Book Brawl pared to 32

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- You still have until midnight Sunday to vote in the second round of the Kanawha County Public Library's Book Brawl.

The competition to determine Kanawha County's favorite book is part of the library's 100th anniversary celebration.

The first round of voting ended Nov. 29, with losers including Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles," "Little House on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight," among others.

New pairings are posted on KCPL's Web site. Vote online at www.kanawhalibrary.org each week until the last book emerges victorious on Jan. 4.

Here are the brackets for the second round:

1. "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles vs. "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand

2. "Brave New World," Aldous Huxley, vs. "The Invisible Man," Ralph Ellison

3. "A Clockwork Orange," Anthony Burgess, vs. "Le Morte D'Arthur," Sir Thomas Mallory

4. "Lolita," Vladimir Nabakov, vs. "The Kite Runner," Khaled Hosseini

5. "The Old Man and the Sea," Ernest Hemingway, vs. "The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck

6. "The Stand," Stephen King, vs. "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee

Book Brawl pared to 32

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- You still have until midnight Sunday to vote in the second round of the Kanawha County Public Library's Book Brawl.

The competition to determine Kanawha County's favorite book is part of the library's 100th anniversary celebration.

The first round of voting ended Nov. 29, with losers including Anne Rice's "Vampire Chronicles," "Little House on the Prairie" by Laura Ingalls Wilder, and Stephanie Meyer's "Twilight," among others.

New pairings are posted on KCPL's Web site. Vote online at www.kanawhalibrary.org each week until the last book emerges victorious on Jan. 4.

Here are the brackets for the second round:

1. "A Separate Peace" by John Knowles vs. "Atlas Shrugged" by Ayn Rand

2. "Brave New World," Aldous Huxley, vs. "The Invisible Man," Ralph Ellison

3. "A Clockwork Orange," Anthony Burgess, vs. "Le Morte D'Arthur," Sir Thomas Mallory

4. "Lolita," Vladimir Nabakov, vs. "The Kite Runner," Khaled Hosseini

5. "The Old Man and the Sea," Ernest Hemingway, vs. "The Grapes of Wrath," John Steinbeck

6. "The Stand," Stephen King, vs. "To Kill a Mockingbird," Harper Lee

7. "War and Peace," Leo Tolstoy, vs. "Wuthering Heights," Emily Brontë

8. "The Glass Castle," Jeannette Walls, vs. "The Wealth of Nations," Adam Smith

9. "Pride & Prejudice, Jane Austen, vs. "The Great Gatsby," F. Scott Fitzgerald

10. "Hondo," Louis L'Amour, vs. "Gone With the Wind," Margaret Mitchell

11. "Rocket Boys," Homer Hickam, vs. "The Good Earth," Pearl S. Buck

12. "Alice in Wonderland," Lewis Carroll, vs. "The Call of the Wild," Jack London

13. "The Diary of a Young Girl," Anne Frank, vs. "Charlotte's Web," E.B. White

14. "Little Women," Louisa May Alcott, vs. "Lord the Rings" trilogy, J.R.R. Tolkien

15. "Winnie-the-Pooh," A.A. Milne, vs. "The Princess Bride," William Goldman

16. "The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe," C.S. Lewis, vs. "Harry Potter" series, J.K. Rowling

Ed Michael book signing

CHARLESTON, W.Va. -- Ed Michael, author of "Shadow of the Alleghenies" and "Valley Called Canaan," will be discussing and autographing his two books of historical and natural fiction from 3 to 6 p.m. Dec. 9 at the Drug Emporium in Kanawha City. For more information, call West Virginia Book Co. at 304-342-1848.