The Space Between Us, a hauntingly beautiful novel set in modern-day India, faces off against Lehane’s popular thriller Shutter Island. Warm and quiet, The Space Between Us traces the lives of two women divided by class and yet intricately connected. Browse Inside to read an excerpt.
Susan Juby is famous for the tongue-in-cheek humour that makes her YA novels bestsellers. But will the detective story with a twist, Getting the Girl, take the March Madness title? Read the excerpt and then cast your vote!
A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a beloved American classic about a girl’s coming-of-age at the turn of the century. It’s a poignant and moving tale filled with compassion and cruelty, laughter and heartache, crowded with life and people and incident, and you can read an excerpt from it. Or, check out the English 101 reading challenge all about it.
16 books have been eliminated and a new round of voting–and a whole new chance to win!–has begun. Click through to the Polls page to see which books still remain and vote for your favourites as we march toward choosing the 2010 HCC March Madness champion.
Round 3 will last only this week. Vote now and vote often for your favourite and come back on March 1st for Round 3.
Once Upon A Bookshelf has entered our blog challenge! Check out her post on The Fellowship of the Ring here. Have your own blog? Enter the challenge.
Hometown favourite Guy Gavriel Kay squares off against Neil Gaiman in Round Two. As of today, Gaiman’s title is winning. Want to see Toronto-based Kay top the list? Read an excerpt from The Fionavar Tapestry — a fantasy set partially in Toronto and starring five U of T students — then vote for it before Round Two ends.
32 books have been eliminated and a new round of voting–and a whole new chance to win!–has begun. Click through to the Polls page to see which books still remain and vote for your favourites as we march toward choosing the 2010 HCC March Madness champion.
Round 2 will last only this week. Vote now and vote often for your favourite and come back on February 22 for Round 3.
If Leo Tolstoy were alive today we’re sure he’d want desperately to have his little book, War and Peace, be the final book standing in this year’s tournament. Good news for all the Tolstoy fans, he’s winning his first round matchup. Browse Inside the classic some claim is the greatest novel of all time here.
Can book club favourite Ann Patchett take her novel Run into the second round? Browse Inside the latest bestseller from this beloved author here, then cast your vote.
Like books? Have a blog? Check out blogger challenge. Life on the Refrigerator Door author Alice Kuipers has taken the challenge. Read her thoughts on another HCC March Madness competitor here.
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