March Book Madness 2021 at Ingalls Memorial Library
How to play:
Each week, you will pick 1 book from each pairing of books:
Week 1 (voting March 1 – March 5): You will select 8 titles from the 16 most circulated items in our collection, 1 from each pair. The 8 titles with the most votes will move up to the Week 2 bracket.
Week 2 (voting March 8 – March 12): You will select 4 books from the Week 2 bracket, 1 from each pair. The 4 books receiving the most votes will move up to the Week 3 bracket.
Week 3 (voting March 15 – March 19) – You will select 2 books from the Week 3 bracket, 1 from each pair. The 2 books receiving the most votes will move up the the Week 4 Finals bracket.
Week 4 (voting March 22 – March 26)- You will pick the winner!
The winner will be announced on March 29.
This is a week by week contest, meaning you pick only one week at a time. This will give you the opportunity to keep playing, even if you don’t have one correct pick in any given week.
Voting will run from Monday through Friday. You can get your picks to the library via email ([email protected]), FB (https://www.facebook.com/ingallslibrary), Instagram (ingallsmemorial), or by stopping by the library. If you bring your completed bracket in, we will make a complimentary copy of it to keep, and you can take yours home.
Votes will be tallied each week, and the pair-ups for the following week will be announced on FB, Instagram and our webpage each Sunday.
The participant with the highest score on March 29 will win the grand prize – a $25 gift certificate to Toadstool Books!
Scoring:
Week 1: You will receive 1 point for each winner selected. The winners will be the book from each pairing receiving the most votes during the week. (8 possible points)
Week 2: You will receive 2 points for each winner selected. (8 possible points)
Week 3: You will receive 4 points for each winner selected. (8 possible points)
Week 4: You will receive 20 points for picking the title that receives the most votes. (20 possible points)
Bonus: If you have a perfect bracket (scoring 44 points), you will receive a bonus of 50 points.
In the event of a tie, there will be a tiebreaker. The person who guesses the closest total circulation of all 16 books during the period January 1, 2020 – February 28, 2021 will be declared the winner. This will be a number between 150 and 250. In the event of a tied tie-breaker, the winner will then be the one who select s the book that they believed circulated the most during the same timeframe.
Week 1 Matchups – Pick 1 from each pair
1: Fair Warning by Michael Connelly vs 2: Blue Moon by Lee Child
3: Walk the Wire by David Baldacci vs 4: Golden in Death by J.D. Robb
5: Long Range by C.J. Box vs 6: The Silent Patient by A. Michaelides
7: A Minute to Midnight by D. Baldacci vs 8: The Boy from the Woods by H. Coben
9: The Night Fire by M. Connelly vs 10: Camino Winds by John Grisham
11: The Guardians by John Grisham vs 12: Treason by Stuart Woods
13: Blindside by James Patterson vs 14: The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes
15: This Tender Land by W. K Krueger vs 16: Outfox by Sandra Brown
Email your picks to [email protected], send them via FB, Messenger or Instagram, or drop them off at the library.
How to play:
Each week, you will pick 1 book from each pairing of books:
Week 1 (voting March 1 – March 5): You will select 8 titles from the 16 most circulated items in our collection, 1 from each pair. The 8 titles with the most votes will move up to the Week 2 bracket.
Week 2 (voting March 8 – March 12): You will select 4 books from the Week 2 bracket, 1 from each pair. The 4 books receiving the most votes will move up to the Week 3 bracket.
Week 3 (voting March 15 – March 19) – You will select 2 books from the Week 3 bracket, 1 from each pair. The 2 books receiving the most votes will move up the the Week 4 Finals bracket.
Week 4 (voting March 22 – March 26)- You will pick the winner!
The winner will be announced on March 29.
This is a week by week contest, meaning you pick only one week at a time. This will give you the opportunity to keep playing, even if you don’t have one correct pick in any given week.
Voting will run from Monday through Friday. You can get your picks to the library via email ([email protected]), FB (https://www.facebook.com/ingallslibrary), Instagram (ingallsmemorial), or by stopping by the library. If you bring your completed bracket in, we will make a complimentary copy of it to keep, and you can take yours home.
Votes will be tallied each week, and the pair-ups for the following week will be announced on FB, Instagram and our webpage each Sunday.
The participant with the highest score on March 29 will win the grand prize – a $25 gift certificate to Toadstool Books!
Scoring:
Week 1: You will receive 1 point for each winner selected. The winners will be the book from each pairing receiving the most votes during the week. (8 possible points)
Week 2: You will receive 2 points for each winner selected. (8 possible points)
Week 3: You will receive 4 points for each winner selected. (8 possible points)
Week 4: You will receive 20 points for picking the title that receives the most votes. (20 possible points)
Bonus: If you have a perfect bracket (scoring 44 points), you will receive a bonus of 50 points.
In the event of a tie, there will be a tiebreaker. The person who guesses the closest total circulation of all 16 books during the period January 1, 2020 – February 28, 2021 will be declared the winner. This will be a number between 150 and 250. In the event of a tied tie-breaker, the winner will then be the one who select s the book that they believed circulated the most during the same timeframe.
Week 1 Matchups – Pick 1 from each pair
1: Fair Warning by Michael Connelly vs 2: Blue Moon by Lee Child
3: Walk the Wire by David Baldacci vs 4: Golden in Death by J.D. Robb
5: Long Range by C.J. Box vs 6: The Silent Patient by A. Michaelides
7: A Minute to Midnight by D. Baldacci vs 8: The Boy from the Woods by H. Coben
9: The Night Fire by M. Connelly vs 10: Camino Winds by John Grisham
11: The Guardians by John Grisham vs 12: Treason by Stuart Woods
13: Blindside by James Patterson vs 14: The Giver of Stars by JoJo Moyes
15: This Tender Land by W. K Krueger vs 16: Outfox by Sandra Brown
Email your picks to [email protected], send them via FB, Messenger or Instagram, or drop them off at the library.