For those of you who want a ten or so minute break, I think that this might interest you. It’s a good mental break. If you get bored, skip it, but I think you might love it. If you don’t wanna spend ten minutes, or get bored in the middle, FF to 7:50. You’ll be inspired. At least I hope you will. http://www.hulu.com/embed/ka1YQkX-h1628RfGZwlAdQ
Now, you try that. Get your robot on. C’mon. Nobody’s watching!
Mini-Challenges
The Memoir/True Story Challenge at Rainy Day Reviews
Do you read memoirs and true stories?
Winners Announced
Random commenter from the Halloween books post: Nolatari Email us with a prize you’d like and your mailing address!
Winner of the Poetry Angst! Mini Challenge is nfmgirl. You are being contacted by the challenge hosts!
Start reading a non-fiction title during the readathon
Winners Announced
I think it’s getting late and we might get a lot of winners announced tomorrow. But for now, we’re going to announce another Cheerleader winner, Valerie!
BOO! Did I scare you? Ah, I’m gonna have to get trixier if I wanna do that, right?
Halloween’s just around the corner. See if you can help me brainstorm some great books that would be terrifying to read on Halloween! I’ll select a random commenter on this post for a prize. I’m primarily a YA blogger, so I’m going to stick to what I know and suggest Nevermore by Kelly Creagh and The Devouring by Simon Holt, which starts out like this:
When dark creeps in and eats the light,
Bury your fears on sorry night,
For in the winter’s darkest hours,
Comes the feasting of the vours,
No one can see it the life they stole,
Your body’s here but not your soul.
(Don’t worry, sorry night isn’t tonight so you’re good to be spooked… tonight anyway)
Keep up the great work y’all. You CAN make it all 24 hours, I know you can!!!!
Commenters of the Hour from YA Enthusiast: Mrs DeRaps, from The Book Lair: Letter4no1. Email us with the prize you’d like and your mailing address!
A couple of prizes for random folks still participating in the ‘thon: A Novel Review and It’s Just Me. Email us with the prize you’d like and your mailing address!
The winner of Under the Covers mini challenge is Janel @ Bibliophibian!
OKAY! You’ve made it to HOUR 17. Who’s still with me? Here’s the ℞ for your tiredness. Since you guys tell me you can’t listen and read, take a break. A four minute break. Stand up. Push play on the video below. Now, dance. Shake that bootay! (You know I’m totally doing it too!)
Mini-Challenges
Ban This Book! Midnight Book Girl shows us how if you are creative enough you can get any book banned.
Hey guys! Are you feeling the burn? ARE YOU? Your eyes from not blinking? Your throat from reading aloud? Your ears from listening?
You can totally make it to Hour 24. I believe in you guys. Something that helps me focus and get a little energy back when I start to get tired is a fun non-lyrical music mix. I use a lot of these for my workouts and honestly when I’m writing for my class or trying to read someone’s story for class. Click here to listen to my favorite i’m-so-tired-but-i-have-to-stay-awake-and-focused Pandora station. You might be surprised!
Head over to The Brain Lair and YA Enthusiast this hour to cheer them on and leave a comment to be entered to win a prize!
(And hint: You may want to update your status posts… I’ll be on the prowl for a random reader still reading soon!)
Mini-Challenges
This hour we have Poetry Angst! from Shel and Monica at The Hungry Readers. You get to write a poem about your reading experience. Fun, right?
So. You’ve made it to Hour 15. That’s impressive, right? I’m thinking yes. Impressive. You get to pick an adjective to describe today, what is it? Fantastic maybe? (Watch this, then tell us!)
We’re also awarding another awesome cheerleader, Mister BIP. Email us with the prize you’d like and your mailing addy, Mr. ;o)
The winner of the Attempting Audiobooks Challenge is Bonny from The Chirping Wren! Congrats, Bonny!
Birgit is the winner of my Microfiction Mini Challenge! Here’s her winning Microfiction:
The teenage girl had watched the man for several weeks now. He had seemed a strange man, but all he really did was sit on a bench for a couple of hours every day. Today she decided that she’d approach him and ask the one question that was bothering her.
“Um, sir, who are you?”
The man looked at her with a straight face and said, “I’m a vampire.”
There was silence.
“Then if you’re a vampire, then why aren’t you sparkling in the sunlight?”
“Read Dracula, kid. Dracula walked in the sun and didn’t sparkle.”
Birgit – email me, ’cause you didn’t leave your email addy! We’ll get you hooked up with your prize.
Hey guys, Shesten here, taking over! How are all of you this evening?
So, what’s tempting you right now? I know it’s not sleep! I know it’s NOT! I got this lovely mini bundt cake from the bridal shower I went to this afternoon (I know, I totally cheated and took a longer than normal break) and I’m so totally tempted to eat it!
When the cover doesn’t match what’s inside the book.
Winners announced
The winner of the Shake Your PomPoms Mini Challenge is Erin from Erin Reads! Congrats, Erin! Check for an email soon!
The winner of the Pet Pics Mini Challenge was Cass from BonjourCass.com
We have selected another random participant winner, Book Snob Wannabe! Email us with the prize you’d like and your mailing address! Thanks for participating in the Read-A-Thon!
I had to stop watching Gilmore Girls because I was OBSESSED (and my favorite character left!), but I love this one scene where Rory and Lorelei are arguing over how many books she should take to school, and I stumbled on this:
Now I must watch more Gilmore Girls! You should be grateful Shesten’s going to be taking over, otherwise I’d find clips and make you watch them with me all night! Mwahahaha!!
Mini-challenge
Our next mini-challenge is the Title Word Scramble hosted by Sheery from Sheery’s Place. You’ll have to unscramble modern and classic book titles.
Winners announced
The winner of Jill’s Shake Those Pom Poms mini-challenge is Erin from Erin Reads! Jill will be contacting you about your prize. Here was Erin’s winning cheer:
Some days we’re busy, busy,
We race ’round at full speed,
But today’s the read-a-thon –
Sit your butt down and just read!
Forget those pesky errands,
From duties you are freed.
Today’s the read-a-thon –
Sit your butt down and just read!
Your friends might come a-calling,
You might have mouths to feed,
But today’s the read-a-thon –
SIT YOUR BUTT DOWN AND JUST READ!!
Also, we’re picking a random participant to win a book of their choice, and that winner is Michelle from Literarily Speaking! Congratulations, Michelle! Email deweyreadathon@gmail.com to claim your loot.
Wahoo! You’ve made it to the half-way mark! Whether you’re close to bed time, already in bed or enjoying a mid-day break I’m sure you’re all in need of a little pick me up. So who better the Cake’s “The Distance” to provide a little mid-event entertainment?
Mini-challenge It’s time for the mid-event meme! Post your answers on your blog and then come back here to leave your link!
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?
Sign the linky below with a link to your post with your answers. There will be 4 winners: 1st gets 1 prize packs of books, along with chocolate coins, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th get three books of their choice. This is only open until the beginning of Hour 14.
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?
Winners announced
Winner of the Love Hate Mini-Challenge is Deepali from e-Volving Books!
Still waiting to hear who the winners are for the Microfiction Mini-Challenge and the Shake Those Pom Poms Mini-Challenge. If you have that information feel free to email me at the deweyreadathon@gmail.com address. Many more winners to be announced in the next hour!
It’s almost there! We’re almost at the half way mark, can you believe it? I’m in awe of some of the spectacular reading I’ve been seeing. Some of you have been checking books off like a toddler wolfing down chocolates! Way to go!
Up for this hour, a great new mini-challenge, of course, and next hour be prepared for our Mid-Event Meme…you don’t want to miss it! Until then try and keep your books organized and keeps those reviews in mind for later, so that you don’t end up looking like this:
Speaking of organization, is there a way you keep organized through all of the reading? Do you write a few thoughts down or the entire review before moving on to your next read?
Mini-challenge
Think all audiobooks are created equally? Well, think again and take a try at the Mini-Challenge for this hour, Attempting Audiobooks hosted by Jen at Devourer of Books. Are the books you are reading for readathon available on audio, and would you listen to it? One winner will win an audiobook from Jen’s collection, and it’s open internationally as well!
Still waiting to hear who the winners are for the Microfiction Mini-Challenge and the Love to Hate Mini-Challenge. If you have that information feel free to email me at the deweyreadathon@gmail.com address. Many more winners to be announced in the next hour!
So ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE! Keep it up! Stay awake! GO THE DISTANCE!!!
Dewey's 24 Hour Readathon 