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Hour 13

Oct 24th 2009NymethOctober 2009 & readathon

Hello everyone! Nymeth here – I’ll be doing the hourly updates for the next 6 hours. We’re now halfway through the read-a-thon, which means it’s time for the Mid-Event Meme.  We invite you to answer the following questions and then enter your link in the Mr Linky below:

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?

We’ll select two winners: one of them will get an attaché full of books and a chocolate monkey, and the other a Hachette bundle of books.

Winners:
The winner of Erika’s mini-challenge is:  Emily! Congratulations! Please email deweyreadathon at gmail to claim your loot.

And for visiting the Readers of the Hour during Hour 11, Robin and Molly get a choice of two books from the prize list. Please e-mail the address above with your contact info and your picks!

Still happening:
Joy Renee’s Mini-Challenge (last hour)
Tara’s Mini-Challenge
Trisha’s Mini-Challenge

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35 Responses to “Hour 13”

  1. vickie bon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:03 pm 1

    i blogged the mini survery

  2. Evaon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:05 pm 2

    Welcome Nymeth! I’m so glad you can co-host, lol. And congrats to the winners!

  3. Nymethon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:08 pm 3

    lol, I’m glad too :P I’m still not fully recovered from the panic earlier!!

  4. sassymonkeyon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:11 pm 4

    I’ve already read for longer than I thought I was going to be able too and am about to run out of my planned books. lol Luckily I have a veritable mountain of TBRs on my bookshelves! Also, chocolate monkey? lol I love it! Did the meme!

  5. Trishon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:12 pm 5

    Hmmm–doesn’t look like Robin is doing the readathon? :-/

  6. ColleenFLon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:15 pm 6

    So far, so fun. Still reading.

  7. Crystal Poseyon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:15 pm 7

    Yay!

  8. Nymethon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:21 pm 8

    Trish: Ack! I just drew a name randomly from the people who cheered the readers of the hour on during hour 11!

  9. Trishon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:23 pm 9

    Ya, she just responded to my comment and said she’s not reading. :( Bummer!

  10. bookmagicon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:25 pm 10

    Did the survey! Have to scroll through my read-a-thon post, only doing one post and updating

  11. Stormion 24 Oct 2009 at 4:29 pm 11

    Welcome Nymeth! Oh my are my eyes getting droopy..lol

  12. JenniferJon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:29 pm 12

    I cannot believe I have completed 3 books and have 2 almost thru! I cannot believ how fast the time is flying by either!

  13. Sharlaon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:30 pm 13

    Just added my link. Back to reading! Have fun everyone :D

  14. itsJUSTme-wendyon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:38 pm 14

    The survey was fun, thanks!

  15. Monicaon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:47 pm 15

    Aw, surveys. They get more fun as I get more fatigued. Which is probably a bad sign….

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  17. Kathrinon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:52 pm 17

    I’d love to add my link, but I keep getting the message that my post will be added on 10/25/2009 at 2:40am – but that was ten minutes ago! Argh! I’m frustrated…

  18. Cindyon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:53 pm 18

    I blogged the survey!

  19. Michelle Miller/the true book addicton 24 Oct 2009 at 4:53 pm 19

    Oops…I almost forgot to put mine in the Mr. Linky! Guess I’m more tired than I thought!

  20. Robin of my two blessingson 24 Oct 2009 at 4:55 pm 20

    Wow! A prize for cheering on the readers. What a surprise. Thanks bunches.

  21. Kathrinon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:55 pm 21

    Well, finally tweaked the time stamp to before 2am and it worked. Of course, that’s not the time I posted the answers *sigh*
    Is today the day where we change from sunlight savings time back?

  22. velveton 24 Oct 2009 at 4:56 pm 22

    welcome nymeth. looking forward to the next half of the read-a-thon.

  23. Nymethon 24 Oct 2009 at 4:58 pm 23

    Kathrin, it is! We didn’t realize that when we picked the date, though :P

  24. Chrison 24 Oct 2009 at 4:59 pm 24

    Hi Ana!! *waves*

  25. Kathrinon 24 Oct 2009 at 5:06 pm 25

    Thanks so much for clearing that up, Nymeth! I was already confused when my blog post wouldn’t get published… So, are we going to read 25 hours or the planned 24?

  26. Nymethon 24 Oct 2009 at 5:10 pm 26

    Nope, we still read for 24 hours! But we finish 1 hour earlier than we began. For example, I started at 1pm and will finish at noon on Sunday, but 24 hours will still have passed-

  27. Lauraon 24 Oct 2009 at 5:11 pm 27

    Just did the survey, and hope I’m not too late to enter. I’m having a lot of fun doing this challenge – I’ll be back again for sure!

    Welcome, Nymeth! You’re doing a great job so far!!!

  28. Paula Sheneon 24 Oct 2009 at 5:16 pm 28

    I have read 6 books so far – all under 200 pages and have just started on my 7th which is over 400 pages – I am aiming to read til I sleep – I have taken some time out to join in on the contests…Paula

  29. Les in NEon 24 Oct 2009 at 5:30 pm 29

    Another fun meme. Back to my books!

  30. Kathrinon 24 Oct 2009 at 5:42 pm 30

    So glad to hear this! After 24 hours, I’ll have just enough time to shower, pack my stuff and taking my time while having dinner – then it will be about time for me to get to the train station and back to Frankfurt…

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  34. Gnoeon 25 Oct 2009 at 12:07 am 34

    I was soooooo tired I completely forgot to come to Mr Lnky after my post was up! LOL

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