March Madness: Round One, Match Eight

Huh. I really thought I had scheduled this to post yesterday and since I was out of the office yesterday I couldn't check on it. My apologies! I will be posting a round-up on Monday.

It's the last round of the first set of brackets! Next week we'll have the final four paranormal brackets and the final four dystopian brackets.

The winner of this bracket will be facing off against City of Bones.

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As always, here are some helpful descriptions to help you vote even if you haven't read the books (and to help you decide if you may want to read them). Both of these are on the funnier side of the genre and both are fantastic books. I'm glad I'm not the one voting!

Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins > When Sophie attracts too much human attention for a prom-night spell gone horribly wrong, she is exiled to Hex Hall, an isolated reform school for wayward Prodigium, a.k.a. witches, faeries, and shapeshifters.

Paranormalcy by Kiersten White > When a dark prophecy begins to come true, sixteen-year-old Evie of the International Paranormal Containment Agency must not only try to stop it, she must also uncover its connection to herself and the alluring shapeshifter, Lend.




In dystopia-land, we're voting on two blockbuster dystopian books - Gone vs. Uglies!

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I haven't read Gone by  Michael Grant yet (it sounds super creepy - is it?) but here is a helpful description from the catalog - In a small town on the coast of California, everyone over the age of fourteen suddenly disappears, setting up a battle between the remaining town residents and the students from a local private school, as well as those who have "The Power" and are able to perform supernatural feats and those who do not.

Uglies by Scott Westerfeld is pretty much must-read for any dystopian fan but if you haven't read it yet, here is what it's about: Everybody gets to be supermodel gorgeous. What could be wrong with that? Tally is about to turn sixteen, and she can't wait. Not for her license -- for turning pretty. In Tally's world, your sixteenth birthday brings an operation that turns you from a repellent ugly into a stunningly attractive pretty and catapults you into a high-tech paradise where your only job is to have a really great time. In just a few weeks Tally will be there.But Tally's new friend Shay isn't sure she wants to be pretty. She'd rather risk life on the outside. When Shay runs away, Tally learns about a whole new side of the pretty world -- and it isn't very pretty. The authorities offer Tally the worst choice she can imagine: find her friend and turn her in, or never turn pretty at all. The choice Tally makes changes her world forever.