We have A Button! And a few other updates

Well, as you can see from this post, we now have a button. Yay! Thanks very much to the wonderful and multi-talented Kate from The Neverending Shelf who made this one.

So are you read to spread some battle love? Grab the button here, or using the box in the left sidebar:

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A few other minor updates. Based on the way the brackets work there will probably be 16 titles who will join the battle. If need be, I will be holding a poll to determine the 16 finalists. Books nominated more than once will be automatically entered of course. So make sure your favorite book gets nominated!

In other news, the judging spots are filling up fast. If you haven't already signed up, now's a good time to submit your application.

And last but not least, we now have a Goodreads group! This is the place for those of you who want to stay up to date on the latest news of the battle, but don't remember to come back to check the blog. There's not much going on there now, but feel free to poke around a bit.

That's it for now. Can you feel the building excitement? Ooh, I can't wait!