We are not quite done yet. In some readathons this is where my brain really starts to tune out, just before the end. But, in one more hour, we’ll be done, reading champions for another season. I’ve tried using an audiobook for the last hour-long sprint, which works IF you can stay awake. I also have tried putting on an album of music that is an hour long, not classical music, to mark the hour. I am leaning towards a David Bowie album, or maybe Queen or Led Zeppelin. Something familiar enough to be background, but noisy enough to not lull me to sleep. I also am switching to a new book for this hour, something easy and fun (a Doctor Who novel, actually), so my brain will be super happy to stay alert and reading for one more hour.
Have you settled on your last reading sprint plan? Ok.
Hi Readathoners! This is Kate from Kate’s Book Nook here with the final hourly post of this readathon.
I’m not going to lie, this post has been hard to write. I have procrastinated in every way possible. I tried to hunt down the perfect song about Change (never found it). That then lead to a binge session listening to old Taylor Swift song. I even let my husband distract me with a Romance movie (and anyone who knows me knows that I don’t like romance movies). All of this was in a desperate effort to put off writing this post. Because when I wrote this post, it all would really be over. Heather and Andi will have moved on and someone else would be at the helm.
I know that it will be alright. I’ve participated long enough to know that sometimes change is necessary. But at the same time, Andi and Heather will be missed greatly. Please join me in leaving them one final goodbye message!
As a final housekeeping note, if you’ve participated for any amount of time, you will know that I always close out the final hour of the readathon with a victory song. Whether you read for 2 hours or 22 hours or managed to pull of the full 24 hours, you are a winner! You participated in an awesome community building event! Enjoy your victory song!
Closing Survey
How would you assess your reading overall?
Did you have a stategy, and if so, did you stick to it?
What was your favorite snack?
Wanna volunteer for our next event? Stay tuned for the recap post!
This is Kate from Kate’s Book Nook and I we are now in the final hour of the readathon! I just realized as I was sitting here to write this, that this is also the final hour of any readathons of this decade (the 20 10s). Next readathon will be in 2020, and that is so crazy to think about.
Last Hour we played Never Have I Ever. I won’t lie to you, it was pretty hard to come up with those things that I had never done. Would have been much easier if I had let myself select things that I personally had done.
With it being so close to the end and people trying to get their final push in, I thought that this hour we would do something easy for our mini challenge. Post at least one of your favorite book related gifs. Imaginary bonus points if it is about a specific book. One of my favorites is below.
Thank you so much for joining us for another amazing Readathon. I’ve loved every minute of these last few hours (and the proceeding 20). If you’ve read anything at all today, you are a winner in my books. And so, just like every other year, I will send you out with the celebration song of champions! I’ll see you all in 2020!
Closing Survey!
How would you assess your reading overall?
Did you have a stategy, and if so, did you stick to it?
Hello, Readathoners! This is Kate from Kate’s Book Nook (ignore the fact that I haven’t updated my blog since 2017).
Readathon is crazy for me this time around. I got married last month (yay) and this week we just finished getting me moved out of my apartment and into our house! I’m exhausted. And unpacking.
Which is where audiobooks come to the rescue. We are in the home stretch! Can you believe it? I can’t. Now if you’re like me, you may have worked on Friday come home, and tried to read a bit. But it’s late in the week and my eyes are tired… insert exciting audiobook adventure!
As the years progress, audiobooks keep getting better produced. You can find ones read from celebrities, you can find them being read in a whisper (shout out to ASMR), and you can find them in every genre. If you’re intimidated by a classic or a chunky fantasy novel or a biography about Napoleon, chances are you can find an audiobook version and slowly (or quickly) get one of those books off your checklist.
So if your eyes are starting to get tired, or your kids are hounding you for food, or that laundry pile needs to be tackled, or maybe you just want to get outside and take a walk, pop on an audiobook and continue to readaway! You can find them on audible, youtube, your local library (many libraries have a digital library), or on podcasts.
A few favorites: Stormlight Archive by Brandon Sanderson, Harry Potter by JK Rowlings, anything Agatha Christie. What are some of your favorite audiobooks. List them down below.
Now keep calm and readathon on!
Closing Survey!
How would you assess your reading overall?
Did you have a stategy, and if so, did you stick to it?
Welcome to Hour 24! This is Kate, semi-annual co-host that takes you to the finish line. Wow, I cannot believe that we are actually at the end 😦
How did you like the nature of this more casual readathon? For me, it came at the perfect time. Since the last readathon, I’ve gotten engaged (yay!) and this weekend I had/have three wedding related appointments. Which meant that I wasn’t able to do the full 24 hours and I’ve had to take some naps so I can be awake and alive for the appointments tomorrow 😦 Is anyone here who has made it for all 23 hours? Are you going to make it for the 24? You can do it!!!!
So… let me know how your day has gone. What was the best book you read? What helped you to keep going? What will you do differently next time?
I’ll be seeing you all at the next readathon, which is after the wedding, so finger crossed, I’ll be able to properly participate again and get my reading on! Now, as per tradition, I’ll leave you with this victory song. Because if you participated at all, you are a champion. You did great! And you deserve to celebrate!
Hello Readathoners! This is Kate from Kate’s Book Nook and I’m here for the final 60 minutes! If you’re participating in BINGO on the Goodreads Group, this is your final chance to complete those last categories.
Can you believe we are in the final hour and every minute that goes by is one minute closer to being able to crawl into bed and surrender to sweet, sweet blissful sleep…
I have enjoyed spending these last several hours with you and getting the chance to get to know you all better. I so look forward to spending more time with you in the Spring (unless we get surprised with another Reverse Readathon…)
Closing Survey!
1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
2. Tell us ALLLLL the books you read!
3. Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners?
4. What’s a really rad thing we could do during the next Read-a-thon that would make you happy?
5. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Would you be interested in volunteering to help organize and prep?
This is it folks! The final hour! Give yourselves a pat on the back or a high five! Whether you’ve been reading the full 24 hours or only here and there, you deserve it! Y’all have done amazing!
More important than anything, I do hope you’ve had fun. Then again, what could be more fun than spending a day reading books and talking to other readers about books? It’s all about the books. I do hope you’ve gotten to read some good ones and have had some good discussions. Some of my favorite Readathon moments are from sleep-deprived silliness shared with others.
There is still one last hour of reading, but I know you’ll be able to pull it off. Grab out those comic books or light reads to help you out. You don’t want to make my mistake of reading the same sentence three times without realizing it!
After that, you can input the books you’ve finished into the spreadsheet and answer the closing survey questions. But you don’t have to do them right away. Feel free to get some sleep first! And as you go to sleep this day, I hope you have pleasant dreams about books and book related topics.
Closing Survey!
1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
2. Tell us ALLLLL the books you read!
3. Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners?
4. How did you feel about this first-ever Reverse Readathon? Should we do it again?
5. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Would you be interested in volunteering to help organize and prep in October?
Edited to Add: I’ve seen in the few responses that we’ve gotten so far that you would like the mini-challenges to be hourly again. In order for that to happen, we need more people to volunteer to host them. If we don’t get enough volunteers then there is no way that there can be hourly mini-challenges, unfortunately. So please, really do seriously consider volunteering to help out and host one next time around. We all love them. But without your help… it just isn’t possible. Thank you – Kate
This is it. It’s the end. 60 more minutes of reading. Can you believe it? I can’t. I spend 6 months waiting for this event to come and then in the blink of an eye, its all over and done with.
But we did it, you guys! Whether you read 1500 pages or you read 15 pages, you still participated in it. And that is something worthy of celebrating! Did you participate with loved ones or were you a solo reader. This year one of the most awesome things happened… I got my grandfather to participate. He is so amazing. He sent me messages throughout the day updating me on his progress. He read Genesis, Song of Solomon (told me he needed some romance), Ruth, Romans, Lamentations, and Chicken Soup for the Grandparents Soul. He told me he wasn’t going to do it all night because he has to get sleep before church. But I am still super blown away and impressed that he participated. My mom and aunt read some as did at least one of my younger sisters. And my boyfriend has been sitting next to me reading news stories while I participate (which I totally think counts). So I’m lucky to be surrounded my so many people I love who participated in their own ways. What about you all? I’d love to read your stories.
My final shout out and thanks goes to you the readers. Without you, there really wouldn’t be a 24 hour readathon. At least not the way that it is now. Sure, we might some nights pull an all-nighter, trying to finish an amazing story. But would we have done it in such a book loving community? Probably not. It’s your guys support and comments that keeps this event happening year after year. So thank you so much.
Now, as per my tradition, it is time we cross that finish line in style, celebrating as the CHAMPIONS that we are.
Go out there and crush that final hour! Hope to see you all again come October! It’s been a joy and honor and privilege to spend these last four hours with you.
Closing Survey!
1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
2. Tell us ALLLLL the books you read!
3. Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners?
4. What’s a really rad thing we could do during the next Read-a-thon that would make you smile?
5. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Would you be interested in volunteering to help organize and prep?
I can’t believe that we are already at the last hour of our readathon. I’ve had so much fun talking and interacting with everyone. I want to take a moment and thank everyone who has participated in readathon and made this event a success. Thanks to Andi and Heather for all that you do. Thanks to Gabby who has helped me so much on the Goodreads site. Thanks to the volunteers and mini-challenge hosts. The co-hosts and co-moderators. And thanks to all the readers and tweeters. To the family and friends in the background who let us have this magical day. Thank you all! And I hope to see you in April 🙂
This year, in honor of the 10 year anniversary, I decided to do something different. We will be going into the time machine and looking at the top books from the past ten years. Now, I know, these types of lists can be controversial. So for this list, I will be referencing Goodreads Most Popular Books published by year. It takes all the books published in any given year and calculates how many people added that book. I will link each years list so that if you wish to see what else was popular that year, you can.
The #1 best selling book from 2016 was Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K. Rowling. I have to admit, I have not read this book. I borrowed it from a co-worker but haven’t even read it. And honestly, I don’t think it will. I heard about some of the things in here and honestly, I’d rather stick to my imagination about what happens outside the original 7 books in the Harry Potter series. What are your thoughts?
The year is still on-going and there are so many books to choose from. So for 2017, rather than telling you which book was chosen as the #1 book, you’re going to tell me what you think the number 1 book from this year has been. Now, I am going to go out on a limb here and say that the best book of 2017 hasn’t been released yet. In my opinion, Oathbringer by Brandon Sanderson (Book 3 in his Stormlight Archive series) is going to be the best book in 2017. But that could just be because I think Sanderson is a Fantasy genius. I cannot wait for its release next month.
Thank you so much for joining in on a review of the number one books over the last ten years. I hope to hear your feedback in the comment section. See you all in April!
Closing Survey! (add your link or comment below)
1. Which hour was most daunting for you?
2. Tell us ALLLLL the books you read!
3. Which books would you recommend to other Read-a-thoners?
4. What’s a really rad thing we could do during the next Read-a-thon that would make you smile?
5. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? Would you be interested in volunteering to help organize and prep?
If you are interested in helping us prep for the next Read-a-thon, fill this out!
Welcome to Hour 24!!! This is Kate from Kate’s Book Nook. I will be your co-host for the final hour. We have made it, ya’ll. We have done this!!!! As per my traditions (I have a lot of traditions) I have included the video for We Are the Champions because, to me, if you have even read for just five minutes, you are a participant and you have done a good job! I am so proud of you. I really hope that you will all be back to join us in October. In the meantime, the Facebook group remains active all your long.
As a final thank you, I want to thank you, the readers, for participating in this event. We couldn’t do it without you. I sincerely mean that. Without you all signing up and participating and sharing this event with others, we never would have had an event to begin with. Thank you for coming back and reading books and making this possible. I really do hope to see you next time.
Now, let’s do these last 60 minutes proud and read until the last second!
Battle of the Genres – Survivor Style
And we have a winner. Science Fiction was eliminated to make Fantasy the winner for the second season in a row. Next time we will try single vote eliminations. Where you only get one vote per a round. Just to see if we can maybe get some surprise upsets.
In case you missed the last few updates, let me briefly tell you what is going on here for the rest of the readathon. This year, during these last four hours, we are playing Survivor, Genre style. The contestants (16 of the top genres according to goodreads) are up for a vote on which genre is the preferred genre for readathoners. After each round of voting half of the contestants will continue to the next round and half will be eliminated. YOU ARE VOTING ON THE GENRES YOU LIKE THE LEAST! I will tally the votes at quarter to the hour and update this post with who the winner is. I hope that you all enjoy this and don’t take it too seriously. It is all meant to be in good fun.
We are now in the final round of voting. 14 genres have dropped down and only two remain. Who will be the winner? That is for you to decide. The results were very close in the last round of voting and Young Adult nearly crept in. It wasn’t until the final five minutes of voting that it was edged out… but nevertheless it was. So this final round will be Science Fiction vs Fantasy. For this round, you only have ONE vote and you must use it to decide who should be eliminated. Remember to vote for the one you love the least of the two!
Science Fiction vs Fantasy… You decide. One vote per a person
Closing Survey! (add your link or com
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 season?
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. How likely are you to participate in the Read-a-thon again? What role would you be likely to take next time?
This season we’re putting an emphasis on spreading bookish good deeds! See our GIVE! page for more details about how you can get involved!
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