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Hour 24

Oct 10th 2010readathon

You’re sooooooooooooo close! YOU CAN DO IT! Prop those eyes open with some toothpicks or something! Warning: There are a few curse words in this clip. I usually try to keep it squeaky clean, but I counted an “h” word, an “s” word, and one muttered “f” word (but I only caught it on the second time through because I was looking for swear words). If those are going to offend you, don’t watch. If they’re not, this will convince you to stay awake through the next hour. If you don’t, I’m sicking the aliens on you personally…

It’s that time… End of Event Meme Time. Fill out these and link up to the direct post when you’re done:

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?

It’s been fun hanging out with you guys! I hope you’ll join us again in April!

Winners Announced

Jami of YA Addict won the Wordle Review prize!

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75 Responses to “Hour 24”

  1. Chelleon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:02 am 1

    I don’t see the meme :(

  2. brandileigh2003on 10 Oct 2010 at 3:02 am 2

    What exactly are we filling out?

  3. Beachreaderon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:05 am 3

    Are there suppose to be questions ?:(

  4. Kanayeon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:06 am 4

    I made it to hour 23! *dances*

  5. Samantha Jo (YA Enthusiast)on 10 Oct 2010 at 3:06 am 5

    I think they are puting the questions up after the hour is almost over, we still are actually reading for the next hour.

  6. Kanayeon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:08 am 6

    Ah! Thank you Samantha.

    *goes to read her for her 24th hour*

  7. Stephon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:08 am 7

    Oh, is that what’s happening? Thanks, Samantha.

  8. Aleksandraon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:15 am 8

    That was funny :)

  9. kai charleson 10 Oct 2010 at 3:17 am 9

    oh i thought we were supposed to do a wrap up post:) thanks to everyone!

  10. Deeon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:17 am 10

    Lol, Steph, you rock :)
    Ciao everyone!

  11. Sophie Son 10 Oct 2010 at 3:19 am 11

    Can’t wait for April! And this time I will be sure to not cut off my finger so that I can be here for the entire thing….plus, I be needing my fingers to turn the pages ;)

  12. Lauraon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:21 am 12

    Thanks Samantha – and good luck to the rest of you crazy cats who are still awake – only 40 minutes to go!!!

  13. ellaon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:21 am 13

    needs to do a mental list for april’s read-a-thon

  14. elizabethon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:28 am 14

    Only a few more minutes left! I am going to try to squeeze in a few more pages!

  15. Stephon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:35 am 15

    So close!

  16. Roseann Brozon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:39 am 16

    Well, I made it to 4:15am here in California and am going to call it. I did a wrap up post on my blog, but I’ll check back later today to see if I answered everything I needed to. Thanks to Trish and all of the volunteers and cheerleaders! I had a great time.

    Roseann
    http://roseannthereadersotherbooks.blogspot.com/

    P.S. Please don’t sick the aliens on me, it’s only a half-hour early ;-) .

  17. Gnoe (@Graasland)on 10 Oct 2010 at 3:43 am 17

    Gimme those meme questions! 15 minutes to start another book is too little so let’s round up! ;)

  18. Michaelon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:44 am 18

    Here’s my final entry, anyway. I started at 7, so finished at 7. April, here I come.

    http://gothougeekly.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/done-finally/

  19. Nikkion 10 Oct 2010 at 3:50 am 19

    There, done my wrap-up bit here, though I’ll probably post a separate entry later. I’m going to read for the last ten minutes and then go make soup for lunch.

    (After that, I’ll finish up the book I’m only partway through. I’m in a reading mood, still.)

  20. Debnance at Readerbuzzon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:50 am 20

    I’m walking the last lap. Whew. Ready for a nap before church.

    It’s been fun!

  21. Stephon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:52 am 21

    Almost 5am. I’m so ready for bed. But I’m also ready to see how much more reading I can get done tomorrow.

  22. Sherri W.on 10 Oct 2010 at 3:55 am 22

    Congrats to everyone that stayed up. I crashed in hour 20 and woke up to the alarm just now. So bummed I didn’t make it again, but it was still tons of fun.

  23. Stephon 10 Oct 2010 at 4:01 am 23

    I thought they were going to throw up a survey, but I don’t see one, so I’m just going to link to my wrap-up. Awesome time, everyone! Thanks to all the wonderful cheerleaders and mini-challenge hosts!!!

  24. Lynneon 10 Oct 2010 at 4:04 am 24

    Wow! You did it :) Way to go! See everyone next year. That was fun!

  25. AliBirdon 10 Oct 2010 at 4:07 am 25

    Great job everybody! I had a blast… see you next year!

  26. Mikaon 10 Oct 2010 at 4:11 am 26

    I’m tired, but I managed to do about 22.40h of reading (1.20h of breaks!), read four books, 1576 pages. And I stayed up the whole time.

    Yes, I’m proud of myself.
    And I’ll be back in April.

    Great job everybody!

  27. Elsion 10 Oct 2010 at 4:11 am 27

    I think I’m getting old. Gave up around midnight and slept for 6 hours. Still need to fill out the end-of-event meme and prepare my summary or wrap-up post.

  28. Candy Beauchampon 10 Oct 2010 at 4:12 am 28

    Since the Meme never showed up, I stole questions from someone else’s blog, I guess they were from last year *shrug* Better than nothing, but I gotta get to bed… zzzzzz! Had a great time during my first Read-A-Thon

  29. Rebeccaon 10 Oct 2010 at 4:15 am 29

    I had lots of fun. Managed to stay up for the whole 24 hours (was pinching myself the last hour, though!) No meme posted, so I did a wrap-up here: http://resabi.wordpress.com/read-a-thon-1092010/ but will check back after I sleep to fill out a final meme if one gets posted. Sweet dreams everyone! It’s been a blast! Back in April…

  30. Lilyon 10 Oct 2010 at 4:15 am 30

    Well, since there doesn’t seem to be a meme posted here, I just used the update template that was suggested early on. Hope that’s sufficient. :) Thanks for another awesome read-a-thon and WELL DONE everyone involved!

  31. Lilyon 10 Oct 2010 at 4:16 am 31

    Somehow my URL link didn’t make it onto that comment…whoops. Hopefully this one will work. :)

  32. Amanda R.on 10 Oct 2010 at 4:16 am 32

    No meme, but I updated!

  33. Julie @ Knitting and Sundrieson 10 Oct 2010 at 4:19 am 33

    Well, I didn’t make it through the night, but I still ended up with 9.5 hours of total reading time throughout the 24 hours! It was fun!

  34. KwesiFriendson 10 Oct 2010 at 4:23 am 34

    Great job guys! See you soon!

  35. Nolatarion 10 Oct 2010 at 4:28 am 35

    Thanks for all the hard work, guys! My first experience in the read-a-thon was a blast and I’m so impressed with all the input, challenges, and cheerleading. Can’t wait to participate again!

  36. Kate- Midnight Book Girlon 10 Oct 2010 at 4:34 am 36

    Had a blast! Thanks to all my cheerleaders, on my blog, on twitter and to all readathon participants. Best #readathon yet!

  37. Jan@eatingyabookson 10 Oct 2010 at 4:38 am 37

    Great job everyone. See you all in the fall!

  38. Lisa (starmetal oak)on 10 Oct 2010 at 4:45 am 38

    I fell asleep…but man it was a great day!

  39. Whitneyon 10 Oct 2010 at 5:04 am 39

    I couldn’t make it the full 24 hours but still got 11 hours of reading in. Thanks for putting this together, I’ll be back in April!

  40. fantaghiro23on 10 Oct 2010 at 5:08 am 40

    Thank you, guys, for organizing another successful readathon! Congratulations to all the readers and the cheerleaders for the awesome job! Till next readathon!

  41. Kanayeon 10 Oct 2010 at 5:19 am 41

    Did 19 hours and 8 mins worth of reading, 1806 pages.

    Whew.

    Time for me to go to bed now!

    I am so looking forward to April!

  42. ellaon 10 Oct 2010 at 5:27 am 42

    Wow I actually enjoyed it and posted my end of event meme on my blog! Whew what an accomplishment kudos to my fellow readers & cheerleaders!

  43. Steven Jensenon 10 Oct 2010 at 5:37 am 43

    Incredible. Well done, everyone. :)

  44. The Brain Lairon 10 Oct 2010 at 6:32 am 44

    I had so much fun with this readathon! Those cheerleaders are the best. I must say that was the best part for me!

    Wouldn’t it be cool to do a one book, one readathon type thing?

  45. klinneahon 10 Oct 2010 at 6:45 am 45

    http://jurmencarmeitder.blogspot.com/2010/10/24-hour-wrap-up.html

    I must say, for my first time it didn’t go so well. Maybe if I had known about this when the last Harry Potter book came out…

  46. Lynneon 10 Oct 2010 at 6:49 am 46

    I used the questions from the last Readathon too. It didn’t ask how many pages we read or how much time we spent reading, and I forgot to add that to my end of event post.

    Here ’tis: 7 hours, 35 minutes of reading (not including blogging, visiting, challenge hosting) and 522 pages read. I made it to Hour 18.

  47. Poseyon 10 Oct 2010 at 7:02 am 47

    I fell asleep around 2 or 3, but woke up around 5 am. Probably because my reader was on my stomach, my laptop open beside me, and my bedroom lamp was on. Can’t imagine why I wouldn’t have woken. LOL.

    I managed to finish 3/4 books. Thanks again for a fun time!

  48. Mandyon 10 Oct 2010 at 7:05 am 48

    Congrats to everyone who made it to the end! You are made of much stronger……or possibly much more caffeinated ………stuff that I! Woot!

    I linked to my early wrap-up post.

  49. ylime1981on 10 Oct 2010 at 7:05 am 49

    I had so much fun! I did my wrap-up post . Hope everyone had as much fun as I did!

  50. Michelle @ The True Book Addicton 10 Oct 2010 at 7:12 am 50

    Thank you for all the fun!

  51. Courtneyon 10 Oct 2010 at 7:14 am 51

    Congrats to Everyone and Happy Reading from now on! See you next Read-A-Thon!

  52. Mister BIPon 10 Oct 2010 at 7:16 am 52

    Well I didn’t end up reading much at all – but I kept us fed and I cheered my butt off!

    Great work all – just terrific!

  53. Jenniferon 10 Oct 2010 at 7:39 am 53

    Thank You I had a brilliant time!

  54. Museon 10 Oct 2010 at 7:44 am 54

    I did 11.5 hours over the 24 and read in total 585 pages.

    My books were:

    ‘C’ by Tom McCarthy – finished off last bit – 40 pages
    ‘Parrot and Olivier in America’ by Peter Carey – read 218 of 454 total pages
    ‘The Paris Vendetta’ by Steve Berry – read 327 of 418 pages

  55. Laura Lanik (Booksnob)on 10 Oct 2010 at 8:13 am 55

    Thanks for hosting, it was really fun and I really enjoyed your stay awake videos.

  56. Vikk Simmonson 10 Oct 2010 at 8:13 am 56

    Found the meme on someone else’s blog so I wrote up my blog wrap-up and end-of-event meme.

    Totally enjoyed this read-a-thon experience and definitely plan to participate again. The cheerleaders were terrific and really added to the experience. Loved the Twitter readathon group. Great job.

    Final blog post link: http://wp.me/pRypN-jD

    Stop by and say hi!

  57. Nan's Corner of the Webon 10 Oct 2010 at 9:34 am 57

    Thanks for all the work that goes into organizing this event! I had a great time and I can’t wait for the next one!

  58. Sheeryon 10 Oct 2010 at 9:59 am 58

    Thank you for an absolutely amazing event. I will definitely be participating again!

  59. Lesleyon 10 Oct 2010 at 11:11 am 59

    I still can’t believe I read for 23 hours. My eyeballs STILL hurt lol.
    Had a lot of fun though, will join in again when I recover from this one ;)

  60. Deborahon 10 Oct 2010 at 11:30 am 60

    I read for at about 23 hours (24 hours minus a few breaks) I completed four books and 50 pages of another one for a total of 1263 pages.

  61. Sherry Annon 10 Oct 2010 at 11:40 am 61

    Thank you to the organizers, cheerleaders, and challenge hosts. This was my first Read-a-Thon, and it was so much fun I can’t wait to do it again!

  62. Lilyon 10 Oct 2010 at 11:59 am 62

    Woo! Finally the meme is posted. :) I filled it out and put it on my blog.

  63. Elishaon 10 Oct 2010 at 1:41 pm 63

    I totally enjoyed this! I just wish I found it sooner! I was getting irritated though because when I was responding to everyone, my name kept popping up and BookJunieMom instead of BookJunkieMom. So I checked my info on my settings and it says BookJunkieMom. So I am lost. But besides that, I had a blast. Well, besides what I said in my wrap up post about the list of people hosting a mini-challenge. Sorry I couldn’t get around to everyone! I REALLY wanted to! But thank you all for stopping by and participating!

  64. Lauraon 10 Oct 2010 at 3:28 pm 64

    Thank you for hosting and being such wonderful, supportive and fun people! I can’t wait until next April!

  65. joemmamaon 10 Oct 2010 at 7:14 pm 65

    And a good time was had by all….

  66. Jenn-ay (Jennifer)on 11 Oct 2010 at 5:19 am 66

    Congrats to everyone that made it through the read-a-thon. It was a blast and I can’t wait to see you all next time!!!

    HAPPY readings!!!

  67. Azukion 11 Oct 2010 at 7:23 am 67

    The author of one of my Read-a-thon reads commented on my blog!
    http://azukibc.wordpress.com/2010/10/10/read-a-thon-hour-22/

    How exciting!! Although I also kind of feel bad that I didn’t really comment on the book as in depth as I normally would, because I didn’t want to take time away from reading.

  68. Ellethon 11 Oct 2010 at 9:36 pm 68

    Belated End-of-Event meme linked up! Thank you so much for hosting this, thank you for being so awesome, cheerleaders, mini-challenge hosts, participants in general, and see you around next time!

  69. islandhopperon 17 Oct 2010 at 8:37 pm 69

    Better late than never. Here is my read-a-thon report.

    My first time was fun. But the next time will be better.

    Thanks to all those who cheered me on.

    See you all in April!

  70. Morphidaeon 18 Oct 2010 at 2:42 am 70

    When can we expect a wrap up post?

  71. Trish Bartonon 18 Oct 2010 at 1:55 pm 71

    Better late than never, here’s my end of event update!
    http://pecksandbushels.blogspot.com/2010/10/end-of-read-thon-update-better-late.html

    Had so much fun, can’t wait until April to do it again.

    Thanks to all the cheerleaders who came by my blog. I appreciated it!

  72. Ellethon 06 Dec 2010 at 11:55 am 72

    Is there any chance we will still get a final tie-up post?

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  74. JannyAnon 09 Mar 2011 at 1:50 am 74

    Didn’t succeed last time. I’ll try again this time!

  75. Miaon 02 Apr 2011 at 10:23 am 75

    I love readathons! Hope I make the whole 24 hours.

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