your final four.

The match ups in this bracket are:
Boyne, John v.
Krueger, William Kent

Bryson, Bill v.
Moriarty, Lianne

Bowen, Rhys v. Her Royal Spyness
Pratchett, Terry

Atwood, Margaret v.
Tolkien, J.R.R.

Backman, Fredrik v. - My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry - 5 stars
Willis, Connie

Center, Katherine v.
Simon, Coco

Caro, Robert v.
Ishiguro, Kazuo

Bradbury, Ray v.
Joyce, Rachel

Bracket D:
Albom, Mitch v. - Have a Little Faith: a True Story
- 4 stars
Turow, Scott

Delinsky, Barbara v.
Kristof, Agota

Castillo, Linda v.
Michener, James

Barclay, Linwood v.
King, Stephen

Austen, Jane v.
Shute, Nevil

Hoover, Colleen v.
,b>James, P.D. - Cover Her Face - 3 stars

Bujold, Lois McMaster v.
Rowling, JK/Galbraith, Robert

Christie, Agatha v. A Caribbean Mystery - 3
Morton, Kate

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Monthly Tags:

January - Science
1. (other) The Book of Lost Names
2. (tag & challenge) Flight Behavior - 5 stars
3. (tag) Leonardo da Vinci - 4 stars
4. (other) Cloud Cuckoo Land - 4 stars

February - Thought-Provoking
1. WPF Have a Little Faith: a True Story - 4 stars
2. The Atomic City Girls - 4 stars
3. Miss Benson's Beetle - 4 stars
4. My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She's Sorry - 5 stars
5. WPF - Calico Joe - 4 stars
6. WPF - Eventide - 4 stars

March - Classics
1. WPF - The Reversal - 4 stars
2. WPF - The Storyteller - 5 stars
3. Whose Body? - 1 star

April - Detective
1. Cover Her Face - 3 stars
2. A Caribbean Mystery - 3 stars
3. The Fifth Witness - 5 stars
4. Booked to Die - 4 stars
5. The Widows of Malabar Hill - 3 stars
6. End Game
7. Girl, Alone