This Week’s Peanut Gallery

These Peanut Gallery posts are where we put up whatever we’ve found responding to the latest BOB events. Let us know if we’ve missed yours in the comments and we’ll add it in.

• Reads for Keeps ‏@reads4keeps 

  Hey, I’m 1/2 so far in @sljbob predictions. http://blogs.slj.com/battleofthebooks/2016/03/08/round-1-match-2-drowned-city-vs-echo/?platform=hootsuite … Keep this up, and I’ll get my 4/8 goal. https://readsforkeeps.wordpress.com/2016/03/05/battle-of-the-kids-books-predictions-2/ …
• Maggie Villalobos ‏@Ms_Maggie_reads 

  Proof of our Battle of the Kids’ Books March Book Madness. Come vote! #mbm2016 #dpbattleofbooks #danapoint #library

  
• SaraCoo08365060

  About to be heartbroken by either Goodbye Stranger or Gone Crazy in Alabama losing in the @SLJsBoBbattle today. #librarylife #titletalk

• thishannah

  I’m officially caught up in the @penguinkids @SLJsBoB fever. Big win for my bracket!! Yeah Rita!blogs.slj.com/battleoftheboo…

• sralph31

  Best judge quote: “It’s no fun to have blood on your hands, even if…[it’s] literary.” – @michaelwbuckley@SLJsBoBblogs.slj.com/battleoftheboo…

• CiteSomething

  (After learning that Ann M. Martin is our closing judge.) @sljournal @SLJsBoB perfect then that I’m wearing this shirt today

  

Finally, how about this series of tweets between two of our contenders post-bout:

Rebecca Stead ‏@rebstead  Proud to have lost this one: http://blogs.slj.com/battleofthebooks/2016/03/09/round-1-match-3-gone-crazy-in-alabama-vs-goodbye-stranger/ …@OneCrazyRita@sljournal

Rita Williams-Garcia ‏@OneCrazyRita@rebstead@sljournal Yo Rebecca!!! Feeling like #Rocky Got my gloves packed and heading out for boxing!

Rebecca Stead ‏@rebstead @OneCrazyRita@sljournal picture? Because I know you’re not speaking metaphorically.

Rita Williams-Garcia ‏@OneCrazyRita @rebstead@sljournal@Gleasonsboxing No metaphors. Just working on slipping and jabbing.

Rebecca Stead ‏@rebstead  @OneCrazyRita @sljournal @Gleasonsboxing A million hearts to this!!!!

Rita Williams-Garcia‏@OneCrazyRita @rebstead@sljournal@Gleasonsboxing A million hearts back atcha!

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