March Madness 2022: Results!

It’s the most wonderful time of the year… For me on this blog! Presenting: March Madness 2022!

I ran my first March Madness bracket last year–over three weeks of voting, on here and on Instagram, you guys helped me choose my April TBR! It was such a blast, I knew from the second it finished I’d want to do it again, and here we are! (You can see the results of last year’s March Madness here!)

To recap: over the last three Fridays, I posted updated voting rounds in four categories–books from my backlist (that I’ve owned for more than two years but are unread); romances; fantasies; and rereads (books I’ve been itching to go back to for a while). (You can see rounds one, two, and three here.) And now I present to you: our March Madness winners, my April TBR!

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On the Backlist

The Contenders:

Wonder Woman: Warbringer vs Shipwrecked; Beautiful Creatures vs Carry On; Only Ever Yours vs The Program; The Lovely and the Lost vs The Lies They Tell

WINNER: WONDER WOMAN: WARBRINGER!

Honestly, Wonder Woman has been the surprise underdog of this bracket! I genuinely thought Carry On would win, but maybe I underestimated the power of a Leigh Bardugo contender? Either way, once I’ve read Wonder Woman, I’ll finally be able to say I’ve read Leigh Bardugo’s entire back catalogue!

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Romance

The Contenders

Get a Life, Chloe Brown vs  The Ex Talk; Royals vs Red, White and Royal Blue; The Road Trip vs Second First Impressions; One True Loves vs Well Met

WINNER: THE ROAD TRIP!

I won’t lie, both finalists were books I was rooting for from the very beginning–so this winner delights me!

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Fantasy

The Contenders

Throne of Glass vs A Court of Thorns and Roses; Graveminder vs The Bone Season; Little Thieves vs The Southern Book Club’s Guide to Slaying Vampires; Vampire Academy vs The Sookie Stackhouse Companion

WINNER: THRONE OF GLASS!

Really, is anyone surpised a Maas won? Not me–if anything, I was only surprised Throne of Glass beat A Court of Thorns and Roses. And also how valiantly Vampire Academy fought! It decimated its contenders, right up until the Maas. Last year, I made a point to read all the March Madness runners up, as well as the winners–and I think Vampire Academy definitely deserves the same!

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Rereads

The Contenders:

White Cat vs Red Queen; The Boyfriend List vs Anna and the French Kiss; The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks vs Pretty Little Liars; Wicked vs Wicked Game

WINNER: RED QUEEN!

Here’s a bad bookworm’s secret: I’ve had the Red Queen sequels for *years*, and never got around to reading them. (Have you seen the size of this series?!) Maybe Red Queen winning this bracket will finally propel me to read the whole series!

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So here’s my April TBR!

Did any of your favourites win? Look out for some thoughts on the winners in my April Wrap-Up!