And now, the final match. There can be only one. The contenders: The Fault in Our Stars vs No Crystal Stair vs Code Name Verity, Judged by Frank Cottrell Boyce. My prediction had been: “The Fault in our Stars v. The One and Only Ivan v. the Undead Winner (my prediction, Code Name Verity), Judge [...]

Just a quick reminder that SLJ BoB has been highlighting posts and tweets and responses to the previous week’s matches. Check out this week’s The Peanut Gallery; and swing back to past ones.  

Drum roll, please. And the Undead Poll  Winner is….   Just as I had predicted! Or, rather, hoped against hope because John Green has all those nerdfighters.  

The second match of round two is Splendors and Glooms vs No Crystal Stair, Judged by James Patterson. My prediction was “Splendors and Glooms v The One and Only Ivan, Judge James Patterson. Neither seems like Patterson’s books, but I’m going to go with The One and Only Ivan. Call it intuition.” Well, pretty poor [...]

We’re getting down to the end! Round Three, Baby! It’s Match 1. Bomb vs The Fault in Our Stars, Judged by Lynne Rae Perkins. My prediction for this had been “Code Name Verity v The Fault in our Stars, Judge Lynne Rae Perkins. Much as I adore Verity, I think Perkins will be swayed by [...]

It’s with this match that my predictions crumble so that they start becoming more fantastical. Or wrong. So this match is Seraphina vs No Crystal Stair – Judged by Paul Griffin. I had predicted “Seraphina v. The One and Only Ivan, Judge Paul Griffin. Prediction: Griffin likes animals, right? So he’ll select The One and [...]

Match 3 of the second round is Starry River of the Sky vs Splendors and Glooms, Judged by Thanhha Lai. As luck would have it, I predicted to this match up: “No idea, coin toss gives it to Splendors and Glooms.” Thanha Lai admits to not always finishing books; she uses the fifty page rule [...]

The second match of round two: Endangered v. The Fault in the Stars, judged by Martine Leavitt. My prediction: I had predicted this match up, and my guess was “The Fault in Our Stars, because, well, John Green.” One thing I liked about Leavitt’s opinion: she talked about both books and not just “what I [...]

And Round Two begins with a World War II Match: Bomb v. Code Name Verity, judged by Donna Jo Napoli. I had predicted just this match, and as for the outcome: “Prediction: The power of Code Name Verity compels me to say it will be selected.” You all may remember just how I feel about [...]

And now, the final match for Round One: No Crystal Stair v The One and Only Ivan, judged by Catherine Gilbert Murdock. My prediction: “The One and Only Ivan, because Mr. Schu likes Ivan so much and that’s as good a reason as any.” John. John, John, John. It is all John’s fault, then, that [...]