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Hour 24

Apr 19th 2009readathon

THE LAST HOUR!!! If you’ve made it this far, congratulations!! Don’t give up now!

Tiredlolcat

Phew!

This hour, we’ll ask you all to fill this end of the event meme:

1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
2. Could you list a few high-interest books that you think could keep a Reader engaged for next year?
3. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?
4. What do you think worked really well in this year’s Read-a-thon?
5. How many books did you read?
6. What were the names of the books you read?
7. Which book did you enjoy most?
8. Which did you enjoy least?
9. If you were a Cheerleader, do you have any advice for next year’s Cheerleaders?
10. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?

When you’re done, come back and enter the link to your post in the Mr. Linky below. There will be prizes, yes. The winners will get to pick from whatever hasn’t been claimed yet from the prize list. (Don’t worry, there are still some good prizes up for grabs!)

There will also be prizes for:

Most enthusiastic cheerleader (participants: Please vote by e-mailing deweyreadathon AT gmail.)
Most time spent reading (if you think that might be you, please leave a comment here with your total reading time.)

The winners will be announced once we’ve all had the chance to recover, so keep an eye on this blog for a wrap-up post. We’ll also be announcing the winners of the remaining mini-challenges.

Also, the winner of Jessica’s mini-challenge is: Eva

Congratulations, Eva! Please get in touch with Jessica about your prize.

Thank you so much for participating, everyone! I hope you had a wonderful time!

Still happening:

Debbie’s mini-challenge (last hour for this mini-challenge)
Participants in all 4 read-a-thons: leave a comment in the hour 20 post
Vote for the winner of Kim’s comic mini-challenge
Participants who did fund-raising: enter your name on the Mr. Linky from hour 23.

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43 Responses to “Hour 24”

  1. Jodieon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:03 am 1

    Quick comment – has my yarn cutter and yarn been won because it’s disappeared from the prize list?

  2. Shanraon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:06 am 2

    The lolcats are so cute, Nymeth!

    *goes do the event final meme*

  3. Blodeueddon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:06 am 3

    Loving the lolcats, they sure cheer me up

  4. Nymethon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:07 am 4

    Jodie – Probably. I can’t tell you for sure because it’s Hannah who’s doing the prizes, but she’ll finish putting the winners in touch with the prize donors in the next few days.

    And I was hoping the LOLcats would provide come inspiration :D

  5. Jessica Marieon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:10 am 5

    What about the winner from the Honoring Dewey Challenge?

  6. Nymethon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:12 am 6

    Jessica Marie, we’ll announce that in the wrap-up post either later this Sunday or on Monday. It’s that there are entries both in the comments and in the Mr Linky, and Eva and I don’t trust our brains to organize it all into a list without messing up right now :P

    Don’t worry, everyone – all loose ends will be tied.

  7. Lauraon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:14 am 7

    Thank you so much for all your hard work hosting this event! I had a really fun time! My reading time was 860 minutes–14.33 hours.

  8. Fionaon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:22 am 8

    thanks for all of your hard work – I made it through the whole 24 hours – now I need some sleep

  9. Erotic Horizonon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:26 am 9

    Thank you all for making my first time absolutely wonderful…

    I have about 25mins to go… and i have made it…

    See you next year…

    E.H>

  10. Joy Reneeon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:27 am 10

    the LOLcat is precious.

    just checking in to say I’m still at it. Tho this hour i’m cheeleading instead of reading.

    this was great. can’t wait for #5

  11. Debion 19 Apr 2009 at 3:30 am 11

    Nymeth, just wanted to pop in one last time to thank you again for all your hard work, for giving up loads of sleep just to give others a good time, and for keeping Dewey’s spirit alive! It is so very much appreciated!!! I know there’s still half an hour to go, but after that…GO GET SOME SLEEP!

  12. debnanceon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:31 am 12

    I know I won’t win total number of pages read, but I’m really happy with those numbers: 1085 pages!

    And that despite being trapped at a baby shower by a flood!

  13. Trishon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:33 am 13

    Thank you thank you thank you. You guys did a superb job. We really appreciate all of your efforts to make this event so successful and special. :)

  14. Trishon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:33 am 14

    Oh–and can we nominated ourselves for best cheerleader?? :P

  15. Serena (Savvy Verse & Wit)on 19 Apr 2009 at 3:34 am 15

    Thanks to all the organizers for doing this. I had a great time first time out. I read for the first 18 hours, pretty much straight, though I think with breaks that’s about 17.5 hours, but I’ve been up reading since six and I hope to read until the end…so I’d say total 19.5 hours reading time.

  16. Nymethon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:36 am 16

    Debbie Nance, do you know your total in hours/minutes? It’s that we’re using time instead of pages so that it’s fair for those who read more slowly. 1000 pages is great! You have every reason to be satisfied.

    Trish – lol! You really want a prize, don’t you? :P

  17. Irisheyz77on 19 Apr 2009 at 3:37 am 17

    Congrats to everyone who made it the full 24 hrs. I crashed around 1:30 and my planned 2 hr nap turned into 5….oops. it was fun though and I look forward to trying to beat my time in October. Thanks again ladies for taking the time to organize and host this challenge.

  18. Deborahon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:41 am 18

    I read for 1130 minutes. i’m too tired to figure how many hours that is lol

  19. kittyKayon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:45 am 19

    The lolcats are awesome! :D
    I is tired, indeed!

    Thank you so, so much for everyone who worked on this! It has been an amazing experience and I’ll be looking forward for the next RAT! :D

  20. Amandaon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:48 am 20

    I don’t think I’m the highest, but I read for 990 mins (16 hrs, 30 mins). Thanks to you guys for hosting this!

  21. Not Quite 24, Part II « Related Readingon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:49 am 21

    [...] End of the Event Meme [...]

  22. Priyanka Shettyon 19 Apr 2009 at 3:56 am 22

    Hey thanks for organizing such an event.
    I would like to host some mini challenges too next time or help you guys in whatever way i can.
    Congrats.. this read-a-thon was a success… :)

  23. Dreaon 19 Apr 2009 at 4:01 am 23

    I doubt I’m the highest, but I did manage to stay up the full time. My read time (minus breaks) is 16 hrs 40 mins

  24. Samanthaon 19 Apr 2009 at 4:03 am 24

    Running total of time spent reading since I started: 21 hours 20 min

    That’s with all breaks taken off, otherwise, I spend the whole 24 hours reading.

  25. Mareeon 19 Apr 2009 at 4:05 am 25

    I’ve said it before, but you guys are Made of Awesome, and it was really a fun event. Thank you for all your hard work and I’m looking forward to the next one! :)

  26. Shaunaon 19 Apr 2009 at 4:08 am 26

    Thank you, thank you, thank you to all three of our fabulous co-hosts for this read-a-thon. I think this was a huge success, and I’m already looking forward to the next read-a-thon!

  27. Scribacchinaon 19 Apr 2009 at 4:13 am 27

    It was a great experience! A big thank you to our hosts, all the helpers, and the wonderful cheerleaders! And of course a big thank you to those who participated in any way and shared the experience!

  28. Evaon 19 Apr 2009 at 4:24 am 28

    Thanks so much Nymeth! You rock!

  29. Lexion 19 Apr 2009 at 4:27 am 29

    Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for taking the reins on this project. I am so happy to see the Read-a-Thon (and Dewey’s love for the book blogging community) survive. It was really a wonderful weekend.

  30. sumthinblueon 19 Apr 2009 at 5:21 am 30

    Congratulations to everyone! Will definitely be back next year! Final meme up on my blog :)

  31. Gailon 19 Apr 2009 at 5:48 am 31

    I really enjoyed participating in this event. This was my first time and I hope to join in again in October. Thank you to all of you and your hard work.

  32. Meghanon 19 Apr 2009 at 5:51 am 32

    You three are awesome! Thanks so much for doing this. =)

  33. Nise'on 19 Apr 2009 at 6:54 am 33

    Thank you Trish, Nymeth and Hannah for all your hard work in making this a fun event. Thanks to all the mini-challenge holders and prize donors too!

  34. Violeton 19 Apr 2009 at 9:08 am 34

    You guys did such a great job with the Read-a-Thon. It totally rocked.

  35. Tion 19 Apr 2009 at 10:16 am 35

    Quick question, is this last meme only for those that went the entire 24 hours? Or is this for anyone that participated? I did almost 22 but couldn’t last.

  36. Nymethon 19 Apr 2009 at 10:17 am 36

    Ti, anyone is welcome to answer!

  37. Tion 19 Apr 2009 at 10:29 am 37

    I posted the wrong link for Mr. Linky #82. Sorry. I fixed it with #83.

  38. jeharaon 19 Apr 2009 at 11:28 am 38

    thank you so much to hannah, nymeth, trish and aerin for making this event happen! i had such a blast and can’t wait til next time! :)

  39. marion 19 Apr 2009 at 12:19 pm 39

    Thank you for a great event. You all did a great job hosting. :)

  40. sevedraon 19 Apr 2009 at 1:07 pm 40

    My whole experience is here:

    http://wimbittworld.wordpress.com/2009/04/18/read-a-thon-2/

  41. alisonwonderlandon 19 Apr 2009 at 1:25 pm 41

    i fell asleep with about an hour and a half to go …

    i’ll come back and link my end-of-event survey.

    thanks so much to hannah, trish, nymeth, all the cheerleaders, and everyone else! it was great fun! i’m looking forward to october!

  42. Chris@bookaramaon 19 Apr 2009 at 1:35 pm 42

    You guys did a great job!!

  43. Rhinoaon 20 Apr 2009 at 12:57 am 43

    That was a lot of fun, thanks to everyone who hosted and was a cheerleader. I tried to stay up afterwards but kept falling asleep so went to bed at 3pm Sunday and got up again this morning at 9am!

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