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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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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THE LAST HOUR!!! If you’ve made it this far, congratulations!! Don’t give up now!

Phew!

This hour, we’ll ask you all to fill this end of the event meme:

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?

When you’re done, come back and enter the link to your post in the Mr. Linky below. There will be prizes, yes. The winners will get to pick from whatever hasn’t been claimed yet from the prize list. (Don’t worry, there are still some good prizes up for grabs!)

There will also be prizes for:

Most enthusiastic cheerleader (participants: Please vote by e-mailing deweyreadathon AT gmail.)
Most time spent reading (if you think that might be you, please leave a comment here with your total reading time.)

The winners will be announced once we’ve all had the chance to recover, so keep an eye on this blog for a wrap-up post. We’ll also be announcing the winners of the remaining mini-challenges.

Also, the winner of Jessica’s mini-challenge is: Eva

Congratulations, Eva! Please get in touch with Jessica about your prize.

Thank you so much for participating, everyone! I hope you had a wonderful time!

Still happening:

Debbie’s mini-challenge (last hour for this mini-challenge)
Participants in all 4 read-a-thons: leave a comment in the hour 20 post
Vote for the winner of Kim’s comic mini-challenge
Participants who did fund-raising: enter your name on the Mr. Linky from hour 23.

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We’re almost there, folks! Keep reading! How many of you are still around? I see that some people are now up and reading again for the last couple of hours. You’re all doing amazingly well.

This hour we’d like to ask those who are raising money for charity during the read-a-thon to enter their names in the Mr. Linky below. The winner will get a box of Earthday books and a set of homemade dishcloths donated by Dar. If you know of a blogging friend who did fund-raising but has already gone to bed, please feel free to enter their name.

The winner of the limerick mini-challenge is: Peta!

Congratulations! Please get in touch with Hannah at wordlily AT gmail to claim your prize.

Still happening:
Debbie’s mini-challenge (open until the end of the read-a-thon)
Participants in all 4 read-a-thons: leave a comment in the hour 20 post.
Vote for the winner of Kim’s comic mini-challenge
Eva’s mini-challenge (this is the last hour for this mini-challenge)

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I do believe the lolcat says it all.

This hour, we’re challenging you to write a limerick about the read-a-thon! Come on, you know you want to. The silly mood that always seems to come upon us all in the last stretch is sure to help. When you’re done, come back and enter your name in the Mr. Linky below. Don’t forget to make sure you’re linking to the specific post, and not to your blog’s main page. This mini-challenge will only be open for this hour, and the winner gets one of Lynda’s homemade bookmarks and a box of Earth Day books (check the prizes page to see what’s included).

Still happening:

Debbie’s mini-challenge (open until the end of the read-a-thon)
Participants in all 4 read-a-thons: leave a comment in the hour 20 post.
Vote for the winner of Kim’s comic mini-challenge
Eva’s mini-challenge (open until the end of hour 23)

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Eva is hosting this hour’s mini-challenge, which is a tribute to Dewey, the much-missed founder of the read-a-thon. Please go visit Eva for the details. This mini-challenge will be open until the end of hour 23. Two winners will be randomly selected, and they’ll get a box of Earth Day books and a set of two of my homemade bookmarks.

Still happening:
Debbie’s mini-challenge (open until the end of the read-a-thon)
Participants in all 4 read-a-thons: leave a comment in the hour 20 post.
Vote for the winner of Kim’s comic mini-challenge

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Go read-a-thoners! We’re almost almost there! If you’ve made it this far, you can make it to the end. You know you do!

If you’re feeling tired, get up and stretch, take a walk, or, like Jennifer was doing, chew some gum! You never know what’ll work.

We’d like to ask those of you who have participated in all four read-a-thons to leave us a comment in this post. You’ll be entered to win a box of 14 new releases donated by Hachette. Check the list of prizes to see what’s included.

The winners of  the hour 19 readers of the hour mini-challenge  are:

Amanda
Care
Alison

Congratulations, guys! Please e-mail Hannah at wordlily AT gmail to claim your prizes.

Still happening:
Debbie’s mini-challenge (open until the end of the read-a-thon)
Jessica’s mini-challenge (this is the last hour for this mini-challenge)
Vote for the winner of Kim’s  comic mini-challenge

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The sun is up here! What time is it where you are? And how are you holding up?

For hour 19, we have 3 readers of the hour:

Blondie Rocket
Samantha
Deborah

Please go visit them and say hi! We’re getting to the final stretch, so I bet they’re in need of encouraging comments. We’ll draw 3 names from the comment to the readers’ most recent updates, and the winners will pick 3 books each from the list of prizes.

The winner of Karin’s mini-challenge is: I Heart Monster!

Winner of Erin’s mini-challenge is: Shelly B!

Congratulations! Please get in touch with Karin and Erin about your prizes.

Still happening:
Debbie’s mini-challenge (open until the end of the read-a-thon)
Jessica’s mini-challenge (open until the end of hour 20)
And don’t forget you can still vote for the best comic done for Kim’s mini-challenge!

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Hello read-a-thoners! This hour’s mini-challenge is hosted by Jessica at The Bluestocking Society, and it has to do with rereading. Go visit her to find out more! This mini-challenge will be open until the end of hour 20, and the winner will get a copy of Books by Larry McMurtry and Book by Book by Michael Dirda. (Really good book if you ask me!)

The winner of Tammy’s mini-challenge is:  Chris at Book-a-rama!

Congratulations, Chris! Please get in touch with Tammy about your prizes.

Still happening:
Debbie’s mini-challenge (open until the end of the read-a-thon)
Staci’s mini-challenge (this is the last hour for this mini-challenge)
Vote for the winner of the comic challenge

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Hello everyone!  Nymeth here. I’ll be in charge of posting for the final 8 hours. How’s everyone doing? These final hours will be the hardest, but I advise you not to sleep. Look what willl come for you if you do:

Just kidding! Do sleep if you get too tired. No cute kitties will attempt to murder you if you do.

(Or am I? Mwahahaha)

This hour we have a mini-challenge hosted by Staci at Life in the Thumb. The theme is: signs that you’re doing the read-a-thon. Go visit her to find out more! This mini-challenge will be open until the end of hour 18. The winner gets a $15 Amazon gift card.

The winner of the mid-event survey is:  Shauna at Reading and Ruminations!

Congratulations! Please e-mail Hannah at wordlily AT gmail to claim your prizes.

Still happening:
Debbie’s book crossing mini-challenge (open until she runs out of books to give away)
Karin’s creativity  mini-challenge (this is the last hour for this mini-challenge)
Erin’s reading madness mini-challenge (this is the last hour for this mini-challenge)
Vote for the winner of the comic challenge

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