smalllogo2I have no stake in this DA BWAHA tour­na­ment, unless I want to com­pete for dead last. How­ever, it’s been inter­est­ing in see­ing how the fan base has come out in droves to vote for the com­pet­ing books. The DA BWAHA mim­ics the March Mad­ness of bas­ket­ball with 64 books com­pet­ing and one cham­pion to be deter­mined by voters.

My orig­i­nal bracket was a FAIL and I didn’t join the sec­ond chance tour­ney. Instead I’ve cho­sen to be swing voter, cast­ing votes where it’s needed to trump the most pop­u­lar book. This last round, I watched in hor­ror as Joanna Bourne’s his­tor­i­cal romance, The Spymaster’s Lady beat out Maya Banks’s erotic romance, Be With Me by 18 votes. I’ll try not to read any­thing into it (like maybe read­ers don’t care for three­somes and that kind of thing) The lat­ter book was ahead when I got home yes­ter­day after­noon but some­how TSL man­aged to pull off a win. Where was the fan base? Sleeping?

Now the bat­tle has come down to two books: Iron Kissed by Patri­cia Briggs and The Spymaster’s Lady by Joanna Bourne. Any guesses on who will win? No? Yes? I am vot­ing for Patri­cia Briggs because I find her books thus far to be solid reads. Her lat­est book, Bone Crossed, was excel­lent and is apart of the same series (Mer­cedes Thomp­son). Ms. Briggs also has a great duol­ogy in ebook, Dragon Bones and Dragon Blood if you’re in the mood for a good fan­tasy read with a to die for hero who is honorable.

The vot­ing begins Mon­day, April 6. May the best book win (also make sure to vote here Mon­day for Iron Kissed by Patri­cia Briggs, FTW!). Some 804 peo­ple came out to vote in this last round. Let’s see if we can trump that. Vote for my favorite author!