Bouquins & Books | Judging the Booktube Prize: Round 1 Nonfiction Group F @bouquinsbooks | Uploaded April 2024 | Updated October 2024, 9 minutes ago.
The @BookTubePrize was created by Robert Sheard @Robert.Sheard.
How the Booktube Prize works
There are two divisions: fiction and nonfiction. Judges can volunteer in the fall for one or both divisions (I volunteer only for nonfiction). At the beginning of the judging year, there are 48 books in each division, divided in eight groups of six. Each judge is assigned a group. There are 10 to 15 judges per group. The judges have six weeks to read and rank the books. The top three books from each group move on to the next round. Then the process is repeated for the second round, and the third round, until we have a final round of six books in each division.
In this year's first round, I am judging nonfiction group F. The books are:
0:00 Intro and presentation of the books
6:43 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult; Maria Bamford
11:23 Eve; Cat Bohannon
13:59 August Wilson; Patti Hartigan
16:54 The Exceptions; Kate Zernike
22:53 Emperor of Rome; Mary Beard
26:20 Wifedom; Anna Funder
35:56 Ranking the books
The @BookTubePrize was created by Robert Sheard @Robert.Sheard.
How the Booktube Prize works
There are two divisions: fiction and nonfiction. Judges can volunteer in the fall for one or both divisions (I volunteer only for nonfiction). At the beginning of the judging year, there are 48 books in each division, divided in eight groups of six. Each judge is assigned a group. There are 10 to 15 judges per group. The judges have six weeks to read and rank the books. The top three books from each group move on to the next round. Then the process is repeated for the second round, and the third round, until we have a final round of six books in each division.
In this year's first round, I am judging nonfiction group F. The books are:
0:00 Intro and presentation of the books
6:43 Sure, I'll Join Your Cult; Maria Bamford
11:23 Eve; Cat Bohannon
13:59 August Wilson; Patti Hartigan
16:54 The Exceptions; Kate Zernike
22:53 Emperor of Rome; Mary Beard
26:20 Wifedom; Anna Funder
35:56 Ranking the books
![The Literary World Cup Tag [original (sort of)]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dQnQAjAghwA/hqdefault.jpg "The Literary World Cup Tag [original (sort of)]
The idea is simple: create a team of 11 authors to represent the literature of your country. If your football/soccer knowledge allows it, associate each author with a position on the pitch and explain why. For an author to be on your team, you have to have read at least one of their books.
I took the idea here: https://www.theguardian.com/books/booksblog/2014/jun/19/play-the-literary-world-cup-nominate-your-all-time-top-team
The World Cup Readathon is hosted by Mark: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vYdqaStzZ-I&t=0s
Everyone is tagged!
I also tag my fellow participants in the World Cup Readathon:
@BookTimewithElvis
@Robert.Sheard
@BookishTexan
@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf
@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711
@GemofBooks
@anges_book_chatter
@ShawnDStandfast
@knittingbooksetc.2810
@MsReadsAlot
@RememberedReads
@theramblingreviewer5150
@ramblingraconteur1616
@bookssongsandothermagic
@anotherbibliophilereads
@revenantreads
@sterlingreads547
@FreshlyReadBooks
@thebookishbryants")
