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Middlemarch Madness III: Round Two, Poll Two

By [E] Selena MacIntosh On 03-13-2013 11 Comments



Some tough choices behind the cut, are you ready?

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Young Adult Sci-fi/Fantasy/Dystopia

  • Seed #5 Alice, Alice in Wonderland, by Lewis Carroll v. seed #4 Lyra Belacqua, His Dark Materials trilogy, by Philip Pullman

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Lyra v. Alice
Lyra
vote
Alice
vote

Young Adult Literary Fiction

  • Seed #5 Marjane Satrapi, Persepolis, by Marjane Satrapi v. seed #13 Leslie, Bridge to Terabithia, by Katherine Paterson

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Marjane v. Leslie
Marjane
vote
Leslie
vote

Adult Sci-fi/Fantasy/Dystopia

  • Seed #5 Morgaine, The Mists of Avalon, by Marion Bradley Zimmer  v. seed #4 Thursday Next, Thursday Next series, by Jasper Fforde

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Morgaine v. Thursday Next
Morgaine
vote
Thursday
vote

Adult Literary Fiction

  • #5 Miss Marple, assorted works, by Agatha Christie v. #4 Penelope, The Odyssey, by Homer

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Ms. Marple v. Penelope
Ms. Marple
vote
Penelope
vote

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  1. [E] Selena MacIntosh
    [E] Selena MacIntosh03-14-2013

    I’m surprised at how close some of these are!

    Also, #TeamMarple.

  2. GwenBear
    GwenBear03-13-2013

    GO LYRA! I’m about to lose Kel to a series not a character (not that I don’t now see that some people are in it for the character, but I’m sticking with this one – Kel still wins on character) and see Offred keep moving on, so it looks like Team Lyra is going to be very big for me this year! Team Lyra or GTFO.

  3. amandamarieg
    amandamarieg03-13-2013

    I always vote against Lyra. I love her, I do. I just know that she’ll make it through to the next round usually, and I want to give her opponent, who I also usually love, a little bit of respect.

  4. [E] pileofmonkeys
    [E] pileofmonkeys03-13-2013

    Just so we’re clear:

  5. Mary
    Mary03-13-2013

    Come on, Thursday Next!!

  7. [E] Hillary
    [E] Hillary03-13-2013

    Team Thursday Next! Seriously, y’all, she’s a veteran of the ongoing war in the Crimea, she has a cloned Dodo for a pet, she has a time-travelling son, a genius daughter, and another daughter who doesn’t actually exist. And did I mention she can step into books and fights literary crime? Because yeah, she hangs out in Bookworld and protects all our favorite characters! HBIC, BAMF. VOTE FOR HER!

  8. [M] QoB
    [M] QoB03-13-2013

    I was very torn between Miss Marple and Penelope, I have to say.

    LYRA FTW!

  9. [M] freckle
    [M] freckle03-13-2013

    Marjane/Leslie was the only tough one. Marjane is awesome and strong and has a world-view that many adults need to copy. But Leslie ..made me sob my lungs out. And she was cute and smart and cool.

    • Frigg
      Frigg03-13-2013

      This was the only tough one for me. My heart led me to Leslie in the end. I’m happy it did when to my dismay I see she is losing. That means I made the correct choice. 10 year old me will always love how much I sobbed over that book.