2014 Book of the Year Bracket Challenge ~ Semifinals

Just as a reminder about my bracket ~

• I read 310 books in 2014, 299 of them new-to-me
• I only used new-to-me books, NO re-reads were included
• I only used ONE book per series
• My list was mostly randomized
• I DID move a few books around, so my best-of-best weren't against each other

It's Semifinal time!

I asked last time if you thought my choice from 4 to 2 would be an easy one. All these books, from my top 16 especially, were fantastic. I read 299 new-to-me books over the year, so my final two is just 1% of the books that I have read, even the top 64 is only 22%. That means I read a lot of great books. Despite that, my choice going from 4 to 2 was super easy for me, a no brainer when I look at what I had and what it was against. Here's where I made sure that 3 of these top 4 were in different quadrants as I did all of my brackets, randomizing all but these 3.

The John Scalzi's were both great. With one I got a great Star Trek spoof that was laugh-out-loud funny. With the other, I got a new world with neat technology and a great mystery thriller. Both were fantastic and better than all the other books I read this year, except the last two remaining. Lock In & Redshirts ~ they were fantastic, but it's time to say Goodbye.



Here's what my bracket looks like now ~ the end is near.




And now, just two remain. My favorite books of the year.