Dewey's Read-a-Thon

New this hour is a mini-challenge from Tammy of Ramblings by Tammy, A Nod to Nonfiction. This mini-challenge will run through Hour 16. The winner will receive A Walk in the Woods by Bill Bryson and the winner’s choice of books (up to $15) from Better World Books

The winners of Jessica’s Love Your Local Library mini-challenge are: Memory and BlondieRocket. Congratulations! Send me an email (WordLily at gmail) to get your prizes.

Still occurring:
• Mid-Event Survey (this will be open through Hour 16)
• Debbie’s mini-challenge (this one’s open until she’s given away all her books)
• Vote for the winner of the comic challenge

1 Comment »

We’re halfway through!

This hour’s mini-challenge is the Mid-Event Survey (see below). Post your answers on your blog, and come back here and leave a link to your actual post with the answers. If you complete the survey and add the direct link to your answers in the Mr Linky in this post, you’ll be entered in a drawing for a Chocolate Monkey and a box of Earth Day books from Hachette Book Group (see the prize list for a picture of the monkey and the contents of the box). Winners will be announced hour 17.

Mid-Event Survey:
1. What are you reading right now?

2. How many books have you read so far?

3. What book are you most looking forward to for the second half of the Read-a-thon?

4. Did you have to make any special arrangements to free up your whole day?

5. Have you had many interruptions? How did you deal with those?

6. What surprises you most about the Read-a-thon, so far?

7. Do you have any suggestions for how to improve the Read-a-thon next year?

8. What would you do differently, as a Reader or a Cheerleader, if you were to do this again next year?

9. Are you getting tired yet?

10. Do you have any tips for other Readers or Cheerleaders, something you think is working well for you that others may not have discovered?

Still happening:
• Kathrin’s mini-challenge (Just one hour left from the time of this posting!)
• Debbie’s mini-challenge
• Vote for the winner of the comic challenge

7 Comments »

We’re getting close to half way through! Hooray!

My husband recently brought me some small, fragrant flowers from the yard (I never see them, they must be hidden well). They remind me of Lily of the Valley, but I don’t think that’s right — the blooms aren’t very round. They rest in a vase beside the computer. I’d take a picture, but they’re miniature. I don’t think I could do them justice. What’s brightening your reading space today?

This hour we have Debbie‘s Crossing BookCrossing mini-challenge. She’s planning to give away all the books she reads during the read-a-thon!

Still happening:
• Shannon’s mini-challenge (Just one hour left from the time of this posting!)
• Jessica’s mini-challenge (Just one hour left from the time of this posting!)
• Kathrin’s mini-challenge (this will be continuing through Hour 13)
• Vote for the winner of the comic challenge

2 Comments »

How’s it going? Assess your state of being. Do you need to stand up and stretch? Get a drink? A snack? We want this to be fun, remember?

The new mini-challenge this hour is Shannon‘s Write a letter mini-challenge. The winner will receive a Suzy’s Zoo gift bag with reading themed bookmarks and stationery, donated by Book Psmith, plus 1 book from the list (winner’s choice).

Elizabeth posted the winners of her First Lines challenge: Lily at Related Reading, Ferrywoman, and Becky of Becky’s Book Reviews. Congrats to you all! Head over to Elizabeth’s post to see what you’ve won.

Still happening:
• Vote for the winner of the comic challenge
• Kathrin’s mini-challenge (this will be continuing through Hour 13)
• Jessica’s mini-challenge (this will be continuing through Hour 12)

No Comments »

Whew! Lots of things going on this hour:

• New mini-challenge: Books to TV Cross-Over Mini-Challenge, hosted by Kathrin. The winner will receive a copy of The No. 1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith.

• We want to give a shout out and hearty thanks to Vasilly for all the hard work she did reminding tons of participants yesterday about the read-a-thon! Go thank her, please! As a token of our appreciation, we’d like to give Vasilly a $10 gift card to Amazon and a commemorative April 2009 read-a-thon bookmark, created and donated by Literate Housewife. Vasilly, email me (WordLily at gmail) to claim your reward.

• Another winner to announce: The winner of Sarah’s YouTube video chain mini-challenge is ferrywoman at Fire in the Hole!! Congratulations. Please email me (WordLily at gmail) to claim your prize.

• Remember Kim’s Create a Comic mini-challenge, that started in Hour 6? Well, now it’s time to vote for the best one! Help choose the winner.

Still going on:
Jessica’s mini-challenge (this will be continuing through Hour 12)

2 Comments »

Hi, welcome! (This is Hannah’s first post. Even though we’re starting Hour 9, I can still welcome you all, right?) It just started raining at my house. Looks like the squall shouldn’t last long, though.

Is it time to get a glass of water? Are you hydrating?

A new mini-challenge starting this hour, hosted by Elizabeth. It’s a First Lines challenge. This mini-challenge is just for this hour. Go check it out!

The winner of the Hour 7 Take a Walk challenge and the recipient of a $15 Amazon gift card is: Meghan at Medieval Bookworm. Congrats! Please email me (wordlily at gmail) to claim your prize.

Still going on:
Jessica’s mini-challenge (this will be continuing through Hour 12)

6 Comments »

This is my (Trish’s) last post. After this I’ll be tweeting and helping with other stuff. Hannah will be posting your updates for the next 8 hours.

We have a new mini-challenge host this hour! Jessica from The Curious Reader is hosting the Love Your Local Library mini-challenge! Readers will be asked to answer various questions about their library on their own blog. Two winners will be chosen and will win one of two Pulitzer Prize packs, courtesy of The Biblio Brat.

Bart’s mini-challenge ended and he’s announced the winners! Lily from Related Reading got a perfect score and Valentina from Valentina’s Room was runner up. Congratulations, Lily! We’re all in awe of your knowledge. Valentina will coordinate with Bart to claim her runner up prize.

Still happening:

Kim’s mini-challenge (this is the last hour for this challenge!)

10 Comments »

This hour we decided to give a prize to one of the reader participants. Random.org chose MandaNikole from Literary Mumblings! Congratulations! You’ve won a box of Earth Day books from Hachette. Please email Hannah (wordlily at gmail) to claim your prize.

This hour’s challenge is to TAKE A WALK. It will revive you, I promise! When you take a walk, take a picture of what you see and post it on your blog. Come back and leave your link in Mr. Linky. If you don’t have a camera available to you, describe what you see. What’s the weather like? Is anyone else outside? Do you live in the city or the country? You don’t have to answer these questions, they’re just suggestions for things to mention if you don’t have a camera.

This challenge will only be open for this hour, Hour 7. We will pick one winner and announce that winner in Hour 9. The winner will receive a $15 gift card to Amazon.

Still happening:

Sarah’s mini-challenge (this is the last hour this challenge will be open)
Kim’s mini-challenge (will go until the end of hour 8 )

7 Comments »

Don’t forget to change positions! I don’t want to be blamed for the crick in your neck.

We have a new challenge starting this hour! Kim at Sophisticated Dorkiness is going to have you draw a comic related to the read-a-thon. It’s open to both readers and cheerleaders, so go check it out! This challenge will go through to the end of Hour 8.

Winners from Hour 4′s commenters on Readers of the Hour are Carrie (who commented on Lissa’s blog), Laza (who commented on Anna’s blog), and Katrina (who visited Rhinoa’s blog). Congratulations! Please email Hannah (wordlily at gmail) to claim your loot.

Winners of Jodie at Book Gazing’s mini-challenge are Eva at A Striped Armchair and ferrywoman at Fire in the Hole!. Please email Hannah (wordlily at gmail) to claim your loot.

Still happening:

Sarah’s mini-challenge (will go until the end of Hour 7)

2 Comments »

How’s everyone doing?

We will announce winners from the Readers of the Hour commenters in Hour 6.

We’ve picked a winner from the Introduction Meme! The winner is Kim from Bold. Blue. Adventure! Congratulations, Kim! Please email Hannah at wordlily at gmail to claim your prize.

The mini-challenge for this hour is being hosted by Sarah at Behold, the thing that reads a lot. She’s got a YouTube video chain challenge that will give you a nice break from reading. Your eyeballs will thank you! This challenge will be open through the end of Hour 7.

Still happening:

Bart’s mini-challenge (this is the last hour for this challenge)

9 Comments »