The Tourney Part

School Library Journal’s Battle of the Kids’ Books tournament was a hoot. But it was largely a battle among books already well-known. Tons of great 2008 releases didn’t even get a chance to throw down.

Renay at YA Fabulous thought that was a mighty shame, so she organized the Nerds Heart YA tournament for all the other great YA books of 2008 to duke it out.

Take a look at the pretty bracket, or check out the list of titles and judges at the end of this post.

The Me Part

The first round of the tournament started Monday and lasts through June 21st, and I’m one of the lucky bloggers who get to judge the first round. Yay!

My matchup is between:

The Free Part

It’s about time we had a give-away ’round these parts, so to celebrate the kickoff of this awesome tournament I’m giving away 5 books to 5 lucky readers! 2 copies each of the 2 titles I’m judging, plus 1 ARC copy of Cracked Up to Be (which is in the bracket judged by Mary Ann at Libr*fiti).

This give-away ends Wednesday, June 10th, so don’t put off entering! You’ll get one entry for each of these things you do. Just be sure to leave one comment here for each separate entry.

  • Leave a comment on this post—Tell me how many of the 16 books you’ve read!
  • Tweet about it—Tweet about this giveaway, then come back and leave a comment here. (http://bit.ly/Hlkxn is a short link to this post.)
  • Post on your blog—Post about the Nerds Heart YA tournament and link to this giveaway, then come back and leave a comment here.

The fine print: This give-away is open only to U.S. residents. Also, I’m hoping if you win you’ll join in the fun of the tournament by reading your free book and chiming in on whether you think the right book won that round!

The Deets

Click the cute little doohickey (») after each name for more info.

16 Books: Alive and Well in Prague, New York » The City in the Lake » Cracked Up To Be » Debbie Harry Sings In French » Feathered » I Know It’s Over » The Last Exit to Normal » The Latent Powers of Dylan Fontaine » Leftovers » My Most Excellent Year » The Opposite of Invisible » Pretty Monsters » The Screwed Up Life of Charlie the Second » Shape of Water » Stop Me If You’ve Heard This One Before » What They Always Tell Us »

20 Judges: 1330v » Becky’s Book Reviews » Book Gazing » Gimme More Books! » Hey Lady! Whatcha Readin’ » A High and Hidden Place » Libr*fiti » Linus’s Blanket » Maw Books Blog » My Friend Amy » Presenting Lenore » She’s Too Fond Of Books And It’s Turned Her Brain » Stephanie’s Confessions of a Book-a-Holic » Stuff As Dreams Are Made On » Things Mean A Lot » Valentina’s Room » Worducopia » The Written World » YA Fabulous » YAnnabe »

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