March 28, 2009 1:22 am

Omni Daily News

Books Bracketology:  In Tournament of Books action, reviewer Rosecrans Baldwin chose City of Refuge by Tom Piazza to advance to the finals over E. Lockhart’s The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau-Banks.  In lieu of nets, what will the champion cut down?

An Homage to Fromage: The 2009-2014 World Outlook for 60-Milligram Containers of Fromage Frais has won the Diagram Prize for the Oddest Book Title of the Year.  Apologies for the sour grapes, but how does Baboon Metaphysics not take home the title?!  (See the long list here)

Sleuth Debut: The TV adaptation of Alexander McCall Smith’s bestselling series, The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency, hits the Home Box Office screen on Sunday, and the New York Times preview is a bit lukewarm : “The series might seem too sweet for HBO, too NPR, too pledge-week PBS, but it doesn’t feel like a walk through Busch Gardens either.“

And Finally: The Guardian has an interesting follow-up piece on the recent revival of Ayn Rand.  I’d recommend reading the entire article, but think the headline says it all:  Atlas Shrugged is absurd but strangely compelling.

-Dave