Book voting event held at Bartlett Library
The Bartlett Library is hosting its own tournament where patrons can experience excitement by supporting their favorite books in a literary version of the classic basketball tournament "March Madness".
In the Bartlett Library's "March Madness: Champions Challenge," all patrons have to do is fill out a bracket, vote for their favorite books, and then sit back and watch as underdogs rise, favorites fall and a champion is crowned.
Brackets are available now and must be turned in by March 13. Voting in the tournament begins March 7.
How does it work?
Patrons can pick up a bracket by visiting the library in person. Fill out your bracket and turn it in to a staff member for your chance to win. The top six patrons with the most accurate brackets win prizes.
The Bartlett Library is giving away Barnes and Noble gift cards to the winners. First-place winners receive a $50 gift card each, second-place winners receive a $30 gift card each and then third-place winners receive a $20 gift card each.
If patrons missed filling out their brackets in the beginning of the tournament, they still have opportunities to win prizes. As the tournament progresses, patrons can earn additional chances at prizes by voting for their favorite books. Each week of the tournament, the Bartlett Library will be drawing two names from the voting ballots for prizes.
When a new round of voting begins, the bracket board at the Bartlett Library will be updated, so patrons will be able to start voting again each Monday of the tournament.
Books in this year's tournament are broken into four categories: Mystery, sci-fi/fantasy, love & caring and wildcard. The titles are as follows:
Mystery: "What Do You Do With A Tail Like This?" by Robin Page and Steve Jenkins; "London Eye Mystery" by Siobhan Dowd; "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby; and "Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson
Sci-fi/fantasy: "Where the Wild Things Are" by Maurice Sendak; "The Graveyard Book" by Neil Gaiman; "Red Queen" by Victoria Aveyard; and "The Martian" by Andy Weir
Love & caring: "Make Way for Ducklings" by Robert McCloskey; "Charlotte's Web" by E.B. White; "All the Bright Places" by Jennifer Niven; and "My Sister's Keeper" by Jodi Picoult
Wildcard: "Rainbow Fish" by Marcus Pfister; "Holes" by Louis Sachar; "Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern; and "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
All of these titles have won an award of some sort, from the Caldecott Medal to the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction and many in between.
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