second and four

The Superbowl option reveals 

the second book I will be reading this year.

AFC:

Kansas City Chiefs =

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon

vs.

Tennessee Titans =

The Drawing of the Dark

by Tim Powers

NFC:

San Francisco 49ers =

Survivor 

by Chuck Palahniuk 

vs.

Green Bay Packers =

Galactic Pot Healer

by Philip K. Dick

quadruple option

Here's four books that I'm going to read next year. The first of which will be decided by the winner of the College Football National Championship. 

Clemson = The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay 

by Michael Chabon

Ohio State = The Drawing of the Dark 

by Tim Powers 

LSU = The Fortress of Solitude 

by Jonathan Lethem 

OU = Galactic Pot Healer

by Philip K. Dick

post holiday options post

Still reading 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene for maybe a couple more weeks. Afterwards I will begin reading Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk since Clemson won the CFB option. Congratulations again Tigers! Enjoy those happy meals.
After I read Pygmy I'll read one of the newer books I recently ordered from Amazon. That means it's NFL option time. Here goes:

AFC Championship

Kansas City Chiefs (The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August - Claire North)

vs.

New England Patriots (But What if We're Wrong? - Chuck Klosterman)

NFC Championship

New Orlenas Saints (The Drawing of the Dark - Tim Powers)

vs.

Los Angeles Rams (Lucky Alan and Other Stories - Jonathan Lethem)

The Super Bowl is not till February 3rd. Hopefully I'll have started reading Pygmy by then. It usually doesn't take me two months to read a book, unless it's really long(500-1000 pages) or written by Robert Greene.

holiday read options

CFP 2018

Cotton Bowl

Clemson (Pygmy by Chuck Palahniuk)

vs. 

Notre Dame (The Mirage by Matt Ruff)

***

Orange Bowl 

Oklahoma (Empire of the Sun by JG Ballard)

vs. 

Alabama (Bone in the Throat by  Anthony Bourdain)

hustle loyalty reading

future 4-way

I have four books by Chuck Palahniuk. Which one should I read first?

I'll let Super Bowl 52 decide.

AFC:

New England Patriots (Choke)

vs.

Jacksonville Jaguars (Pygmy)

NFC:

Minnesota Vikings (Survivor)

vs.

Philadelphia Eagles (Lullaby )

cfb option '17

First official book I read this year is decided by the NCG on Monday.

Georgia Bulldogs = The Waste Lands by Stephen King 

vs. 

Alabama Crimson Tide = Shadow of the Giant by Orson Scott Card 

second and 4

up next: The Aylesford Skull by James P. Blaylock, 

(congratulations Clemson) after I finish reading Fool on the Hill.

after that: Super Bowl option:

AFC:

New England Patriots vs. Pittsburgh Steelers

=

Invisible Monsters Remix - Chuck Palahniuk 

vs.

Fargo Rock City - Chuck  Klosterman 

VS.

NFC:

Green Bay Packers vs. Atlanta Falcons

=

The Man Who Japed - Philip K. Dick

vs.

Jim and the Flims - Rudy Rucker 

quadruple option

Once again this years winner of the college football national championship playoffs will determine which book I will read to start 2017. Here they are:

Peach Bowl: 

Alabama vs. Washington 

=

The Big Aha by Rudy Rucker vs. Blade Runner 4 by KW Jeter 

Fiesta Bowl: 

Ohio State vs. Clemson 

=

The Zap Gun by Philip K Dick vs. The Aylesford Skull by James P Blaylock 

Big Show

professional football championship reading option

Super Bowl 50

 

Carolina Panthers =

The Slow Regard of Silent Things

by Patrick Rothfuss

 

vs.

 

Denver Broncos =

Chuck Klosterman IV

by Chuck Klosterman

who is in

2015 College Football

National Championship Playoff Options:

 

Orange Bowl

#1 Clemson Tigers = Doomed

by Chuck Palahniuk

vs. 

#4 Oklahoma Sooners =

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

by Michael Chabon

 

Cotton Bowl

#2 Alabama Crimson Tide =

Blade Runner: Replicant Night by KW Jeter

vs.

#3 Michigan State Spartans =

The Mirage by Matt Ruff



payday

Happy Thanksgiving and congratulations to Sheamus,

the new WWE World Heavyweight Champion.

As soon as I'm finished reading Strange Toys, I'll begin reading

Finnegan's Wake.

October Options

Hell in a Cell 2015

 Option 1: Seth Rollins

I Wear the Black Hat by Chuck Klosterman

Option 2: Kane

All We Need of Hell by Harry Crews 

The Irish Option

Sheamus is WWE's new Mr. Money in the Bank.

If he successfully cashes in at any time, I will read Finnegans Wake by James Joyce.

triple option

New options idea! WrestleMania 31 is coming later this month.

Here's how it'll work:

Triple option off the World Heavyweight Title match

Defending Champion:

Brock Lesnar

(Eclipse Penumbra by John Shirley)

 #1 Contender:

Roman Reigns

(Tarnsman of Gor by John Norman)

Mr. Money in the Bank:

Seth Rollins

(Ringworld Engineers by Larry Niven)

Note: Seth Rollins must successfully cash in at WrestleMania for this option to win.

pro options

I'm already thinking about what book I'm going to be reading next. The Super Bowl and the AFC/NFC Championships will help me decide which one. Four books, four teams. Here they are:

AFC

New England Patriots

(Ubik by Philip K. Dick)

vs.

Indianapolis Colts

(The 33 Strategies of War by Robert Greene)

 

NFC

Seattle Seahawks

(Shadow Puppets by Orson Scott Card)

vs.

Green Bay Packers

(Bug Jack Barron by Norman Spinrad)

college option

I decided at the last minute to do a College National Champion version of the Super Bowl reading option I do every year. I only wish I'd thought of it sooner so I could have picked four books Instead of just two. Here are the chosen ones:

A Confederacy of Dunces - John Kennedy Toole

(Ohio State)

vs.

The Steampunk Trilogy - Paul DiFilippo

(Oregon)

Next book I read is decided by the National Championship Game. Good luck, teams!

option read

It's time once again for two football teams to battle it out over which book I'm going to read next.

The Denver Broncos represent Love and Peace With Melody Paradise by Martin Millar.

The Seattle Seahawks represent Dinner at Deviant's Palace by Tim Powers.

I don't know who's going to win, They both look like pretty good books.

currently reading

Professional Wrestling:

Sport and Spectacle

by

Sharon Mazer