Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | Winner/Loser
The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.
- Winston Churchill
It’s difficult to argue that what Churchill was speaking of here was the necessity of a bracket-style tournament to determine the world’s worst bookmark. That is exactly the task before us. But before the voting begins, let’s see who’s in the finals.
Semifinal #1: Tissue vs. Another Book
The winner/loser is…
Another Book
Here’s how the voting went down (all numbers are percentages):
A shocker! I expected tissue to cruise into the final. Shows what I know about popular bookmark opinion. The majority of voters feel that using another book to mark a book is a poor choice.
Semifinal #2: Bandage vs. Pencil
The winner/loser is…
Pencil
Here’s how the voting came out (all numbers are percentages):
Pencil moves on with the exact same percentage of the vote as Another Book. You know what this means – the final is gonna be tightly contested! Here we go…
Battle of the Bad Bookmarks Final:
Another Book vs. Pencil
Polls are open today (Wednesday, February 22) until 8:00 PM EST. Check back tomorrow to see the winner.
Here’s how the tournament has gone thus far:
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Travis Jonker is an elementary school librarian in Michigan. He reviews children's books for School Library Journal and is a member of the American Library Association. You can email Travis at scopenotes@gmail.com. He's also on...
That was a hard choice! I really thought the tissue would make it too the end.
I’m guessing that, like me, other librarians are voting for the bookmarks that are most likely to actually damage the book. Pencils in books make me cringe!
I am reading Wonderstruck right now. Can you imagine trying to use that as a bookmark?
Worst bookmark!