Dewey’s Read-a-Thon

This hour we would like to take a moment to remember Dewey, the much-missed founder of the read-a-thon, who passed away last November. Please visit Eva at A Striped Armchair for a mini-challenge in Dewey’s honour. Even if you never had the chance to meet her, we encourage you to take a moment to read about the lovely person who inspired us all to be here today.

We’ll randomly draw a winner, who’ll get a grab bag of 3 new surprise 2010 ARCs.

Still happening:
Trisha’s Mini-Challenge (last hour)
Soleil’s Mini-Challenge
Jill’s Mini-Challenge

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How’s it going? I know I’m ready for a stretch break again. Once I post this, I’m going to stand up and walk around for a few minutes (Maybe even do a few jumping jacks, as I just saw suggested on Twitter). (Official read-a-thon tweets are coming from @readathon.)

I’m also much relieved to see that one of our biggest cheerleaders over on Twitter today has been released from suspension (from tweeting too much, I think)! Yay, @BethFishReads! You’ve done an outstanding job today.

This hour we’ve got Karin’s Creativity Challenge. The winner will receive a pack of book-related bookmarks (some of which are handmade).

The winner of Shannon’s Writer a Letter mini-challenge is Reeder’s Corner, congratulations! Send me an email (WordLily at gmail) to claim your prize (Suzy’s Zoo gift bag with reading themed bookmarks and stationery, plus one book from the list (your choice).

Still occurring:
• Mid-Event Survey (this will be open through Hour 16)
• Tammy’s mini-challenge (this one’s 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

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