But can you believe that there is just one more hour to go? It means that the end is near and that you have survived another readathon! Bravo to you!

Personally, I cannot wait to crawl back into bed, so I am sure that I will be doing that sooner rather than later (I do have to work in…5 hours). But it has been a blast spending the last few hours with you guys. You are all great! I am so proud that so many of you chose to stay up the whole time!

Mini-Challenges

The mini-challenge for this hour is to fill out the end of event survey and link it back here. We’ll choose a winner later on! Here are the questions you need to answer:

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?

Winners Announced

We have a winner from the Picturrific contest. Congrats to Vamps R Us! Pick a prize from the prize list and email your choice to Vasilly at 1330vblog at gmail.

Still Ongoing

Challenge Hosts: email deweyreadathon at gmail when you have selected your winners and we can announce them later on today!

Referral Challenge

Bookish Humor (still haven’t heard from a winner)

Book Trailers

Don’t forget to add your completed books to the master list!

It was a blast hosting you guys! I’ll be around throughout the end of the hour, but shesten will most likely put up a wrap-up post later on today. Be on the look out! And thank you again for being you!

That being said, you’re either going to love or hate this picture. Me? I kind of want to see what happens if I try to remove a whole row.

Think it’ll fall on my head?

Right now I have a big mug of tea and a cat trying to crawl into my lap. He doesn’t understand that now is not the time for cuddles.

Mini-Challenges

Complete the referral challenge below to get the chance to win a prize for yourself and the person who referred you!

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Winners Announced

RANDOM

A few more random winners include: Myra, Samantha Joe, and Melanie H. Pick a prize from the prize list and email your choice to Vasilly at 1330vblog at gmail.

MINI-CHALLENGES

The winner for the Character Crush Mini-Challenge is Jessica from Nisaba be Praised! Congratulations! You will be contacted shortly about claiming your prize!

The winner for the Movie Madness Mini-Challenge is Bianca_82! Congratulations! You will be contacted by the host to claim your prize!

Still Ongoing

Picturrific

Bookish Humor (I should be hearing about a winner soon!)

Book Trailers

Don’t forget to add your completed books to the master list!

See? even the cats are still reading-you can’t give up now!

Let me know who is still up and chugging along-what are you guys reading? I am in the middle of Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston (it is excellent, btw).

On to the fun stuff:

Mini-Challenges

Book Trailers! Head to Quirky Girls Read for more info and to enter!

Winners Announced

RANDOM

Congratulations to Lenore and Mike the Librarian! You have both been selected to win a prize. Pick a prize from the prize list and email your choice to Vasilly at 1330vblog at gmail.

MINI-CHALLENGES

Courtney at Stiletto Storytime has announced the winner for the Classic Paranormal Mini-Challenge and the winner is Erin from Erin Reads! Congratulations! You will be contacted shortly to collect your prize!

Still Ongoing

Picturrific

Bookish Humor

Character Crush Mini-Challenge Time was extended, just waiting to see who won!

Movie Madness Mini-Challenge Time was extended, just waiting to see who won!

Don’t forget to add your completed books to the master list!

I am so impressed by how many people are still up – great job!!  Allie from A Literary Odyssey will be taking you home through the final hours of the Read a Thon – welcome Allie!

Mini-Challenges

Picturrific - Memory is the host and here is the description:

As a participant in the Picturiffic Mini-Challenge, you’ll hunt around on the internet for a picture (or pictures) that somehow reminds you of the book you’re currently reading. You should avoid the easy route, like cover art or film stills (if the book has been adapted for film or TV), but otherwise, anything goes. You can choose a portrait that reminds you one of the characters, a photograph that makes you think of the setting, or even a collage of found images that highlight particular themes, if you’re feeling ambitious. You should also post a brief explanation (1-2 sentences) of why you chose that particular image and how it relates to the text.

Winners Announced

RANDOM

Our random winner of the hour is DragonFly

Congratulations ! Pick a prize from the prize list and email your choice to Vasilly at 1330vblog at gmail.

MINI CHALLENGES

No winners to announce this hour

Still Ongoing

Bookish Humor

Classics Paranormal Mashup

Character Crush (extended to 5 am due to issues with comment posting on host’s blog)

Movie Madness (extended to 5 am due to issues with comment posting on host’s blog)

Don’t forget to add your completed books to the master list!

Anyone feeling punchy?  Like this little guy?

Mini-Challenges

Movie Madness: JD Montague (also hosting Character Crush) wants to hear about books that you think should be made into movies!

Bookish Humor Wolf Reads is hosting this challenge and asks to you to post a link to a funny cartoon, joke etc – everyone needs a little humor as the night drags on

Winners Announced

RANDOM

Our “Still Reading” winner is Literary Marie

Our random winner of the hour is Uniflame

Congratulations ! Pick a prize from the prize list and email your choice to Vasilly at 1330vblog at gmail.

MINI CHALLENGES

The winner of Story Sequels (hosted by Chick Loves Lit) is Abigailann  – check out her creation at http://abigailannreading.blogspot.com/2011/04/mini-challenge-sequel-to-professor-and.html

Still Ongoing

Classics Paranormal Mashup

Character Crush

Don’t forget to add your completed books to the master list!

@Katen tweeted earlier that it was time to “do a line of peeps”  – what sugary goodness is keeping you up in these wee hours?

Hope everyone is hanging in there – as you may have noticed, I had some technical problems earlier but am back on track (thanks a million Vasilly for saving the day!!)

Mini-Challenges

Character Crush: JD Montague wants you to tell her what character you would run away with – go ahead, tell her all about that “favorite” character!

Winners Announced

RANDOM

Our comment winner is Becky from One Literature Nut

Random Twitter Winner is @lovingB00ks

And our late night cheerleader winner is Florinda from Reading, ‘Riting and Randomness

Congratulations ! Pick a prize from the prize list and email your choice to Vasilly at 1330vblog at gmail.

MINI CHALLENGES

The winner of Book Sentence is (hosted by Midnight Book Girl):

Michelle @ The True Book Addict

The host will email you regarding your prize!

The winner of the Book Habits MiniChallenge (hosted by Jen of At Random) is:

stilettostorytime

You have already been contacted by the host (via email)

The winner of the Character Theme Song (hosted by Vamps R Us)

nfmgirl

Winner should contact the challenge host at vampsrus(at)gmail(dot)com to discuss prize collection

Still Ongoing

Classics Paranormal Mashup

Don’t forget to add your completed books to the master list!

Hi to the Readers!  It’s Vasilly and I guess I’m hosting the read-a-thon for a little while.

Hour 17 – midnight in NYC – is upon us!  I am not really a heavy metal fan but thought “2 Minutes to Midnight” by Iron Maiden was appropriate (given the hour) and upbeat enough now that we are 17 hours into the Read a Thon

Mini-Challenges

Classic Paranomal Character Mash Up: Hosted by Courtney at Stiletto Storytime http://stilettostorytime.wordpress.com/

Winners Announced

Carina, Tasha from Heidenkind, Martina (Book Drunkard), KC (By the Books), Ashley Amanda, Linda, and Unruly Reader.

Congrats! Email me with your prize choice and mailing addresses at 1330vblog AT gmail

Still Ongoing

I have no idea yet. Give me a second (or two).

Don’t forget to add your completed books to the master list!

I’ll now be passing the torch on to Colleen! Give her the same love you gave me! Happy Reading Folks!

Mini-Challenges

Shanyn over at Chick Loves Lit wants you to create a sequel synopsis for one of the books in your pile! Go ahead and give it a try!

Winners Announced

These two lovely participants  for the hour Kathryn and Jex are winners!  !!Congratulations ! Pick a prize from the prize list and email your choice to Vasilly at 1330vblog at gmail.

The winners of the Mid-Event Meme are

1st-   Katherine @ Katen Read
2nd-    NEW winner (previous pick had already one) M (@notarevolution)

3rd- Kim ( Page after Page)
4th-    Michelle @ The True Book Addict

Congrats! Pick a prize from the prize list and email your choice to Vasilly at 1330vblog at gmail.

Still Ongoing

Book Habits

Book Sentence

Character Theme Song

Don’t forget to add your completed books to the master list!

Also, I wanted to thank you all for the kind comments and encouragement! You’ve all made this the funnest I’ve had in like…ever!

WAKE UP!!! DON’T QUIT NOW!!!!!!

Mini-Challenges

Helena at Vamps R Us wants you to pick a character from one of the books you have read and tell her what their theme song would be! (include song and artist).  The winner will be allowed to select a book from the book depository up to 20 dollars in cost.

Winners Announced

This hour I get to pick a winner from the #readathon pool over at Twitter! Random twitter name is raychraych !!Congratulations ! Pick a prize from the prize list and email your choice to Vasilly at 1330vblog at gmail.

The Bookish Crossword Puzzle mini-challenge hosted by Samantha Jo and winner of  a copy of The Goddess Test by Aimee Carter or another book (up to $10) from The Book Depository is…Heather congrats! Samantha will be contacting you shortly!

Still Ongoing

Book Habits

Book Sentence

Don’t forget to add your completed books to the master list!

I couldn’t find any sufficiently amusing pictures or videos,  so I will leave this offering to inspire happiness and joy!

It’s a cute kitten AND a book! You are welcome! :p

Mini-Challenges

Kate from Midnight Book Girl wants you to make sentences out of book titles! What can you come up with? Prize is a  $15 gift certificate from Amazon or Book Depository!

Winners Announced

So this hour I get the absolute pleasure to pick two (2) awesome cheerleaders! I’ve picked at random  and PammyPam (@IYAMPAM) and Alita (@alitareads) have won!   Congratulations! Pick a prize from the prize list and email your choice to Vasilly at 1330vblog at gmail.

Shel and Monica from The Hungry Readers have picked Sheila at Bookjourney as the winner of their Recreate the Cover contest! Her post can been seen HERE. Congrats to you!

Still Ongoing

Book Habits

Mid-Event Meme

Don’t forget to add your completed books to the master list!