Dewey’s 24 Hour Read A Thon!

Published on by Sheila (Book Journey)

bookworm2My very first Read A Thon!  I am so excited!  This post will stay on top today (all other posts today will be below so be sure to check them out!

What is Dewey’s 24-Hour Read-A-Thon? For 24 hours, we read books, post to our blogs about OKour reading, and visit other readers’ blogs. We also participate in mini-challenges throughout the day. It happens twice a year, in April and in October.

It was created by the beloved Dewey. The first one was held in October 2007. Dewey died in late 2008. We’re still saddened by her absence, but the show must go on. The Read-A-Thon was renamed to honor its founder in 2009.

This will be my log of what I am doing each hour of the Read A Thon….

8 am:  Start time:  I am up and excited to go.  I am fully loaded with a fresh pot of coffee and finishing up Receive Me Falling by Erika Robuck (loving it!)

9 am:  Checking out the Deweys 24 Hour read A Thon blog to see what challenges are happening… the 8 am book is complete.

10 am:  I am reading Too Many Visitors For One Little House by Susan Chodakiewitz (short read) and now have movied on to Love Has A Face by Michelle Perry (super excited about this one!)

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11 am:  Had more coffee, caught up on the mini challenges (I am a sucker for those!) Commented on a few blogs and continues reading.

12 noon:  Eating a little bag of trail mix… checking in on new challenges.  Taking a break soon to write a post on a great post I seen at Maw Books that is calling me…. then seriously back to my book.

1 pm:  Back to the mini’s… I am hooked on the challenges…Oh NO!  Must stop so I can read.  Reading now and had some yogurt.

2 pm:  Made popcorn for the reading challenge last hour and am now enjoying it while still into my book.  Also did some lunges in the kitchen while the popcorn popped so I wasnt just sitting all day…LOL

3pm:  Reading on…  about half way through.

4 pm:  Sat the book down and read a graphic comic on line.  It was for a mini challenge.  I have never read a graphic comic before.  Deciding with my hubby what to plan for dinner… (I am hoping we just order pizza!)  Oh – and I won a mini challenge comment prize and was able to pick to books out of the prize package!  I went for Shiver and The Lost Symbol!  🙂

5 pm:  Dinner break w/ hubby and then shut laptop down so I could finish the book and stop being tempted by the mini challenges and comments… 🙂

6 pm:  Used this hour and finished reading Love Has A Face by Michelle Perry! YES!

7 pm:  Back on line and catching up on comments and looking to see what the challenges are for this hour… then I have a few small childrens reads I am going to do before I go to a bigger read..

8 pm:  I have started The Help.  Yippy!  I have so been looking forward to this read!  :0  Cha Cha happy dance – seriously!  I did all the mini challenges this hour because – they are so fun!

9 pm:  Holy cats!  13 hours in for me… I feel good.  Maybe a bit more coffee.  Enjoying The Help so far and knew I would.  I did the Dewey post… I had too.  Such an amazing person… I wish I had known her.

10 pm:  Ok now I am a bit tired…  got up and stretched a bit.  Book is good.  I put it down to do the two mini challenges and now am back on it.

11 pm:  Still here… reading only now and not commenting so much.  At 11:30 I am checking the mini challenges for this hour and then will return to the reading.

MIDNIGHT:  Getting tired.  Broke up the pattern of reading by writing a review for one of the books I finished.  I wanted to capture the details while it was still fresh in my mind!  Checking in on the Read A Thon site to see what is new…

1 am:  Wow… its like I am coming full circle… but not…LOL.  Yup getting tired and giddy.  I did the challenges.  Still reading but it is not sticking to the brain as well….

2 am:  I think I am done.  Eyes dont work any more….

3 am – 6: am:  Sleeping 😉

6 am:  Up – cheering for those who are still going….




54 thoughts on “Dewey’s 24 Hour Read A Thon!”

  1. Good Morning (or early afternoon?) Here in Denmark its close to 6PM 😉

    Wish you much luck and many happy hours reading during the read-a-thon. Its also my first read-a-thon!

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  5. Just wanted to drop by again and say hello.

    Hope all is going well now that we are into the 6th hour of the Read-a-Thon 🙂 Still cheering from Copenhagen, Denmark…

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  7. Sheila-I agree-you think he would have just given me some candy-I was about 10-12 at the time. Oh well a true capitalist what can I say-congrats-2 books down-read on.

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    1. Not as productive as I had hoped. I started strong but love to comment and participate in the mini challenges as well so that has slowed me. In a while though I am going to strictly read….
      I think…
      maybe

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  9. I’m a little jealous that you are reading and eating popcorn. Popcorn is one of my many down falls and I’m trying to stay on this healthy food kick. Ugh.

    I’m glad to hear all the reading is going well!

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  12. Hello, Sheila! Good luck on the read-a-thon! I can’t imagine myself reading for 24 hours. I guess it reminds me of finals season in college. Hehehe.

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    1. This is true Esme… there are books now in a new pile… the To Be Reviewed…. ha, thats right! Now I have to write reviews for them! Oh well – that is fun too 🙂

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  19. As midnight has now approached, I’ll offer some encouragement too. Keep reading through the late hours and hopefully the books you read will become beautiful shining stars of powerful words that will remain with you for your reading pleasure and enjoyment. Thinking many happy reading thoughts for you!

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  24. Keep it up!!! I did the read-a-thon yesterday because I was traveling today and the last book I read is all a blur! I understand 😀

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