[BOOKS] Book Brawl, Round 3 Starts Today

Posted on December 7, 2009 by Bill Gardner
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The third round of Kanawha County Public Library’s Book Brawl starts today  pitting such classic titles as “Pride and Prejudice” vs. “Gone with the Wind” and “The Grapes of Wrath” vs. “To Kill a Mockingbird.”

The second round of voting ended Sunday, Dec. 6, with several surprising upsets. Losing out were F. Scott Fitzgerald’s “The Great Gatsby,” Pearl S. Buck’s “The Good Earth” and Louisa May Alcott’s “Little Women,” among others.

New pairings have been posted on KCPL’s website. Vote online at http://www.kanawhalibrary.org/ each week, as we gradually eliminate the losers until the last book emerges victorious.

Each week, voting begins at noon on Monday and concludes at midnight on Sunday. The weekly winners are posted on Monday afternoon. The ultimate champion will be announced January 4, 2010.

Here are the brackets for the third round of competition:

A Separate Peace/Knowles, John
Brave New World/Huxley, Aldous

Le Morte D’Arthur/Mallory, Sir Thomas
Lolita/Nabakov, Vladimir

The Grapes of Wrath/Steinbeck, John
To Kill a Mockingbird/Lee, Harper

Wuthering Heights/Brontë, Emily
The Glass Castle/Walls, Jeannette

Pride & Prejudice/Austen, Jane
Gone With the Wind/Mitchell, Margaret

The Good Earth/Buck, Pearl S.
The Call of the Wild/London, Jack

Charlotte’s Web/White, E.B.
Lord the Rings Trilogy/Tolkien, J.R.R.

Winnie-the-Pooh/Milne, A.A.
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe/Lewis, C.S.

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