Some of the managers in a league I'm in were talking about how great of a book The Stand is, by Stephen King. I must confess that I had never heard of it. They convinced me to buy it. I did. It's 1213 pages. I haven't read it yet. Anyway, it made me wonder about more good books that I haven't read yet, so let me introduce you to THE MAY MADNESS BOOK TOURNAMENT! I will take nominations in four categories, CLASSICS, FICTION, NON-FICTION and SPORTS.
If you care to participate, please nominate in the following manner: Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson (classic). This does not mean that I want everyone to nominate Treasure Island, it just means that I want you to name the book title, author and category. I might have never heard of your book and not know where to place it. After a reasonable amount of time I will tally the nominations and the top four books from each category will enter a 16 book tournament. I will pair off the books and we will vote on which book advances to the next round. Eventually, I will crown a champion and we'll all have a very satisfactory feeling inside. Maybe.
But Midge, you gomer, you might say, why are you doing your MAY MADNESS BOOK TOURNAMENT at a baseball simulation web site? Because, I might say, the What are you reading? thread is 24 pages long and you people are a lot cooler than the folks over at Goodreads.
Feel free to nominate more than one book. Let the nominations begin!