2022 Quarterfinals Results - Semifinals Pairings

Подписаться 1,8 тыс.

Просмотров 1,1 тыс.

50% 1

Welcome to the 2022 Quarterfinals Results video.
The Semifinals take place over June and July.
For a downloadable checklist with all of the group pairings, and for a page with all the group graphics for you to use in your own social media, please visit our website homepage, linked below.
BookTubePrize Media:
Website - booktubeprize.org
Twitter - / booktubeprize
Instagram - / booktubeprize
#BookTubePrize #LiteraryPrizes #BookTube

Опубликовано:

27 сен 2024

Ссылка:

Скачать:

Готовим ссылку...

Добавить в:

Мой плейлист

Посмотреть позже

Комментарии : 38

@scallydandlingaboutthebook2711 2 года назад

An urgent work call meant I missed most of the live event. Thank heavens for the option to watch later!

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

Glad you were able to see it, even if not live.

@FiReadsBooks 2 года назад

There is so much hard work in this Robert. I hope you know we appreciate you and the dedication you’ve shown in growing the Booktube Prize. I’ve been lucky to have been called to judge every single round. First Translated Fiction, then Non-Fiction and now Fiction 😊. I’ve read so many more books this year than I expected. I’m reading more widely, I’m learning more, and not just about my reading preferences. This is an education in itself. The sheer breadth and variation in style in each category is incredibly interesting and life-enhancing. I can’t tell you how much this has meant to me this year x

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

I'm so happy to hear that it's been a good experience for you. I feel the same way about being pushed in directions I might otherwise not have followed. And as a result, I've read wonderful books that are now among my favorites. Thanks for your very kind words.

@lauracorsi3309 2 года назад

These are great picks for the semifinal lists. I’m excited to see what ends up in the final. Thanks Robert and judges for putting this together!

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

I always mourn my favorites that get dropped, but overall, the semis lists are pretty strong.

@cherylclough4309 2 года назад

So excited to get started!Thanks for doing this. Really enjoyed my translated group. Stay safe.

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

I'm happy to hear it, Cheryl. I hope the Semifinals are just as promising.

@heathersmith3986 2 года назад

Looking forward to the next round. Always interesting to see what makes it through, I’m surprised what strange paradise and the black church didn’t...and sad that small things like these also didn’t move on. Curious to see what happens next 👀

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

That 50% cut each round gets tougher and tougher.

@LiteraryMultitudes 2 года назад

Couldn't watch live, but just caught up... Man, how did ZORRIE get eliminated? I loved that one so much! (And was dreading a bit that it wasn't "big" enough to make it to the next round... but still!) But I'm really glad that THE ART OF LOSING moved on, had that in the octofinals and it was my absolute favorite there. Thank you so much Robert for consistantly putting in all the work and effort into this wonderful bookish event! 🙌🙌🙌 (And I can't log into my account at the moment from work, so I know I'll be judging the next round - but I don't know which group 😳😄)

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

I haven't read either of those yet. Adding the third division has blown up my old plan of reading all the entries. 😂

@sangeethav4512 2 года назад

Mmmm, a combination of hits and misses - The beauty of a large group from different countries and different walks of life reading and rating😊

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

Exactly. Every round you can pick any book at random and at least one judge will rate it first and another will rate it last. Always a range of reactions.

@GunpowderFictionPlot 2 года назад

Hey, I noticed you said you struggled with judge numbers and might not keep translated fiction next year. Can I suggest you try staggering the rounds to reduce the number of judges needed at one time.

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

I've considered that in the past, but with each division taking 8 months, there's no real way to do that without all three divisions still overlapping. (And I look forward to October-December to read books that aren't tied to the prize in any way.)

@browngirlreading 2 года назад

Why are all of the black books in nonfiction in the same group?😑

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

Just the luck of the draw. The pairings in round 1 are randomized, and then in each subsequent round, the software seeds the entries based on their scores in the previous round. It doesn't take into account any demographic information.

@JyotsnaS 2 года назад

I have mixed feelings 😂

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

I hear you. That's how I feel after every round when some of my favorites get dropped and some of my not-so-favorites advance. But it's all good. One-person's opinion in isolation isn't as interesting overall.

@JyotsnaS 2 года назад

@@BookTubePrize Yeah, ALSO I LOVE Fiction SEMIFINAL GROUP A! Such a tough group

@neilturner2368 2 года назад

Really please ‘Unsettled Ground’ got through - surprised that ‘Small things like these’ and ‘Cloud Cuckoo Land’ didn’t

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

Agreed on all three fronts.

@HardcoverHearts 2 года назад

I’m just so sad Civilizations didn’t go further in the Translated Fiction! 😩

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

I haven't read that one yet.

@CourtneyFerriter 2 года назад

You are doing a great job, Robert! Looking forward to reading my nonfiction Group A books for the semifinals round 🙂

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

Awesome! Thank you!

@illustratorsam 2 года назад

Maybe the translated fiction & fiction-fiction can be combined next year?

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

That’s actually something I’ve considered. In reality, only a handful of translated novels would be likely to make it into the field in a given year. (Next year, for example, Olga Tokarczuk’s The Books if Jacob would be a likely inclusion.)

@illustratorsam 2 года назад

@@BookTubePrize are you finding the most problems with judging translated fiction? I can see accessibility being a significant issue. I’ll email you…

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

@@illustratorsam Yes, accessibility has been an issue for some people and also as we've grown, our percentage of judges who sign up and just go AWOL has increased, especially in that division.

@BookwormAdventureGirl 2 года назад

Some I'm surprised that didn't get through. Looking forward to the next round. 😊💙

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

Us too! Every round.

@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf 2 года назад

So sad Cloud Cuckoo Land didn’t make it, it’s such a great book!

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

I liked it even more than his last one.

@AliceandtheGiantBookshelf 2 года назад

@@BookTubePrize I’ve not read that one yet but I’m definitely going to.

@LaRosaReads 2 года назад

This is such a fascinating process!

@BookTubePrize 2 года назад

It's mostly a great excuse to read lots of new books, many of which we might have overlooked on our own. Every year I'm delighted by surprises that I never would have read otherwise. This year for me, Claire Keegan's short novel, Small Things Like These, even though it just got eliminated, was one such surprise.